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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 Crystal Palace have appointed Oliver Glasner as manager having announced earlier on Monday that Roy Hodgson had stepped down from the role.Glasner, 49, who led Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2022, has agreed a two-year deal with the Premier League club.A Palace statement read: “Crystal Palace F.C. are pleased to confirm the appointment of Oliver Glasner as manager.”Palace announced Hodgson’s departure just hours before their league game against Everton and said that the 76-year-old, who…

Weather report forecasts back-to-back storms in California Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planetGet our free Climate emailAlmost the entire state of California is on flood watch on Monday with up to ten inches of rain possible in areas, along with tornadoes. More than 37 million people are facing strong winds, torrential rain and heavy mountain snow until Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Tornadoes are possible in the Sacramento Valley region, according to forecasters, along with the slight risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of inland northern California. 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 Crystal Palace have swiftly appointed Oliver Glasner as their new manager, hours after Roy Hodgson resigned from his post. The 49-year-old takes over with immediate effect but will not be in the dugout at Goodison Park, with Palace facing Everton on Monday night.The Eagles have signed up the Austrian until the end of the 2025/26 campaign, after he left Eintracht Frankfurt in summer following two years at the club, leading them to a German Cup final at…

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 emailsTo mark the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine breaking out, The Independent is bringing together a panel of experts who have been at the forefront of the coverage of the conflict.Two years have passed since Russia invaded its European neighbour and the war has left Ukraine and its people in a state of utter devastation.Our panel will be looking back at some of the key moments from the past two years, as well…

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 has resigned as manager of Crystal Palace, citing his decision allows the club to “bring forward plans for a new manager” from the summer.The veteran boss, who reached his 200th game as Palace boss recently, was taken to hospital after training last week after falling ill, and now exits ahead of the Monday night Premier League fixture against Everton.Along with announcing the 76-year-old’s departure from the club, Palace confirmed that the former England boss had…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFormer Republican conference chair Liz Cheney has argued that former president Donald Trump has created the “Putin wing” of the Republican Party, a section backing the Russian president. Ms Cheney, 57, was on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday warning of the Putin wing possibly coming back to the White House in the form of former president Donald Trump. She slammed the ex-president for his recent comments saying that he wouldn’t protect Nato countries who don’t pay…

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 Manchester United are prepared to wait on Dan Ashworth as Newcastle United insist on full compensation of up to £20m for their sporting director.Ashworth has been placed on gardening leave after informing Newcastle of his desire to join Manchester United, although no contact has yet been made between the clubs.Ashworth’s decision marks another crucial step in Ineos’s attempt to modernise Manchester United’s football department, and he has long been their top target. It is understood that a…

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 musical about Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile ski crash will be transferred to a theatre in Utah, United States after a run in London.Created by Awkward Productions, Gwyneth Goes Skiing is billed to be a “story of love, betrayal [and] skiing” and will satirise the viral televised legal trial between optometrist Terry Sanderson andThe Talented Mr Ripley star after they collided on a Utah ski slope back in 2016.The show concluded its run at London’s Pleasance…

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 man has been named a person of interest after investigators launched a desperate search into the disappearance of a young Texas girl who was on her way to school. Audrii Cunningham, aged 11, was last seen at 7am on Thursday in Polk County near her home.The young girl was supposed to have caught the school bus at her neighbourhood bus stop, yet school officials told police that the bus did not pick her up, nor…

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 Dejan Kulusevski has acknowledged Tottenham were “too open” against Wolves and insisted they must work harder to get their top-four charge back on track.Spurs slipped to a 2-1 loss at home to the Midlands club on Saturday, which allowed Aston Villa to leapfrog them and take back fourth position, while sixth-placed Manchester United are only three points behind.Tottenham lacked fluency against Wolves and while Kulusevski levelled 34 seconds into the second half, the visitors continued to cause…