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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 Trent Alexander-Arnold had to wait for his moment. More than six years, since his England debut, during tournaments when he was injured or underused. For three-and-a-half games, after the experiment – as it has been semi-officially termed – of starting with him in midfield was abandoned. For 115 minutes, until he was brought on against Switzerland. For the duration of a penalty shootout, until he was up last.“You’ve got to be ready for the moment when it…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USThe mummified remains of an American climber have been found 22 years after he went missing while scaling a snowy peak in Peru.William Stampfl, then 59, went missing in June 2002 after an avalanche on the 22,000ft-high Huascaran mountain in the Yungay Province buried his climbing party.Stampfl’s body, clothes, climbing gear and passport were all found preserved by the cold. The mummified documents allowed police to identify his body.Peruvian police told the AFP that the body…

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 Only four teams remain as we head into the final week of Euro 2024, with Spain taking on France in the first semi-final on Tuesday for a place in Sunday’s final.England will come up against the Netherlands on Wednesday and are looking to reach their second-successive European Championship final after they got to a third semi-final in major tournaments under Gareth Southgate with a penalty shoot-out victory over Switzerland on Saturday.Here, the PA news agency looks at…

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 emailsRescuers picked through the rubble of a children’s hospital in Kyiv after it was hit by one of dozens of Russian missiles in the heaviest and deadliest wave of airstrikes on the city in almost four months.At least 41 civilians, including three children, were killed in the strike, Ukrainian officials said as the death toll surged in the early hours of Tuesday.Parents fled with babies and sick youngsters after a daylight aerial attack on 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 Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes former Netherlands international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s knowledge will prove “useful” as the England assistant coach looks to help down the Dutch in Wednesday’s Euro 2024 semi-final.The former Leeds, Chelsea and Middlesbrough striker has been part of Gareth Southgate’s coaching set-up since March 2023 and was lauded for his role in Saturday’s quarter-final shoot-out win against Switzerland.England star Jude Bellingham praised assistant coach Hasselbaink for his penalty nous after a triumph that set up a…

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 United Airlines flight has landed safely in Denver after one of its wheels fell off during takeoff on Monday morning.The Boeing 757-200 aircraft was departing from Los Angeles International Airport just after 7:15am when it shed a wheel, according to United Airlines spokespeople.It is the second time that a Boeing aircraft operated by United has lost a wheel or tire during flight this year, and the latest in a long line of mechanical issues and…

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 Craig Bellamy is expected to be named the new Wales manager on Tuesday.The PA news agency understands that Bellamy will succeed Rob Page – who was sacked last month – after turning down the opportunity to stay at Burnley under new Clarets boss Scott Parker.Bellamy, 44, is a former Wales skipper who won 78 caps for his country between 1998 and 2013.Craig Bellamy (left) worked alongside Vincent Kompany at Burnley and Anderlecht (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)The Football…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAnti-abortion groups were still behind Donald Trump after Monday’s announcement of the draft platform to be adopted by the Republican Party at its convention in August.But there were clear signs that at least some on the far right are miffed at the obvious efforts by Trumpworld to chart a less restrictive (and maybe more electable) position on reproductive rights as the battle against the Democrats comes into focus and the incumbent president’s campaign makes clear that the Supreme…

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 Defiant France boss Didier Deschamps has insisted he does not care if people have been “bored” by his Euro 2024 semi-finalists.Deschamps, who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2018, will send them into battle against in-form Spain in Munich on Tuesday evening with some onlookers less than impressed with the form they have shown in the competition so far.Asked by a Swedish journalist at his pre-match press conference about accusations his team has played “boring”…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flatly denied that President Joe Biden is being treated for or has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder Parkinson’s Disease after reporters pressed her on why a specialist with expertise in the disease has visited the White House on multiple occasions.“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No,” she said after a heated back-and-forth with reporters…