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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 David Moyes took the handbrake off West Ham and watched them race into the last eight of the Europa League with a 5-0 win over Freiburg.Hammers boss Moyes uncharacteristically named an attacking line-up in a bid to repair the damage of the 1-0 first-leg defeat in Germany last week.He was rewarded with a sparkling display as goals from Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Aaron Cresswell and two from Mohammed Kudus – including a sensational solo effort – secured…

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 small Wisconsin town is continuing to search for a missing three-year-old boy, who hasn’t been seen in over two weeks.Elijah Vue vanished from his mother’s boyfriend’s home in Two Rivers on Tuesday 20 February.He had been sent 150 miles away from home for “disciplinary reasons”, with details now showing that the little boy was subjected to lengthy time-outs and threats of cold showers if he misbehaved.Both Elijah’s mother Katrina Baur, 31, and her boyfriend Jesse…

Ange Postecoglou reunited with Spurs fan Owen Bright for a tour of the club’s training ground this week.The pair met last September at a fan forum, when Postecoglou called on young Owen to ask the final question of a Q&A session.“How much are you going to win, Ange, this season?” he asked, before receiving a round of applause for his question.Sharing a hug on the training pitch six months later, the Spurs boss said it was “great to see” Owen again before he was invited to watch the team practice. 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 USHaiti’s national penitentiary is on fire after a blaze broke out in the building on Thursday morning, according to Reuters. A video posted to social media reportedly showed black smoke coming out of the facility. It’s unclear if the fire is connected to the ongoing civil unrest, if any people were inside the prison or what caused the blaze.Gangs stormed the facility earlier this month and set thousands of inmates free, causing the country’s officials 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 LaLiga will report the “deplorable racist chants” aimed at Vinicius Junior by Atletico Madrid fans to Spain’s legal authorities.The Real Madrid forward again appeared to be the target for abuse by some Atletico fans prior to their Champions League last-16 match against Inter Milan on Wednesday night.The Brazil forward has called on UEFA, which runs the Champions League, to issue sanctions.European football’s governing body is understood to be reviewing the official match report before making any decision…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump has joined his attorneys inside a federal courthouse in Florida for a hearing on his attempts to throw out criminal charges stemming from his retention of classified documents stashed at his Mar-a-Lago property.In two of their motions to dismiss the case, lawyers for the former president argued that his charges under the Espionage Age are unconstitutionally “vague” and that the Presidential Records Act protects him from prosecution.US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the…

West Ham take on Freiburg in the Europa League (Getty Images)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 West Ham face an uphill battle to remain in Europe’s second-tier competition when they host Freiburg this evening.The Hammers fell to a controversial 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. David Moyes’ side were controversially denied a late penalty to level the tie.The two teams have already faced each other in the competition this year. In the group stages, West Ham won…

Trump says 2024 election will be ‘single most important day in history of our country’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump is at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida today as he fights to have the criminal case into his alleged mishandling of classified documents thrown out.US District Judge Aileen Cannon will consider two motions brought by the former president’s attorneys seeking to dismiss the case, claiming that – under their interpretation of the Presidential Records Act – Mr Trump had the…

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 Kevin De Bruyne has provided Manchester City with a fresh injury concern ahead of their crucial Premier League clash with Arsenal after Belgium decided it was too risky to call up their captain.Belgium manager Domenico Tedesco omitted the midfielder from his squad for the March friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and England because of a groin problem.De Bruyne, who was out for five months after having hamstring surgery in August, has been handled carefully by Pep…

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailThe boss of Shell was paid nearly £8m last year, new figures showed on Thursday as the oil and gas giant watered down one of its climate pledges.Wael Sawan was handed a total pay packet worth £7.94m during the period, Shell said, a reduction from the £9.7m that his predecessor Ben van Beurden earned in 2022, although higher than Mr van Beurden’s pay package for 2021.Mr Sawan’s package included a base salary of £1.4m, an annual bonus of £2.7m and…