Nawe9ja

Club’s past and future converged at the new stadium and left the crowd hungry for Wednesday’s curtain-raiser “He’s still the same Gazza,” says Robbie Keane. “On the bus on the way in, he had me in stitches. I cannot repeat the stories ...” Go on, Robbie. Tell at least one. “Something about a pheasant,” Keane replies. “But I cannot say any more than that. He had everyone in stitches.” The Tottenham Legends squad contained some big names on Saturday, as the club staged the second of two test events needed to secure the safety certificate for their new stadium ahead of the grand Premier League opening against Crystal Palace on Wednesday night. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/31/gascoigne-spurs-history-stadium

Featuring Sergio Agüero and Neil Warnock, it’s your weekend roundup of the best photography from England’s top flight View the Dozen archive Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2019/mar/31/the-dozen-the-weekends-best-premier-league-photos

• Warnock criticises offside goal and penalty not given • Cardiff manager: ‘At this level these mistakes shouldn’t happen’ Neil Warnock vented his anger on the standard of officiating in the Premier League after Chelsea defeated Cardiff in hugely controversial circumstances, leaving the Welsh club five points adrift of safety and nursing a simmering sense of injustice. César Azpilicueta was a yard offside when he headed an equaliser six minutes from time, prompting Warnock to say that the Premier League had the “worst officials” and that matches were being decided by “who you get in the middle and who has a flag”. Related: Ruben Loftus-Cheek seals controversial late win for Chelsea over Cardiff Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/31/neil-warnock-sickened-officials-cardiff-lose-chelsea

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says the proposed Post Bank would protect community banking.

Football can be a cruel game at times. With less than 10 minutes remaining, Cardiff were leading 1-0 and the mood in the away end was mutinous. “We want Sarri out” reverberated loud and clear time and again, so much so that it was tempting to wonder whether Chelsea’s manager was fighting to hold on to his job. How quickly things can change. By the time the final whistle blew the Chelsea fans were celebrating a victory that kept alive their hopes of a top-four finish and left Cardiff crestfallen. The killer goal was César Azpilicueta’s equaliser, in the 84th minute, and it should never have been allowed to stand. The Chelsea captain was a yard offside as he nodded home Marcos Alonso’s flick on. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/31/cardiff-city-chelsea-premier-league-match-report

The  Premier League  has released a new promotional video featuring Raheem Sterling, Virgil van Dijk and several other footballers as part of their 'No Room for Racism’ campaign to tackle the perceived rise in the number of discriminatory incidents at games. The awareness campaign runs from Saturday 30 March, to Monday 8 April, and will see branded promotional material at stadiums and on social media. Premier League risks Kick It Out confusion with ‘No Room for Racism’ campaign Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2019/mar/31/no-room-for-racism-sterling-lingard-and-van-dijk-star-in-new-premier-league-campaign-video

Whether or not Celtic deserved this win will not matter one iota to Neil Lennon. A crucial match in Lennon’s tenure – as is only guaranteed to be in charge until this summer – produced yet another late Celtic winner. On account of their second half display, Rangers can legitimately feel hard done by. A match which had continually threatened to boil over concluded with both sets of players involved in an ugly melee; Old Firm fixtures are not famous for both sides routinely covering themselves in glory. Related: Celtic 2-1 Rangers: Scottish Premiership – live! Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/31/celtic-rangers-scottish-premiership-match-report

An investigator working for Jeff Bezos says Saudi Arabia accessed data on the Amazon boss's phone.

An investigator working for Jeff Bezos says Saudi Arabia accessed data on the Amazon boss's phone.

Mark Zuckerberg writes an open letter calling for new laws to monitor internet content.

Brazil's Brumadinho dam disaster is having consequences in towns which are near similar dams.

Lyft is the first tech company to float this year but the $24bn business is yet to make profit.

The Spurs forward believes the move to a shiny new ground can provide fresh impetus for their stuttering Premier League form Son Heung-min has never known anything like it. Not since his arrival at Tottenham in August 2015 have the team endured a worse run of Premier League form during a single season. And, by the forward’s reckoning, he has never gone three weeks without a match inside a domestic campaign. Seismic change is also afoot. After all the delays, Spurs are primed to enter their 62,062-capacity new stadium on Wednesday for the Premier League fixture with Crystal Palace. Son and his teammates trained there for the first time on Thursday and, it is fair to say, they are champing at the bit to perform in front of a full house. The atmosphere against Palace promises to be special. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/son-heung-min-white-hart-lane-spurs-premier-league

The Liverpool manager makes no secret of his admiration for his counterpart and the way he has built his ‘world-class’ team This is supposed to be the business end of the season, squeaky-bum time in terms of the title race, yet Tottenham’s visit to Anfield on Sunday afternoon may turn out to be more of a love-in than a leadership contest. For one thing, games between the two clubs in recent seasons have featured exquisite goals, open football and marvellous entertainment . For another, Jürgen Klopp makes no secret of his admiration for Spurs, their manager and their leading scorer, even if they do arrive on Merseyside looking for their first Premier League win in more than a month. “We can expect a strong Tottenham, they are a world-class team,” the Liverpool manager says. “In England, the country of transfers, it makes a pretty big statement when you don’t sign anyone at all , but in a way I could see why Mauricio Pochettino did that, why they were not too concerned last summer when ...

Mark Zuckerberg writes an open letter calling for new laws to monitor internet content.

As John Terry knows, acquittal in a court of law on the basis of ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ does not mean the FA will not take action on the balance of probabilities It is coming up for seven years now since John Terry found himself in the dock of Westminster magistrates court on charges of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand and, though I could never say sitting through that week-long trial was a particularly fulfilling experience, there is one memory that offers some light relief amid all the other numbing details. It goes back to the penultimate day, when Terry was being taken through some of the evidence related to his exchange of words with Ferdinand, then of QPR, and having to repeat some of it for the benefit of the court. Terry was obediently following the instructions, albeit not looking absolutely sure what purpose it served, until he was asked to let the court know the number of times he had been sent off throughout his Chelsea career. Continue reading... from Football | T...

With Premier League’s lowest wage bill and ineffective strikers, relegation is no surprise but Jan Siewert’s men are equipped to come back And so Huddersfield’s Premier League journey nears the end that has long been signposted, via a sequence of results that reads like a faux-Welsh train station: LLDDLLLDLLWDWLLLLLLLLDLLLLLWLLLL. The No Limits hashtag and flags can be retired, as the two words that became the club’s de facto motto during their sensational rise from the depths of the Championship no longer apply. Huddersfield have hit the buffers. They have been on a hell of a ride. Related: ‘We weren’t good enough to stay up’: Huddersfield deflated as they go down Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/careful-huddersfield-inevitable-relegation-return

Rules suggest investments did not qualify for compensation as "personal advice was not involved".

• Town relegated from Premier League after defeat at Selhurst Park • Jan Siewert: ‘I’m willing to work as hard as we can to get back’ Jan Siewert insisted he was proud of his players despite Huddersfield becoming the second team in Premier League history to be relegated before the end of March after their 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace . Victories for Burnley over Wolves and Southampton over Brighton ensured that Huddersfield will return to the Championship after two seasons in the top flight, also equalling Derby’s record for the earliest relegation with six fixtures to play. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/huddersfield-town-relegated-jan-siewert

An evening billed as a celebration of Middlesbrough’s once powerful international influence was hijacked by a Cuban winger and a Finnish forward who have made Norwich their home. Reminders of Teesside’s history as a breeding ground of globe trotting explorers and industrialists were everywhere but, with the stuttering home side failing to rise to the challenge, two visiting imports assumed centre stage. While Onel Hernández’s beautifully executed second-half goal secured Norwich’s seventh straight win, sending Daniel Farke’s Championship leaders five points clear of second placed Leeds United and seven ahead of third placed Sheffield United, Teemu Pukki did a fine job of destabilising Boro’s back five – and derailing their play-off ambitions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/middlesbrough-norwich-city-championship-match-report

Everton’s claim to be best of the rest no longer looks far-fetched. They have moved to a point from seventh place and, even if it takes some energy to afford the battle for that spot too much hype, this convincing victory should be taken for what it was. Marco Silva’s side played the slick football his appointment originally promised in what, as 90-minute performances go, was perhaps the most accomplished display of his reign. Kurt Zouma and Bernard scored the goals that defeated a West Ham side whose bloodless showing was, for their part, as bad as anything mustered under Manuel Pellegrini. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/west-ham-everton-premier-league-match-report

The striker wants to make memories for the club’s fans at the Checkatrade Trophy final, even if the Black Cats have bigger aims Will Grigg appreciates the potential conflict of interests. He fully understands the tension between short- and longer-term ambitions. Yet there is nothing remotely bittersweet about his anticipation of a first Wembley appearance. “It’s no secret that promotion’s our aim, but football’s about giving fans great days and memories of being at big games,” says Sunderland’s Northern Ireland striker as he prepares for Sunday’s Checkatrade Trophy final against Portsmouth. “I understand there are circumstances where people have to sacrifice cups for the league, but these finals are the things you remember throughout your career, and your life. We’ve got 40,000 fans going to Wembley. Different generations of the same families will all be walking down Wembley Way together and we want it to be one of those landmark days. We want to make memories.” Continue reading... ...

• Bristol City forward hits hat-trick to blunt Blades • Derby breeze to 6-1 win over lowly Rotherham • Sheffield United slipped to third after Bristol City came from behind to take victory at Bramall Lane, with Andreas Weimann scoring his first career hat-trick. Chris Wilder’s side twice took the lead through Billy Sharp and Scott Hogan before Weimann completed a fine comeback to dent the hosts’ automatic promotion hopes. Leeds United returned second with their own heroic fightback at Elland Road on what proved a good day for the pack of teams chasing a play-off berth. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/football-league-weimann-stuns-sheffield-united-as-derby-romp-to-win

Leeds moved back into the automatic promotion places in dramatic fashion with a thrilling 3-2 win over relegation-threatened Millwall. For a long time it looked as if Leeds would back up their crushing defeat to promotion rivals Sheffield United with another damaging result. But Pablo Hernández - overlooked for the Sky Bet Championship team of the season - hauled Leeds from the brink with a double in an inspirational performance. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/pablo-hernandez-double-downs-millwall-to-send-leeds-into-automatic-places

In the end, there was a strange sense of symmetry about it all. A penalty from Luka Milivojevic and Patrick van Aanholt’s late goal sealed Huddersfield’s relegation at the ground where their adventure began a little more than 18 months ago with a brilliant 3-0 victory under David Wagner. Yet after a campaign that has already seen the departure of the man who achieved the impossible last season, by surviving the club’s first top-flight campaign in more than 40 years, this was a harsh lesson in the realities of the modern game as Jan Siewert’s side became only the second team in Premier League history to be relegated before the end of March. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/crystal-palace-huddersfield-town-premier-league-match-report

The sun shone, a gigantic banner sporting bearing Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s face swirled in the Stretford End, and Manchester United claimed victory. This was the perfect way to herald the Norwegian being made full-time manager and to respond to the last two defeats. It was hardly pretty: United were stuck in second gear, the goals apart, but as winning while underperforming is a yardstick of a team it was a satisfactory afternoon, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial the home scorers, with Abdoulaye Doucouré producing Watford’s late response. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/manchester-united-watford-premier-league-match-report

Southampton climbed closer to safety thanks to their third win in four matches, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg securing a deserved victory with a second-half strike on the counter. The win puts Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side level on points with Brighton, who, in addition to trying to figure out a way to get past Manchester City in next week’s FA Cup semi-final, must be wary of slipping into bottom three. The battle to avoid 18th place is getting more fierce. Coming off the back of a victory over Tottenham Hotspur and knowing their need for points was more pressing, Southampton made by far the better start here. They play as a swarm, buzzing around their opponents in a shape that is as difficult to define as they are to repel. But Chris Hughton’s side have never been ashamed to defend in numbers at home, even against lower-ranked teams, and they gave Southampton little room in which to manoeuvre. The visitors would need to be fast and very precise to break through, and for the first half-hour that lo...

• Paco Alcácer scores twice in injury time against Wolfsburg • Mönchengladbach’s top-four hopes hit by surprise 3-1 loss Borussia Dortmund climbed back to the top of the Bundesliga after late drama in their match with Wolfsburg as Freiburg held Bayern Munich to a surprise draw. Paco Alcácer’s two goals in Dortmund’s 2-0 win, the first a fiercely struck free-kick, the second scored on the counter, did not arrive until the 91st and 94th minutes, just when it appeared Lucien Favre’s team would not be able to capitalise on Bayern’s slip-up. Bayern began poorly at Freiburg, and conceded a goal from striker Lucas Höler in the third minute, and it took a combination of Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng making a goalline clearance to prevent a second for 12th-placed Freiburg. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/borussia-dortmund-top-bundesliga-bayern-munich

Sean Dyche’s 300th game as Burnley manager ended with a 2-0 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers, just as his first one had in 2012. As Wolves are no longer the unremarkable mid-table Championship opponents who turned up seven years ago this victory must have given Dyche even more satisfaction, especially as it ended a run of four straight defeats and should go a long way to easing any relegation fears. Burnley are not out of the woods yet, but they are five points ahead of 18th-placed Cardiff, who are the next visitors to Turf Moor. While Dyche’s team do not have the easiest of run-ins, they would surely only have themselves to blame were they to allow the Welsh team to climb above them from that position. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/burnley-wolves-premier-league-match-report

This felt like little more than a box-ticking exercise for a team with Manchester City’s ambitions. There was never any jeopardy, no sense that they were ever in any danger against opponents with all the nous and snarl of a sleeping kitten, and City did not have to do much more than tickle Fulham’s tummy to return to the Premier League’s summit. It was over as a contest long before the end, goals from Bernardo Silva and Sergio Agüero enough for Pep Guardiola’s side, who will be hoping for a slip-up when Liverpool host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/30/fulham-manchester-city-premier-league-match-report

Around the pitch and in the stands, the Tottenham Hotspur stadium is both magnificent and intimate, but the jarring exterior is mid-table fodder It was, for a while, all about the cheese room . The new Tottenham Hotspur stadium , it was reported, was to offer its premium customers a selection of specially sourced cheeses, a concept which encapsulated how far the football fan has come from those black-and-white, crackly-voiced days when a gristly pie was all you got, an edible version of the brown balls that were hacked around the Flanders-like mud of those bygone fields – a distillation (conceptually speaking) of the catarrh of a million Capstans. Which, goes the narrative, was how it should be. In the tribal warfare of football you don’t want the food to be too nice. And what could be more Waitrose, more metropolitan elite, more Highbury and Islington than a range of fermented curds? What could be less likely, except perhaps CO 2 foam or a flame-retardant blanket, to put fire in th...

Who will win the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League? And who is going up and down? Dominic Fifield: Manchester City. The race with Liverpool should go to the wire but greater squad depth and experience may just tilt it towards the reigning champions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/30/football-final-furlong-our-writers-predict-how-season-will-conclude-premier-champions-league-fa-cup

Yianni Charalambous transforms cars for the rich and famous people searching for that extra shine.

Firms are warned to be responsible as the maximum bet on fixed-odds betting terminals is cut to £2.

Jürgen Klopp believes rewards will be earned by clubs that can hang on, while Pep Guardiola says team must be ready to suffer Jürgen Klopp paused for a moment as he trawled his extensive English vocabulary for the appropriate word. He eventually settled for “resilience”. This, the Liverpool manager explained, is the quality that will define the fortunes of those Premier League clubs fighting for the title, Champions League qualification and survival over the coming six weeks. There can be no wavering now. The time for worrying about injuries on international duty is over for another season. We can agonise over every Premier League point without interruption instead. Manchester City stand eight games from becoming the first club to retain the English title since Manchester United a decade ago. Liverpool are seven steps from the heaven of their first championship in 29 years. Klopp’s team have amassed more points after 31 matches than in the entirety of 24 of the 28 seasons since Liver...

• ‘Football is strong weapon to defend principles of humanity’ • Tottenham manager backed by Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp Mauricio Pochettino has said he would not hesitate to call his Tottenham players off the field if any of them were subjected to racist abuse – a stance echoed by Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool. Pochettino was appalled when one of his players – Danny Rose – had monkey chants directed at him during England’s Euro 2020 qualifying win in Montenegro on Monday night. Related: European football bosses should take Raheem Sterling’s lead on fighting racism | Dario Brentin Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/mauricio-pochettino-withdraw-players-racially-abused

• Players said to be targets of Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid • ‘They are vital for our future,’ Manchester United manager says Ole Gunnar Solskjær is determined to keep Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford at Manchester United and says they are both vital to the club. Related: Ole Gunnar Solskjær was always ambitious - he is an inspiration to us in Norway | Dan Eggen Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/marcus-rashford-paul-pogba-manchester-united-ole-gunnar-solskjaer

• Veteran England defenders out of contract in June • Club keen to make loans of Zouma and Gomes permanent Marco Silva has said Everton will delay a decision on the futures of Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka until the summer when the club plans another overhaul that, it hopes, features the permanent signings of Kurt Zouma and André Gomes. Related: Marco Silva stresses Everton’s desire to keep hold of André Gomes Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/baines-jagielka-everton-marco-silva-zouma-gomes

Celtic manager insists his future will not be defined by Sunday’s Rangers game as he prepares to face ‘modern great’ Gerrard If Neil Lennon’s pre-match demeanour is anything to go by, his return to the Old Firm fixture will not further intensify an already manic scene. A relaxed, composed Lennon on Friday expressed hope that his prospects will not be intrinsically linked to success or otherwise against Rangers. When Celtic tumbled, 1-0 at Ibrox in late December, Lennon was still the Hibernian manager. Two months later, after Brendan Rodgers had abruptly exited Scotland for Leicester City and Lennon had done likewise from Easter Road, the 47-year-old was handed a managerial return to the club with which he will always be instantly associated. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/neil-lennon-celtic-rangers-gerrard

West Brom kept alive their slim hopes of an automatic promotion spot with Jake Livermore’s crashing half-volley sealing a dramatic comeback win against Birmingham at the Hawthorns, their third victory in succession under the caretaker manager, James Shan. Related: Norwich’s Onel Hernández: ‘It’s sad. Cuban players want to play for free’ Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/west-brom-birmingham-city-championship-match-report

Most British universities pay their average male employee more than they pay their average female employee.

Financial markets in Turkey have been volatile as elections loom - and the president blames the West.

UK fashion designers are chasing business in Shanghai - one of Asia's biggest fashion weeks.

My former teammate getting the Manchester United job was brilliant for him, and don’t be surprised if he is a success I was a Norway teammate of Ole Gunnar Solskjær but now I am head of coaching education for the Norwegian football federation and it was absolutely marvellous and brilliant – as well as really surprising – that he got the offer to be Manchester United temporary manager last December. Related: Ole Gunnar Solskjær needs to be more than high priest of Fergianity | Jonathan Wilson Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/29/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-manchester-united-norway-dan-eggen

Salah could not have a better moment to rediscover his best form but the title will be decided by togetherness not star power There was an interesting story last year on the Al-Monitor website about Mo Salah’s home town of Nagrig . An Al-Monitor journalist had travelled the dust roads from Cairo to discover exactly how Salah’s rise had inspired hope, laughter and joy. And found … no joy, very little laughter and only a grudging amount of hope. Instead the people of Nagrig wanted to talk about how nothing works, how they have no jobs and how all the people suddenly turning up looking for a kind of Scouse Bethlehem were quite annoying. As were the newspaper stories about beaming, Salah-crazed Egyptians capering in the streets like ham actors in a generic Indiana Jones bazaar scene. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/29/mo-salah-liverpool-strength-premier-league

Lyft shares, Apple TV+, and those times when tech gets it right.

• Maurizio Sarri did not see all of winger’s England displays • Hudson-Odoi, 18, still waiting for first Premier League start Callum Hudson-Odoi’s wait for a first Premier League start is set to continue with Maurizio Sarri having opted against watching the youngster’s full England debut in its entirety and set to lean on more experienced campaigners for Chelsea’s trip to Cardiff City. The winger had been a surprise call-up to Gareth Southgate’s senior squad from the under-21s and became his country’s youngest debutant in a competitive match, against the Czech Republic, before starting in Montenegro. After a slow start, Hudson-Odoi excelled in Podgorica as the visitors won 5-1. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/callum-hudson-odoi-chelsea-bench-cardiff-maurizio-sarri

Saturday at 3pm, what better time for Ole Gunnar Soslkjær to take on his first game as Manchester United’s permanent manager? It is a sobering thought that had things been different at the end of the Alex Ferguson era, David Moyes would still have four months left on his six-year deal. Solskjær is the third appointment since Moyes was sacked and he will immediately have to correct a dip in form which has seen United lose their past two games. Watford would seem to be timely visitors, preparing as they are for an FA Cup semi-final on Sunday week. “We have to know some players have been with their national teams and with three games in a row in a short time, we need to make decisions in selection,” said Javi Gracia, Watford’s manager. Mark Tallentire Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/manchester-united-watford-match-preview-premier-league

Investigators are looking into claims that a killing was arranged and paid for via covert net forums.

The ride-hailing company's shares jump 21% in the much anticipated flotation.

Regardless of what happens on the pitch, Leicester supporters will be well catered for off it here. The club are marking the birthday of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, their former owner who passed away in October, by laying on free beer, water and cupcakes for their fans. They should be fairly confident of picking up three points, too, given that Leicester have won three of their last four matches. Junior Stanislas, Adam Smith and Dan Gosling could all make a return for Bournemouth, whose away form has been desperately poor this season. Stuart James Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/leicester-bournemouth-match-preview-premier-league

Fulham have improved in recent weeks, and pushed Liverpool all the way in their last game, but it is hard to escape the feeling they will take a hammering in this one. Manchester City arrive in west London fully intent on returning to top spot and with a host of first-team players expected to return from injury, including Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho. Pep Guardiola’s side will dominate and, barring a miracle, win comfortably. Sachin Nakrani Saturday 12.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/fulham-manchester-city-match-preview-premier-league

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! $exually Repressed Morris Dancing Fiver, our stereotypical English cousin, skipped merrily out of the house earlier today, a Union Jack draped around its waist and a tattoo of Mark Francois on its chest. The Fiver didn’t check where its cousin was heading, but assumed it was off somewhere nice. The sun’s out, so it’s a good time to have a pleasant stroll around central London. Soak up the atmosphere, that sort of thing. After all, everybody must be very full of patriotic pride given that the best and most British league in the world returns this weekend. Hooray! Hooray for us! What a glorious nation! Huzzah! Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/hooray-hooray-for-us-what-a-glorious-nation-huzzah

Industry bodies say the Brexit uncertainty puts the UK's reputation, jobs and livelihoods at stake.

The actor urges a boycott after the country said homosexuality would soon be punishable by death.

Company says it no longer uses pundit in promotional material Campaigners say betting firms should stop using sport stars Sky Bet has come under fire for using Paul Merson in its adverts despite his well-documented struggles with gambling addiction. The former England, Arsenal and Portsmouth forward first revealed he was battling alcohol, cocaine and gambling addictions in 1994 while still playing football professionally but recently revealed that he has suffered a relapse of his betting problems. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/sky-bet-criticised-for-featuring-gambling-addict-paul-merson-in-adverts

Huddersfield’s emphatic 3-0 win at Selhurst Park on the opening day of last season has proved to be one of the highlights of their stint back in the top-flight. But, even if Crystal Palace’s shoddy home form offers hope the agony can be prolonged for another week, their first return to south London could be the day the descent back into the Championship is confirmed. At least they will return to the second tier far stronger off the pitch, and with the likes of Karlan Grant offering promise for the future. Dominic Fifield Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/crystal-palace-huddersfield-match-preview-premier-league

Recently retired Pat and John say their motor home travel plans are on hold because of Brexit.

The new rules, are part of attempts by the social network to clamp down on election abuse.

• Organisation which has given name to Friends Arena unhappy • Ronaldo has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga The organisation that has given its name to the Friends Arena in Stockholm has expressed its dismay that Cristiano Ronaldo has been invited to play there with Juventus in August. The Portuguese forward has been accused of rape by Kathryn Mayorga, who says she was sexually assaulted in 2009, and last October Las Vegas police reopened the investigation into the claim. Ronaldo has protested his innocence throughout, saying the sex was consensual. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/friends-unhappy-cristiano-ronaldo-friendly-stockholm

The former programmer could get a jail sentence of nine years for stealing terabytes of sensitive data.

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley is considering a £61m bid for Debenhams, but can he can save it?

Burnley have lost four games in a row to leave them on the brink of moving into the relegation zone, and it might be hard to arrest that slide against a carefree Wolves side in the top half of the table and battling it out with fellow FA Cup semi-finalists Watford for seventh place. Sean Dyche needs points quickly, though perhaps the next home game against Cardiff will have the greatest bearing on who survives. Paul Wilson Saturday 3pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/burnley-wolves-match-preview

A start-up in London thinks it can shake up the barbering industry by persuading people to get their hair cut in a van.

The company faces a fine of 250,000 euros per day for not complying with a request to delete personal data.

The chain completes a £200m deal to stay afloat, and leaves the door open for a bid from Sports Direct.

But the Nationwide says house price rises in the other nations mean the UK average is still growing.

A flight-control feature activated before the Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, a report says.

The travel company says the grounding of Boeing 737 Max planes will cost it €200m (£173m) this year.

Today’s piffle expects nothing less than pure chaos Now that Ole Gunnar Solskjær has the Manchester United job under lock and key, he can stop pretending that he cares about promoting youth. Give Ole the moolah! The Norwegian’s already drawn up an expensive shopping list, with Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho , Crystal Palace’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka , West Ham’s Declan Rice , Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane prominent in his thoughts. Ed Woodward had better have the chequebook ready. Related: Tie down De Gea, deal with Sánchez: Solskjær’s key Old Trafford tasks Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/29/football-transfer-rumours-antoine-griezmann-barcelona-sancho-wan-bissaka-declan-rice-manchester-united

Sports Direct's Mike Ashley hits out after Debenhams bondholders clear the way for a refinancing.

Lyft is the first ride-sharing company to go public but Uber is expected to follow soon.

The result comes against a backdrop of heightened scrutiny of the Chinese telecoms firm by the West.

Fernandinho should be fit for Man City, Mohamed Salah will be refreshed and Huddersfield could go down on Saturday Manchester City could welcome back Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne and John Stones from the treatment room when they travel to Fulham for the first of nine fixtures in 30 days. Fernandinho is considered by many to be City’s most important player, including Pep Guardiola who has previously said the Brazilian is indispensable. His team have done just fine without him though, winning five games in three different competitions since he limped off in the latter stages of the Carabao Cup final. During the 33-year-old’s spell on the sidelines in December, City lost both league games they played in his absence and needed penalties to see off Leicester in the Carabao Cup. Despite maintaining a perfect record without him this time, they will be delighted to welcome him back at such a crucial time of the season. BG Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.thegua...

The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the ring pull became a million dollar idea

MPs are pressing for an investigation into allegations that signatures on bank court documents were forged.

Some think the US tech giants are far too powerful. What would be the best way to curb their power?

• Striker announces retirement ‘to the delight of many people’ • ‘When you criticise someone maliciously, it hurts everyone’ Chelsea striker Gonzalo Higuaín has announced his retirement from international football, and taken a swipe at those who have criticised his performances with Argentina. “My time with Argentina is over. Thinking things through in depth, my time is up,” Higuaín said in an interview with Fox Sports. “To the delight of many people, now I will only look at it from the outside. I have spoken to [the manager, Lionel] Scaloni and told him my point of view.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/gonzalo-higuain-retires-argentina-attacks-critics-chelsea

The ride-hailing firm has priced its shares at the top of the expected range amid strong investor demand.

Manchester United’s new permanent manager has calmed nerves and brought back the spirit of 1999 but is inexperienced Backwards, then, to a glorious future. Where change has failed, let there be continuity. After six years of churn and unconvincing change, Manchester United in appointing Ole Gunnar Solskjær on a permanent basis have turned not merely to an icon of their past but to a manager who seems determined to be a conduit for that past. Let there be progress through history. Let it always be 1999. It is a popular move and, on the face of it, a good one. Solskjær has transformed this season . Yet Ed Woodward’s track record is such that every time he takes a decision the instinct is to flinch and assume it must in some way be flawed. And there are questions. Solskjær is inexperienced. He has never undertaken a rebuilding project like this before . The charm of his Scandi‑manc vowels and sheer excitement at being in the job may not last for ever. Continue reading... from Football...

• Liverpool defender lives in United manager’s Cheshire house • Solskjær’s appointment hailed by former United greats Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s appointment as the permanent manager of Manchester United will have the knock-on effect of leaving the Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk homeless. After signing a three-year contract to become the permanent successor to José Mourinho, Solskjær revealed he and his family plan to live in the house he bought in Cheshire 12 years ago . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/virgil-van-dijk-move-home-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-deal

Praise for Raheem Sterling for his displays and his standing up to racial abuse is welcome but as a person he hasn’t really changed. Early perceptions of him were wrong Once again there has been lots of media focus on Raheem Sterling this week, though after scoring a hat-trick against the Czech Republic and another goal in Montenegro, assisting two others and standing up once again to racist abuse, the most recent articles have been entirely positive. I think this is brilliant and totally deserved but while the media are busy praising his skills it is the journalists who have performed a 180-degree turn. Everybody is taking this opportunity to praise Sterling but I think it’s an opportunity to learn from the way he has been spoken and written about in the past, and to say we need to be less quick to judge people in football, particularly black players. Paul Pogba is another good example. People have been very quick to judge young black players on their lifestyles and then when they go...

Pilots and cabin crew are taking legal action saying they are exposed to "toxic" air during flights.

Deals agreed by the UK government do not guarantee trade will continue in a no-deal Brexit, say experts.

Max Rushden , Barry Glendenning , Jonathan Wilson and Mike Calvin discuss the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, the ups and the downs of England’s trip to Montenegro, Gordon Taylor and Harry Kane’s NFL dreams Join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . We look back at the last few days of football, starting with the breaking news that Ole Gunnar Solskjær has been appointed as permanent manager of Manchester United . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2019/mar/28/solskjaer-at-the-wheel-manchester-united-england-montenegro-football-weekly-extra-podcast

Russian businessman Farkhad Akhmedov wins back his vessel in a Dubai court.

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut a year ago.

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Alt + quote mark = æ. Now that Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s been given the Manchester United manager’s job on a full-time basis , The Fiver thought it was finally time to stop relying on copy-and-paste and actually learn the key code for the æ that appears towards the end of his name when it’s written in his native language. For as long as he remained in the role on an interim basis we simply weren’t prepared to use up precious space in our addled brain, but if United have decided to go all in and take a leap of faith, then The Fiver is prepared to join them. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/the-fiver-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-see-it-doesnt-like-it-for-urls

United’s match-winner against Bayern is now their permanent manager , but what of Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s teammates? We look at what they have done in the 20 years since that treble The Dane left United after the 1998-99 treble season and played for Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa and Manchester City before retiring in 2003. Has since worked as a television pundit for TV3 in Denmark and the BBC but was criticised in his home country when he agreed to host a show on Russia Today in 2018. Often seen watching his son, Kasper, play for either Denmark or Leicester City. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/manchester-united-1999-champions-league-winners-where-are-they-now-ole-gunnar-solskjaer

Breakthrough on a concussion test appears close but in the meantime there are questions about the treatment of head injuries Risk is part of life’s fabric and a big part of football’s attraction but when it comes to suspected concussion, even the most calculated gambles have no place in the game. Stringent protocols adopted by the Football Association perform a largely excellent job in protecting players with possible head injuries, while Fifa and Uefa competitions fall under the umbrella of separate, but broadly similar, guidelines. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/schar-ospina-concussion-test-head-injuries-football

• ‘English’ in line to be added to title but no renaming of FA Cup • Change comes with possible 2030 World Cup bid on horizon The Football Association is seeking to rebrand as the English Football Association in an attempt to dispel a perception of arrogance from counterparts in the international game. The case for renaming the governing body was discussed by the FA board at its meeting at Wembley on Thursday having long been a bug-bear of the outgoing chief executive, Martin Glenn. He described the name as “the ultimate expression of arrogance” shortly after his appointment in 2015 but has had to wait until the final few months of his tenure to address the issue properly. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/fa-rebrand-efa-arrogant-2030-world-cup-bid

Famous for playing the 1956 FA cup final with a broken neck, Trautmann went from Nazi idealist to goalkeeping legend and symbol of truth and reconciliation. Now, his life is the subject of a new film Film director Marcus H Rosenmüller looks out of the car window, a little spooked. “It is only one kilometre from the concentration camp ,” he says. We are in a quiet, pretty, well-heeled town, a short drive from Munich. It is called Dachau . “It’s quite shocking to be coming to Dachau, isn’t it?” says the British producer Chris Curling. Both men agree there is something eerily appropriate about filming here. They are making a movie about the life of the legendary German Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann , who is still best known for his part in the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City. With 17 minutes of the match left, he dived at the feet of Birmingham City’s Peter Murphy, and sustained a nasty neck injury. But he continued to play, making two crucial saves as Manchester C...

The wealthy dynasty is facing new charges it fraudulently transferred money from opioid-maker Purdue.

• ‘If it is a good deal for the club and the player then we can do it’ • England midfielder under contract at West Ham until 2024 Manuel Pellegrini has warned the Premier League’s big clubs they will need to pay a huge fee if they want to prise Declan Rice away from West Ham. The midfielder is already being linked with Manchester United following his successful first England appearances against the Czech Republic and Montenegro. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/declan-rice-west-ham-manuel-pellegrini

A top-four finish and positive showing against Barcelona will also be vital to Manchester United’s new permanent manager Important this, because any projected summer signings will think twice if Manchester United are competing in the Europa League next season. Most people imagined the club would wait until the end of the season before making an announcement on the next permanent manager, if only to wait and see whether Solskjær really could deliver the Champions League place that seemed to be beyond José Mourinho. The club have jumped the gun to an extent, perhaps bceause of the novelty of finding themselves with a universally popular candidate in situ, but the danger is Arsenal and Tottenham holding tight to third and fourth places and leaving Solskjær and his fairytale appointment with a sense of deflation after three months of euphoria. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/de-gea-sanchez-solskjaer-manchester-united-key-...

Smart meters, which avoid the need for customer readings, should be in British homes by the end of 2020.

The app's Chinese owner, Kunlun Group, is reportedly seen as a security risk by US authorities.

Work by charities, the PFA, clubs and players is helping the sport open up, though no one claims to have all the answers By Richard Foster , author of The Agony and the Ecstasy Gary Speed’s family are inviting fans to take part in the Speed Cycle , a fundraising challenge in which supporters will visit each of his former clubs. The cycle will begin at St James’ Park in Newcastle before moving on to Leeds, Sheffield and Bolton before it finishes at Goodison Park in Liverpool. All the money raised will go towards building a mental health facility close to Goodison. Speed took his own life in 2011 and his widow, Louise, explained last year that he would often explain away occasional low moods as tiredness: “Looking back now,” she said, “I do wonder if it was something else, but blokes don’t talk, do they?” The need to encourage players to be more open about depression and mental health issues has never been more pressing. Michael Bennett, the director of welfare at the Professional Fo...

The software firm is accused of helping a site known to be involved in the trafficking of women.

The manager faces a tricky-looking summer of restructuring with money tight and he may have lost leverage with Daniel Levy Those close to Mauricio Pochettino have described it as a ridiculously intense 10-day period, when he and his coaching staff were locked so deeply into talks about Tottenham’s immediate future that it was a struggle for them to come up for air. It was the end of last season and Pochettino had given a pointer as to what was on his mind after the wild 5-4 victory over Leicester at Wembley, which secured a third consecutive top-three Premier League finish and Champions League qualification. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/28/mauricio-pochettino-manchester-united-real-madrid-tottenham

The app's Chinese owner, Kunlun Group, is reportedly seen as a security risk by US authorities.

The US investment bank failed to provide accurate information for a decade, the FCA said.