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Pep Guardiola has asked people to remember that Manchester City’s success is not as easy as it looks after Gary Neville described the Champions League as looking boring.Pep Guardiola’s side beat FC Copenhagen 3-1 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday, a game Neville said he had avoided. Manager was told of “boring” comments from Sky Sports commentator.”I’m going to tell you something – you won’t forget it in the future: it looks easy, but it’s not,” Guardiola said. “Remember that saying: It’s easy, but it’s not. Thank you for the compliment [Neville]. what can…

New York judge Arthur Engoron passed a searing judgment on Donald Trump and his real-estate company on Friday, fining the former president over $350m and banning him and his adult sons from leading companies in New York for the next few years. The fraud case ruling is a stunning blow to a man who sees himself as a successful real estate mogul and built a political career off of that reputation.Here are five things we know from Friday’s verdict:Engoron gave prosecutors the fine they asked forEngoron fined the defendants $364m – close to the $370m the attorney general’s office asked…

Gareth Taylor has spent a large part of his coaching career trying to catch Emma Hayes’ coattails. Perhaps that’s why Manchester City’s 0-1 win over Chelsea, which erased the champions’ three-point lead in the Women’s Super League, feels like a watershed moment. “This is a big step for us,” Taylor said. “In the past, we’ve been a little soft defensively in these moments. I know margins are going to be tight. But confidence is high.”Khadija Shaw’s early goal proved decisive but Taylor reserved his richest praise for a defense that had conceded just eight goals all season and held Chelsea…

The body of a woman who died in 2022 and the cremated remains of about 30 people were found at a rental house in Denver after the eviction of a former funeral home owner, Denver police said on Friday.A warrant was issued for Miles Harford, 33, who owned Apollo Funeral and Cremation Service in Littleton, which has been closed since September 2022. The expected charges include abuse of a corpse, forgery of the death certificate and theft of the money paid for the cremation.Police have been in contact with him, officials said.The body and cremains were found on 6 February…

wattWith eight games left in the Women’s Super League, Manchester City produced a brilliant performance under the lights at Kingsmeadow to move level with Chelsea at the top of the table. The victory ended Chelsea’s 22-match winning streak at home in the league, with Gareth Taylor’s side proving their credentials as title contenders with a controlled performance that symbolized their progress as a team.Jess Park, 22, has played an integral role in their performances and has perhaps been surprising with his performances in Manchester City’s midfield in recent weeks. Her technical ability and spatial awareness were evident throughout and it…

In a matter of weeks, Donald Trump was hit with two giant penalties from two civil trials in New York – $83m for defamation against the writer E Jean Carroll and $354.9m for inflating the value of his assets on government financial statements.The verdicts combined will cost him some $438m, and that’s only part of what Trump could owe across numerous lawsuits. The payments will probably create a sizable dent in his wallet. Bloomberg’s billionaires’ list estimated that Trump’s net worth in 2021 was about $2.3bn, meaning these two rulings alone could take out almost a fifth of Trump’s net…

FOrmula One’s season opener finally came to an end on Thursday as Red Bull unveiled its final challenger for the year. Happily, considering it was mostly a series of low-key complaints, the car was mostly released online with little fanfare and details, but it ended with something of a bang. Red Bull are likely to make their rivals nervous before turning the wheel in anger.Unsurprisingly, the RB20 launch was led by the appearance of team principal Christian Horner, who spoke publicly for the first time since an investigation was launched nearly two weeks ago after a staff member complained about…

Donald Trump, his eldest sons and associates have been ordered to pay over $350m by a New York judge who found them guilty of intentionally committing financial fraud over the course of a decade.“The frauds found here leap off the page and shock the conscience,” judge Arthur Engoron wrote in his decision. In a devastating blow for the former president who had built his reputation as a successful real estate developer, Engoron barred Trump and two other executives from serving as officers or directors of any corporation or entity in New York for three years. His sons, Eric and Donald…

Olympic champion track cyclist Chris Hoy has announced that he has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.The six-time gold medalist told fans on his Instagram account that he had originally wanted to keep his diagnosis private, but said he was forced to do so.He added that he was receiving treatment and remained optimistic about the coming months.”I have some news,” he said in a statement. “Last year, I was diagnosed with cancer, which was a huge blow because I didn’t have any symptoms at the time.”I am currently undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, which is thankfully going very well. I would like…

Last year, Sam Rose ran his first ultra-marathon, a 50km race that took him seven hours, eight minutes and two seconds to complete. But he didn’t need to take days off work for the arduous training. Rose, 37, was on a 12-week paternity leave that allowed him to train with a running stroller near his Austin home.In retrospect, he feels he needed both – time with his son and time spent on himself – as he used the leave to officially usher in fatherhood. “It helped to have that external validation and accomplishment in the middle,” says Rose, who placed…