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John McGinn’s dancing steals show as Scotland arrive in Germany for Euro 2024Scotland face Germany in the Euro 2024 opener looking to impress after a fine showing in qualification. Playing in their first major overseas tournament since 1998, having finished bottom of Group D at Euro 2020, despite two matches at Hampden Park, the Tartan Army will be out in force and hoping to escape a difficult group, which also includes Switzerland and Hungary.For Germany, finishing top of their group will be a minimum expectation as they carry the weight of a nation on their shoulders, but they will be…

Donald Trump gifts Logan Paul mugshot T-shirtSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump was interviewed by Logan Paul for his podcast Impaulsive this week, presenting the host with a MAGA cap and t-shirt bearing his notorious mugshot.The podcast began with questions about his felony convictions and why he is running again — allowing the former president to reel out many of his usual diatribe of falsehoods from his rallies — before moving on to a wide variety of topics from the upcoming debate…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Conor Gallagher admits he was “sad” to see Mauricio Pochettino leave Chelsea but is putting his own future to one side to focus on England’s Euro 2024 campaign.The 24-year-old made 50 appearances last season for the Blues, captaining the side under Pochettino – who left Stamford Bridge by mutual consent in May.While it proved a tumultuous campaign for Chelsea as a whole, Gallagher arguably played some of the most consistent football of his career, sealing himself a…

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann faces new chargesThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USNew evidence regarding the family of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be revealed at a press conference on Long Island today, according to an attorney for several of the alleged victims.Attorney John Ray, who represents some of Heuermann’s alleged victims, as well as the family of Shannan Gilbert, promises that “new important evidence regarding the family” will be announced.Heuermann’s estranged wife, Asa…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Every game of Euro 2024 will be broadcast live on UK television over the next four weeks as a feast of football hits our screens.The BBC and ITV are sharing the 36 group games between them, before the knockout fixtures are allocated at a later date.ITV – whose pundits include Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, as well as ex-England players Ian Wright and Gary Neville – have the tournament’s opening game between Germany and Scotland, as well as…

Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summitFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsG7 leaders are gathering today in Italy to discuss a plan that would unlock $50 billion of frozen Russian assets to use in funds for Ukraine’s war effort.Most of the money would be provided in the form of a loan from the US government that would be backed by windfall profits being earned on roughly $300 billion in immobilised Russian assets.A French official said the money could…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Juventus have appointed former Bologna boss Thiago Motta as the club’s new head coach.Motta replaces Massimiliano Allegri, who saw his contract terminated by mutual consent in the fallout from his behaviour at the end of Juve’s victory in the Coppa Italia final.The 41-year-old Italian-Brazilian has signed an agreement with Juve until 30 June 2027, having decided to leave Bologna at the end of his deal after securing Champions League qualification with a fifth-placed finish in Serie A.“I…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsFrance’s president Emmanuel Macron has called on all parties to forge an alliance against the far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen and defended his shock move to call a snap election. In a press conference that amounted to a campaign speech, Mr Macron insisted that dissolving the French parliament was “the only republican decision” available to him after National Rally trounced his centrist alliance in European parliament elections on Sunday.“I do not…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Erik ten Hag was sat in the same seat he had been 15 months earlier when, at the peak of his powers and his popularity, he declared: “I love this club.” Some 15 months later, he struck a defiant tone. “If they don’t want me any more then I go somewhere else to win trophies because that is what I did my whole career,” he said. He was in the depths of Wembley, having added the 2024…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsAt least 41 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a high-rise building housing migrant workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait on Wednesday.The fire broke out in the kitchen of one of the lower floors of the building at around 4.30am and quickly spread to all the floors of the six-storey building.Some 10 Indian nationals, including five from the southern state of Kerala, were killed in the fire. Dozens…