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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 Liverpool have suffered an injury blow for the Carabao Cup final with Trent Alexander-Arnold ruled out of the clash with Chelsea and set to miss several weeks.The right-back aggravated an existing knee problem which had ruled him out for three weeks in January, putting Conor Bradley in line to start at Wembley on 25 February.No date has yet been put on Alexander-Arnold’s probable return and it remains to be seen if he will be fit for the…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThree police officers in Washington, DC were shot as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, authorities said.The suspect, who has not yet been named, was barricaded in a house in the 5000 block of Hanna Place Southeast near Benning Road, police said at a press conference on Wednesday.Authorities say that around 7.30am the individual “refused to come outside” and as officers “attempted to gain entry, the individual fired upon them.”The three…

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 Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has been handed a Football Association charge for his bizarre rant about a sandwich-eating linesman.Wilder was incensed when one of referee Tony Harrington’s assistants was consuming a sandwich when the Blades manager went to see him after the 3-2 defeat at Crystal Palace last month.Wilder described it as a “complete lack of respect” and also called Harrington’s performance “ridiculous” in an interview with BBC Radio Sheffield after the game.He said: “It’s yet…

Lakewood church shooter used rifle with ‘Palestine’ sticker, police sayThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThe former mother-in-law of the Lakewood Church shooter has blasted Texas gun laws and state authorities for failing to stop the “completely preventable horror”.Moreno, 36, opened fire inside Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston, Texas on Sunday.Moreno, who has a lengthy criminal record and has gone by several male aliases, allegedly carried out the shooting using an AR-15 with the word “Palestine” across it, police said.Police said Moreno…

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 have got approval from the Football Association for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment as it has moved another step closer to being finalised.The Premier League had already approved the deal for the petrochemicals billionaire to take a 25 per cent stake in the club.Completion of the £1.3bn investment cannot come until Ratcliffe finalises his purchase of Class A shares. That is not expected to be a problem with the 71-year-old willing to buy, at $33 a…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires top generalFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsVladimir Putin’s troops have advanced along the “entire front line” in Ukraine as Kyiv was forced to switch to defensive operations, the country’s military warned.The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said the situation was “difficult” and his focus was now to exhaust the Russian advance.“At this time, the situation can be assessed as difficult. The enemy is now advancing along almost the entire front…

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 Tottenham and South Korea captain Son Heung-min injured his finger in an altercation with team-mates on the eve of the country’s exit from the Asian Cup.The players quarrelled during a team dinner ahead of their 2-0 semi-final defeat by Jordan last week, which extended their 64-year wait for another Asian Cup title.“It happened when some young players went up to play table tennis, and Son Heung-min and other older players took issue with it,” a South Korean…

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 emailsUkrainian forces have destroyed another Russian warship off the southern coast of occupied Crimea, Kyiv’s military said, in its latest done attack on Moscow’s Black Sea fleet.The Ukrainian intelligence services (GUR) posted a video said to show multiple naval drones attacking the 90-person, 113m-long Caesar Kunikov Ropucha-class landing ship in the early hours of Wednesday. It is another embarrassing blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Black Sea fleet, and a significant success for…

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’s poor Premier League campaign has left them 13 points off the final Champions League qualifying spot but midfielder Enzo Fernandez says a change of attitude has given them hope they can still reach Europe’s elite club competition next season.Back-to-back Premier League defeats by Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers early this month were the latest setbacks for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, but an FA Cup win over Aston Villa and 3-1 league victory over Crystal Palace on Monday has…

Moment Republicans voted to impeach Secretary Alejandro MayorkasSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailRepublicans in the House of Representatives have suceeded in impeaching Joe Biden’s top border official, homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, after the motion slipped to an embarrassing defeat last week.The vote succeeded along party lines lines, winning 214-213. Three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the articles of impeachment.House GOP members accuse Mr Mayorkas of failing to stem record flows of migrants across the US-Mexico border, an issue their likely presidential…