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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 Marcus Rashford is planning to take some time to reset mentally after acknowledging he has endured a “challenging season”.The England forward was left out of Gareth Southgate’s training squad for Euro 2024 after scoring just eight goals in all competitions for a struggling Manchester United side who finished eighth in the Premier League.But after helping his club end the season on a high by beating Manchester City in Saturday’s FA Cup final, the 26-year-old will now look…

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailA group of 550 parliamentarians have made a final bid before the elecxtion to get the next government to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist group.The move by MPs and peers on the British Committee for Iran Freedom has been consistantly resisted by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) even though the USA has led the way on the issue.It is understood that shadow foreign secretary David Lammy have suggested that if he is in charge of…

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 New Plymouth boss Wayne Rooney has promised to give the club’s young players a chance to follow in his footsteps and make their names as teenagers.Rooney, who burst on to the Premier League scene as a 16-year-old at Everton, has been handed the reins at Home Park less than five months after losing his job at Birmingham.And the former Manchester United and England forward has backed his ability to develop potential talent in Devon.Asked about his management…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA blood-soaked man was taken into custody in Florida after pointing officers to a man’s body lying on a patio and declaring: “He is dead.”Matthew Weldon, 37, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in Palm Harbor on Tuesday 21 May after he allegedly killed a man during an argument over a borrowed car.Mr Weldon allegedly turned up at two separate neighbor’s homes and confessed to the murder, prompting them to call 911.According to an arrest…

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 Cameron Carter-Vickers praised manager Brendan Rodgers for ensuring Celtic maintained the confidence and composure required to end a challenging campaign with double glory.The Hoops looked to be losing their way as city rivals Rangers roared back midway through the league campaign to briefly overtake them at the top in February.But Celtic found their stride when it mattered most and claimed 25 points from their closing nine matches to secure the league title before beating Gers in Saturday’s…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA man is in custody on multiple charges after six people, including four girls, the youngest of whom was nine, were stabbed in a spree of separate attacks over Memorial Day weekend.The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Jared Ravizza, has been arrested in connection to the stabbing of two McDonald’s workers in Plymouth.An hour earlier, a similar stabbing incident occurred after four young girls, aged between nine and 17, were attacked at a cinema in Braintree, with…

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 Spain have not lifted a major tournament trophy for 12 years and they arguably under-performed at the last World Cup, but the team will want to make amends this time round.Head coach Luis de la Fuente named a 29-man provisional squad on Monday, leaving out Tottenham’s Pedro Porro, and the surprise omission of Paris Saint-Germain’s Marco Asensio.However, Marc Cucurella was named in the squad, despite only earning his second Spain cap for almost three years in March,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe first-ever criminal trial of an American president is now drawing to a close in Manhattan Criminal Court after five weeks of extraordinary testimony and courtroom antics.Donald Trump is accused of 34 charges of the illegal falsification of business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels one month before the 2016 presidential election, to ensure her silence about an alleged sexual encounter in 2006.Mr Trump denies both the liaison and the charges against him.Since…

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 Carlo Ancelotti insists his Real Madrid men “ooze confidence” ahead of their Champions League final but admits he still gets pre-match jitters despite his own unparalleled success in the tournament.Los Blancos meet Borussia Dortmund on Saturday night at Wembley, where Ancelotti could add to his four Champions League trophies as a coach, already more than any other boss in the history of the competition.Though he is now 40 years removed from his first European Cup final appearance…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USCelebrity birthdays for the week of June 2-8:June 2: Actor Ron Ely (“Tarzan”) is 86. Actor Stacy Keach is 83. Actor-director Charles Haid (“Hill Street Blues”) is 81. Singer Chubby Tavares of Tavares is 80. Film director Lasse Hallstrom (“Chocolat,” “The Cider House Rules”) is 78. Actor Jerry Mathers (“Leave It To Beaver”) is 76. Actor Joanna Gleason is 74. Actor Dennis Haysbert (“24″) is 70. Comedian Dana Carvey is 69. Actor Gary Grimes (“Summer of…