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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 As a beaming Jurgen Klopp sat down with the press after a 1-1 that got everyone off their seats, he was asked whether this made him want him to stay. The Liverpool manager reasserted his reason for leaving at the end of the season, but there is maybe some slight sense of regret – if also completeness – that his team produced what he described as one of their best performances against Manchester City in his last…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USGood news for all coffee lovers, as Google Doodle has launched a new artwork celebrating the humble flat white.While Google Doodle is well known for commemorating independence and national days in different countries, international days, and even spotlighting people of importance on their birthdays, sometimes it’s vital to admire the simpler things in life – such as a good coffee.The doodle, launched on 11 March, shows an animation of the elements of making a flat white,…

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 Lecce have sacked manager Roberto D’Aversa after he headbutted an opposing player at the end of their loss to Hellas Verona at the weekend. D’Aversa headbutted Verona striker Thomas Henry in the aftermath of their 1-0 Serie A defeat on Sunday. The club released a statement later that day condemning the incident, and have now dismissed the 48-year-old.“After the events that took place at the end of the Lecce – Verona match, US Lecce announces that it…

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 emailsTributes are being paid to a 30-year-old woman found dead in a wheelie bin on an isolated road in Victoria, Australia.Chaithanya “Swetha” Madhagani was remembered as a “lovely” woman and caring mother by neighbours and the Indian diaspora community in Point Cook, a suburb of Melbourne. Her body was discovered in a paddock on Mount Pollock Road in Buckley, near the town of Winchelsea, on Saturday. The woman and her husband, Ashok Raj Varikuppala, lived…

Jurgen Klopp has spoken of his plans to reunite with Pep Guardiola after he leaves Liverpool at the end of the season.The Liverpool manager however refused to divulge details of his post-match conversation with the Manchester City manager after the 1-1 draw at Anfield on Sunday (10 March).In a post-match press conference, Klopp said: “We both respect each other a lot and that after our career we somehow become friends.“He’s a golfer, I am not but he is Spanish and might play padel. We will play padel, we will speak and have great talks about sensational football games and incredible…

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 emails Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the five-month-old war between Israel and Hamas.Prayers were held outside amid the rubble of demolished buildings late Sunday. Some people hung fairy lights and decorations in packed tent camps, and a video from a U.N.-school-turned-shelter showed children dancing and spraying foam as a…

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 Jurgen Klopp was adamant Liverpool should have been awarded a stoppage-time penalty in a dramatic end to his title-chasing side’s 1-1 draw with champions Manchester City.An absorbing top-of-the-table Premier League contest at Anfield was halted for a late VAR check after City’s Jeremy Doku caught Alexis Mac Allister in the chest with his boot but nothing was given.The Reds had already been given one penalty early in the second half, with Mac Allister converting to cancel out…

Navalny supporters chant outside funeral service in MoscowFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThe US asked China and India for help in dissuading Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, a US official told CNN – as the Pope provoked anger for saying Ukraine should have the courage to “raise the white flag”.“One of the things we did was not only message them directly but strongly urge, press, encourage other countries, to whom they might be more attentive, 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 A game that had everything except a crescendo – and maybe some accuracy. As high as the standards to this rivalry have been over Jurgen Klopp’s time at Liverpool, there was a symbolism in how it was errors that characterised another otherwise brilliant match against Manchester City. Liverpool lost John Stones for the first goal before a misplaced Nathan Ake pass gave up the equaliser, as so many chances were missed.That may actually be better for the…

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 emailsDavid Cameron has said he is opposed to sending Western troops to Ukraine even for training missions, warning that the UK “should not create obvious targets” for Vladimir Putin. During an interview with German daily newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, the foreign secretary was asked whether it was wise to rule out sending Western soldiers to Ukraine. He said training missions were best carried out abroad, and added that 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained in the…