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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 Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson is on a ventilator in hospital after collapsing at home due to a brain condition, his club Midtjylland have announced.The 28-year-old, who had a spell at Arsenal as a teenager, has not appeared for the Danish club since December and there had been mounting speculation over his absence.Midtjylland said in a statement on their official website: “In view of the increasing rumours and speculation that are circulating about the reason for Kristoffer Olsson’s…

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 emailsThe editor of a Moscow-based weekly magazine said the Kremlin’s crackdown on its front page coverage of Alexei Navalny’s death has made his publication more popular than ever.Navalny, a fierce opposition figure who frequently spoke out against Vladimir Putin, died at an Arctic penal colony on 16 February in mysterious circumstances. Western leaders and Navalny’s family and team believe he was killed and that Mr Putin was responsible for his death.Navalny’s mother Lyudmila said she…

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 Alan Shearer’s statue is the best part of 100 miles from Alan Shearer Way. The former is famously just outside St James’ Park, a bronzed right arm up in trademark celebration which, it is to be hoped, he performed after all 206 of his goals for Newcastle United. But the road named after Newcastle’s local hero is on the other side of the Pennines, a stretch of A666 that runs past Ewood Park as far as Shearer’s…

Russian forces clear out abandoned military equipment after Ukrainian troops’ retreat from AvdiivkaFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsNato “cannot rule out” sending its soldiers into Ukraine to help fight against Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, French President Emmanual Macron has said.Speaking during a meeting of 25 European leaders in Paris, including UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, Mr Macron said the group were willing “to do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war”.Asked if that included sending soldiers, a move that…

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 FA Cup fifth round takes place this week – with an important change to the rules of the competition.The old tradition of drawn Cup ties being replayed still applies to the third and fourth rounds, but fifth-round replays were scrapped during the 2018-19 season as part of a gradual slimming down of the tournament. So every round from the fifth onwards will be decided by one tie, with extra-time and a penalty shootout available to settle…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USOn Tuesday, 20 February an Amber Alert went out in the Wisconsin town of Two Rivers. A little boy had gone missing and police needed the community’s help.Nearly a week on, the town is still searching for Elijah Vue, while his mother and a male acquaintance are in jail, facing child neglect charges. Here’s everything we know so far about the case:What happened to Elijah Vue?Three-year-old Elijah Vue was last seen at around 8am on 20…

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 hopes West Ham have turned a corner after finally beating bogey side Brentford 4-2.On a night of firsts, Jarrod Bowen scored a first career hat-trick to ease the pressure on boss Moyes after a rotten run of eight matches without a win.The Hammers won their first match of 2024, with Bowen scoring his first goals since before Christmas and becoming the first Hammers player to hit a treble at the London Stadium.It means West Ham,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAn unknown suspect sent Donald Trump Jr a letter containing a white powder substance on Monday, prompting multiple fire trucks and men in hazmat suits to respond to his Florida residence.According to The Daily Beast, three people familiar with the incident said Mr Trump, who is the eldest son of the former president, opened the letter and caused the white power to fly out of the envelope.A police department in Jupiter, Florida did not respond to the outlet’s…

Pep Guardiola looks ahead to the FA Cup fifth round Maidstone will look to continue their remarkable run in the FA Cup as they travel to Coventry in the fifth round tonight. George Elokobi’s side are a game away from the quarter-finals after stunning Ipswich, and again face Championship opposition. Maidstone are eighth in the National League south, the sixth tier of English football, and are aiming to become just the second non-league side to reach the quarter-finals in the last 100 years, after Lincoln City in 2017. Coventry, who were knocked out by non-league opposition in Wrexham last season,…

Trump tells Joe Biden ‘You’re fired’ as he wins South Carolina Republican primary 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 appealing his $454m New York civil fraud judgment, challenging the judge’s finding that he lied about his wealth as he grew the real estate empire that launched him to stardom.The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal on Monday asking the state’s mid-level appeals court to overturn Judge Arthur Engoron’s verdict after a months-long trial stemming from New York attorney general…