Liverpool’s initial bid of £109m was rejected by the Bundesliga club
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Saturday could bring lightning, hail and strong winds
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have shared a video celebrating their daughter Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday with a family trip to Disneyland.
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Kharkiv mayor says a further 22 people were injured after nighttime attack involving drones, missiles and guided bombs
Here are some of the images coming out of Kharkiv, Ukraine, today via the newswires:
The large Russian drone-and-missile attack that targeted Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, has killed at least three people and injured 21, local Ukrainian officials said, according to the Associated Press (AP).
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Ange Postecoglou advanced his case to the last. And it was a measure not only of his ability to own the narrative, to master it, but his body of work at Tottenham that he was able to do so with such conviction.
As always, I want to hear from you today! What are your thoughts on Ange Postecoglou’s dismissal? Did he deserve to be sacked? Who will replace him?
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There will be a new champion at Roland Garros as Gauff and Sabalenka meet for the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen
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‘It was a lot of work’
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Midfielder on being left out of France’s Euro 2025 squad, her exit from Aston Villa and a new lease of life in San Diego
‘I had hard times and this team really gave me back my love and motivation for football,” Kenza Dali says of San Diego Wave as she prepares to open up on a turbulent year.
Over the course of a refreshingly honest conversation, the midfielder reveals why she left Aston Villa to move to the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in January, details why she is enjoying working under Jonas Eidevall and discusses, for the first time, the grief that affected her participation in the Olympics. There is, however, one topic on which she is not quite ready to go into details yet.
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Campaigners say ‘super-strength subsidy’ puts pressure on the NHS, as some ciders cost same as apple juice
Supermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are exploiting a tax loophole to produce and sell cheap cider that harms health and causes social problems, alcohol campaigners have claimed.
Over recent years, ciders – sometimes containing as much as 7.5% alcohol – have become cheaper or barely risen in price, despite the cost of beer, wine and spirits soaring, according to research by Alcohol Change UK.
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The South Africa captain talks about street cricket in Langa, adapting to new schools after a scholarship and why playing at Lord’s means so much
“There was always some sort of allegiance with Lord’s when we were growing up in Langa,” Temba Bavuma says of his childhood as a township boy living just outside Cape Town. Bavuma, the first black cricketer to captain South Africa, will lead his country against Australia in the World Test Championship final, which begins at Lord’s on Wednesday.
In the quintessentially English surroundings of Arundel, the 5ft 3in Bavuma looks as if he has gone back to being a kid in the dusty townships. “In Langa we had a four-way street,” he says, his face crinkling with the memories. “On the right-hand side of the street the tar wasn’t done so nicely and we used to call it Karachi because the ball would bounce funny. The other side was the MCG [Melbourne Cricket Ground] but my favourite section of the street was clean, and done up nicely, and we called it Lord’s because it just looked better. So, as a kid of 10, I already had that dream of playing at Lord’s.”
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It’s the Sids! Barça reclaimed the title as Madrid’s giants faltered while Athletic, Celta and Rayo shook up the European places
The day La Liga 2024-25 began, Wojciech Szczesny was sitting on the beach in Marbella lighting up a cigarette, enjoying his retirement. The night it ended, he sat in the dressing room in Cornellà, 1,000km round the coast, and lit up a cigar instead. He had walked away in August, at 35 years old, unwanted and his heart no longer in it, or so he thought. Nine months on, here he was surrounded by kids half his age, a footballer again and winner of every trophy his new home country had to offer. He had not lost a single league match en route to becoming a champion.
“I’ve arrived where even my imagination wouldn’t even dare to take me,” Szczesny had said when he retired. And if he hadn’t dared imagine that, there was no way he could imagine this: a Copa del Rey, a Super Cup and a Champions League semi-final to go with the title.
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Known for her colourful abstracts, the artist is getting a retrospective at the age of just 34. She talks about her love of karaoke, working on a full-length opera and how to deal with fame at a young age
Viewers may find Rachel Jones’s paintings “beautiful”, but they should be warned: the artist herself doesn’t love that word.
“In our culture, the idea of beauty sadly isn’t discussed in a critical, rich way – it’s much more reductive as a term,” says the 34 year old. “I hope that when people describe the work as beautiful, it doesn’t just stop there.” Her aim, she says, is to pull viewers in deeper, beyond the surface of the work.
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As Jai Opetaia prepares to defend his belt once more in Australia, we look at some cruiserweight boxers that failed to make the leap into the heavyweight division
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As Jai Opetaia gets ready to defend his IBF cruiserweight title in Broadbeach, Australia, we look at some of the great nights in Australian boxing
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Read the latest odds and tips ahead of the 2025 Nations League final in Munich
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Round two of this heavyweight clash is on the horizon, and Dubois’ team is leaving nothing to chance in his bid to be crowned undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
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The singer had already cancelled two shows this week due to illness
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A study has found that estrogen creams may improve survival rates, despite previous fears they could stimulate cancer cell growth
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The fly half, set to tour with the British and Irish Lions this summer, limped off late on in the 34-20 win at The Rec
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Tehran condemns Donald Trump’s order barring 12 countries’ citizens from entering US as violation of ‘fundamental principles of international law’
Tehran has denounced the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle Eastern and African countries, saying Washington’s decision was a sign of a “racist mentality”.
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday reviving sweeping restrictions that echo the US president’s first-term travel ban, justified on national security grounds after a firebomb attack at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado.
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Bath 34-20 Bristol: The hosts roared back in the second half to book their place in the final for a second successive year
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From Doc, Mirabel and Geppetto to Gaynor, Garland and Gaga, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 What 1883 event is said to be the loudest sound in human history?
2 Rikishi take part in which sport?
3 What film links Gaynor, Garland and Gaga?
4 Who made the “I am prepared to die” speech at the Rivonia trial?
5 What term for quiz facts derives from a place where three roads meet?
6 Comprising 121 countries, what is the NAM?
7 What type of tropical bird is an aracari?
8 Which singer’s stage name is based on her old MSN Messenger username?
What links:
9 Village opposite Padstow; town between Stoke and Stafford; Colorado college town?
10 1964; 1970; 1974; 1979; 1997; 2010; 2024?
11 Robert Prevost (14); Gioacchino Pecci (13); Annibale della Genga (12)?
12 MLK assassin; 39th president; voice of Vader?
13 Thorburn; Doherty; Robertson; Brecel; Zhao?
14 Barreleye fish; ghost shrimp; glass frog; golden tortoise beetle; jellyfish; sea angel?
15 Mirabel, Encanto; Sadness, Inside Out; Doc, Snow White; Geppetto, Pinocchio?
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Level up and access your feminine energy, say these influencers to young women. This is self-delusion, not self-improvement
About two years ago, a self-professed “goddess coach” called Jaelyn posted an eight hour-long “sleep affirmation” video which, according to many a satisfied viewer, has worked wonders for them. In a somewhat sultry, meditative voice she repeats mantras and welcomes her listeners to attract “the kind of men and people who will always treat you like a goddess”.
The video, boldly titled Attract Men Who Spend Money, Provide and Love You! is one of many in a genre of content that is booming on YouTube and social media. I call them “guru girlies”, and they are proving a force to be reckoned with. In their rather austere imparting of wisdom, guru girlies have become many young women’s go-to guide for all manner of modern conundrums.
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Dogs have a sense of adventure, don’t they? We thought Missy would enjoy exploring France and Spain. She had other ideas
Plus tips on travelling with dogs
When, two years ago now, our dog sitters cancelled on us just 24 hours before we were due to go on our summer holiday, we felt more than a little put out. Aware that we couldn’t leave Missy, our border terrier, home alone with a tin opener, we sent out frantic texts and made urgent phone calls before at last finding someone, a friend of a friend of, I think, another friend, and simply hoped for the best. What else were we to do? The flights were non-refundable.
It all turned out fine, but it was not an experience we were keen to repeat. And so, the following year, we took Missy with us. Dogs are portable, after all, and have a nose for adventure. Also, this was to be an extended holiday, away for a full month – working part time in order to fund it – and we couldn’t be apart from her for that long.
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In this week’s TravelSmart, the Greek islands are under the spotlight, from the pretty ports and fascinating history of Crete to Zante’s hilltop towns, soaring mountains and exceptionally blue waters.
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