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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 dogs and their owners take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana for a Carnival festivity for canines on Sunday, 4 February.Costumed dogs will gather for “bloco” street parties honouring pets during pre-Carnival festivities.Official events begin on 9 February, but street parades will take place beforehand with a variety of themes.Brazil’s Carnival returned to full capacity last year after two years of reduced affairs, with no block parties, due to 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 Harry Kane is proud of how he handled a “difficult” time settling into his new life in Germany.The England captain swapped London for Munich last summer as he left boyhood club Tottenham to join Bayern.He spent the first few months of his stay in Germany in a hotel as his wife Kate and their children stayed behind before they all made the move into a new house after Christmas and a new chapter in their lives is…

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 emailsNamibia’s 82-year-old president Hage Geingob died on Sunday while receiving medical treatment for cancer at a hospital in the capital Windhoek.The Namibian presidency in a social media post said Geingob’s medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him but could not save the president. He is survived by his wife, Monica Geingos, and three children, who were by his side during the last hours.Geingob was undergoing cancer treatment and had a…

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 Following an announcement from Fifa earlier last month, Sunday 4 February will see the unveiling of the match schedule for the 2026 World Cup. The tournament, which will take place in cities across the USA, Canada and Mexico, has been expanded to include a record 48 teams and 104 matches. Local channels in the host countries will broadcast the announcement from Miami, as will Fifa platforms around the globe. The schedule unveiling comes amid reports that Dallas’…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USRaging wildfires in central Chile have killed at least 51 people with the blaze reaching a popular tourist city as emergency services continue to battle the flames.President Gabriel Boric in a televised address warned that the death toll could worsen as four large fires were still burning in the Valparaiso region — a densely populated part of the country that is popular with tourists and home to nearly one million people.Thick smoke was seen billowing into…

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 captain Bruno Fernandes has pledged to keep the memory of the Busby Babes alive.Sunday’s visit of West Ham is the closest fixture to the 66th anniversary of the Munich air disaster on February 6, which claimed 23 lives, including eight players.It is also the first time without Sir Bobby Charlton, who was injured in the crash, following his death last year.Fernandes said: “We know the demands of playing for Manchester United. It’s a legacy which…

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 emailsRussian police have detained 20 journalists reporting on a rally in central Moscow, in which the wives of soldiers sent to the frontline in Ukraine urged Vladimir Putin to bring their loved ones home.The relatives of military reservists have been gathering weekly to publicly voice their demands, in a rare but mounting display of dissent which threatens Mr Putin’s claim to have the full backing of the Russian people in his war against Ukraine, as…

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 Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta revealed he has taken “a lot of things” from Jurgen Klopp’s reign at Liverpool but admits the next step has to be emulating his trophy success.Klopp and Arteta will come head to head at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday with the table-topping visitors able to move eight points clear of their hosts with a win.The German has already announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season having taken over in…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Joe Biden unsurprisingly won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, taking a majority of the votes and delegates in the Democratic Party’s first official primary of the 2024 election season.The Associated Press called the primary in favour of Mr Biden approximately 30 minutes after polls closed at 7pm EST. He ran as the incumbent against two lesser-known candidates: Representative Dean Phillips and self-help author Marianne Williamson.The win marks Mr Biden’s first official victory in his journey…

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 Ronwen Williams made four saves as South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Saturday.The Bafana Bafana goalkeeper also made a stunning stop at the end of normal time as the last-eight clash in Yamoussoukro ended goalless.It was his fourth successive clean sheet in the tournament.Cape Verde created the most chances throughout the game but were unable to make the most of their opportunities and South Africa, the…