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Matildas waiting on other results to go their way after 2-1 defeat Trinity Rodman and Korbin Albert strike to dent Australian hopes The Matildas’ Olympic dreams hang in the balance, after a rear-guard performance against the United States was undone by Trinity Rodman and Korbin Albert in Marseille. The defeat left Australia third in group B and waiting on outcomes in other matches later in the day to learn whether they will sneak through to the quarter-finals or go out. The US, meanwhile, finish top of the group and will face Japan in Paris on Saturday. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/wmDMTAU

Officials have mixed accounts around arrest of Sinaloa co-founder El Mayo after Guzmán López turned himself in Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Chicago, days after his arrest in a dramatic operation in which he may have delivered his father’s former business partner to US authorities. Guzmán López, 38, was detained on Thursday alongside Ismael “ El Mayo ” Zambada García, the other co-founder of one of Mexico’s most powerful organised crime groups, after touching down in a small plane in El Paso, Texas. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/gl6a9yd

Australian retains title she won on Tokyo for her first gold of Games McKeown sets new Olympic record ahead of rival Regan Smith The queen of the women’s 100m backstroke is back. On Tuesday night, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown defended her Tokyo title in a fast and furious battle with Regan Smith. The American had taken McKeown’s world record just last month, but in Paris the Australian out-touched her opponent in the race for the wall to reassert her dominance of the two-lap discipline. Between them, McKeown and Smith hold all 15 of the fastest times in history in the 100m backstroke. Since Tokyo, they have traded the world record and world titles. But on Tuesday, only one could emerge victorious. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/qEcrvus

Murphy adds to total from Tokyo and Rio Games The latest medal table | Live schedule | And full results Ryan Murphy won his seventh Olympic medal as claimed bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke in Paris on Tuesday night. It was the 29-year-old’s third medal in the 100m backstroke: he won gold in Rio and bronze in Tokyo. He also has two golds in the 4x100m medley (Rio and Tokyo) and one in the 200m backstroke (Rio). He won silver in the 200m backstroke in Rio. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Xv485my

The face of Japanese skateboarding edged out USA’s Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston in an awesome display of street skills Yuto Horigome has never been afraid to leave things late. In danger of missing the podium entirely after bottling one trick after another on a sweltering Monday afternoon, the 25-year-old face of Japanese skateboarding roared from behind in the final reel to retain his Olympic men’s street title ahead of the US pair of Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston, who took silver and bronze respectively. Amid oppressive heat beneath a cloudless sky in the temporary La Concorde stadium, Horigome once again came up clutch when it mattered most. He completed a flawless slide down the 10-stair round rail on his fifth and final trick to slide into gold position by a tenth of a point over Eaton, a bronze medalist three years ago in Tokyo . The near-perfect score of 97.08 left the door open for both Americans, but each wiped out on his final attempt to the relief of Horigome, who became

Kevin Durant, LeBron James and co dismantle their world No 4-ranked Serbian opponents in a riotous Paris Olympics pantomime Perhaps the pivotal moment in this game – tonally, if not competitively – came right at the end of the third quarter. Anthony Edwards sends Nikola Jovic to the shoe shop with an outrageous feint and slip, drains a simple two, and as he peels away he sees pretty much the entire bench doing impressions of him, spinning and reeling, consumed in fits of laughter. That, in hindsight, was probably the point at which a potentially tricky Olympic basketball opener against the world’s No 4 side dissolved fully into riotous, uproarious pantomime. So no, it’s fair to say Team USA did not get the memo. They are not burdened by your expectations. They are not keeping themselves up at night worrying about how they measure up against 1992. They have not been reading your angsty tweets (with the exception of KD, who almost certainly has ). The result: three quarters of pure bus

Matildas fight back from 5-2 down to win 6-5 at Stade de Nice Substitute Michelle Heyman snatches victory in 90th minute The greatest escape? In the history of international football, there have been comebacks. There have been thrillers. And then there was whatever the hell played out between Zambia and Australia in Nice. The Matildas recovered from a three-goal deficit, a hat-trick from Zambian sensation Barbra Banda and a brace from the most expensive signing in women’s football Racheal Kundananji, to somehow emerge victorious on Sunday night. If the Matildas needed a heart attack to restart their Olympic campaign, they got it – and the three points that might just keep them at Paris 2024 beyond the group stage. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/xcb4rzH

Men’s football: Argentina 3-1 Iraq, Ukraine 2-1 Morocco Spain into quarters after beating Dominican Republic Argentina earned a 3-1 win over Iraq in Lyon to bounce back from their chaotic opening loss to Morocco in the Olympic men’s football tournament. Argentina opened the scoring after 14 minutes thanks to Thiago Almada’s volley after Julián Álvarez had set him up, but Iraq captain Aymen Hussein equalised seconds before half-time with a brilliant header. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Z1SRKmW

Final: France 28-7 Fiji Gamble pays off for Dupont as France bring home gold Glory be, what a game. France won their first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics on Saturday night, in a ring-a-ding, rope-a-dope 28-7 victory against Fiji. It was all orchestrated by (who else but?) that man Antoine Dupont. He made one try and scored two more, in a performance that will go down in Olympic history. He did it in front of a delirious crowd of almost 80,000 French fans, the largest assembled at a sevens game. President Emmanuel Macron was right there in the middle of them. You could just about make out the golden tint of the reflected glory beaming off his brilliant white teeth as he grinned down from the balcony. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/AHVTd6k

US announces arrest of two leaders of organised crime group as Mexican authorities say they were in the dark The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , has called for “transparency” after the sudden and secretive arrests by US authorities of two top leaders of the Sinaloa cartel , one of Mexico’s most powerful organised crime groups. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, 76, founded the Sinaloa cartel with Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera , and has been a top target of US law enforcement for decades, with a $15m bounty on his head. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/dJ0afXP

Acasia Welburn pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with child by person in a position of trust A school worker has been jailed for sexually abusing an autistic boy who was under 16 at the time, police said. Acasia Welburn, now 26, had been working at a school in North Yorkshire in a “trusted care position” when she abused the child. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/zwopHYF

Three others sentenced to up to five years in young offender institution for revenge attack against teenager Four teenagers have been sentenced for killing a 16-year-old boy out of revenge in a fatal attack where a single stab “pierced his heart”. Kennie Carter died after being stabbed in the chest once in Stretford, Greater Manchester, on the evening of 22 January 2022. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/qh2dBvJ

About half of Democrats in Congress boycotted the PM’s speech as thousands of protesters rallied outside the Capitol Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of the House and Senate may look like a political victory: the prime minister of a foreign country speaking before Congress, only interrupted by multiple standing ovations. But the political events serving as a backdrop for the speech reveal Netanyahu’s political career, and the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus in the US, in sharp decline. At home in Israel, it’s virtually unthinkable that Netanyahu could have found such a supportive audience. A staggering 72% of Israelis want him to resign over failures that permitted the 7 October attacks by Hamas to succeed. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/whSogjD

At his best, Gardiner’s take on classical repertoire could be thrillingly alive – but after stepping down from his ensembles following a violent outburst, his career is uncertain It comes as little surprise after the events of last summer that John Eliot Gardiner has formally severed all links with the three pioneering ensembles that he established, the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Gardiner apologised and publicly stated remorse over the incident after a performance of Berlioz’s Les Troyens in August last year, when allegedly he struck one of the singers, the bass William Thomas , for leaving the platform on the wrong side, and he subsequently decided to step down from his conducting engagements for an unspecified length of time to undergo “therapy and counselling”. Even so, it always seemed unlikely that Gardiner would be able to continue to conduct the singers and instrumentalists with whom he had worked so closely for

Incident involving a black e-bike and a black Ford Ranger occurred just after midnight near M3 on Monday Four people have been arrested by detectives as part of a double murder investigation after the deaths of two men in a crash in Surrey. The men, both in their 20s, died after a collision involving a black e-bike just after midnight on Monday. The collision occurred on the A316 southbound slip road leading on to the M3 at Sunbury. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/toF2YV0

Boat full of people hoping to get to Europe overturns and at least 15 known to have died, UN migration agency says At least 15 people have died and more than 150 are missing after a boat full of people hoping to make it to Europe capsized off the coast of Mauritania, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). About 300 people had boarded the long, wooden, fishing vessel in The Gambia, roughly 850 miles (1,350km) to the south, spending seven days at sea before the boat overturned on Monday, the agency said in a statement. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/DYsXgBI

Conductor, artistic director and founder steps down from MCO over ‘deeply regrettable incident’ last year The conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner has announced he will step down as leader and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras after an allegation he hit a singer. The conductor withdrew from engagements including a BBC Prom after the incident last August and said he was seeking specialist help. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/k8qyBFM

Peaceful protest set for Israel v Mali men’s football match Israel will have 24-hour protection from elite police units Pro-Palestine campaigners plan to stage a protest from the stands of the Parc des Princes stadium when the Israel men’s football team play Mali in an opening tie in the Olympic Games in Paris. Susanne Shields, from Europalestine, a French activist group which has been behind recent demonstrations, said there would be a peaceful protest inside the stadium against the “genocide” in Gaza. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/uUqaHJe

The dance festival’s opening weekend, under the theme We Humans, focused as much on gravity and technology as emotional connection Venice, a city of already preposterous beauty, comes further stuffed with art during its famous biennale, founded in 1895. The exhibition has grown to encompass multiple art forms, including the lesser known dance biennale, which started in 1999 and actually happens every year. The dance strand has upped its game under the directorship of British choreographer Wayne McGregor – now Sir Wayne, having been knighted in the King’s birthday honours. McGregor took over in 2021 and has just been reappointed for two more years. He has programmed a wide array of international artists, well known and otherwise, with plenty that is unexpected. This year’s theme is We Humans, a title that might conjure fleshy bodies and emotional connection, but the opening weekend’s performances focused as much on physics, formal systems, busy brains and interactions with technology,

Civil group Liberty has adjourned legal hearing over contentious legislation to allow talks with ministers to open Yvette Cooper could abandon a law that has seen hundreds of people criminalised for carrying out peaceful protests. An attempt to overturn a high court judgment that the previous Conservative home secretary acted unlawfully has been adjourned to allow the civil liberties group Liberty and ministers to open talks about the future of the contentious legislation. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/kZbHyXp

Meeting of bloc’s foreign ministers organised by Josep Borrell is in effect a boycott of a gathering in Budapest The EU’s most senior diplomat, Josep Borrell, has called a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Brussels – in effect a boycott of a rival gathering in Budapest – to register widespread anger over Hungary’s rogue diplomacy. Borrell announced that he had decided to convene informal meetings of EU foreign affairs and defence ministers in Brussels after the summer break, meaning the same participants will not gather in Budapest as originally planned. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/L5TqQUa

Spinner takes five wickets as West Indies collapse ‘He’s got so much talent and desire, his ceiling is so high Ben Stokes praised a breakthrough performance from Shoaib Bashir after he became the youngest ­England player to take a Test five-fer on home soil. The captain said the 20‑year‑old bowler had “showed the world what he can do” as West Indies were ­skittled for 143 and the second Test was won by 241 runs. “That wicket offered hardly anything for a spinner throughout the whole Test match, and to be honest I didn’t think it did today,” Stokes said. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/PiZWXq4

He wins by two from Justin Rose and Billy Horschel 30-year-old adds Open to US PGA title this year Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tom Watson, Raymond Floyd. Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele. Not since 1982 had American golfers completed a clean sweep of the four majors until Schauffele emulated Watson by prevailing at Royal Troon. Luke Donald, Europe’s captain, must be delighted this is not a Ryder Cup year. Not that the bigger picture is particularly appealing for Donald; the stars and stripes sit adjacent to the names of nine of the past 12 major champions. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/P9iSjQo

The 18-year-old’s display against Rangers suggests Ten Hag’s rebuild, and Jadon Sancho plan, is well underway Leny Yoro, 18, a £52.2m signing on Thursday . Jadon Sancho, 24, a £73m signing in 2021 returning from exile . This second Manchester United preseason warm-up offered an intriguing juxtaposition. It featured Yoro, whose CV shows 46 games for Lille, playing alongside Sancho, whose previous action was for Borussia Dortmund when losing June’s Champions League final to Real Madrid. Yoro is the latest recruit to the United story, a 6ft 3in defender on whom the club splurged approximately double Real’s reported valuation to win his signature. Wisdom or folly? This was a chance to see, as he debuted alongside Sancho, whose United tale became checkered after he called Erik ten Hag a liar last September. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/uK8652R

The bland and massive indoor show lacks the sweaty closeness of a smaller venue or the eye-popping scale of a stadium – it’s time we celebrated more characterful alternatives • Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article here It seems barely a month goes by without some viral tweet or news story on the cost of, and resultant lack of appetite for, arena gigs. At the end of May, the Black Keys cancelled their autumn US arena tour amid reports of disastrously low ticket sales. Around the same time, Jennifer Lopez also cancelled her arena tour, citing personal reasons – though she too was struggling to shift seats. And there was concern that Charli XCX’s joint tour with Troye Sivan might go the same way – though the arrival of brat girl summer seems to have alleviated those fears a little. That was followed this week in the UK by a spasm of outrage over the cost of tickets for Billie Eilish’s six-night residency at the O2 as part of her Hit Me Hard and

We’d like to hear from people who have been affected by the global outage caused by a CrowdStrike software update Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations caused by a CrowdStrike software update has affected major companies such as Sky News UK, Melbourne Airport and Thameslink and infrastructure, including health services around the world. Businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline after blue screen of death error screens were seen on Windows workstations across the globe. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/cDv92JN

Boat carrying more than 80 people was headed to Turks and Caicos as gang violence pushes Haitians to leave country At least 40 people have been killed at sea after a boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince said on Friday. The boat, which was carrying more than 80 people, departed from Fort Saint-Michel in Haiti ’s north and was headed for the Turks and Caicos Islands, the IOM said in a statement, citing the Caribbean nation’s migration authority. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2YXJPtd

Weinstein, 72, appears in court in New York after 2020 conviction was overturned earlier this year A judge on Friday tentatively scheduled Harvey Weinstein ’s planned retrial on rape and sexual assault charges to begin on 12 November. Weinstein wore an American flag pin on his jacket during a brief court appearance in Manhattan that was delayed by more than 90 minutes due to a disruption that affected computers around the world, according to the judge, Curtis Farber. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/HdybAP6

Vote for centrist MP Yaël Braun-Pivet marks first step out of governing limbo since snap elections left country divided French lawmakers have re-elected a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc as president of parliament’s lower house, a possible breakthrough in attempts to form a majority amid deadlock. French politics have been in gridlock after a snap election this month left the country without any clear path to forming a new government as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/NoRfWgZ

Itamar Ben-Gvir, who seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks, makes video at contested holy site in Jerusalem Israel’s extremist national security minister has visited the holiest Muslim site in Jerusalem, recording a video saying he went to pray, in a provocative move as he seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist and champion of the settler movement, recorded footage at al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount, a site holy to Muslims and Jews. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/AkD8Ij5

Trump’s messages to his followers during this election season has had a constant undercurrent of violence My first thought on hearing about the attempted shooting of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday was “I hope to God he’s OK”. I thought this for the usual reasons we human beings hope that other humans are safe from harm. “They’re not after me. They’re after you. And I just happen to be standing in their way.” “Our enemies are desperate to stop us and our opponents have done everything they can to crush our spirit and to break our will. But they failed. They’ve only made us stronger. And 2024 is the final battle, it’s going to be the big one. You put me back in the White House, their reign will be over and America will be a free nation once again.” “In 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today, I add I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a p

Separate teams find evidence of phosphine and ammonia, potential biomarkers on planet whose surface reaches 450C Hot enough to melt metal and blanketed by a toxic, crushing atmosphere, Venus ranks among the most hostile locations in the solar system. But astronomers have reported the detection of two gases that could point to the presence of life forms lurking in the Venusian clouds. Findings presented at the national astronomy meeting in Hull on Wednesday bolster evidence for a pungent gas, phosphine, whose presence on Venus has been fiercely disputed. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/CHAtGYr

Half of Americans live in states without rules restricting disconnections for unpaid or overdue bills, report finds Millions of low-income households are at risk of having their power disconnected this summer, exacerbating the risk of deadly heat as the climate crisis drives up temperatures. A new report by the Centre for Energy Poverty and Climate (EPC) and the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (Neada) found that almost half of Americans live in states without rules restricting disconnections for unpaid or overdue energy bills during potentially deadly heatwaves, forcing some low-income families to choose between cooling their homes and paying rent. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/MH6gzIu

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty If Trump v United States , the US supreme court majority’s shocking immunity decision on 1 July, left anyone unconvinced that America’s courts are on the ballot, federal judge Aileen Cannon just sealed the deal, dropping a sledgehammer on the rule of law. Just two weeks after the disgraceful immunity decision, she tossed out Trump’s prosecution for stealing national security documents after losing re-election, smashing the longstanding and vital authority of special counsels in the bargain. This election, our constitutional republic is at stake, along with its first principle: no one, including the most powerful, is above the law. Only We, the People, can preserve the freedom and security our laws safeguard. Laurence H Tribe is the Carl M Loeb University professor of constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard University. Follow him on @tribelaw Dennis Aftergut is a former federal prosecutor, currently of counsel to L

The Pacific nation has won a single Olympic medal, but hopes two of its top athletes can boost the tally at the Paris Games It was in a village just outside Samoa’s capital, Apia, that Don Opeloge was this year bestowed a chiefly title. Awarded the appellation La’auli to mark his achievements as an athlete and as a token of appreciation and recognition of service it was an important cultural honour in the Pacific country. When he competes on the Olympic stage later this month Opeloge will see if he can add another honour to his name. The 25-year-old weightlifter and his training partner, Iuniarra Sipaia, will soon make the 27-hour journey from their island home to compete in Paris. Both represent Samoa’s strongest medal chances. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/56Wwo83

Health secretary understood to be ‘minded’ to make ban permanent as Labour MPs criticise move to retain Tory policy Wes Streeting is expected to tell MPs his reasons for supporting a ban on puberty blockers being prescribed to children for gender-based reasons, amid discontent in his own party. After growing criticism among some Labour MPs, the health secretary used social media to defend his backing of an emergency ban on the drugs’ use, imposed by his Conservative predecessor Victoria Atkins, which is being challenged in the high court. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/sd0Z9Q7

Captain moved with greater purpose when he was substituted than at any other time of the evening This was not Harry’s game. It was not his or England’s tournament either and perhaps, once they have picked themselves off the floor from a traumatic, climactic night in Berlin, they will acknowledge that something has indeed changed forever. The sight of Harry Kane removing his armband, handing it to Kyle Walker and running to swap places with Ollie Watkins in the 61st minute was an oddly moving finale to his summer. This was not how anybody had envisaged his role in breaking a personal trophy drought and ending the hex upon his country, too. As Spain celebrated in the centre circle Kane stood impassively in the technical area, gathering his emotions before making his way around his stricken, desolate teammates. He had hoped to crown his life’s work here but instead all the goals and personal accolades that, the day before the final, he had offered to swap for collective success will hav

As 16,000 devotees piled into the AO Arena for England v Spain, the tide turned for Southgate and supporters dared to dream For all the questions that surrounded Gareth Southgate’s England team this summer, there was only one that mattered come kick-off in Berlin: did you dare to dream? Despite the negativity aimed at the Three Lions over the last six weeks – at times, it felt like kicking the manager became its own national sport – there were good reasons to believe. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/4sdCSjq

Terrestrial TV proves it is unbeatable on the big occasions as BBC One and ITV1 both deliver bumper four-hour coverage As Spain took on England at Berlin Olympiastadion, an equally tense battle was being fought in the UK’s TV studios as both BBC One and ITV1 aired live coverage. With a combined 30 million people expected to tune in, this clash was high-stakes: who would be bringing the broadcast bragging rights home? Both channels spread the match across four-plus hours of primetime, infuriating Countryfile devotees in the process. Both began their breathless buildup 90 minutes before kick-off. Armchair fans merely needed to decide in whose company they would rather spend a potentially nerve-jangling night. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/YUo2Jr9

Thousands of flag-wearing football supporters fill Plaza de Colón as nation hopes for victory in Euro final Whatever the Plaza de Colón in central Madrid lacks in elegance or romance, it more than makes up for in patriotic fervour and outsized vexillological allure. By 8pm local time on Sunday, the square was filling with thousands of spectators who were congregating around a giant screen to cheer on Spain as La Roja prepared to battle England to clinch a fourth Euro title. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/tKZOxPl

Spain have been the outstanding team but if England can shut down the supply, Southgate’s men can make history Spain have been by far the most fluent side at the Euros, by far the best side at the Euros, and much of the reason for that has been their two youthful wingers, Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams. They give Spain a verticality that they have at times lacked since their golden age came to an end at the 2014 World Cup and, beyond that, Lamine Yamal appears to be blessed with that extra quality that elevates the true greats. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ejTNpvg

Spain have been standout team during tournament De la Fuente: ‘If we are not focused, we won’t win’ Luis de la Fuente said “favourites are for the bookmakers” as the Spanish manager attempted to play down growing expectations of his side before the European Championship final. Spain have been the standout team of Euro 2024 so far, beating Croatia, Italy, Germany and France in dazzling style on the road to their match-up against England in Berlin. But the head coach was at pains to point out that the final will be one between “equals” and warned that their winning streak could break “at any time”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/oSLxwJ9

Broadcaster suffered severe cuts under Conservatives, which reneged on inflation-linked deal Labour will support the BBC licence fee, Keir Starmer has pledged, in stark contrast to the years of Conservative opposition to the funding model. The levy of £159 a year on households with a television used to receive live broadcasts (or watch BBC iPlayer) raises £3.2bn annually for the BBC and the Welsh channel S4C. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/gQkxTwp

Butker in May railed against working women, Pride month and abortion in speech that won him support from US conservatives Serena Williams has taken a swing at the Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying women “don’t need” him after he controversially railed against Pride month, working women and abortion rights during a May graduation speech. The 23-time tennis grand slam winner took aim at Butker while she was speaking on stage at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (Espy) awards ceremony on Thursday alongside her sister, Venus Williams – the seven-time tennis grand slam winner – and the Abbott Elementary actor Quinta Brunson. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/o8pnDh7

The former striker on what he was doing at 16, his respect for Harry Kane and why England are a bit like Real Madrid “I hadn’t reached puberty yet,” Gary Lineker says, cracking up. Then he stops and adds: “It’s true, I’m not lying. I used to hide in the showers”. Talk has turned, inevitably, to Lamine Yamal, the school kid who stands before England’s hopes of winning a first trophy since 1966, what their former captain calls his “lifetime’s ambition” as a player and broadcaster, and has everyone asking the same question: what were you doing at 16? “I had just joined Leicester City as an apprentice,” Lineker recalls. Which isn’t bad, and beats trying to blag your way into pubs with fake ID, but isn’t this. Lineker has watched Euro 2024 from in front of the Brandenburg Gate and describes the tournament as one where “the fans were the highlight, showing human beings can get on even when they’re tribal”, as well as one that “started well” but got a “bit turgid” late in the group stages

About 120 students and teachers trapped but authorities yet to confirm number of students and teachers killed A two-storey school in north-central Nigeria collapsed during morning classes on Friday, trapping about 120 students and teachers and setting off a frantic search for those in the rubble. A local television station reported 12 deaths. Authorities are yet to confirm the number of students and teachers killed in Saints Academy college in Plateau state’s Busa Buji community. But Channels Television said 26 people were being treated along with the deaths, citing a witness account at a nearby hospital. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/YCO9uPL

The most prolific No 9s have not been able to dominate – which suggests a restricted role for the captain can benefit England Last week, after Portugal were eliminated by France, I wrote something about Cristiano Ronaldo which ended up getting a fair bit of pushback from his many charmingly devoted followers around the world. It actually took a few days for the abuse to materialise, along with the usual unsolicited direct messages and the Instagram follower requests. Presumably this is because it’s quite hard to type with your weaker hand. But the principal gist of the criticism went thus: hey, corrupt English media, CR7 is by no means the only big-name striker having an absolute stinker at Euro 2024. Why don’t you write about Kylian Mbappé? Why don’t you write about Harry Kane? Well – for one thing – these situations are not all alike. Mbappé is demonstrably one of the world’s great forwards, assisted a goal against Spain on Tuesday night , and played most of his tournament with a

There is representation from black and Asian communities in England’s travelling support but too many still feel isolated After the Switzerland match , in a corner of the concourse under the Düsseldorf Arena, a number of England fans are lingering and celebrating. Some are cheering “auf Wiedersehen” and waving mockingly at Swiss and German supporters. Others are singing their new chant: “There’ll be no Musiala in Berlin,” to the tune of Ten Green Bottles (or Ten German Bombers, depending on your preference). All the supporters are white, but about 50 metres away stand two young black English fans from east London. “What a game, what an incredible atmosphere,” says one, dressed in the current mauve England shirt. And how about those penalties? “Just unbelievable. Saka rolling it into the bottom corner. We were so happy for him.” Because of what happened at the last Euros? “Yeah, and in the last week. He’s been getting so much abuse online and it was just great to see him stick it to t

England 189-3, West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-45) Jimmy Anderson claims 701st wicket in farewell Test Like those hippy wigs in Woolworths mentioned at the end of Withnail and I, they were selling limited edition Jimmy Anderson last Test merchandise on day one at Lord’s. The greatest two and a bit decades of English seam bowling in history are nearly over, man, and for a mere £60 punters could get their hands on a commemorative hoodie. How long Anderson’s grand farewell lasts may hinge on the weather in St John’s Wood over the coming days, England having dominated the early exchanges against West Indies. They also did so in a manner that lent weight to the decision by Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum to reboot the Test side this summer, with the newcomer Gus Atkinson bursting out of his cellophane wrapping to take seven sparkling wickets . Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/F2G4qBl

Roger Pearce withdraws allegation Dave Morris was among anarchists who planned to plant bombs at military base An undercover police officer who went on to become the head of the Metropolitan police’s special branch has admitted he mistakenly accused an activist of planning to plant bombs at a military base. Roger Pearce, the undercover officer who infiltrated anarchist groups in the 1980s, had alleged to a public inquiry that he drove to Aldershot with a group of anarchists to “recce bomb sites”. He accused Dave Morris of being one of the anarchists. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/5h8iHQ4

Two-month detention order imposed on exiled dissident Yulia Navalnaya for participating in ‘extremist’ group Russia has issued an arrest warrant for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny and a leading dissident living in exile, imposing a two-month detention order on grounds that she participated in an “extremist” group. The warrant was issued in absentia by a Moscow court on Tuesday, five months after Navalny died in a Russian Arctic penal colony . Navalnaya held the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, responsible for her husband’s death. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/g7rTHuK

There is representation from black and Asian communities in England’s travelling support but too many still feel isolated After the Switzerland match , in a corner of the concourse under the Düsseldorf Arena, a number of England fans are lingering and celebrating. Some are cheering “auf Wiedersehen” and waving mockingly at Swiss and German supporters. Others are singing their new chant: “There’ll be no Musiala in Berlin,” to the tune of Ten Green Bottles (or Ten German Bombers, depending on your preference). All the supporters are white, but about 50 metres away stand two young black English fans from east London. “What a game, what an incredible atmosphere,” says one, dressed in the current mauve England shirt. And how about those penalties? “Just unbelievable. Saka rolling it into the bottom corner. We were so happy for him.” Because of what happened at the last Euros? “Yeah, and in the last week. He’s been getting so much abuse online and it was just great to see him stick it to t

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories Keir Starmer’s plan to ease the overcrowding crisis in prisons must not allow high-risk offenders to walk free again, a domestic abuse charity has warned. Labour’s new government is expected to authorise emergency measures this week under which criminals could be automatically freed after serving between 40% and 45% of their sentence. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/GNcPM81

President hits campaign trail in Pennsylvania and vows to ‘unite America again’ but makes no mention of health Joe Biden hit the campaign trail in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Sunday as he tried to weather his campaign crisis after a bad debate against Donald Trump – even as a prominent House Democrat said Vice-President Kamala Harris could beat Trump and the president should “pass the torch” to someone else if he can’t win “overwhelmingly”. The US president made no mention of his health and fitness when he told a loudly supportive Philadelphia church congregation in the morning: “We must unite America again … that’s my goal. That’s what we’re going to do.” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Q5ZX1VD

Home hope bows out as Sun wins 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 World No 123 through to quarter-finals “Qualifiers are dangerous,” said Emma Raducanu ahead of this match. Well, this one proved deadly. As Lulu Sun, making her Wimbledon debut, became the first woman in 14 years to come through qualifying and reach the quarter-final, she knocked Britain’s last contender out of the tournament in the process. It would be hard for Raducanu to begrudge the New Zealander’s 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory, having made her own celebrated run to the US Open title in 2021 from a similarly humble position. It would also be hard to deny that Sun, the world 123, was, on the day, far the better player. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/CvA45JF

Labour’s landslide victory gave hope to progressives worldwide but may be as much practical as ideological Labour’s landslide victory was hailed as a beacon of hope for progressives worldwide after a surge in support for far-right parties in Europe, and with Donald Trump currently slight favourite to become the US president in January. But Britain’s bulwark against the populist, extremist tide sweeping through European capitals may be as much practical as ideological. Nigel Farage’s rightwing Reform party got a 14% share of votes nationwide, not far behind the 16% claimed by Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in recent elections for the EU parliament. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/5TvOuax

PM pledges swift action on NHS and prisons, setting out agenda to reform public services and rebuild international relations Keir Starmer on Saturday rallied his new cabinet behind an ambitious agenda to reform the country’s creaking public services and reset damaged relations abroad during his first full day as prime minister. After an extraordinary 48 hours that saw Labour storm to a landslide general election victory with a massive Commons majority of 174 while the Tories were routed, Starmer said he was “restless for change” and determined to deliver on his campaign pledges. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/vuk7LGE

Another 50 injured taken to hospital from the Unrwa-run Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike on Saturday on a school where displaced people were sheltering killed 16 people. The ministry, which condemned the strike as an “odious massacre”, said another 50 injured were taken to hospital from Al-Jawni school at Nuseirat in central Gaza. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/7bvQW3d

British player beats No 9 seed 6-2, 6-3 on Centre Court Qualifier Lulu Sun awaits Raducanu in round four History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. And for Emma Raducanu, this year’s Wimbledon is increasingly carrying echoes of the greatest moment of her young life. Over the past few days the draw has opened up for the 21-year-old Briton like the Red Sea before Moses – just as it did when she won the US Open as a 1,000-1 outsider in 2021. Incredibly she is not scheduled to meet another seed until next Thursday’s semi-finals. On Friday, Raducanu also found Maria Sakkari barring her path – just as she did in New York. And once again she blasted her out of sight. The Greek was the ninth seed here but had no answer as Raducanu gave a display of counterpunching to make Floyd Mayweather purr before winning 6-2, 6-3 in 91 minutes. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/rAP1WdV

Former human rights lawyer has pledged ‘stability and moderation’ after taking Labour party back into power Keir Starmer, who has just secured the biggest election victory in the UK this century to become prime minister, is considered reserved by the British public. In marked contrast to his best-known recent predecessor, the joke-telling Boris Johnson, Starmer invests the task of being a political leader with considerable seriousness, reflecting a career in which he was previously a human rights lawyer and, for five years from 2008, Britain’s chief public prosecutor. Making his first speech as prime minister outside 10 Downing Street on Friday, Starmer said with characteristic understatement that he would be a leader for “stability and moderation” and pledged “change, national renewal and a return to the politics of public service”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/maADb5G

Defender should be able to count on a nation behind him but far-right nationalism reflects society’s ingrained racism Antonio Rüdiger was eight years old the first time he had to ask his father what the N-word meant, because the kids at school were using it. He remembers running over to an old white lady in his neighbourhood, offering to help carry her shopping bags, and seeing the look of pure terror in her eyes. He remembers growing up playing football on the concrete pitches of Berlin, and being told he didn’t belong there, to go back to Africa. But these were the bad old days. The dark ages. A more benighted era of Germany society. And of course, Rüdiger is now a star of the German national team in a home European Championships, their best player in the 2-0 win over Denmark last Saturday and the key to Friday’s quarter-final against Spain. Times have changed. Attitudes, surely, have shifted. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/fPXQDlR

Convicted financier Raffaele Mincione is seeking to clear his name over Vatican’s €350m London investment Pope Francis’s chief of staff has become one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court, giving a British tribunal a detailed explanation of the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century”. Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra was called to testify on Thursday on behalf of the Vatican secretariat of state in a British civil proceeding brought against the Vatican by an Italian-British financier who was involved in the transactions over a London property. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/FvPXAYT

‘I feel sorry for Gareth. We have to be leaders’ Southgate’s side face Switzerland in Euro quarter-final Phil Foden has defended Gareth Southgate’s tactics and insisted ­England’s players should shoulder more of the blame for the team’s underwhelming performances at Euro 2024. Now the euphoria of beating ­Slovakia in dramatic circumstances on Sunday has faded, England’s focus is on making sure there is a drastic improvement in their quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday. Southgate has been ramping up his preparations and it remains to be seen if he will adjust his tactics against Murat Yakin’s dangerous side. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/0gGAKJv

England midfielder Georgia Stanway calls deal ‘very sad’ Ex-Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says club a ‘disgrace’ The England midfielder Georgia Stanway and the former Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron have been among those to criticise Blackburn Rovers, after reports that the club will be paying women’s team players merely minimum wage throughout next season on 16-hour-a-week contracts. The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that Blackburn, who play in the second tier of the women’s pyramid, are set to be constrained by a playing budget of just £100,000 for next season and therefore their players, who are all semi-professional, will receive salaries of just £9,000. It is understood those reported numbers are consistent with the contract terms that have been discussed with several prospective players this summer, and that such salaries have previously been commonplace at the club in previous seasons. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/l1HXEzf

Vulnerable residents urged to go to shelters and those in flood-prone areas to prepare to evacuate, after at least seven deaths across region Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season Hurricane Beryl is looming over Jamaica after leaving “Armageddon-like” devastation in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and killing at least seven people across the region. Residents in Jamaica reported rainfall, wind, flooding and interruption to communication services as the storm drew closer on Wednesday with category 4 strength. At least three people have been reported dead amid floods in Venezuela, three in Grenada, and one in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/OIlzUet

Labour leader says Post Office minister should urgently ‘get on with the job’ of sorting out problem Keir Starmer has called on a government minister to meet the postal service over concerns that hundreds of people could miss out on casting their vote on polling day after their ballots failed to arrive. The Labour leader said the Post Office minister, Kevin Hollinrake, should “get on with the job” of sorting out the problem that is believed to have hit Scotland, where the school holidays have already started, particularly badly. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/JBkNHPy

While Uefa look at the player’s crotch-grabbing antics, Gareth Southgate must harness his game-changing instinct It’s day 19 in the Euro 2024 Haus. Cristiano Ronaldo has finally pared his entire on-field performance down to a series of viral reaction memes. German police are to be given tasers and sniper rifles to deal with a raised threat of beaming, selfie-grabbing children whose parents need to have a look at themselves. And a formal investigation is under way into whether Jude Bellingham grabbing his imaginary balls really is a private joke among his friends or an insult to Slovakian manhood. In fact only one of these statements is demonstrably true at the time of writing. But it does raise many other lines of inquiry. What kind of investigation is this exactly? What kind of friends are we talking about here? And what is the chance any sanction for breaching “decent human conduct” (Uefa translation: racism, arguably no; dick gesture, zero tolerance) will be delayed until after t

Sexual violence experts concerned about health risks and lack of consent after survey shows almost 60% of respondents under 35 had been choked at least once Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Strangling a partner during sex is widely perceived as normal especially among young people, with more than half of adults aged 35 and under reporting they have been strangled, many of them unaware of potentially serious health consequences. It is a finding that has sexual violence experts so concerned that they launched the “Breathless” campaign and website on Tuesday to highlight that strangulation – often referred to as “choking” – is unsafe, and often occurs with no or inadequate communication or consent. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/bxOwhJH