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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 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…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFor the longest time, Democrats have sounded like Susan Collins talking about Donald Trump when it came to Israel’s actions in Gaza: they wring their hands, express great dismay, and then do little to stop a catastrophic bombardment. Then they voted to give aid to Israel anyway. Tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have now died in the packed region, most of them women and children. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to attack Rafah seem to…

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 Emiliano Martinez looks set to return to the Aston Villa side as they plot a dramatic European comeback against Olympiacos.The Argentina goalkeeper has missed the last two games with a thigh injury suffered in the 2-2 Premier League draw with Chelsea 10 days ago.But he has been training for the last couple of days and made the journey to Athens on Wednesday as Villa try to overcome a 4-2 first-leg deficit.Martinez was sorely missed in last week’s…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFormer president Donald Trump has been out of office for more than three years, and is itching to get back in the White House.But one figure from his first run for president has refused to go away, and has ended up being a major headache for him as he pursues a third White House bid.We’re talking, of course, about adult film star Stormy Daniels, also known by her real name, Stephanie Clifford. Ms Daniels made headlines in 2018…

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 Olympiacos midfielder Vicente Iborra knows exactly what lengths Aston Villa boss Unai Emery will be going to in his bid to achieve more European glory.Villa travel to Athens on Thursday for their Europa Conference League semi-final second leg, looking to overturn last week’s 4-2 first-leg deficit.Emery has won the Europa League four times, three times with Sevilla and once with Villarreal, and Iborra was in his team on every occasion.The pair are on opposite sides this time,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailNearly six years after then-president Donald Trump promised Racine, Wisconsin residents that the “eighth wonder of the world” would rise there in the form of a chip factory operated by Taiwanese semiconductor giant Foxconn, President Joe Biden delivered on the promise of a new facility with long-term employment prospects for Wisconsinites as he announced the construction of a $3.3bn artificial intelligence data centre on the site where the planned Foxconn plant never materialised.The data centre, which will be…