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Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxingSign up to our free sport email for all the latest newsWatch live as Spain’s Euro 2024 players meet Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after their impressive tournament win on Monday (15 July).After being congratulated by the Spanish leader, the team will head out on a parade around the streets of Madrid to celebrate with fans.Spain‘s Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time as Spain capped a dominant Euro 2024 campaign with a deserved 2-1 win over England in Sunday’s showpiece for a record…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJD Vance, the famed Appalachian memoirist turned pugnacious Republican senator, has been named Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee as the former president looks to take back the White House.It is an extraordinary ascent for a 39-year-old former US Marine and child of a violent, broken home, best known for his searing 2016 book about the poverty and despair of America’s Rust Belt.Hillbilly Elegy – which sought to explain Trump’s rise by dissecting and sharply criticizing the culture that…

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxingSign up to our free sport email for all the latest newsWatch live as Spain celebrates winning Euro 2024 with huge parade in Madrid on Monday (15 July)The national team is expected to parade through Madrid and end with a big celebration at Cibeles Square, where thousands of football fans will wait to see the squad.Spain‘s Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time as Spain capped a dominant Euro 2024 campaign with a deserved 2-1 win over England in Sunday’s showpiece for a…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump made his first public appearance since an assassination attempt at a campaign rally when he appeared at the Republican National Convention on Monday night. The former president walked into the Fiserv Forum with a white bandage covering his right ear, grazed by a bullet fired by a 20-year-old gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle.Trump’s surprise appearance came just hours after he formally clinched the Republican Party’s presidential nomination and announced Ohio Senator and loyalist JD Vance…

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 Kieran Trippier insists England cannot use tiredness as an excuse for losing the Euro 2024 final to Spain.Gareth Southgate’s side were beaten 2-1 in Berlin on Sunday night, suffering back-to-back defeats in European Championship finals as the 58-year wait for a major men’s trophy goes on.After the loss, Southgate said he had a “few (players) that were a little bit short of their physical peak” and had been “battling” with that issue throughout the tournament.England manager Gareth…

Related: ‘It’s time to lower the temperature,’ says President Joe Biden in rare White House address following Trump shootingSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailJoe Biden admitted it was a “mistake” to use the word “bullseye” during a campaign call urging supporters to focus on Donald Trump’s agenda, prior to the attempted assassination of the former president on Saturday.“It was a mistake to use the word. I didn’t say ‘crosshairs’. I said ‘bullseye.’ Focus on what he’s doing. Focus on his policies. Focus on…

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 South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has blamed stadium officials in Miami for the crowd chaos that forced the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia to be delayed by more than an hour on Sunday.The governing body said the scenes that followed an attempt by thousands of ticketless fans to enter the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins NFL team, were a consequence of local officials failing to heed proven procedures.A statement read: “As…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe bystander who died to an assassin’s bullet at a Trump rally on Saturday used his last breaths to tell his family to take cover, his widow has said.Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old former volunteer fire chief from Sarver, Pennsylvania, was in the stands near Donald Trump’s podium when a gunman opened fire from a rooftop, meaning to kill the former president.Comperatore reportedly threw his body over those of his wife and two children to shield them from 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 Wolves say they will be submitting a formal complaint to UEFA over an alleged racist remark during their pre-season match against Como 1907 on Monday.South Korea striker Hee Chan Hwang reported the incident midway through the second half, prompting a furious reaction from team-mates and the dismissal of Wolves winger Daniel Podence for throwing a punch.Hwang rejected the opportunity to immediately abandon the match and Wolves boss Gary O’Neil stressed the player would have the club’s full…

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 federal judge set an accelerated schedule Monday to consider objections from relatives of those killed in recent crashes aboard the Boeing 737 Max – after a proposed plea deal that would see the aerospace giant plead guilty to criminally defrauding the government, Reuters reports. The objections could potentially complicate the settlement between Boeing and the Department of Justice, which the federal government disclosed in a court filing earlier this month. “The judge has a lot…