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Defeat in Ljubljana last March ‘will be good’ for team Last-16 opponents held England to 0-0 draw in Group C Bruno Fernandes has said Portugal will be wary of Slovenia’s counterattacking threat and conceded a friendly defeat by their last-16 opponents in March has put him and his teammates “on their toes”. Fernandes said he expected Slovenia to set up to frustrate in a low defensive block and his manager, Roberto Martínez, stressed the importance of his side keeping their emotions in check. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/gLE4S8m

Players taken into dressing rooms after 35 minutes Game resumes after break of about 25 minutes The Euro 2024 last-16 tie between Germany and Denmark was suspended amid extraordinary conditions after a lightning storm erupted in Dortmund. Michael Oliver, the English referee, halted proceedings in the 35th minute with the score goalless after ear-splitting claps of thunder, flashes of fork lightning and torrential rain passed over BVB Stadion. After initially taking the players to the side of the pitch, he told them a short while later to return to their dressing rooms. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Wy79Vfc

The incoherence and panic that gripped lethargic players against Denmark shows their problems are deep-rooted Italy won the World Cup in 1982 and Portugal the Euros in 2016 after drawing all three games in the initial group. Spain in 2010 and Argentina in 2022 both began their World Cup-winning campaigns with defeat. This year, Ivory Coast lost group games 1-0 to Nigeria and 4-0 to Equatorial Guinea, qualified for the last 16 only because Ghana conceded twice in injury time against Mozambique and still went on to win the Africa Cup of Nations . Only Brazil, in 2002, have won seven games out of seven at a major tournament. It is possible for a team that has begun poorly to win it. But just because something is possible, doesn’t mean that’s how you should do things. Tournaments are short; average teams sometimes can be mysteriously energised. England haven’t ticked a box by getting in a couple of bad performances when it didn’t really matter. Planning tends to win out over shrugging an...

Exclusive: Former Labour leader calls on party to ratchet up scrutiny of Reform in final week of campaign Neil Kinnock has warned his party not to ignore the nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage, as concern grows in Labour ranks that Reform UK could pose a long-term threat for them as well as for the Conservatives. The former Labour leader told the Guardian he wanted Labour to turn its guns on Farage’s party in the final week of the election campaign, saying the populist right could gain a stronghold in the UK as it has across much of Europe . Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/hng4VNE

Serbian performance artist tells Pyramid stage crowd to confront cyclical violence in thousands-strong ‘collaboration’ It’s been home to some of the UK’s loudest singalongs, most propulsive rap lyrics and most cacophonous guitar solos. But the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury experienced something almost unprecedented in its history on Friday: total silence. The Serbian artist Marina Abramović, invited by festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, led the audience in what she called a “collaboration” called Seven Minutes of Collective Silence, to “see how we can feel positive energy in the entire universe” and act as a bulwark against the horrors of war and violence. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ZiSmQeY

The leader of Reform UK is questioned by an audience in Birmingham as election campaigning enters its final days Sign up to our Election Edition daily newsletter Here’s the latest in the Guardian’s series on The broken years: Tory Britain 2010-24 : Unless the polls are wildly inaccurate, the Conservative party is heading towards a catastrophic defeat in the coming election. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/9WlItuy

Craig Williams could come under scope of criminal investigation as Met looks at possible misconduct in public office The Metropolitan police have indicated that the dropped Conservative candidate Craig Williams could come under the scope of a criminal investigation into betting on the election that has overshadowed Rishi Sunak’s campaign. Scotland Yard will investigate any suspicious bets that could represent a misconduct in public office offence, while the Gambling Commission will continue to look at whether betting rules were broken. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/xjtraBH