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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 Luke Shaw’s availability for Euro 2024 looks in jeopardy after Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said the injured left-back is a major doubt for next weekend’s FA Cup final.The 28-year-old full-back has only managed 15 appearances in an injury-interrupted campaign, with his last coming three months ago in the narrow win at Luton.Shaw’s return from his latest muscle injury was expected in early May but Ten Hag recently revealed the Euro 2020 final goalscorer had suffered…

Video shows Karen Read and cop boyfriend on night of his murderThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThe trial of a woman charged with murdering her police officer boyfriend in Massachusetts is hearing from one of those inside the house where the victim was allegedly run over and left for dead during a snowstorm.On day 13 of Karen Read’s murder trial, her defence team has been questioning Colin Albert, who they say was at the house in Canton where John O’Keefe was…

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 Liverpool support VAR’s continued use in the Premier League next season despite calls from Wolves to scrap it.The PA news agency understands the Reds want the system to continue and improve.That is despite the club being on the wrong end of one of the highest-profile officiating errors of the season, when a Luis Diaz goal at Tottenham in October was wrongly ruled out after miscommunication between on-field referee Simon Hooper and VAR Darren England.Another top-flight club have…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USWalmart has tripled its quarterly profits to $5.1bn just days after announcing that “several hundred” employees were set to be laid off or subject to relocation.The supermarket chain has released its highly-anticipated earnings report which showed that in-store sales and global e-commerce have boomed in the past year.Walmart’s quarterly profits stand at just over $5.1bn, an eye-watering 205 per cent increase compared with the same period last year, which was just shy of $1.7bn. Consumers from…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed new legislation that denotes climate change as a smaller priority, and making it disappear from state laws in an attempt to protect the state from “green zealots” with a “radical climate agenda”.Mr DeSantis signed the bill on Wednesday, that would also ban power-generating wind turbines offshore or near Florida’s large stretch of coastline, despite climate data showing temperature and sea levels rising in the state, with Florida’s location particularly being at risk…

A raccoon invaded a football pitch in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night (15 May) before being promptly captured and trapped in a bin.The critter, nicknamed “Raquinho”, interrupted the New York City FC vs Philadelphia Union game during the 21st minute.A chase ensued as the raccoon attempted to evade the clutches of security staff before it was trapped underneath the bin.”At what point are we just rooting for him?” one commentator joked.The chaos echoed similar scenes at Sheffield Wednesday in 2022, when a cat gave footballers the run around at Hillsborough Stadium. Source link

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe Supreme Court is ordering Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.The order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the state’s six congressional districts, potentially boosting Democrats’ chances of gaining control of the closely divided House of Representatives in the 2024 elections.The justices acted on emergency appeals filed by…

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 wants Bayern Munich to give assurances on two specific signings before committing to a new contract. The 50-year-old has been in a series of meetings about a new deal all week, as the German club’s long wait to decide on next season’s manager looks set to end with the current manager just continuing. It was Tuchel’s decision to leave that prompted the search, only for Bayern to struggle with a series of appointments. Tuchel has…

Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after assassination attemptFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSlovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in the stomach in an assassination attempt.Reports said that Mr Fico, 59, was injured after five shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova where the leader was meeting with supporters. Deputy prime minister Tomas Taraba said the operation “went well” and added: “I guess…

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 After all the sound, there’s no fury. There’s only a peace. As Jurgen Klopp departs Liverpool, he has no real regrets. He’s literally won everything, even if there could have been more. There’s a bigger debate about the latter but, even within that, a point has been proven.When Liverpool’s ownership were seeking to rebuild the club over the 2012-15 period, they gradually modernised every department until they had one of the best recruitment systems in the game.…