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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 Five people were injured as Dutch fans attacked England supporters before tonight’s Euro 2024 semi-final in Dortmund, UK police said.England fans in Dortmund before tonight’s game have warned to seek areas where there is a German police presence, a statement added.The attacks happened at bars where England fans were drinking before the match, which takes place at 9pm local time this evening.The statement from UK police said gangs of Netherlands supporters identified as “risk” had travelled to…

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 emailsNot for the first time, you hoped – prayed – that a government minister was listening and watching an E2E Track 100 panel discussion unfold.E2E, the business mentoring and networking organisation founded and chaired by the redoubtable Shalini Khemka CBE – it has upwards of 24,000 members – specialises in bringing together entrepreneurs, so they can share their experiences and advice. The Track 100 is the regular E2E ranking of the country’s best-performing private companies…

Video: Alec Baldwin seen on set of Rust afterThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USOpening statements in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial began with the prosecution telling jurors that the Hollywood star ignored gun safety before the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust.“When someone plays make believe, with a real gun,” Special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson said in the Santa Fe courtroom on Wednesday. “And that person disregards the Cardinal rule of gun safety… People die.”The high-profile…

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 Watch as Dutch supporters march to the BVB Stadion Dortmund ahead of their crunch Euro 2024 semi-final against England on Wednesday night (10 July).Gareth Southgate says England’s players are ready to make history, having overcome external noise, the weight of expectation and a fear of failure to reach another major semi.After topping their group in unconvincing fashion, the Euro 2020 runners-up needed a stunning Jude Bellingham strike to save their blushes against Slovakia before beating Switzerland on…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA much-loved bar owner was killed in a freak accident at a bowling alley in Esmond, North Dakota, over the weekend.Scott Willoughby, 59, the owner of Esmond Bar, was working to restore the two-lane bowling alley attached to his bar when he was crushed by a pinsetter, the Benson County Sheriff’s Office said.Willoughby was alone at the time of the accident and was found dead on Sunday morning, according to KVLY. Esmond Bar confirmed Willoughby’s death…

Fully fit England squad train in sun ahead of Euro 2024 SF v NetherlandsSign 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 England take on the Netherlands in the second semi-final of Euro 2024, with both sides looking to book a place in Sunday’s final as they face off in Dortmund. The Three Lions put in an improved performance against Switzerland but still required penalties to reach the semis, with Bukayo Saka shining, but they will know they need to improve again if they are to…

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 English invented football. Then they ran out of good ideas and the Dutch reinvented it. And if that is something of a simplification, at best, a semi-final can seem a meeting of near-neighbours who misunderstand each other. English league records have been set by a side with a Dutch influence, with the principles of Total Football fed via Johan Cruyff to Pep Guardiola and helping Manchester City win four consecutive domestic titles.Victory in Dortmund on Wednesday…

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 world leaders arrive for a Nato summit in Washington DC on Wednesday, 10 July.Sir Keir Starmer has travelled to the US in one of his first international engagements as British prime minister.Speaking to journalists on his flight over, the PM said he hoped the summit will “Trump proof” aid to Ukraine to help it hold off Russia.Sir Keir insisted that the defence and security of Britain and its allies will be 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 German referee Felix Zwayer will take charge of England’s Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands on Wednesday, 10 July in Dortmund. The experienced official, 43, has been refereeing since 2005, but was given a six-month ban from officiating by the German Football Federation in 2006 after accepting a €300 bribe to cover up for fellow official Robert Hoyzer.Zwayer later brought Hoyzer’s match-fixing plot to light, and after his ban he rebuilt his own reputation and his career,…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA San Diego hotel clerk is accused of going on a horror rampage, stabbing a guest in her hotel room before driving his car into a pier and drowning.Aaron Tran, 23, had worked at The Shoal La Jolla Beach as a hotel clerk for the past six months, according to San Diego Police.On Sunday night, police said he checked two women in their twenties from out of state into a room at the hotel.Just a few…