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The museum mistook a Turkish copyright notice for the name of a postcard-printing company.

Tottenham manager hopes season will be completed He feels stadiums will not be ‘empty’ if millions watch on TV José Mourinho said the potential return of Premier League football feels like a “light at the end of the tunnel” and the Tottenham manager is determined to complete the season even if it means matches being played without fans. The league will hold a conference call with representatives of each club on Friday morning aimed at discussing and finessing a plan to bring the game back despite the Covid-19 crisis. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/30/mourinho-says-talk-of-premier-league-return-offers-light-at-end-of-tunnel-tottenham-empty-stadiums

Can you match the eye-catching photos to the games where they were taken? Frank views Chelsea v West Ham, 2006 Chelsea v Manchester City, 2015 Chelsea v Derby, 2018 Chelsea v Swansea , 2015 Gunning for the manager Norwich City v Ipswich Town Norwich City v Colchester United Norwich City v Peterborough Norwich City v West Ham Hero worship USA v Netherlands, 2019 Women's World Cup England v USA, 2019 Women's World Cup France v USA, 2019 Women's World Cup USA v Japan, 2015 Women's World Cup Mr Angry Argentina 2-1 England, World Cup 86 Portugal 1-0 England, World Cup 86 England 0-0 Morocco, World Cup 86 England 1-1 Rep of Ireland, World Cup 1990 A standout fan Brazil v Portugal, 1966 World Cup West Germany v Spain, 1966 World Cup France v Mexico, 1966 World Cup Argentina v Spain, 1966 World Cup Yes, it is that picture England v Panama, 2018 World Cup England v Colombia, 2018 World Cup England v Croatia, 2018 World Cup Tunisia v England, 2018 Wo...

Fewer coronavirus loans were agreed in the week to Tuesday, leaving half of businesses still waiting.

AstraZeneca will make and distribute Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine if it proves effective.

Single currency nations see a sharp fall in GDP during the first quarter of the year.

We look at players who have been important to the their clubs but perhaps not always received the credit they deserved Part one: from Arsenal to Liverpool Position Forward Time at club 2011-16 League apps/goals 130/50 Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/30/underrated-premier-league-players-part-two-from-man-city-to-wolves

This group game in Aveiro was the match of the tournament, a relentless thriller symbolic of a free-flowing era The game of football is many things to many people. A cash cow, a community lifeline; an intermittent source of national pride. Like it or not, for millions of casual viewers football is also entertainment – but there are no guarantees. We have all sat and watched a match simply fail to happen. But when everything comes together, nothing else compares. Euro 2004 sits at the heart of what may be football’s finest era for pure entertainment – a decade-long run of enthralling summer engagements from France ’98 to Euro 2008. Stupendously talented players were let off the leash, unburdened by tactical dogma. Tournaments were shorter, sharper, yet to sag under the weight of extra numbers and their own importance. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/30/my-favourite-game-netherlands-v-czech-republic-euro-2004

Extreme E teams will field one female and one male driver during races when the new climate aware racing series begins in 2021.

Royal Dutch Shell slashes its quarterly dividend by two-thirds amid the global oil price shock.

Customers of the rental agency, Sykes Holiday Cottages, are unhappy that virus-hit holidays are not refunded.

This week’s roundup also features Lionel Messi, John O’Shea, Tour de Yorkshire and the worst golf shots of 2019 1) Michael Robinson, the former Liverpool striker and European Cup winner who was later known and loved for his broadcasting work in Spain, has died at the age of 61. Liverpool posted a tribute of their own , before AS in Spain uploaded a video that they think defined him as a striker , a lovely solo effort in there for you. He was an integral part of Spanish culture, so much so that it was him that showed Fernando Torres around Anfield when the striker signed for Liverpool in 2007. Torres posted this touching tribute to Robinson on Wednesday. Here’s Robinson , in 2017, talking about his memories of Johan Cruyff and Barcelona’s European Cup win in 1992. RIP Michael. Hasta siempre Michael. #YNWA pic.twitter.com/LTCsU0cE7E Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/apr/30/a-michael-robinson-tribute-dave-wottles-heroics-an...

Millions in the UK will soon be asked to download an app that helps to limit coronavirus spreading.

Jack Maynard, Lady Leshurr and Big Narstie are among the names raising cash for the NHS.

Thermal cameras can spot people with a temperature. Will they help to end the lockdown?

Firms refusing refunds for cancelled holiday accommodation and weddings are under investigation.

The supermarket says socially-distanced queues are likely to remain 'for the foreseeable future'.

The US government places some of the online shopping giant’s websites on its “notorious markets” list.

Investors are betting that an experimental anti-viral drug could help countries emerge from lockdowns.

The US government places some of the online shopping giant’s websites on its “notorious markets” list.

Naomi Osaka and the Williams sisters will play and be live-streamed on Facebook's gaming platform.

"No-one wants to buy clothes to sit at home in," as Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson puts it.

A car factory worker turned cafe owner explains how coronavirus is affecting his business dream.

The streaming giant says it is weathering the crisis - but some analysts are unconvinced.

Can it be safe, how will it work and is it really going to be possible to get the season finished by the end of July? What is Project Restart? It’s the nickname being given to the Premier League’s attempts to resume the season that was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic on 13 March. No matches have been played since the Arsenal head coach, Mikel Arteta, tested positive for Covid-19, with action suspended indefinitely until further notice on 3 April. Clubs and stakeholders have since held regular meetings in an attempt to find a solution and will do so again on Friday to discuss the latest plans, which are thought to involve restarting games on the weekend of 13 June - subject to government approval. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/premier-leagues-project-restart-what-is-it-and-is-it-feasible

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now ! All across the footballing world, after a period of great uncertainty, Important People have started making Big Decisions that are not really decisions. This finally puts the sport in line with other industries such as politics and journalism, so you can immediately see the problem. It’s a performative hoo-hah that isn’t really getting us anywhere. Take the French authorities’ call to cancel the remainder of the season . A bold and decisive move, until you try to work out who’ll get the three Big Vase places up for grabs: Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Reims, Nantes and Nice are all in with a shout, and we bet every club has an in-house lawyer too. Good luck with that. Chats dans un sac . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/the-fiver-football-big-decisions-that-are-not-really-decisions

To say thank you to NHS staff the gaming industry is providing 85,000 games to download for free.

Club intend to have it in place for next season If trial is successful more barrier seats will be added Manchester United will trial 1,500 barrier seats that will allow fans to stand next season, after being given permission by Trafford council. Standing at top-flight games has been banned since 1994 on the recommendation of the Taylor report which followed the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 in which 96 Liverpool fans died. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/manchester-united-to-install-safe-standing-area-for-1500-fans-barrier-seats

The fried chicken chain has already opened the doors to 20 of its outlets which are doing delivery only.

Which clubs will be relegated? Who qualifies for Europe? And how will this affect PSG and Lyon in the Champions League? By Eric Devin for Get French Football News So ends the 2019-20 Ligue 1 season. The French prime minister, Édouard Philippe, announced on Tuesday that team sports would be banned until September – even if they were played behind closed doors – meaning that Ligue 1 became the first of the so-called “big five” leagues to end its season. Critics of Ligue 1 will be quick to offer jibes about another procession to the title for PSG but, other than the leaders and bottom side Toulouse, this season has been incredibly competitive. This premature end will come as a bitter blow to the league’s various surprise packages. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/ligue-1-season-ending-questions-answers-psg-lyon-champions-league

The US Patent and Trademark Office rules only "natural persons" can legally be inventors.

Films that debut on video on demand will be eligible for next year's awards, the Academy rules.

The contraction in the world's largest economy is the most severe since the financial crisis of 2008.

Another 55,000 machines in UK homes should stop being used and need repairing or replacing.

The International Labour Organisation's updated analysis emphasises its severe impact on people in informal work.

The plane-maker, already struggling after grounding the 737 Max, plans to axe 10% of its staff.

We look at players who have been important to the their clubs but perhaps not always received the credit they deserved Position Centre-forward Time at club 2012-2018 League apps/goals 180/73 Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/underrated-premier-league-players-part-one-from-arsenal-to-liverpool

Midfielder shone in a stellar Monaco side in 2017 but has drifted since, and Ligue 1 cancellation has left his career up in the air It is unlikely to be a glorious return for Tiémoué Bakayoko. There is no gaping hole for the Frenchman to fill in midfield. West London beckons only because the forced cancellation of the Ligue 1 season has brought a premature end to Bakayoko’s loan at Monaco, who are unlikely to have the finances required to complete a permanent deal for a player once regarded as one of the brightest young talents in Europe. Three years ago Bakayoko was one of the hottest properties around, dominating opponents as Leandro Jardim’s dashing young Monaco side pipped Paris Saint-Germain to the French title and motored to the Champions League semi-finals. The team included Fabinho, Bernardo Silva and Kylian Mbappé, all of whom have played brilliantly since leaving Monaco at the end of that campaign or, in Silva’s case, a year later, but Bakayoko was not out of place in thei...

The league’s centralised structure should help during the pandemic but it is also vulnerable in a way that European competitions are not The warning from Adrian Hanauer was stark. According to the Seattle Sounders majority owner, the shutdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could result in “astronomical” losses for Major League Soccer teams. “Hundreds of millions, billions, really big numbers,” he told the Sounder At Heart podcast earlier this month. Hanauer’s remarks were in line with much of what is being said around the soccer world. The sport has never experienced anything like this with entire seasons on hold, soon to be abandoned in some cases , and competitions such as Euro 2020 and Women’s Euro 2021 pushed back a whole year. For all the meetings that have been held and contingency plans drawn up, nobody can guarantee when play will resume. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/for-mls-anything-less-than-astronomi...

The success of Trolls World Tour means films will simultaneously be released in cinemas and at home.

Plus: club shirts inspired by countries, more defunct kit sponsors and football’s unholy trinity Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Who is the shortest goalkeeper to play in either the old First Division or the Premier League? My guess it was Laurie Sivell who kept goal for Ipswich Town in the 70s,” writes Mitch Mitchell. Peter Tomlin gets out the tape measure. “Laurie Sivell is 5ft 8in tall (1.73m). There are three goalkeepers who have played in the top division in England that are officially recorded as being shorter than him. Ted Burgin was 5ft 7in (1.70m) and Burgin played three seasons in the top division for Sheffield United in the 1950s and won two caps for England B. He was also in the England squad for the 1954 World Cup although he didn’t play. Steve Death was 5ft 7in (1.70m). He played one top-flight game for West Ham v Manchester City in 1969. He is more famous as a Reading player in the lower divisions where he had a very successful career. He also he...

Everything was going well at Colchester but the coronavirus shut everything down and clubs this size are struggling A couple of weeks ago, I had a phone call from my manager, John McGreal. He wanted to deliver some unfortunate news to four players who were out of contract in the summer and tell us that we wouldn’t be offered renewals at Colchester. Due to the circumstances we’re living in right now, he told us that the chairman, Robbie Cowling, couldn’t promise to fulfil our contracts and that is just the way it is. The chairman then called us a couple of days later just to confirm the news and to thank us for our time at the club. He said: “You never know what might happen in the future but I just can’t promise you I will be able to afford the contract I wanted to offer you.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/29/colchester-united-chairman-frank-nouble-contract-coronavirus

Omar Mehtab looks at how online dating is being reinvented in these times of social isolation.

The telepresence robot is helping people who would not be able to visit to experience the gallery.

It comes as the bank has reported a 40% slump in first quarter profit due to coronavirus.

The fashion retailer said it expects dramatically lower sales this year amid lockdown.

Andrew Jeffrey writes a mock Ofsted report describing teachers in dressing gowns and pupils playing Fortnite.

As people turn to digital payments during the lockdown, there are fears over the long-term future of cash.

Announcement made by prime minister amid coronavirus LFP will meet next month to discuss league placings The French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, has announced there will be no professional football in the country until at least September and the 2019-20 season in Ligue 1 and 2 will therefore end immediately. Matches in France have been suspended since the start of March because of the coronavirus pandemic, with several players having agreed to defer up to 50% of their salaries to help their clubs through the crisis after broadcasters withheld TV rights. Whereas Germany’s Bundesliga looks set to resume next month behind closed doors, Philippe’s speech to the National Assembly on Tuesday confirmed that France was unwilling to risk a further outbreak by sanctioning the return of professional sport. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/28/french-football-season-cancelled-with-no-games-until-at-least-august-prime-minist...

Although he graced European and FA Cup finals, the former striker, who has died at 61, truly shone as a broadcaster in Spain Michael Robinson had a big heart and loved telling stories. He told stories on the telly, he told stories on the radio and he told stories every time you were with him. Warm, funny, human stories. Endlessly. He could talk and talk, though he listened too. You couldn’t meet him for lunch and get back before dinner. He loved football but above all he loved people, good people. The game, which he understood and communicated better than anyone – an explanation of on-field “reference points” lingers in the mind, a moment’s revelation – was the excuse for everything else, he said. The problem with that is it suggested he wasn’t good at the game, which is what he tended to suggest too. Ian Rush was a genius who made him look good, he would say: all he had to do was nod the ball on, any old place, and it would magically become the perfect assist. As if that was easy. N...

Chelsea closely monitoring England midfielder Rice the last player West Ham will look to sell West Ham are determined not to sell Declan Rice despite growing interest in the England midfielder from Chelsea. It remains to be seen how the financial impact of coronavirus will affect the transfer market but Chelsea are contemplating beefing up their defensive midfield options. The 21-year-old started his career at Stamford Bridge and is thought to be interested in returning to his boyhood club, especially as it would allow him to reunite with his best friend, Mason Mount. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/28/west-ham-determined-to-hold-on-to-declan-rice-amid-chelsea-interest

The company suggested it owned the rights to any tweet containing the hashtag.

McDonald’s is testing reopening a UK branch this week, but it’s behind closed doors.

The company suggested it owned the rights to any tweet containing the hashtag.

Arsenal enjoyed the greatest night in their history in May 1989. A few months later they became unofficial world champions By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog Arsenal spent a large part of the 1980s avoiding trophies, but then George Graham arrived at the club and, like London buses, one brought many. Some, such as their unforgettable league title in 1989 , will be etched into the minds of fans forever. Others, such as the “world title” the club won in Florida a few months later, are not so well remembered. The game in Miami that August, billed by some as the unofficial World Club Championship, pitted Arsenal against Independiente, the reigning champions of Argentina. It gave Graham a rare opportunity to test himself against overseas opposition and the trip to the US proved popular with the players. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/apr/28/arsenal-world-title-1989-physio-sent-off-independiente-u...

One-third of UK plant firms say they fear going bust by the end of the year, says an industry survey.

After Malcolm Kitts spent 10 days in a coma with coronavirus and other illnesses one of his heroes made him smile again For Malcolm Kitts, the question was rhetorical. Would he – his godson, Daniel, asked him – like a nice surprise? Kitts, a 62-year-old Tottenham fanatic from Essex, has been to hell and back. A diabetic, he spent 10 days in a medically induced coma as his body fought against Covid-19, viral pneumonia and sepsis. Even the doctors could not explain how he survived. Kitts was dubbed “the walking miracle of Basildon hospital”. So, yes, he would bloody love a nice surprise. Daniel told him to click the video message on his phone, which Kitts did and, rather abruptly, there was one of his Spurs heroes talking to him. It was Harry Winks, addressing him personally and saying how happy he was that Kitts was feeling better. Everybody at Spurs was thinking of him, Winks added, and, hopefully, they would soon see him at the stadium. Continue reading... from Football | The Gua...

Who was the last player to put the ball in the net at these World Cups and Euros? Who scored the last goal at the World Cup in 2018? Paul Pogba Mario Mandzukic Kylian Mbappé Antoine Griezmann Who scored the last goal at Euro 2016? Antoine Griezmann Eder Nani Cristiano Ronaldo Who scored the last goal at the World Cup in 2014? Mario Götze Lionel Messi Thomas Müller Miroslav Klose Who scored the last goal at Euro 2012? Cesc Fàbregas David Silva Fernando Torres Juan Mata Who scored the last goal at the World Cup in 2010? Cesc Fàbregas Xavi Andrés Iniesta Jesús Navas Who scored the last goal at Euro 2008? David Silva David Villa Fernando Torres Santi Cazorla Who scored the last goal at the World Cup in 2006 (not including penalty shootouts)? Zinedine Zidane Marco Materazzi Alessandro Del Piero Andrea Pirlo Who scored the last goal at Euro 2004? Theodoros Zagorakis Dimitris Papadopoulos Zisis Vryzas Angelos Charisteas Who scored the last goal at the ...

Our cartoonist casts his mind back to March 1994 and a famous four-goal County Ground showdown Buy copies of David’s cartoons at our print shop Take a look through our cartoonist’s archive Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/apr/28/david-squires-on-my-favourite-game-swindon-2-2-manchester-united-premier-league-1994

The Resolution Foundation says women and young people are most likely to bear the brunt of Covid-19.

After major story spoilers leaked online, the hotly anticipated but long-delayed game is due for release.

Some 373,000 property sales are on hold in the UK owing to the coronavirus lockdown, analysis suggests.

Robinson also played in Spain and settled there Striker was Republic of Ireland international The former Brighton and Liverpool striker Michael Robinson, who finished his career at Osasuna and then settled in Spain, has died aged 61. Robinson’s family used his social media account to write: “With tremendous sadness we inform you of Michael’s death. It leaves us with a great emptiness, but also countless memories, full of the same love that you have shown him. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/28/michael-robinson-former-liverpool-and-brighton-player-dies-aged-61-republic-of-ireland-spain

Former Barcelona player and Chile coach on Camp Nou life, Guardiola and why Sánchez could yet shine for Manchester United “Most of the time, you fail; there are many more defeats than victories,” Juan Antonio Pizzi says. He is right, even when it comes to his peer group – possibly the most successful coaching class in history – but it is still an unusual reflection for a man who was La Liga’s top scorer and, as a player and manager, won the league in three countries. All the more so when it is a reflection prompted by the time he led Chile to the 2016 Copa América. Minutes after winning the final, Pizzi sat before the press – and started talking about failure. He laughs now but there was a lesson there. “It’s true: when you take over a team, most of the objectives you set, you fail to meet,” he says. “And however much you try to console yourself with your style, methodology, some improvement, what you want is to win and when you don’t, which is most of the time, disappointment comes...

The oil giant's income falls as global demand slumps due to the pandemic.

The UK's oil and gas industry says many firms will struggle to survive through the coronavirus crisis.

The bank raised its expectations for bad loans to $3bn due to the impact of the pandemic.

Mavic Air 2 lacks promised facility to spot nearby aircraft in models sold outside North America.

The company's shares have slumped this month since it revealed $310m in fabricated transactions.

Max Rushden , Barry Glendenning , Nicky Bandini and John Brewin discuss Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal from 2002, Sir Alex Ferguson v Arsène Wenger, legacies, tackles, Mark Venus, ‘Project Restart’ and Detective Wilson Join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . Max, Barry, Nicky and John discuss the game between United and Arsenal towards the end of the 2001-02 season, where it sat in the evolution of the rivalry between Arsène Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson, violence in football, and the latest on the effect that Covid-19 is having on football. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/apr/27/football-weekly-manchester-united-arsenal-rivalry-project-restart-covid-19-podcast

Work was scheduled to begin in December New stand expected to be completed in 2023 Liverpool have postponed the expansion of the Anfield Road stand by at least 12 months because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Related: Five substitutions proposed by Fifa to help teams after coronavirus layoff Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/27/liverpool-postpone-anfield-road-stand-expansion-covid

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now ! Despite the unexpected success of The Fiver’s Stop Football campaign, the Premier League and the government continue to conspire in their efforts to get football started again. The former because it is desperate not to lose out on loads of lovely TV lolly, the latter because they are desperate to divert attention away from the pig’s ear they’ve made of everything Covid-19-related by keeping the proles distracted by some live sporting entertainment on TV. Think of an adult trying to silence a crying infant by rattling a set of keys in front of its maw, in an effort to make it forget what caused it to start blubbing in the first place. “Look at the shiny!” as Frankie Boyle once said. “Look at the shiny!” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/27/the-fiver-football-premier-league-project-restart

Chancellor Rishi Sunak wants the new scheme to unblock a backlog of applications.

The bakery chain plans to reopen a limited number of outlets next month in a "controlled trial".

The UK's contact-tracing app is set to use a "centralised" system that worries privacy experts.

In the UK, US, Italy and elsewhere, film piracy online shot up after lockdown measures came into effect.

Plan designed for player safety amid fixture congestion Temporary measure would be at discretion of leagues Teams will be able to make up to five substitutions under a Fifa proposal to help players cope with fixture congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic. The substitutions will be allowed in a maximum of three in-play slots and at half-time to avoid unnecessary stoppages but are being proposed in recognition of the long layoff and anticipated high volume of matches if and when games resume. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/27/five-substitutions-proposed-by-fifa-to-help-teams-after-coronavirus-lay-off

You know who took these penalties but do you remember who tried to save them? Roberto Baggio for Italy in 1994. Dida Gilmar Zetti Taffarel Antonín Panenka for Czechoslovakia in 1976. Piet Schrijvers Ognjen Petrovic Rudolf Kargus Sepp Maier Chris Waddle for England in 1990. Bodo Illgner Walter Zenga Raimond Aumann Oliver Kahn Stuart Pearce for England in 1996. Santiago Cañizares Andreas Köpke Oliver Kahn Andoni Zubizarreta Thierry Henry and Robert Pires in 2005. Joe Hart David James Peter Schmeichel David Seaman John Terry for Chelsea in 2008. Peter Schmeichel Fabien Barthez David de Gea Edwin van der Saar Arjen Robben for Bayern Munich in 2012. Thibaut Courtois Petr Cech Roman Weidenfeller Iker Casillas Andreas Brehme for West Germany in 1990. Sergio Goycochea Carlos Roa Nery Pumpido Fabián Cancelarich Andrea Pirlo for Italy in 2012. Ben Foster David James Robert Green Joe Hart John Aldridge for Liverpool in 1988. Simon Tracey Dave Beasan...

The company introduced measures earlier this month to stop the spread of misinformation

One health board "decided not to use" the same system as the rest of the NHS.

The Dane discusses the Taliban’s murder of her father, falling for football as a refugee and training to be a reconstructive surgeon “I’m only 32 but I feel like I’ve experienced a lot more, like 200 years of life, in bad ways and good ways,” Nadia Nadim says near the end of an hour-long conversation that has been more exhilarating than sobering. We have moved from the way her life “changed in the blink of an eye” when the Taliban stopped her going to school at the age of 11 and then murdered her father. She has reflected on how her mother found a way to help her and her four sisters flee Afghanistan. We have remembered how she fell for football in a refugee camp in Denmark and her life changed forever. Nadim has since played 92 times for Denmark and, as a prolific goalscorer, become one of the world’s most significant women footballers. She has played professionally in Denmark, New Jersey, Portland, Manchester and now Paris where, before lockdown, she helped PSG reach the Champion...

Israel's Supreme Court forces the government to legislate if it wants to keep tracking its citizens.

The repair company will reopen some of its outlets this week with strict safety measures in place.

The coronavirus job retention scheme must be extended beyond June, says Airlines UK.

Security researchers found a way to infiltrate accounts by making people look at Gif images.

A petition calling for maternity leave to be extended due to coronavirus has attracted many signatures.

Kate Russell looks at some education related websites that could be useful during lockdown.

With the nation urged to stay at home, a night out in a virtual club proves a big draw for three friends.

Campaigners say 90% fewer suspicious web addresses have been deleted during the pandemic.

In a letter to workers Guillaume Faury reportedly said the firm's existence was now threatened.

Small businesses like pubs and restaurants face issues with insurers not paying out over Covid-19.

Serie A sides can resume training on 18 May, says Italian PM Spanish sports minister dampens La Liga hopes of swift return The Italian top flight edged closer to resuming behind closed doors on Sunday after the country’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, gave the go-ahead for professional sports teams to resume training in May. As part of measures to ease the national lockdown during a televised address, Conte said individual training could start on 4 May, with players still respecting social distancing rules, and that team training could begin on 18 May. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/27/serie-a-edges-towards-resumption-but-la-liga-may-not-return-before-summer

Key maps and charts explain how the virus has impacted markets and businesses around the world.

How the Covid-19 crisis has left many migrant workers stranded and without money for their families.

Environment Secretary George Eustice urges staff on furlough to ease a growing crisis on farms.

The Australian government app notifies users if they have had contact with a user who has Covid-19.

Ivorian discusses being away for 104 days, including a difficult time in Spain where ‘people looked at us very differently’ Jean Evrard Kouassi exhales and struggles for words to describe the journey he and his Wuhan Zall teammates have completed. Over the past week he has taken joy in the things that, for an Ivorian footballer living on the opposite side of the world, would usually serve as basic punctuation points in the day. Sleeping in his own bed, cooking his own food, watching his own television; the happiness in recovering these simple freedoms has been profound, even if he cannot stop his mind drifting to an experience that will never leave him. “This is a year I’ll never forget,” he tells the Guardian. “A very, very strange moment. Many things have happened to me that I will never forget in my life.” Related: ‘Keep the change, son’: David Moyes delivering veg boxes not team talks Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/a...

Football’s big hitters will emerge largely unscathed – but minor sports, gyms and recreation centres face a struggle to survive At some point in the coming days, the government’s scientific group for emergencies will receive proposals to get sporting life in Britain back on its feet. And while I understand that the finer details are still being sketched out by a cross-sport working group, the broader brushstrokes – restarting the Premier League, horse racing and cricket behind closed doors, with frequent testing for Covid-19 and appropriate physical distancing measures in place – have been teased and trailed for weeks. Whatever happens next in these discombobulating times it is probably safe to assume that the Premier League will emerge relatively unscathed. True, players might end up a touch less remunerated. And, yes, transfer fees and TV rights will come down. But when the circus cranks up again, it will still be swimming in money and attention. It’s the rest of sport that we shou...

The British Retail Consortium has issued post-lockdown guidance for non-essential retailers.

Den Haag seven points from safety when season cancelled Pardew was reported to be due to receive £100,000 Den Haag’s manager, Alan Pardew, has denied reports stating he will receive a bonus for avoiding relegation after the Eredivisie season was terminated because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision to scrap the season meant Den Haag, who were second from bottom in the Dutch table, seven points from safety, will survive. The Daily Mirror had reported the former West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace manager would receive a £100,000 bonus payment. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/26/alan-pardew-denies-he-will-receive-bonus-for-avoiding-dutch-relegation

Co-hosts in 2002, South Korea stunned an Azzurri side that included Maldini, Del Piero and Totti Watching the highlights online 18 years later really doesn’t bring home how loud it was, from kick-off all the way to the golden goal. The constant noise that came from an ever-rippling sea of red made the instant of silence after 117 minutes of frenzied football all the more jarring. It was replaced by a deafening roar and the sight of local journalists, sweating in the warm South Korean evening, running up and down the press box steps at Daejeon World Cup Stadium. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/26/my-favourite-game-when-ahn-jung-hwan-eliminated-italy-from-world-cup

Sir Richard Branson has appealed to the government for help as airlines have been hit by the lockdown.

Using the Fifa archive we rewatch a series of memorable games in search of answers we didn’t find at the time You can take our freedom. But you can’t take our grainy old football videos. In this short series I will be exploring the contents of Fifa’s newly released World Cup archive; revisiting World Cup lore and World Cup truisms, and finding out if staring at them in peeled-eyeball detail from the confinement sofa really does reveal their deeper truths. In his brilliant, dashed-off book U and I the novelist Nicholson Baker invented something called closed book examination. This involves taking a much-cherished object – in his case the books of John Updike – and writing down everything you can remember about it without ever looking at the original. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/26/world-cup-questions-were-england-robbed-by-argentina-at-mexico-86

The BBC's Cody Godwin invites some robots to entertain her - and her dog Bogart - during lockdown.

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Striker filmed himself partying at home with guests ‘The club has made it clear such actions are unacceptable’ Everton have labelled Moise Kean’s actions “unacceptable” after he flouted coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The striker filmed himself partying at home with guests in a breach of social distancing regulations during the coronavirus pandemic. Kean, who joined from Juventus for a reported £24m last summer, is likely to face disciplinary action. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/26/everton-appalled-moise-kean-hosts-coronavirus-lockdown-party

The 5-3 win over the Scottish champions, Hearts, by the 1895 First Division winners was set against a backdrop of unease about money, imported players and new competitions The Club World Cup has never stimulated universal enthusiasm. “The whole case goes to show how undesirable such events are from a sporting point of view, and what a prostitution of titles they are,” raged the Edinburgh Evening News , but that was 1895 and it wasn’t talking about the soft-power festival of greed that, in the distant days before the virus, was supposed to be taking place in China in the summer of 2021. Rather it was talking about the first meeting of league winners of England and Scotland, of the match played 125 years ago on Monday, in which Sunderland became world champions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/apr/25/even-when-sunderland-ruled-the-globe-club-world-cups-were-controversial

The Wolves man’s golden-goal win against Trent Alexander-Arnold kept Liverpool waiting for a title at the climax of a pound-shop version of MTV Cribs It was the least fitting of finals: after a tournament that had featured a net-busting 106 goals in just 18 matches when the best players met there were just two in the final, shared between Trent Alexander-Arnold and Diogo Jota, with the latter eventually winning after 68 impossibly tense, albeit sped-up minutes of golden-goal extra time. Still, after the events of the last few weeks the merest glimpse of the word “live” in the corner of a Sky Sports screen must have been enough to make action-starved fans quite emotional. Related: Esports ride crest of a wave as figures rocket during Covid-19 crisis | Scott Heinrich Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/25/diogo-jota-wins-virtual-football-final-against-trent-alexander-arnold

It’s the money men who want games played behind closed doors and any restart would be both artificial and risky Word must have somehow reached Uefa that people are suffering in the present crisis, with the return of competitive football not really their highest priority, since the governing body’s latest edict not only showed uncharacteristic humility but revealed an unexpected shift towards common sense. Of course leagues around Europe should not be penalised for scrapping the present, wrecked, season without playing any more games. Of all the solutions being suggested over the past few weeks this is the obvious one and the easiest to put into practice. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/apr/25/finishing-premier-league-season-pointless-football