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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 A referee will wear a video camera tonight during Crystal Palace vs Manchester United for the first time in Premier League history.Jarred Gillett will sport a device on his head known as ‘RefCam’, though the footage will not be available to fans via the live broadcast.The video will instead be used and edited for a one-off programme providing insight into Premier League officials.“We would like to thank Crystal Palace and Manchester United for their support with this…

Marjorie Taylor Greene to trigger motion to vacate Speaker Mike JohnsonSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailSpeaker Mike Johnson is set to meet with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as the House braces for a potential vote to oust the GOP leader.The Georgia Republican vowed last week to force a vote to remove Mr Johnson from his role as Speaker of the House. If Ms Greene triggers a “privileged motion” on her motion to vacate, the House will be forced to vote within 48 hours…

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 To go from polling 82 per cent of the vote to getting no votes whatsoever in a year is an electoral feat beyond even the Conservative Party. Erling Haaland’s popularity has plummeted in one respect; the runaway winner of Footballer of the Year in 2023, he was not the choice of any of the electorate in 2024. And yet, while his four goals against Wolves on Saturday came after the voting had closed, it took him to…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial will consider putting the former president in jail if he continues to violate a gag order intended to protect witnesses, jurors, court staff and their families.New York Justice Juan Merchan warned Mr Trump on Monday that jail remains “truly a last resort” that would disrupt the proceedings, court staff and law enforcement.“The magnitude of such a decision is not lost on me,” the judge said to Mr Trump inside a…

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 Early on in Arsenal’s win over Bournemouth, as anxiety started to spread around the stadium with so many wasted attacks, there was a hint it might be getting to the back line. Gabriel Magalhaes made a rare misstep to let Dominic Solanke in, only for that to be immediately cut out by a brilliant tackle from William Saliba.There were two notable aspects to this. One was that such a moment stood out all the more because it…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailSouth Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been roundly criticized after including a story in her upcoming memoir about killing her family dog. And now it appears that she wants President Joe Biden’s German Shepherd to face a similar fate.Ms Noem, a rumoured running mate for Donald Trump in the 2024 election, revealed in her book No Going Back that she shot her 14-month-old “working dog” Cricket because of his behaviour.The story has attracted significant backlash in the past…

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 Crawley Town have confirmed their League Two play-off semi-final first leg against MK Dons has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The match was due to kick off at 3pm this afternoon, but a late call has been made due to the playing surface.A statement from the club read: “Crawley Town Football Club is disappointed to announce that this afternoon’s Sky Bet League Two Play-Off Semi-Final first leg has been postponed due to a waterlogged surface…

Donald Trump salutes during the American national anthem at the F1 Miami Grand Prix on SundaySign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump’s New York hush money trial will resume at Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday morning for a fourth week, with prosecutors inching closer to introducing their star witness, the defendant’s former personal attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen.Last week’s session ended with emotional testimony from the former president’s one-time White House communication director Hope Hicks, who recounted her experiences of serving his presidential…

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 What the papers sayArsenal duo Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey are on the radar of clubs in the Saudi Pro League, according to the Daily Express. The 27-year-old Brazilian has scored four goals with five assists in 25 games for Arsenal in the Premier League this season while Partey, 30, has played in 12 games.The future of Newcastle striker Callum Wilson is uncertain with the Daily Mirror reporting the 32-year-old is being linked to an exit from…

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 emailsRussia is relying far more on overland routes in annexed eastern Ukraine to supply its military than on Crimea’s Kerch Bridge, which Ukraine has repeatedly targeted since the war began, new satellite images show.The bridge, which Russia built after annexing Crime in 2014, is seeing almost “zero traffic” and may therefore no longer represent an effective military target for Ukraine’s ammunition-strapped troops, according to analysts at Molfar, Ukraine’s biggest private open-source intelligence, or OSINT, agency.Satellite…