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• Southampton winger says ‘nothing negative or offensive was said’ • ‘Guardiola was only very complimentary and positive to me’ Nathan Redmond has defended Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola following their on-field altercation at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday. The Southampton winger was confronted by Guardiola immediately after the final whistle in Manchester City’s 2-1 win . Redmond issued a statement on Twitter in response to growing media speculation, confirming “nothing negative or offensive was said”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/nathan-redmond-defends-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-southampton

Moscow stages the World Cup draw on Friday but Russia’s systematic doping at Sochi 2014 and beyond has eroded what should be football’s crowning glory The darkness will be thick and the temperature below freezing in Moscow when the first ball is drawn but the historic snow‑dappled domes of St Basil’s Cathedral remain visible from the Kremlin palace even at night. As a setting for the World Cup draw it is a perfect showcase, the imposing buildings of the fortified complex and Red Square totemic of Russian power and influence. There are Christmas lights, an ice skating rink and hot sausage stalls in the shadow of one of the most uncompromising political regimes of the modern era. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/russia-2018-world-cup-draw-shadow-olympic-doping

Energy ministers from Opec and non-Opec member nations agree to extend cuts until the end of 2018.

• New manager succeeds Koeman who was sacked five weeks ago • Allardyce watched Everton’s defeat of West Ham at Goodison Park Sam Allardyce has been appointed the new Everton manager just a day after watching from the stands as the team cruised to a 4-0 victory over West Ham at Goodison Park. Related: Everton put faith in Big Sam successfully renewing his big ambitions Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/sam-allardyce-appointed-new-everton-manager

A coroner calls on a tumble dryer manufacturer to take action after two men died in a flat fire.

Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis cash in on the gift experience company that they saved from collapse.

Max Rushden and co reveal the secret behind Raheem Sterling’s form, revel in Wayne Rooney’s long-range goal and look ahead to the World Cup draw Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast and Stitcher , and join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . Max Rushden , Barry Glendenning , Paul MacInnes and Elis James return for a Football Weekly Extra midweek Premier League fixture special. On the pitch, Wayne Rooney helps Everton thump West Ham , the wonder that is Raheem Sterling strikes again to keep Manchester City and an overexuberant Pep Guardiola flying high, and Spurs slump to defeat against Leicester as their title bid looks all but over. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2017/nov/30/raheem-sterling-english-managers-and-the-world-cup-draw-football-weekly-extra

Arsène Wenger’s team are on a winning streak and are lording it above Spurs, and Mesut Özil is sparkling, but there is no evidence yet that underlying failings of focus and organisation have been eradicated Arsenal are fourth! Arsenal have won their past three league games in a row! Arsenal have beaten Tottenham Hotspur and are now above them in the table! Arsenal have won seven out of seven at home this season! Arsenal defeated Huddersfield Town 5-0 on Wednesday with all three of their expensive forwards scoring! Arsenal are four points off second! At the Emirates Stadium, dreams are – tentatively – being dreamed again. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/30/arsenal-refound-groove-arsene-wenger-jonathan-wilson

With two young children, Marica Ricutti could not handle shifts starting at 7am.

Charges after death and over-the-top upfront fees for self-funders highlighted by the markets watchdog.

The bank closes its Capital Resolution division, which was set up in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

A remote Welsh village has superfast broadband after a drone was used to install fibre cables.

Why car loans and the threat of cyber-attack might be interfering with Philip Hammond's sleep.

The entrepreneur will compete to build a futuristic transport link to the city's airport.

The Everton forward has joined an exclusive club of players to have scored from inside his own half. But where does it rank compared to David Beckham, Charlie Adam and the rest? David Beckham, Paul Robinson, Tim Howard, Charlie Adam, Maynor Figueroa and Wayne Rooney (x2) – the list of players to have scored goals from the halfway line in the Premier League is an exclusive club. But which one was the best? We rank each goal in order and invite you to let us know your thoughts. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/wayne-rooney-halfway-line-goal-best-premier-league

The social network is looking into how its targeting systems can be abused to exclude some ethnicities.

The oil giant says the difference in pay rates is because of a skills gap, rather than discrimination.

• England will be hoping to avoid traditional enemies Germany • Draw from Moscow on Friday will be shown live on BBC2 The highly anticipated draw for the 2018 World Cup finals kicks off in Moscow on Friday afternoon and BBC2 will be covering all the action from 3pm. Match of the Day and BT Sport football host Gary Lineker, who has faced criticism for taking on the role after previously speaking out against Fifa over its various corruption scandals, will be co-presenting with the Russian journalist Maria Komandnaya. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/2018-world-cup-draw-how-it-all-works-where-to-watch-teams-england-should-avoid

Pep Guardiola described Bielsa as ‘the best coach in the world’ but the Argentinian may be the latest manager modern football has simply left behind By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French Football News Sitting and watching football is what Marcelo Bielsa does best. A touchline icebox doubled as his perch at Marseille, made famous by an unfortunate incident with a rogue coffee cup, he sat oddly unflinching on the Lille bench as his assistant had a blazing argument with the fourth official inches away during the trip to Amiens last week and he has even supposedly trained himself to sit and watch multiple games at once with the aim of picking out patterns of play. But as “El Loco” sat in a Lille restaurant, suspended from his duties and sacking imminent, watching his Lille side lose 3-0 at Montpellier on a laptop, Bielsa’s fiery, enigmatic, mad-scientist persona seemed to ebb away and was replaced by a sense of inevitability and déja vu. Despite the fanfare surrounding Bielsa’s ...

The entrepreneur will compete to build a futuristic transport link to the city's airport.

The former Tranmere captain, a record breaker with his long throws, is manager of the AFC Fylde side who take on Wigan in the FA Cup second round on Friday – and he is no stranger to inflicting cup upsets Look closely at the AFC Fylde kit when the National League side take on Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup on Friday night, and you will find the extent of the club’s ambition is worn on their sleeve. A 15-year plan was put in place when new owners became involved in what was then Kirkham and Wesham in 2007, one that envisaged Football League status being achieved by the year 2022. Five promotions later, Fylde stand on the threshold of their dream. The next promotion will make it come true, and just to make sure no one loses sight of the objective, 2022 is woven into the players’ shirts. This is precisely the sort of structured planning and growth that persuaded the former Tranmere captain Dave Challinor to leave Colwyn Bay to throw in his lot with Fylde six years ago. It seemed a backward...

Net migration was down by nearly a third to 230,000 in the year since the referendum, figures show.

The Gambling Commission expects online bets to account for half of all spending "in the near future".

The former Napoli, Parma and Chelsea forward discusses his old team-mates, managing West Ham and a six-hour helicopter trip to try a new ice cream Gianfranco Zola still keeps an eye out for West Ham United. It is nine years since the club gave him his first management opportunity and seven since they took it away in the summer of 2010. In total he led the club through 73 Premier League games, only 14 fewer than Slaven Bilic before the Croat was fired earlier this month and replaced by David Moyes. That might be where the similarities end. “I cannot compare my experience to his,” says Zola. “I believe they are completely different. But I understand what he’s been through. Every manager, when things don’t go well, they feel bad about it. That, unfortunately, is our job.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/30/gianfranco-zola-maradona-asprilla-chelsea-west-ham-manager

Zay Jones appears to levitate, Conor Henderson pops up in the ‘First Professional Football League’, the Antarctic Ice Marathon and Felix Wiedwald’s borrowed cap 1) Remember former Arsenal midfielder Conor Henderson? Probably not as he only played one FA Cup game for them, admittedly in a 5-0 win over Leyton Orient , before spells at Hull City, Crawley Town, Grimsby Town and Eastbourne Borough. Well the English-born midielder has only gone and scored a 94th minute winner for his current club FC Pirin Blagoevgrad against the also superbly named Cherno More Varna. As injury-time winners go, a free-kick in off the bar isn’t a bad way to pick up the points for a team at the wrong end of the Bulgarian ‘First Professional Football League’ (we didn’t come up with the name), as proved by the excitable celebrations from the midfielder and his giddy team-mates . 2) American football is getting weirder by the week. Following on from the mystery of the disappearing USC player , The Buffallo Bills...

Swarming drones and other AI-enabled weapons will soon fall into the wrong hands, Lords are told.

The price of Bitcoin fell 21% after passing a record $11,000, but later recovered some of the fall.

Sterling continues to climb on reports the UK has offered to pay up to €50bn to settle its EU "divorce bill".

It follows several Hollywood "whitewashing" controversies where white actors were cast in Asian roles.

The Daily Mail publisher reports a fall in profits and warns of "challenging conditions" next year.

The Nationwide says the chancellor's giveaway for first-time buyers will have limited effect on demand.

Today’s fluff clicks while there’s nobody there The likelihood of Hatem Ben Arfa bringing his rare combination of sensational skills and remarkable substitutes’-bench-based-looks-of-smouldering-discontent back to the Premier League increases with every passing day, with the Frenchman not so much in the cold at Paris Saint-Germain as padlocked into a cryogenic chamber situated within an industrial freezer built upon the Arctic tundra in winter time. He has not been glimpsed in a football kit since his run-out against third division Avranches in the French Cup back in April and has since been – in the words of his lawyer Jean-Jacques Bertrand – “left out brutally and in a disrespectful manner” even though he “has matured a lot”, “never complains” and has a “fundamental love for the club”. It looks very much like he will be given the opportunity to develop a fundamental love for a different club in January, either on loan or on a free transfer, and according to the Mail Leicester are “c...

Investors should "do their homework", says Bank of England official, as Bitcoin passes $11,000.

Up to one fifth of the global work force will be affected by global automation, says McKinsey.

Morrisons withdraws some chicken and mushroom pies from sale as the box actually contains fish pie.

The cereals giant also plans to axe a product and end on-pack promotions aimed at children on another.

The royal commission - Australia's highest form of inquiry - follows recent scandals in the sector.

India's banks are due to get a cash injection from the government, in the hope that it will get them lending again.

Search giant is accused of unlawfully harvesting the personal information of millions of UK iPhone users.

Search giant is accused of unlawfully harvesting the personal information of millions of UK iPhone users.

Japan's years of stagnant wage growth and a rapidly ageing population offer lessons to other developed economies.

It still feels slightly premature, with the cracks not fully repaired after a fraught start to the season, to declare that Arsenal will not look back now that a corner has been turned. They have, after all given their critics generous ammunition in recent years. Yet Arsène Wenger is the Premier League’s perennial optimist and, despite enduring a couple of fretful moments after Alexandre Lacazette’s early strike, this was the kind of flowing performance to make him believe that Arsenal are heading in the right direction again. Related: Man City v Southampton, Chelsea v Swansea, Stoke v Liverpool and more – as it happened Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/arsenal-huddersfield-town-premier-league-match-report

Some of Liverpool’s victories this season have been devastating displays of attacking football, the sort that make you glad to be a football fan. This wasn’t one of those, a victory of solid efficiency rather than rampant flair, but it will be no less valuable. A first-half goal from Sadio Mané and a late brace from substitute Mohamed Salah were enough for Liverpool to win this one, a win over a Stoke side who were utterly desperate, even by their reasonably low standards this season. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/stoke-city-liverpool-premier-league-match-report

These are nervous times for Paul Clement. In a week that will see two of Swansea’s relegation rivals appoint new managers, a narrow defeat to the reigning champions away from home – courtesy of Antonio Rüdiger’s second-half header – does not sound like the worst result. Yet the manner of this performance in which Swansea barely mustered a shot in anger and with the Welsh club now the only team in the bottom five not to have parted company with their manager this season, it is clear that his time is running out fast. The sending off of his counterpart Antonio Conte just before half-time for a bizarre tantrum at the fourth official had perhaps given Clement a glimmer of hope that this could be his night. But those hopes were dashed when Chelsea finally took the lead and never looked like surrendering it as they maintained their faint hopes of retaining the Premier League title they won with such style last season. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardi...

Up to one fifth of the global work force will be affected by global automation, says McKinsey.

Just Eat food delivery firm has joined the ranks of Britain's biggest companies.

A cyber-security company discovered classified data stored on an unsecured Amazon Web Services cloud.

Sir Victor Blank says he warned Gordon Brown that the banking sector was at risk if the deal failed.

‘So I got in touch with Team Overdrive and here I am!’ Will drive pick up after being dissuaded from riding motorbike The former Chelsea and Tottenham manager André Villas-Boas will contest the Dakar Rally in 2018 after quitting as manager of Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. Villas-Boas, whose uncle took part in the event in 1982, will drive a Toyota Hilux in the 15-day rally which starts in Peru on 6 January and travels through Bolivia before finishing in Argentina on 20 January. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/andre-villas-boas-quits-as-manager-of-shanghai-sipg-to-take-part-in-dakar-rally

Investors should "do their homework", says Bank of England official, as Bitcoin passes $11,000.

The digital currency Bitcoin is going through the roof - but what is it, and why has it shot up in price?

• Allardyce returns six months after he quit Crystal Palace • Former England manager has never been relegated from Premier League Sam Allardyce has agreed to become Everton’s manager, six months after he stepped down at Crystal Palace saying he had “no ambitions to take another job”. Allardyce is set to become the permanent successor to Ronald Koeman after David Unsworth’s unsuccessful stint as caretaker. His first match will be at home to Huddersfield Town on Saturday. He has agreed an 18-month deal worth a reported £9m. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/sam-allardyce-appointed-everton-manager

Dividing teams into groups for a football tournament should be easy but nothing is ever simple when Fifa is in charge By Richard Foster for The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Guardian Sport Network Gary Lineker has faced accusations of hypocrisy after condemning Fifa as a “ revolting organisation ” and then agreeing to co-host its World Cup draw in Moscow on Friday. Lineker is not the first person to have found participating in the ceremony an awkward experience. The practice of inviting celebrities began at the 1990 World Cup, when Luciano Pavarotti and Sophia Loren were among the famous faces onstage in Rome. Four years later, Franz Beckenbauer was joined in Las Vegas by Evander Holyfield and Robin Williams, who played the whole thing for laughs , pulling on a glove like an overly enthusiastic doctor and instructing Sepp Blatter to “turn your head to the side and cough”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecs...

A security bug in the new Mac operating system has raised concerns that the firm's standards are slipping.

The breach, which happened in 2016 and which was covered up by the firm, was only revealed this month.

The breach, which happened in 2016 and which was covered up by the firm, was only revealed this month.

Victims have lost thousands of pounds in the scam, believing they are helping to expose corrupt bank staff.

Since the first World Cup back in 1930, it has become tradition for each tournament to design their own unique poster. Here we take a look at them Take a look at the World Cup footballs here Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2017/nov/29/world-cup-posters-an-illustrated-history

A former manager says the firm hired security contractors to infiltrate rivals' computers.

Donald Trump's Twitter account retweets three inflammatory videos from far-right group, Britain First.

A Canadian citizen admits accessing web-mail accounts m on behalf of the Russian Federal Security Service.

• Two stewards hospitalised and Brighton stadium gates closed early • We condemn it in the strongest possible terms, say Palace Crystal Palace fans involved in disorder before the 0-0 draw at Brighton on Tuesday will face stadium bans and possible criminal action. Palace say there are clear images of the disturbance, which occurred outside the Amex stadium and left two stewards in hospital. Brighton had accused a number of Palace fans of arriving without tickets and seeking to gain entry shortly after kick-off in the so-called M23 derby. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/crystal-palace-legal-action-bans-brighton-gatecrashers

• Argentinian says 13-month injury lay-off was ‘probably worst time of my life’ • Lamela thanks Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs fans and family for helping him Érik Lamela has described the 13 months he spent on the sidelines through injury as “probably the worst time of my life”. The Argentinian, who marked his return to first-team action with an assist for Harry Kane in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 defeat against Leicester City on Tuesday, required two operations to solve hip problems and admitted there were moments when he feared that he would never play again. Lamela, whose substitute appearance against Leicester was his first game for Tottenham in exactly 400 days, thanked the manager Mauricio Pochettino, the club’s supporters and his family for giving him the encouragement to get through the toughest period of his career. “It was crazy,” said Lamela, reflecting on his time out. “It was probably the worst time of my life. I really wanted to play but it took too long, my injury.” Contin...

On one estate they handed out cards to children asking mums to ring if the children needed new trainers.

World game’s president has already wrecked his flagship event and with the World Cup draw due on Friday still has only one of 20 local sponsors in place and has yet to agree terms for the TV rights with Russian broadcasters Good news and bad news once more for Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, who refuses to abandon his delusions of adequacy. The good news is that Gianni has pre-announced that there will be no racist incidents at the Russia World Cup next summer. “This is a very high priority,” he explained, “and we will make sure that no incidents will happen.” The bad news is that there may be no local sponsors at the Russia World Cup next summer. I say “no local sponsors” – in fact, there is currently just one of a possible 20 places in Fifa’s regional sponsorship tier taken up, with that spot filled 16 months ago by Russia’s Alfa Bank. Since then, nothing. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/29/fifa-new-broom-gia...

A window salesman who received no paid holiday for 13 years wins the latest stage of his legal battle.

• Former Palace manager replaces Tony Pulis at the Hawthorns • Pardew’s first match will be against previous club Crystal Palace Alan Pardew has been appointed as West Bromwich Albion’s manager, replacing Tony Pulis. The 56-year-old, who has been out of work since being sacked by Crystal Palace last December, has signed a contract running until 2020 at the Hawthorns after holding talks with the club’s hierarchy last week. He will take charge for Saturday’s home match against his previous team, with Gary Megson having performed caretaker duties for the past two matches against Tottenham and Newcastle. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/alan-pardew-appointed-west-bromwich-albion-manager

Games which involve killing criminals as the Philippine president have vanished from Apple's store.

Before the teams with whom Chapman enjoyed his greatest success meet in the Premier League on Wednesday, we recall arguably English football’s most influential manager – referred to as the ‘maker of champions’ On Wednesday Arsenal and Huddersfield meet in the league for the first time in a generation, since the Gunners contributed to their one-time rivals’ relegation with two 1-0 wins in 1971-72. Theirs is a history pockmarked with notable encounters, from the 1930 FA Cup final to the friendly with which Huddersfield celebrated their centenary, but perhaps the most important occurred a little after midnight on the night of 10 June 1925, as Herbert Chapman decided which club he should manage the following season. Every one of these key battles was won by Arsenal. Huddersfield’s board thought they had done enough in that late-night meeting to keep their man in Yorkshire, including matching Arsenal’s offer to double his £1,000-a-year salary. The following morning the Gunners announced h...

Plus: teams playing derbies in change or third strips, rapid promotions to senior international sides and did a Newcastle player invent the windscreen wiper? Send your questions and answers to knowledge@theguardian.com or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “In light of next year’s World Cup taking shape, I spent the international break reliving the last World Cup and noticed that Argentina scored their last goal in the competition in the eighth minute of their quarter-final against Belgium ,” begins Boris Cule. “Despite this, they came within minutes of a penalty shoot-out in the final, which they may well have won. What is the longest goalless run of any winning team at a major competition? And my second question is, given that Argentina went without a goal for a total of 322 minutes (they played extra-time in both the semi and final), was this the longest goalless run of any team in any major competition ever?” Markus Palder has been looking back to Italia 90 and has a slight twist on the qu...

Today’s tell-all is getting, is getting, is getting kind of hectic David Luiz remains in Antonio Conte’s bad books, having reacted badly to being substituted during Chelsea’s 3-3 draw with Roma in the Champions League in October. The Brazilian appeared to eff and jeff in his manager’s direction after seeing his number hoisted by the fourth official and has played in only four of Chelsea’s eight matches since. Reports on Wednesday suggest that Real Madrid are monitoring the breakdown in relations between player and manager with interest and could try to sign the Brazilian in January. David Luiz has been ruled out of Chelsea’s match against Swansea City on Wednesday evening with a knee injury, while his manager says the club hierarchy have not yet spoken to him about his transfer needs for the next window. “I think about this topic but it is better if my club ask me what I need to catch them up and then I will answer, but in a private way,” said Conte, who was left frustrated by Che...

Cineworld shares lead the FTSE 250 lower after the cinema chain confirms talks to buy a US rival.

The former Everton manager is keen to re-employ the methods which worked well for him through much of his 11-year spell in charge at Goodison Park David Moyes was hoping not to talk about Everton but the subject was difficult to avoid before his latest return to Goodison Park. “I’ll tell you this one,” West Ham’s manager said as his mind drifted back to the final day of the winter transfer window in 2013. “It was my last year. I think Everton were a striker short of being top four. You were still needing somewhere like £10m or £15m to get a top striker. We had £1m left. Tony Henry, who’s here, was involved in it, probably more so than anybody. He says: ‘There’s a boy at Barnsley who’s not bad.’” John Stones was the boy in question and instead of getting that top striker Moyes’s final signing for Everton ended up being a young centre-back from Barnsley who joined for £500,000 and left for £47.5m to Manchester City two and a half years later. That was often how it had to be for Moyes du...

Xavier Rolet leaves with immediate effect after a bruising boardroom dispute over his future.

Confusion over food labels is prompting people to throw away usable produce, waste agency claims.

The virtual currency has surged in value during the past few weeks.

The virtual currency has surged in value during the past few weeks.

The move is the latest by the US Commerce Department to examine Chinese trade practices.

Defender received a four-match ban with two of those suspended FFA disciplinary counsel suggested ball boy may have exaggerated injury Michael Marrone will only spend one more week on the sidelines for his “very ugly” FFA Cup final clash with a ball boy. The Adelaide United defender has been handed a four-match ban with two suspended after fronting Football Federation Australia’s independent disciplinary and ethics committee in Sydney on Tuesday night. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/29/marrone-to-sit-out-only-one-extra-match-for-very-ugly-ball-boy-incident

The Brazilian firm that breeds wasps in the growing industry of biological pest control.

Children are also increasingly using social media to access news, but most know some of it is fake.

Firm says its algorithms are becoming effective at flagging terrorist propaganda but still need work.

Nicky Morgan, of the Treasury Committee, says any fall in the number of ATMs would "clearly be of concern".

EU building workers should have the right to settled status in the UK post-Brexit say industry bodies.

• ‘I prefer to forget the five minutes where we conceded the two goals’ • ‘To play away and score four goals … this was very, very good’ José Mourinho is often portrayed as a pure defensive technician but it was Manchester United’s exuberant attacking play that warmed a see‑sawing 4-2 victory at Watford that saw his team open up a 3-0 lead before almost finding themselves pegged back in the second half. “I prefer to forget the five minutes where we conceded the two goals,” Mourinho said of Watford’s late rally. “I prefer to focus on all the good things we did. To play away from home and score four goals, we could have scored seven, eight, this was very, very good.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/28/jose-mourinho-manchester-united-watford

It will help human actors to realistically play four-legged characters in films and computer games.

• Equality campaigner Fare will produce cautionary guide for LGBT fans • Piara Powar: ‘Gay people have a place in Russia which is quite underground’ LGBT fans will be warned about holding hands in public and other outward displays of affection when in Russia for the World Cup next summer. A cautionary guide will be produced by Fare – formerly Football Against Racism in Europe and now a pressure group that campaigns for equality in football – and dispersed to fans travelling to the tournament. Being gay is not illegal in Russia but the country has a law banning teaching about homosexuality in schools and there are numerous cases where gay people from foreign countries have been attacked because of their sexuality . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/28/gay-fans-holding-hands-russia-world-cup-dangerous-fare

• Conte says he is waiting to be asked how to catch ‘incredible’ Manchester City • David Luiz ruled out of match against Swansea City with knee injury Antonio Conte has described Manchester City’s start to the season as “something incredible” and said he is waiting for Chelsea’s hierarchy to ask him what is necessary for the Premier League champions to catch the current leaders. Chelsea find themselves 11 points behind City going into their home game against Swansea City on Wednesday evening and, having suggested after Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool that the club needed to enter January’s transfer market in order to get anywhere near Pep Guardiola’s side, the Italian has now called on those above him to seek out his advice in regards to exactly which players need to come in at the turn of the year. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/28/antonio-conte-january-signings-chelsea-david-luiz-swansea

More than 4,000 miles of rail routes were closed in the 1960s as part of major cost cuts.

Manchester United looked like running away from Watford midway through the first half as Ashley Young enjoyed an early festive return to Vicarage Road, scoring two lovely goals to help open up a 3-0 lead. Watford never gave up though, dragging it back to 3-2, before Jesse Lingard took the game away from them at the last with a sublime late fourth, weaving his way from inside his own half to finish in front of a delirious away end, Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/28/watford-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report

Fleetingly it seemed as if joy had returned to The Hawthorns, as goals by Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Field put West Bromwich Albion on course for their first victory since August. But instead the home side ended up clinging on for a point, as their two-goal lead was whittled away by a Newcastle United side also in urgent need of a change of form. Ciaran Clark cut the deficit by heading home in the 59th minute and then, six minutes from time, Jonny Evans deflected a free-kick by Matt Ritchie into his own goal. Newcastle had avoided a fifth straight defeat and Albion continue to search for a win, as well as a new manager. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/28/west-bromwich-albion-newcastle-united-premier-league-match-report

The UK car industry's trade body calls for quicker progress on a transitional UK-EU trade period.

The former investment banker appears before the Senate Banking Committee for his confirmation hearing.

Uber faces allegations that it stole secrets from Google's self-driving car firm.

Palmer and Harvey goes into administration, with 2,500 jobs to go immediately, and a further 900 under threat.

Uber faces allegations that it stole secrets from Google's self-driving car firm.

There is no evidence that former Tesco executive Carl Rogberg bullied staff into falsifying accounts, a court hears.

Online supermarket Ocado reveals a robot that will pack delivery boxes with food and other products.

Sign up now ! Sign up now ! Sign up now ! Sign up now ? Sign up now ! Today marks the 40th anniversary – give or take 11 months and 22 days – of the genesis of the great rivalry between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace. It seems to have really, er, crystallised at the end of an FA Cup marathon between the two clubs in December 1976, won by Palace in controversial circumstances at neutral Stamford Bridge. Brighton thought they’d equalised through a Brian Horton penalty, you see, only for the referee to order a retake for encroachment. You know how these things go, and of course the second attempt was missed. At the final whistle, their boss Alan Mullery attempted to engage the whistler in Socratic dialogue, and was showered with coffee by a nearby Palace fan for his trouble. To be fair, the stuff they used to serve up at Chelsea was rank, the nearest place to get a good cup in those days was just outside Paris. But still. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian h...

The online supermarket reveals a new robot that will pack delivery boxes with food and other products. It is due to start work in 2018.

Airline group IAG's low-cost long-haul carrier will have two aircraft based at Paris Orly.

Retired judge Lord Dyson’s report into the Millwall CPO scheme was commissioned by Lewisham council and while its findings are therefore hardly a shock to campaigners, the fight for the future of The Den is back on the agenda A report commissioned by Lewisham council has cleared Lewisham council of “any impropriety” in relation to the abandoned Millwall CPO scheme . The report, which was compiled by retired judge Lord Dyson and defined and framed by Lewisham councillors earlier this year, clears Lewisham councillors of misconduct and concludes they acted with “propriety, due diligence and in accordance with the applicable codes of practice” in relation to the New Bermondsey scheme. Related: Battle for The Den: why is the Millwall inquiry happening and whom does it serve? Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/nov/28/millwall-cpo-lewisham-council-the-den-lord-dyson-report

China could overtake the US in terms of AI development, some of which is destined for military uses.

A mother has written a letter in defence of her 14-year-old-son who is facing a lawsuit over video game cheats.

After a year long investigation, the competition watchdog says some websites are failing to be clear.

The oil firm should be investigated for alleged complicity in "horrific crimes", Amnesty says.