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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 emailsA tourist on a skiing holiday in Europe has been attacked by a bear.The Danish skier was injured in a bear attack at a nature park in North Macedonia, in an area where authorities say mild winters have led to a surge in the brown bear population.The skier was taken to a hospital in the western city of Tetovo, said Stojance Angelov, head of the country’s state-run Crisis Management Centre.He suffered injuries to his left…

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 Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford proved to be a mistake for all parties as it required him to change how he asked his team to play.Ronaldo made a sensational return to Manchester United in August 2021, with his former team-mate Solskjaer in charge of the club. But after a second placed finish the previous season, Solskjaer was sacked within three months of signing the…

Donald Trump calls US ‘third-world country’ after Super Tuesday winsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailNikki Haley has beaten Donald Trump in Vermont’s Republican primary in a close fight that came down to the wire, a surprise on what was otherwise a dominant Super Tuesday for the front-runner in which he is projected to have won more than a dozen primaries, including such large states as California and Texas. Declaring victory at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Tuesday night, Mr Trump said: “They…

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 Real Madrid host RB Leipzig in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 and face a battle to reach the quarter-finals.In the first leg, Los Blancos were without the injured Jude Bellingham and left Germany with a slender lead after Brahim Diaz earned them a 1-0 win.Despite Real’s impressive record in the competition, RB Leipzig can afford to throw everything at the match, having had nine shots on target during the opening leg.But the…

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 power supply to large swathes of Crimea has been severed as the region was bombarded by drone attacks overnight.It comes a day after the Ukrainian military sank a Russian warship off the coast of occupied Crimea using sea drones, the latest embarrassing blow to Moscow’s naval forces.Odesa-based media outlet Dumskaya said locals reported hearing explosions and the sounds of active air defence on the peninsula that was…

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 Harry Kane fired Bayern Munich into the quarter-finals of the Champions League as the German side overturned a first-leg deficit against Lazio with a 3-0 win at the Allianz Arena.Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Rome, Bayern were kept out until Kane headed home from close range – his 50th goal in European competition.Thomas Muller doubled the lead on the night with another header seconds before the break as Matthijs de Ligt’s volley flashed across the…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Joe Biden has lost the American Samoa Democratic primary to a little-known candidate who had never visited the islands before the caucus. The shock victory for Jason Palmer tarnishes a night where Mr Biden otherwise chalked up a string of Super Tuesday wins. Out of 91 ballots cast in the territory’s caucus, Mr Palmer won 51 and the president took 40, according to the local Democratic party office.The outcome will hardly derail Mr Biden’s march toward his…

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 The Champions League is back this week as the knockout stage of the competition continues with the last-16 return legs.Defending champions Manchester City earned a 3-1 victory at FC Copenhagen to take a lead back to the Etihad on Wednesday night, where Pep Guardiola’s side will look to book their place in the quarter-finals.It’s a little trickier for Arsenal, however, as Mikel Arteta’s team suffered a late 1-0 defeat in Porto. The Gunners must come from behind…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailWe’re finally here! Super Tuesday, the March Madness of presidential primaries. Except in this case, we know that Donald Trump and Joe Biden – the respective number one seeds in their parties – will win the whole thing. Tonight, 15 states, and American Samoa, will hold their primaries. Despite Nikki Haley’s insistence that she is in the race to win it, she will face an avalanche of closed-primary states such as California and Oklahoma and states with heavy Maga contingents…

Jamie Carragher teased Martin Odegaard about Arsenal’s photographer after their 6-0 win against Sheffield United.The Sky Sports pundit went viral last month over his response to the Gunners’ post-match celebrations against Liverpool, which saw their captain grab a camera and take a picture of one of their photographers on the pitch.“You’ve been brilliant, back in the title race. Get down the tunnel,” he said at the time.Odegaard was interviewed on Sky Sports following Monday’s thrashing of Sheffield United, and Carragher couldn’t resist bringing the incident up.“Martin, where’s the photographer?” he asked.“I was waiting for you to say something,” Odegaard responded.…