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Alan Shearer has made a bold claim about the future of Manchester United’s manager Erik ten Hag after their victory over Coventry City in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, 21 April.A thrilling match ended 3-3 after 120 minutes and it was United who ultimately prevailed, 4-2 on penalties.Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast with Gary Lineker and Micah Richards, the former England star said even if the Reds win the cup, their boss is “gone.”“I just get the feeling that even winning the FA Cup is not going to be enough for him,” Shearer continued. 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 USAt least 16 people have been arrested at Yale University after riot police stormed the campus during a pro-Palestinian protest.The arrests happened after nearly pro-Palestine 200 protestors gathered on campus to urge Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers, the independent Yale Daily News reported on Monday morning.The protestors had been camped out on Beinecke Plaza on Yale University’s campus for three days.Cops first began by warning protestors they risked being arrested if they didn’t clear…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterPep Guardiola feels his Manchester City players will need to cool off “in the fridge” after their exertions of the past few days.City responded to last Wednesday’s draining penalty shootout loss to Real Madrid by digging in for a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday.The win, secured by a late goal from Bernardo Silva, maintained their hope of defending the domestic double but Guardiola later hit out at the scheduling of the fixture.The City…

Trump appears in court for fourth day of hush money trialSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAfter a tense week of jury selection, Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial truly gets underway in earnest on Monday morning with opening statements from the prosecution and defence.The 12 jurors and six alternates will then begin hearing evidence against the former president and his counter-argument before ultimately deciding his fate.The defendant spent much of the weekend complaining about the case on Truth Social and angrily posting his…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterMark Robins is credited as being the man who saved Sir Alex Ferguson’s job 34 years ago, but with the now Coventry manager watching on from the sidelines, an altogether more modern entity might just, and only just, have earned the current United boss a stay of execution in extraordinary fashion.Having seen his Manchester United side throw away a three-goal lead for the first time in 11 years, against a Championship team who had lost three of the previous four games, Coventry…

Israeli protesters carried mock coffins in a call for the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.The protesters demanded that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government make a deal with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining hostages or else it should resign.On 7 October 2023, more than 250 Israelis were kidnapped into Gaza by Hamas in a surprise terror attack.The Israeli government believes that in the more than 200 days since then, only 100 are still alive with the remains of 30 others still thought to be held by militants. Source link

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterFormer Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has accused Nottingham Forest of lacking “class” after the club launched a social media broadside following Sunday’s controversial Premier League defeat at Everton.Relegation-threatened Forest were aggrieved not to be awarded three penalties – all against ex-England defender Ashley Young – as they lost 2-0 at Goodison Park, and later took aim at referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials Limited.The club described the decisions as “extremely poor” and implied that VAR official Stuart Attwell was a Luton fan…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is expected to be sanctioned by the Biden administration this week after a ProPublica investigation claimed that the State Department sat for months on evidence of serious human rights abuses.Reports of the expected move have enraged the Israeli government headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and comes as US-Israel relations continue to degrade under the stress of Israel’s military onslaught in the Gaza Strip.The investigation published by the non-profit investigative…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterReal Madrid took a giant leap towards the LaLiga title after Jude Bellingham’s stoppage-time goal secured a 3-2 win against arch-rivals Barcelona.Bellingham fired home at the far post in the first minute of added time after Vinicius Junior’s first-half penalty and Lucas Vazquez had cancelled out goals from Barca pair Andreas Christensen and Fermin Lopez in El Clasico.Carlo Ancelotti’s side moved 11 points clear of Barca at the top of the table with six games remaining with victory at the Bernabeu, where…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA Republican member of the House of Representatives went off against two of his colleagues on Sunday after a tense weekend in Congress led to the passage of military assistance to Ukraine.Tony Gonzales of Texas was speaking to CNN when he was asked whether Speaker Mike Johnson would survive a motion to vacate his title being led by several lawmakers on the far right win of his party.“He will survive,” Mr Gonzales said, before launching into his tirade:…