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England fan in Queen Elizabeth outfit defends spending £2000 to be at Euro 2024 finalEngland take on Spain in the Euro 2024 final tonight as the Three Lions bid to win a first major men’s trophy for 58 years and make history.After coming so close to glory at the last Euros, losing to Italy in a heartbreaking penalty shootout, Gareth Southgate has another chance to end England’s long wait. His captain Harry Kane has also been heavily criticised throughout the tournament, and Kane is desperate to win the first trophy of his career in glorious style this evening.England’s route to…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAs questions swirl about the would-be assassin who shot former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday, the shooter’s family is also struggling to make sense of what happened.The FBI identified the gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who lived with his parents in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park. Crooks, who was perched on a nearby rooftop, was shot dead by the Secret Service shortly after bloodying Trump’s ear with a round investigators believe…

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 made their first signing of the Sir Jim Ratcliffe era after completing a €42.5m (£36.5m) deal for the Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee.The 23-year-old has been bought from Bologna after United chose to pay more than his €40m release clause to spread the payments over three years. As a result of the sell-on clause they have, Bayern Munich will get 50 per cent of the fee.Zirkzee has signed a five-year deal at Old Trafford and…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA 20-year-old gunman fired on Donald Trump with a rifle that has been at the center of the national debate over gun control, and that the former president and Congress have resisted calls to ban.Since taking office, President Joe Biden has made dozens of unanswered calls to Congress to renew a ban on so-called assault weapons like the AR-15-style rifle that was used to shoot into a crowd at a Trump rally on July 13.The assassination attempt in…

‘We’re excited’ says Southgate as England aim for Euro 2024 gloryEngland face Spain in the Euro 2024 final tonight as the Three Lions bid to win a first major men’s trophy for 58 years.England’s route to the final in Berlin has been a rollercoaster ride thanks to a series of dramatic comebacks. Jude Bellingham’s spectacular overhead kick prevented a dismal defeat by Slovakia, before a tense penalty shootout victory over Switzerland and Ollie Watkins’ pinpoint 90th-minute winner to stun the Netherlands in the semi-finals. Now they meet a talented Spain side widely regarded as the best team in the tournament…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThis story was published before the attempted assassination on Trump on July 13. On Sunday, Melania Trump released a statement about the incident, where she described her husband as a “generous and caring man who I have been with through the best of times and the worst of times” and spoke about how horrifying the moment was for her family. Read it here.“There is nothing more vicious than a man or woman going through a divorce. It is…

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 Uefa have confirmed how the Golden Boot will be awarded after the Euro 2024 final on Sunday, with Harry Kane still in the running to claim it for a second major international tournament.Having scored six times at the 2018 World Cup to claim top scorer on that occasion, the Bayern Munich frontman and Three Lions skipper has netted three so far in Germany this summer.Scoring from the penalty spot against Netherlands in the semis – after also…

Volodymyr Zelensky has wished Donald Trump a “speedy recovery” after the former US president was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt on Saturday, 13 July, at a rally in Pennsylvania.The Ukrainian president described the incident as a “heinous crime” and said it showed “how serious the global challenges to democracy are right now.”A person in the crowd was killed and two others were injured as Mr Trump was on stage in Butler.The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the “subject involved” in the shooting. Source link

Gareth Southgate has revealed whether he believes in fate given England are playing the Euro 2024 final in Berlin after Germany won the competition in London 28 years ago.The Three Lions lost their Euro 96 semi-final to Germany on penalties at the old Wembley ground, with the 57-cap former defender’s saved penalty the key moment in that defeat.“Look, I’m not a believer in fairytales but I am a believer in dreams, and we’ve had big dreams. We’ve felt the need and the importance of that, but then you have to make those things happen,” Southgate told reporters on Saturday, 13…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailMajor questions are being asked of the Secret Service after Donald Trump was targeted by a lone gunman in an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.The former president was shot in the ear around 15 minutes after he took to the stage at the campaign event in Butler. He dropped to the ground and was swarmed by his security detail who rushed him off stage to a waiting motorcade. He could be seen raising…