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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 In Emma Hayes’s final season at Chelsea, the Women’s Super League will be going down to the wire again. Though for the wider observers, they will have Manchester City to thank for that after Gareth Taylor’s side defeated the four-time reigning champions at Kingsmeadow to blow the title race wide open. Chelsea could have gone six points clear with victory but the hosts were flat and strangely subdued. City rose to the occasion and deservedly joined Chelsea…

Weather report shows back-to-back storms set to slam California this weekendSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planetGet our free Climate emailBack-to-back storms are heading for the US west coast, bringing more heavy downpours and raising the risk of flash flooding.A plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean is set to surge over the region on Saturday, the National Weather Service said. The downpours will start across southern Oregon and northern California on Friday night before moving down into central and southern California later this weekend. Forecasters said that there was a “slight…

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 Jack Grealish has been ruled out of Manchester City’s clash with Chelsea on Saturday.The England international was forced off with a groin injury in the first half of City’s Champions League win at FC Copenhagen on Tuesday.Manager Pep Guardiola is still to learn the full extent of the 28-year-old’s problem but this weekend’s Premier League visit of the Londoners comes too soon for him to feature.Guardiola said: “Jack will not be ready. I don’t know (how long…

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 emailsJust minutes before the opening session of the world’s largest meeting for security policy, news broke of the sudden death of prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison in Russia.A day before, Navalny had appeared in court, thin but ostensibly well and even joking about the absurdity of the Russian judicial system with the judge, who couldn’t help but smile at his joke.Then on Friday, it was announced that the 47-year-old had collapsed…

A deep love for his local football team has sustained a County Armagh centenarian to his 100th year.Hilbert Willis has devotedly followed Loughgall Football Club all his life, serving as a groundsman for 30 years and as chairman for almost a decade.He further cemented his stalwart status over the coronavirus lockdown by walking 100 laps of the Lakeview Park ground to raise £28,000 for the club.His legacy has already been marked with a stand named after him.To honour his 100th birthday this week, the club gave that support back with a series of celebrations of Mr Willis’s life. 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 USA Utah education official has been censured after she falsely suggested a 16-year-old girl was transgender in a social media post.In a since deleted Facebook post, Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline shared a flier for a girls’ high school basketball team in Salt Lake County, writing along with it, “Girls’ basketball…”, seemingly suggesting one of the players was not female.As a result of the post, the teenager targeted by Ms Cline was subjected…

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 Roy Hodgson’s future as Crystal Palace manager remained unclear on Friday afternoon amid reports the 76-year-old was considering taking a break from the game after being in hospital for tests.Hodgson fell ill during training on Thursday and was later described as “stable” by the Premier League club after undergoing further medical examinations.As a consequence, Palace called off Hodgson’s scheduled pre-match press conference ahead of the upcoming match at Everton on Monday night.The news of Hodgson’s latest health…

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 emailsRussia must face consequences over the death of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, leaders from around the world have said – pointing the finger squarely at the Kremlin as being responsible for the brutal murder of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic.Navalny, 47, had recently been moved to a jail near the Arctic Circle where he was serving almost two decades on charges that supporters and much of the international community believe were trumped up in order…

Chelsea take on Man City in the WSL on Friday evening (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 Chelsea host Manchester City at Kingsmeadow in what could be a title-deciding Women’s Super League clash.Chelsea have won the last three successive titles, including a win in 2021, where they pipped their opponents to the title by just two points.Emma Hayes’ side lead City by three points, and have the opportunity to extend their advantage to six points with just eight games remaining.Chelsea are still…

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 emailsWatch live as a protest takes place in Berlin after Alexei Navalny’s death.Moscow’s federal prison service said in a statement that the politician, 47, felt unwell after a walk on Friday 16 February and lost consciousness.An ambulance arrived to try to rehabilitate him, but he died, the agency said.Mr Navalny had been moved in December from his former prison in the Vladimir region of central Russia to a “special regime” penal colony, the highest security…