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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USBrittney Griner, the WNBA star whose 2022 arrest in Moscow sparked international condemnation, says she was holding it together until she saw her wife Cherelle’s face.Griner, 33, was taken into custody after cannabis oil cartridges were found in her luggage in February 2022 at a Moscow-area airport, and later sentenced to nine years in Russian prison. At that point, she was allowed a video chat with her wife.”I was holding it together until I saw her…

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 Ange Postecoglou remained defiant in the face of more debate over Tottenham’s set-piece issues and insisted they would not copy the “strategy” adopted by Arsenal.Spurs have shipped 14 goals from set-pieces – excluding penalties – in the Premier League this season after they conceded twice from corners in Sunday’s 3-2 home loss to the Gunners.Leaders Arsenal have become set-piece kings since Mikel Arteta recruited specialist coach Nicolas Jover and one of his tactics was to have Ben…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAn American man is facing up to 12 years in a Caribbean jail for accidentally taking ammunition onto an island resort, a mistake that has triggered an internal TSA investigation in the US.Ryan Watson was returning from his 40th birthday vacation on 12 April when he was detained by police in the British territory of Turks and Caicos. Airport security found several large bullets from a hunting rifle in his carry-on luggage.The penalty for travelling 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 Might the story of the season suddenly be happening out of nowhere, like another sublime Jadon Sancho run? Nobody has given Borussia Dortmund a chance in these Champions League semi-finals but, in part because Paris Saint-Germain couldn’t take any massive chances of their own, the German club at least have one foot in Wembley.That came from the one goal in this tie, that was itself struck by another unfashionable figure in Niclas Fullkrug, but it could 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 USThe infamous Wally the ‘emotional support alligator’ has been stolen while on vacation in Georgia and released back into a swamp.Wally the Gator, best known for being an emotional support pet who often gives out cuddles to the public and has amassed thousands of followers on social media for his unusually friendly behaviour, was stolen over a week ago, his owner, Joie Henney, says.Wally’s Facebook page has been updating fans of Wally’s disappearance on the animal’s…

Sports presenter Jeff Stelling said he “could have never dreamt of” his decades-long career when he was a young boy growing up on a North East council estate.The veteran broadcaster, who fronted the Sky Sports Soccer Saturday programme for 25 years before stepping down last year, was made an MBE on Wednesday for services to sport, broadcasting and charity at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.Stelling said the honour, given by the Princess Royal, was “amazing, unexpected, thrilling and, on the day, nerve-racking”.The 69-year-old broadcaster is also an ambassador to Prostate Cancer UK – for which he has helped raise more…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USHarvey Weinstein, disgraced Hollywood producer, is set to be retried as early as September, a New York court decided on Wednesday in the first hearing since the movie mogul’s conviction for rape and sexual assault was overturned.Weinstein, 72, using a wheelchair, appeared in the courthouse in lower Manhattan this afternoon.The hearing was the first step in the path to retrying the case. Both the prosecutors and attorneys for Weinstein were given a chance to address next…

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 Anton Ferdinand has called on John Terry to sit down with him in front of live cameras and look at “footage unblurred” of their October 2011 incident – following which Ferdinand accused Terry of racial abuse.Terry, then Chelsea captain, was charged over the incident at Loftus Road but was then cleared in court. Terry has always denied abusing the former QPR player, though was given a four-match ban and a £222,000 fine by the Football Association after…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USWatch from Columbia University on Wednesday 1 May, where protests continue after police cleared a campus encampment on Tuesday.New York City mayor Eric Adams said about 300 people had been arrested as he blamed the protests on outside agitators – without offering concrete evidence.Student rallies have spread to dozens of schools across the US in recent days expressing opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza and police have been called in to quell or clear protests.Supporters of…

Luis Enrique on PSG’s defensive collapse as Barca comeback to win 3-2Sign 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 Paris Saint-Germain are aiming to reach their first Champions League final since their 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in 2020.Standing in PSG’s way are Bayern’s Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund, who overcame a first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid to progress to the semi-finals.After ending Diego Simeone’s hunt for a first UCL medal, the German club are now faced with stopping Kylian Mbappe’s search for the trophy he…