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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 Oliver Glasner replied with an emphatic “no” when asked if he expected his first three months in charge of Crystal Palace would result in his new side equalling a best-ever top-10 Premier League finish.The mood was sour in south London when the Austrian took over a relegation-threatened Eagles side in February, a nadir best exemplified by the protest banners raised by a disillusioned fanbase.On Sunday, before Jean-Philippe Mateta hit a hat-trick in the Eagles’ 5-0 thrashing of Aston…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailMarta Moehring voted the way she prefers in Nebraska’s Republican primary Tuesday — in person, at her west Omaha polling place.She didn’t even consider taking advantage of the state’s no-excuse mail-in ballot process. In fact, she would prefer to do away with mail-in voting altogether. She’s convinced fraudulent mailed ballots cost former President Donald Trump a second term in 2020.“I don’t trust it in general,” Moehring, 62, said. “I don’t think they’re counted correctly.”But now Republican officials —…

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 On a day when any tension was largely illusory, there was considerable symbolism. Arsenal lifted themselves to the 89 points that were required last season, only for Manchester City to go that bit further. They easily beat West Ham United to make it 91 points, illustrating how they always raise the bar.Many point to this as a sign of the Premier League’s supposed competitiveness, but it really just shows how difficult it is to even keep pace…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USSean “Diddy” Combs has posted an Instagram video apologizing for beating his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura after footage of the violent 2016 incident surfaced this week.Security camera footage from the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, was first obtained and published by CNN. It shows Diddy chasing Cassie down a hotel hallway, throwing her to the ground and kicking her.On Sunday, the music mogul took to Instagram to break his silence over the footage.In the…

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 Moises Caicedo scored a remarkable goal from the halfway line as Chelsea took the lead against Bournemouth on the Premier League’s final day.Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto had rushed out of his box to meet Raheem Sterling, which meant when the ball fell to Caicedo in the centre circle, the goal was empty.But the Ecuadorian midfielder still had to pull off a miraculous finish and he did so beautifully, taking a touch before launching the ball 50 yards from…

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailThe Post Office has plummeted from its position as Britain’s sixth-most-trusted financial, banking and insurance brand to 135th in the space of just 12 months amid public outcry over the Horizon IT scandal, new polling suggests.The company is now at risk of losing a third of its “heartland” older customer base, the study found, with the number of over-50s considering using Post Office services falling from 60 to 40 per cent in less than a year.Trust in the Post Office…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Joe Biden called for an “immediate ceasefire” and acknowledged protesters who have denounced the Israeli siege as a genocide as he spoke on Sunday at one of the nation’s oldest historically Black colleges, Morehouse.The president told Morehouse College’s graduating class of seniors that the voices of protesters “should be heard” even as the school was forced to threaten students with the cancellation of commencement ceremonies if disruptions occurred.“I support peaceful, non-violent protest,” Biden told the class. “Your…

Liverpool fans welcomed their team coach to Anfield for the final time under Jurgen Klopp on Sunday 19 May.The German manager brings the curtain down on an impressive spell at the club, which saw him deliver the Premier League title and Champions League glory after arriving in 2015.Nearly nine years later, Klopp departs Liverpool a legend, and supporters put on a show for him and his team as they arrived for the final day of the domestic season.Red flares and smoke bombs were on show as the Liverpool bus made its way through the streets to Anfield. Source link

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USSix tourists successfully reached space today on a rocket from Blue Origin, the space travel company owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. The 11-minute flight, which took off Sunday morning just after 9:30 am local time, launched the passengers into zero gravity so they can experience weightlessness and view the Earth’s horizon, according to The Wall Street Journal. The rocket took them over Kármán Line — widely considered to be the border between Earth’s atmosphere and…

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 Arsenal and Manchester City head into the last round of games in the Premier League still both fighting for the title, but with the north west side holding the slight advantage.Pep Guardiola’s side have triumphed in each of the last three seasons and are aiming for an unprecedented fourth title in a row, with the Gunners now the only club who can stop them doing that after Liverpool dropped away from the race in the final month…