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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 Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has warned any proposal to introduce blue cards and sin bins will destroy football.It was revealed on Thursday that a trial could commence soon where a blue card would be shown for dissent and professional fouls where the offenders would be sin binned for 10 minutes.FIFA has since clarified the trial will not occur in elite football, while football’s lawmakers, the International Football Association Board, will not publish plans for the sin…

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planetGet our free Climate emailHouses were shaken across Los Angeles after being hit with a 4.7 magnitude earthquake.The quake occurred just before 2pm on Friday, in the wake of intense storms that have battered the city and the entire west coast. The effects lasted for several seconds causing some buildings across the city to move violently.The epicentre was located at 6.21 miles of Malibu, California, and was later downgraded to a 4.5 magnitude quake.The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) warned the public to prepare for immediate…

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 Richard Masters has rejected Parliament’s request to release his witness statement to the independent commission that gave Everton the heaviest points deduction in Premier League history.And the Premier League chief executive rejected an accusation from the Culture, Media and Sport committee that he had moved the goalposts or created the sense Everton were treated unfairly.The Merseyside club were given a 10-point punishment after failing Profit and Sustainability Rules by making a £124.5m loss over a three-year period,…

Former governor Larry Hogan announces run for Senate in MarylandSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump cruised to victory in GOP-organised caucuses in the US Virgin Islands and Nevada on Thursday, cementing his dominance in the race to secure the party’s presidential nomination.The former president ended the evening in Nevada, where his only challenger was Texas pastor Ryan Binkley, with more than 90 per cent of the vote, picking up a further 26 delegates.Nikki Haley, who branded the Silver State’s…

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 Dominik Szoboszlai might miss the Carabao Cup final as Jurgen Klopp admitted he does not know when the Liverpool midfielder will return from his hamstring injury, while Mohamed Salah could be winning his race against time to fit to play at Wembley on 25 February.Klopp allayed fears that Thiago Alcantara’s latest injury has ended his Liverpool career by saying he expects the Spain international to play again this season.But both midfielders will miss Saturday’s game against Burnley,…

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 emailsVladimir Putin has repeated a claim that Boris Johnson scuppered negotiations for a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine, which the former UK prime minister has previously labelled “nonsense”.During a highly anticipated sit-down interview with former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, the Russian president said, via a translator, that a “huge document” had been prepared and approved by the head of the Ukrainian delegation, before Mr Johnson had stepped in and “dissuaded” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr…

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 Premier League managers have slammed propsoals to introduce blue cards and sin-bins into football. Football’s lawmakers are determined to crack down on dissent towards referees by giving officials the power to send players to the technical area for 10 minutes – mirroring similar protocols that are used in rugby union and other sports.However, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), have delayed publishing details of the trial until next month. It comes as Premier League bosses responded to…

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterThe Sun is going to disappear from the sky in the US – before coming back again, almost five minutes later.A total solar eclipse on 8 April, visible across North America, means that day will briefly turn into night. And this time around it is relatively easy to see.The eclipse is much longer than the previous one. This time around, the total darkness will last up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds – twice as long as a similar event in 2017.It will also…

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 celebration police will undoubtedly be on high alert, but if Arsenal defeat West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday there could be some justification to Mikel Arteta’s side believing victory is worth more than just three points in the Premier League title race. The Gunners have already lost twice to David Moyes’s side this season, in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup in early November and a dismal home defeat in the Premier League…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USIdaho’s longest-serving death row inmate is pleading for another clemency hearing after the previous one ended in a tie vote, yet the state governor has already declared he has “zero intention of taking any action that would halt or delay” the execution.Thomas Eugene Creech, 73, was sentenced to death over four decades ago after he was convicted of killing his fellow inmate, 23-year-old David Dale Jensen, by beating him to death with a sock filled with…