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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 England fans voiced their frustration as ITV was hit by technical issues during the first half of their historic European Championship qualifier at the Republic of Ireland.The Lionesses were in Dublin to face Ireland in a competitive game for the first time since 1987, in what was a considered a must-win fixture for Sarina Wiegman’s side after Friday’s 1-1 draw against Sweden.The European champions made the perfect start in front of over 30,0000 fans at the Aviva…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailNew York’s City Hall has hired a $2000-an-hour celebrity lawyer to represent Mayor Eric Adams in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a fellow city employee in 1993.Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is coming on as co-counsel in the case against Mr Adams, according to court documents, with taxpayers footing the bill.Mr Spiro, who has “come to specialize in protecting the rich and famous from the consequences of their poorest decisions,” has previously represented…

Guardiola calls on Man City to ‘hurt’ Real Madrid: ‘We have to punish them’Real Madrid host Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie this evening. Carlo Ancelotti’s men are hoping to inflict some revenge on City who defeated them in the semi-finals of this competition last season. Following a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, City romped to a 4-0 win at the Etihad to take the tie 5-1 on aggregate. Ancelotti, who will take charge of his 200th Champions League match as a coach, will know that a better result is needed in his team’s…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA near-total abortion ban, part of a 158-year-old law, is enforceable in Arizona, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a 4-2 bombshell decision, the state’s supreme court upheld a Civil-War era law that criminalises abortions, and those who help a woman obtain one, only with exceptions to save a woman’s life. The law makes it a felony punishable by two to five years in prison.The state’s supreme court had been mulling over whether to resurrect the law,…

Arteta ‘enjoying the moment’ as Arsenal pursue Champions League glorySign 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 Arsenal host Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals this evening. The Gunners have reached this stage of Europe’s top flight competition for the first time since the 2009/10 season and are hoping to advance into the final four. Mikel Arteta’s side, who are vying for the Premier League title as well, face a tough task against the German team who’s best chance of winning silverware this year…

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 looks set to go to trial in his hush money case in Manhattan after Judge Juan Merchan wrote to both sides about the jury selection. On Monday, the judge wrote a letter to the legal team for Mr Trump as well as the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, which included the full questionnaire. “The Court has closely scrutinized all of the proposed questions submitted by both parties, including those which the parties…

Sarina Wiegman says Leah Williamson is ‘excited’ to come back ahead of Euro 2025 qualifier against SwedenSign 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 The Republic of Ireland host England in the second of their 2025 Women’s European Championship qualifiers this evening with the hopes of inflicting another painful result on Sarina Wiegman’s side.The Lionesses are the defending European champions and will want to perform strongly during qualifying before the tournament begins in Switzerland next summer. They started their defence in disappointing fashion as a…

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 emailsThousands more people have been warned to evacuate immediately in southern Russia, as two major rivers swelled beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for decades.A state of emergency has been declared in multiple regions of southern Russia after two dams on the Ural River burst in Orsk over the weekend, exacerbating an already difficult situation in the area caused by extreme seasonal floods.The river swelled several metres in just hours on…

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 This week’s Champions League matches are set to take place as planned, with governing body Uefa issuing a statement on Tuesday to insist they are “aware” of threats allegedly being made in the build-up to the four fixtures regarding potential terrorist action.Arsenal host Bayern Munich on Tuesday night and Manchester City head to Real Madrid on the same evening, with Borussia Dortmund playing at Atletico Madrid and Barcelona travelling to face Paris Saint-Germain a day later.Images circulating…

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 emailsQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story actor, Arséma Thomas, has urged Tom Holland to speak out in support of his Romeo and Juliet co-star after a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse” was directed to her online.Black British actor Frances Amewudah-Rivers has been cast as Juliet alongside Holland’s Romeo in director Jamie Lloyd’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet.Following the announcement of Amewudah-Rivers’s casting, some social media trolls berated the actor with racial…