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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 Gareth Southgate has promised a “different” England, with “different strategies”, after picking one of the boldest and youngest squads in both Euro 2024 and the national team’s history. With 12 players picked for their first ever tournament, the manager took the ruthless decision to cut “devastated” Manchester City playmaker Jack Grealish. Southgate admitted this was one of his most difficult tournament squads to pick, especially as it involved letting down so many stalwarts. Harry Maguire also misses…

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 emailsBritish tech mogul Mike Lynch has been cleared of fraud charges over the multi-billion dollar sale of his company Autonomy to HP.The Autonomy founder was acquitted by a jury in San Francisco on Thursday, in a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal problems since the disastrous sale of his company for $11 billion in 2011.Representatives for Lynch and US prosecutors said Lynch was acquitted on all 15 charges – one count of conspiracy, and…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA new biography about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be released just days before the election chronicling the longest-serving leader in the US Senate.Associated Press deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett’s book The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate will be released on 29 October, a week before the 2024 presidential election through Simon & Schuster.“Drawing on thousands of pages of archival materials, letters, and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues, and McConnell…

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 Paul Dalglish, the son of Liverpool great Sir Kenny Dalglish, says he is focused on developing talent rather than moving players like estate agents sell houses after co-founding an agency.The 47-year-old enjoyed a varied playing career before moving into coaching in the United States and Canada, most recently as manager and technical director of Miami FC.Dalglish left the club at the end of 2021 and a catch-up with old school friend Ben Mawson in Florida a few…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAccused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged with the brutal murders of two more women whose remains were found over two decades ago after authorities found a damning document in which he discussed his crimes in “excruciating detail,” prosecutors announced Thursday.Heuermann, 60, was back in court in Riverhead, New York, on Thursday morning where he was arraigned on murder charges in the 2003 dismemberment death of 20-year-old Jessica Taylor and the 1993 death…

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 Watch live as Gareth Southgate speaks to the media after England’s Euro 2024 squad was announced on Thursday, 6 June.Twenty-six players will travel to Germany for the tournament.The confirmed England squad includes goalkeepers Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Dean Henderson.Defenders are Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Joe Gomez, John Stones, Lewis Dunk, Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, Luke Shaw.Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Gallagher, Adam Wharton, and Jude Bellingham have been selected as midfielders.Forwards will include Bukayo Saka,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump’s former adviser and far-right podcaster Steve Bannon must surrender to prison to begin a four-month sentence on July 1 after he defied a subpoena to testify to a congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.Bannon raged against his sentence after his brief federal court appearance on Thursday while a protester shouted out that he is “going to jail” and labeled him a “coup plotter” outside the courthouse in Washington DC.“This is about…

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 Scotland manager Steve Clarke welcomed the different talents Lewis Morgan and Tommy Conway can bring to his Euro 2024 squad after making his second late call-up in 48 hours.New York Red Bulls attacker Morgan is in a squad for the first time since November 2019 and six years after he won his only two caps in friendlies against Peru and Mexico under Alex McLeish.The 27-year-old and Conway were drafted in after Lyndon Dykes and Ben Doak were…

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 USSuspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged with the brutal murders of two more women, whose remains were found over two decades ago.Heuermann, 60, was back in court in Riverhead, New York, on Thursday morning where he was arraigned on murder charges in the 2003 dismemberment death of 20-year-old Jessica Taylor and the 1993 death of 28-year-old Sandra Costilla.The charges come days after Gilgo…

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 Premier League clubs have voted 19 to one to keep VAR next season.The league confirmed there had been a vote in favour of continuing with the technology in 2024-25.The PA news agency understands Wolves – who last month called the vote to scrap VAR – were ultimately the only club to back its abolition.The Black Country club were understood to be adamant, even the day before the Premier League’s annual general meeting in Harrogate on Thursday, that…