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The Detroit Lions have suffered for years, but they experienced new pain Sunday in the NFC Championship Game as they led 24-7 at halftime.Their conquerors, the San Francisco 49ers, will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl after the defending champions beat the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game earlier Sunday.The Lions, hoping to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in history, are 14-0 against a 49ers team known for struggling to tie games.Entering the third quarter, the lead expanded to 17 points Brandon Aiyuk’s amazing catch Sparking a 49ers comeback that will haunt Lions…

The Labour MP Kate Osamor has had the whip suspended while she is investigated for saying Gaza should be remembered as a genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day.The MP for Edmonton in north London is due to meet party whips on Monday after issuing an apology over the message she sent on the eve of the day marking the murder of 6 million Jews during the second world war.Osamor had distributed the message to her party members, saying Holocaust Memorial Day should be observed, but other genocides should also be remembered – listing Gaza as one of them.The former shadow development…

This could be an awakening for the living. Instead, much to the relief of Jurgen Klopp and encouragement for the future, Liverpool began their long farewell to their beloved manager with a resounding win over Norwich City to stay on course for a fourth-place finish. A crown of hope as a parting gift.Liverpool showed no sign of losing focus or interest in their first game since the shocking news that Klopp’s transformative reign would come to an end at the end of the season. The Premier League leaders and Carabao Cup finalists ease into the FA Cup fifth round, where…

So low is faith in Manchester United, it came as little surprise to see them teeter. Two goals up and cruising, then two Newport goals and lurching, this is Manchester United 2024, much like the Manchester United of the past 10 years.Even if they did escape back across the Welsh border in relief, there are still many more miles to travel, the gains required infinitely larger than marginal if greatness is to return. Even when visiting Newport, 16th in League Two, swapping cava glasses and prawn sandwiches for styrofoam cups and sizzling onions, United cannot be relied upon for serenity.Just like Sir Dave…

It’s been a bumpy, unsettling journey for Erik ten Hag, long after the Manchester United boss negotiated more issues over Marcus Rashford’s apparent indiscipline. Ten Hague said the absence of Rashford, who was not in the Manchester United squad for the flight to Cardiff, was conspicuous due to an internal matter, days after the striker reported illness in training, reportedly in Belfast Hours after being photographed at a nightclub.On the pitch, a United side that cost more than £400m to build survived a huge scare against a brave and defiant Newport County side, 76 places below them in the pyramid…

Key events9m agoLions 24-7 49ers, end of the first half12m agoField goal! Lions 24-7 49ers, :07, 2nd quarter37m agoTouchdown! Lions 21-7 49ers, 5:54, 2nd quarter41m agoInterception! Lions 14-7 49ers, 8:47, 2nd quarter1h agoTouchdown! Lions 14-7 49ers, 13:49, 2nd quarter1h agoTouchdown! Lions 14-0 49ers, 2:34, 1st quarter1h agoMissed field goal! Lions 7-0 49ers, 7:54, 1st quarter2h agoTouchdown! Lions 7-0 49ers, 13:18, 1st quarter2h agoOpening kickoffShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe good news for the 49ers is that they wisely deferred to start the game and while they were unable to stop the Lions from scoring a…

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce had strong first-half performances, and the Kansas City defense produced another masterpiece against Lamar Jackson and Baltimore, helping the Chiefs to a 17-10 win. Reaching the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years. The AFC Championship Game is Sunday.Kelce caught 11 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown, and the 34-year-old is at his best when it really matters. In the process, Kelce broke Jerry Rice’s NFL career postseason reception record. He now has 156 points in 21 playoff games.Kansas City will face San Francisco or Detroit in next month’s Super Bowl, and…

Finland’s former prime minister Alexander Stubb and the country’s former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto have progressed through to the second round of the presidential elections, knocking out a rightwing populist candidate.With all votes counted, Stubb, of the centre-right National Coalition party, had won 27.2% of votes, while the liberal candidate Haavisto, a member of the Green party who is running as an independent, had secured 25.8%, election officials said.Heading into the vote, experts had thought far-right Finns party candidate Jussi Halla-aho might make it to the second round. In the event, he came third with 19% of the vote. Voter…

A wildlife charity that counts the Duke of Sussex as a board member is investigating allegations that its guards carried out rape and torture in Republic of Congo.African Parks, which manages 22 national parks and reserves in 12 countries, said investigations were its “highest priority” and encouraged anyone with information about any abuse to contact it.Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has been listed as a member of the nonprofit’s board of directors after serving as its chairman for six years.Guards run and paid for by the charity beat, raped and tortured indigenous people in the rainforest of Republic of…

The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday.Searches for Swift’s name on Sunday afternoon on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter yielded the error message, “Something went wrong. Try reloading.”“This is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue,” Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X, said in a statement.Swift was named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 2023 after launching a…