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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 Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou praised the intent of his team after they started their Europa League campaign with an impressive 3-0 home win over Qarabag despite being forced to play with 10 men for 83 minutes.After kick-off was delayed due to the late arrival of Qarabag’s team bus, Radu Dragusin’s night lasted only seven minutes when he received a red card for a cynical pull on Juninho as Spurs’…

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeGet our Now Hear This email for freeThom Yorke is reworking Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail to the Thief for a new version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet that plans to fuse theatre, music and movement. Hamlet Hail to the Thief, which will open in Manchester next spring, will be performed by a cast of musicians and actors and run at Aviva Studios from 27 April to 18 May. It will then transfer to the Royal Shakespeare theatre…

E2E is excited to reveal the E2E Job Creation 100 list for 2024, in collaboration with The Independent. This exclusive list celebrates those companies that have had the highest absolute growth in jobs over the two most recent filing periods, with a percentage growth in staff above 25%.The E2E Job Creation 100 list pays homage to the vital role that these businesses have played in strengthening the UK economy, spanning various sectors and setting the example for other organisations to follow suit.Some of the distinguished leaders are Craig Dean, Executive Chairman and CEO at Gerald Group Limited, who has driven…

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 Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Last season, Jurgen Klopp described Diogo Jota as the best finisher at Anfield. If Arne Slot is yet to bestow such a compliment – and, more modest in his rhetoric, his praise of anyone so far has tended to be measured – he has installed the Portuguese as his first-choice No 9, a role he only had intermittently under the German. If Slot looked justified after the biggest win…

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 emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsIt’s a bit of a risk to put a lesser-known Shakespeare play with a vaguely comical name in the National Theatre’s massive Olivier space. But you wouldn’t know it from the monumental confidence of Lyndsey Turner’s swaggering production, full of antique grandeur and up-to-the-minute fireworks. The story’s set in the early days of Ancient Rome – the city’s fierce origin myth referenced by a giant statue of the…

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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 Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Manchester City are still waiting for confirmation of how long Rodri will be out for, with Pep Guardiola expecting the midfielder will be sidelined for a long time.But Guardiola raised hopes that Rodri will not be out for the season, the City manager said there are conflicting views on the severity of his knee problem with a final verdict expected on Wednesday.The Euro 2024 winner came off in Sunday’s…

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 emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThe National Theatre has announced it will be premiering Stephen Sondheim’s final musical Here We Are.The play, directed by American Horror Story actor, Joe Mantello, is accompanied by a book by Tony Award nominee David Ives. It had its off-Broadway premiere in New York in October 2023 and is now set for its UK debut. Here We Are follows a group of people who are unable to leave…

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 Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell is poised to come back from the cold to make his first appearance of the season during Tuesday’s Carabao Cup clash with League Two leaders Barrow.The England left-back looked set to leave the Blues in the summer after being told he had no future at Stamford Bridge.Head coach Enzo Maresca last week announced the situation had changed and now plans to name Chilwell in his…

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 Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter It was the last kick of a ball by a Manchester City player, John Stones latching on to the rebound after Jakub Kiwior had flung himself into the path of Mateo Kovacic’s shot, just beating the heroic David Raya. Arsenal were seconds away from a statement win, from a seismic victory. Instead, a 98th-minute goal extended City’s unbeaten run at home to 48 games. Their gap to Arsenal remained…