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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 Harry Kane’s substitution from Bayern Munich’s Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid backfired spectacularly on Thomas Tuchel, who was accused of “arrogance” after withdrawing his top scorer in the late defeat at the Bernabeu.Tuchel said Kane “was having back problems” and had no choice but to remove the England captain. But the manager’s defensive changes were criticised by TNT Sport pundits Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes, with centre-back Kim Min-jae, who made an error in the first…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Biden is certain Donald Trump will not accept the results of the 2024 presidential race if they mark a Biden re-election.“I promise you he won’t,” the president told CNN on Wednesday during a sit-down interview in the key battleground state of Wisconsin, arguing this stance would be “dangerous” for the country.“You can’t only love your country when you win,” President Biden added.The president also said that in his meetings with world leaders, heads of state privately express…

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 Jude Bellingham hailed Real Madrid’s never-say-die attitude and insisted he felt no nerves after a dream night where they produced a trademark late show to down Bayern Munich and reach another Champions League final.It could have been a different story at the Santiago Bernabeu where Madrid’s 13-month unbeaten home record was in serious danger after Alphonso Davies fired the visitors ahead in the 68th minute.Carlo Ancelotti remained composed and so did his team with substitute Joselu able…

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 emailsSpirited Away simply shouldn’t work. At a time when hackneyed screen-to-stage cash-ins have become a ravaging blight on London’s theatre scene, along comes this: a doggedly faithful adaptation of one of the greatest and most adored animated films of all time. Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning 2001 fantasy is inimitable – a medium-defining and wholly idiosyncratic achievement only possible in the boundaryless canvas of animation. And yet, here it is on stage, reconfigured ambitiously into flesh and…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe United States won’t supply Israel with offensive weapons for use in a ground offensive that endangers the Palestinian civilians who’ve taken shelter in the border city of Rafah, President Joe Biden has said.Mr Biden explained his position on Rafah in an interview with CNN anchor Erin Burnett during a visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday.But he insisted that he won’t stop the flow of defensive weapons like the interceptors used for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system even if…

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 Thomas Tuchel vented his frustration at the “disastrous decision” to rule out a potential Matthijs de Ligt equaliser after Bayern Munich missed out on the Champions League final following a 4-3 aggregate loss to Real Madrid.The last-four tie had been evenly-poised after a 2-2 draw in Germany last week and Alphonso Davies fired the visitors into a surprise lead with 22 minutes left at the Santiago Bernabeu.Bayern looked on course to end Madrid’s 13-month unbeaten home run,…

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 US Army sergeant who was arrested in Russia last week was going through a divorce at the time he travelled without authorisation to follow a new girlfriend to Russia, where the woman later accused him of theft, leading to his arrest.The revelation, based on comments from Gordon Black’s family to the Washington Post, helps fill in the details of the evolving international incident.Mr Black, 34, was supposed to be on leave from the Army 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 Real Madrid, somehow, but inevitably, find a new way to win. It was starting to feel what it must be like to play themselves. And yet, of course, even they came through that. Bayern Munich had subjected the Spanish champions to the sort of experience Real Madrid have done to so many. They dug in, they frustrated, they scored a crucial goal out of nothing amid favourable refereeing decisions.Real Madrid then threw it all in, including a…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailRepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to vacate Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.Ms Greene previously vowed to bring this motion against Mr Johnson this week. She met with the speaker twice this week alongside her ally, GOP Representative Thomas Massie.Her motion is privileged, which means the House would have been forced to vote within 48 hours. However, a vote to table her motion commenced almost immediately after Ms Greene finished speaking.Democrats and some GOP members…

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 Everton’s Fan Advisory Board has called on 777 Partners to abandon their attempts to buy the club and has urged owner Farhad Moshiri to instead try and sell it to someone else instead.The FAB, who have a meeting scheduled with Moshiri later this month, also encouraged the Premier League to play their part in halting the protracted takeover by the American investment firm by telling 777 they would fail the owners’ and directors’ test.They accused Moshiri, 777…