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The new law follows the invasion of Ukraine and will target money-laundering by foreign oligarchs.

Sanctions imposed by Western nations will cause major repercussions for Russia's financial system.

Details of bill rises are now being sent to customers, with some set to pay well over £1,000 more a year.

British Airways customers have faced delays and cancellations for a second weekend due to IT problems.

The low-tech approach that helped Taiwan efficiently fight off coronavirus.

The Bank of Russia says it has enough liquidity to 'function smoothly' despite new sanctions.

‘People are getting killed. There are no words to describe this’ Club trying to help their foreign players to get out of country The CEO of Shakhtar Donetsk, Sergei Palkin, has spoken about the situation in the country, insisting that Ukrainians will “withstand” the Russian invasion and win the war. The Ukrainian Premier League club has been on the move since the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, having to play their home games in Lviv, Kharkiv and Kyiv. Palkin, who has been CEO of the successful club since 2004, said at the weekend that the country needed “maximum support” from clubs in Europe and beyond. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/27/together-we-will-win-shakhtar-ceo-sends-out-defiant-message-from-ukraine

• Club say ‘thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine’ • Owner Abramovich relinquished running of Chelsea Chelsea are “praying for peace” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine following owner Roman Abramovich’s decision to step aside. The Russian billionaire announced on Saturday he was handing the “stewardship and care” of Chelsea to the club’s foundation trustees, but will remain as owner. Chelsea, who play Liverpool in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final, reacted to the ongoing conflict by releasing a short statement on their website. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/27/chelsea-praying-for-peace-in-ukraine-after-russias-invasion

The latest financial measures against Russia for invading Ukraine had been seen as a 'last resort'.

An EU official says most countries on the continent are expected to limit access to Russian airlines.

Specialist community groups are offering workshops and home visits to help people cut energy bills.

BA apologises to customers for what it said had been a "very difficult week".

If a mini mid-winter revival under Dean Smith offered Norwich City faint hope, this defeat saw them revert to type. On this evidence, the remainder of the season promises to be a slog and it would have been a travesty had Southampton only came away with a slender victory. Just as it seemed Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side would have to settle for what would have been tantamount to a one-nil battering, the midfielder Oriol Romeu smacked in a wonderful effort from the edge of the box with a couple of minutes to spare, building on Che Adams’s first-half strike. Southampton, who have lost just once at home all season, are keeping good company in the top half. The home support were able to afford a communal chuckle at the slapstick manner of Adams’s 36th-minute opener but it made painful viewing from a Norwich perspective. Brandon Williams, who struggled at left-back, made a sliding intervention but inadvertently gifted the ball to the swarming Tino Livramento and the teenager sent a low cross into

Club’s Russian owner named in parliament on Thursday Manager’s mind ‘clouded’ by war before Carabao Cup final Thomas Tuchel has admitted that he and his players are worried and distracted by the “uncertainty” created by the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, being named in parliament on Thursday. Tuchel said he was aware that Chelsea could be affected if the UK government targets Abramovich with sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The manager acknowledged that Chelsea could not ignore that a Labour MP told parliament that Abramovich was identified by the Home Office in 2019 as having links to the Russian state as well as to “corrupt activity and practices”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/tuchel-admits-chelsea-concerned-and-distracted-by-abramovich-uncertainty

Mykolenko and Zinchenko could play in Manchester City game Siren is usually sounded before kick-off at Goodison Park Everton are expected to silence the air-raid siren that sounds before matches at Goodison Park when Manchester City visit on Saturday out of consideration for the Ukraine internationals Vitalii Mykolenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko. The move comes amid support from several Premier League clubs for players affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. West Ham’s manager David Moyes has given the former Ukraine captain Andriy Yarmolenko time off after the attack on his country, with the winger not in the right frame of mind to play against Wolves on Sunday. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/everton-to-silence-air-raid-siren-out-of-respect-for-ukraine-internationals

Spurs manager says outbursts are a sign that he cares Conte: ‘The truth is the only way that I know to grow’ Antonio Conte has promised to continue delivering home truths at Tottenham, no matter how brutal, as he suggested his explosive outburst after Wednesday’s defeat at Burnley was merely a sign of how much he cares. The manager offered another one on Friday when he admitted the club was in a much worse state than he had imagined when he joined last November. “Maybe in my heart, in my mind and my head I thought to find a situation not better but more ready to fight and to win,” Conte said, as he prepared for Saturday’s Premier League game at Leeds. “Instead I found a situation where we have to work a lot, much more than was my expectation to do. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/antonio-conte-vows-to-continue-telling-home-truths-at-tottenham

United manager says Sancho also had run of poor form ‘It’s the player himself who has to perform,’ Rangnick says Ralf Rangnick believes Marcus Rashford can draw inspiration from Jadon Sancho as the forward tries to lift himself out of a run of poor form. Rashford started Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg draw at Atlético Madrid but an anonymous display caused him to be replaced on 75 minutes by Anthony Elanga, who scored United’s equaliser. The 24-year-old has only five goals in 22 appearances but Rangnick cited Sancho, who has scored twice and made two assists in his past six games, as an example of another player who struggled previously before enjoying an upturn. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/ralf-rangnick-urges-marcus-rashford-jadon-sancho-manchester-united

Hughes has never managed below top-flight level but says he is ‘excited for the challenge’ before his first League Two match There have perhaps never been greater differences surrounding the circumstances surrounding one manager’s last game in his old job, and the first game in his new one. Three years ago, Mark Hughes’s tenure as Southampton manager came to an end with a 2-2 draw against a Manchester United side managed by José Mourinho which featured Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford. This Saturday, it is Mansfield Town and players such as Lucas Akins and Jordan Bowery who stand in Hughes’s way for his match as manager of League Two side Bradford City. The challenges are different too. Back then, Hughes was fighting to keep Southampton in the Premier League and retain his record of having never managed outside the top flight. That record officially disappears when he takes charge of Bradford, who are 15th and 10 points adrift of the play-offs. Continue reading... fr

The new season kicks off this weekend. Our panel of writers deliver their verdicts on the MVP, champions and the young players to watch Douglas Costa. “I’ll bring the flash that LA expects,” the 31-year-old winger declares in a curiously dark and menacing video announcing his transfer to the Galaxy. Carnival has never looked so sinister. Unlike that studio, MLS stadiums should be lit when one of the world’s best dribblers graces the field. A serial winner with Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayern Munich and Juventus, Costa has 31 Brazil caps and ought to supply Javier Hernández with plenty of chances. TD Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/mls-2022-predictions-young-stars-heading-to-europe-and-a-sounders-title-charge

Accrington-based Studio Retail Group is bought by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group for £26.8m.

Russia says the move is a response to the UK's 'unfriendly' decision to ban Aeroflot from the UK.

Saints manager has made impressive strides with young players in his three-year tenure to keep the club performing despite losing more experienced stars The former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins infamously told reporters that the biggest room in his house was the room for improvement but the incumbent at St Mary’s, Ralph Hasenhüttl, tends to use a different analogy when it comes to analysing progress, with the club looking up and hopeful of a top-half finish for the first time in five years. “Sometimes it is a little bit easier for the young lads because the hard disk is not so full,” Hasenhüttl says. “It is a little bit empty and then you can put things on it easier. The older players need sometimes to put in a little bit more energy to change things because old habits are there. If you want to change them, it takes a lot of energy but they still never stopping trying.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/ralph-hasen

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index opened 0.9% higher and other regional indexes were in the green.

Weariness for Leeds and Spurs, sticky times for Lampard and the season’s first major silverware Although it may be coincidence, someone far more observant than this column recently noticed that Southampton appear to have devised a clever, completely legal mid-game tactic that involves one of their players going down “injured” and in apparent need of medical attention between the 60th and 70th minute, at which point their teammates adjourn to the sideline to receive energy gels and tactical instruction from Ralph Hasenhüttl and his backroom team. Should it occur on Friday evening, we can but hope it won’t be the most interesting talking point to arise from their match against Norwich, but it has piqued our curiosity and is the first of our now traditional 10 things to look out for this weekend. BG Southampton v Norwich City, Friday 8pm (all times GMT) Everton v Manchester City, Saturday 5.30pm Manchester United v Watford, Saturday 3pm Leeds v Tottenham, Saturday 12.30pm Brentford

The £1.9bn plan to get youth into work has helped fewer people than predicted, a group of MPs says.

The growing number of people ditching air travel entirely or choosing to carbon-offset.

Serb scores twice in 2-1 victory for leaders QPR up to third after beating Blackpool Aleksandar Mitrovic set and extended a Championship record with a double in Fulham’s 2-1 victory over struggling Peterborough . The Serbia international’s 28th-minute penalty was his 32nd league goal of the campaign, one more than Ivan Toney’s previous mark. Mitrovic struck from the spot after being fouled by Harrison Burrows, and he took his tally to 33 within 17 minutes of the restart when he converted Neeskens Kebano’s cross as his side bounced back from Saturday’s home defeat by Huddersfield with Jack Marriott’s late effort providing scant consolation. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/23/championship-roundup-mitrovic-scores-record-32nd-goal-in-fulham-victory

Beijing does billions of dollars of trade and business with both Kyiv and Moscow.

Cristiano Ronaldo cut an isolated figure for Manchester United against a team he has hurt countless times in the past There was a moment just before half-time at the Wanda Metropolitano when Cristiano Ronaldo stood on the penalty spot, delivered a shrug of the shoulders, pulled a face and raised a finger: one, just one. None of his Manchester United teammates were really looking his way and even if they had been, there was little they could do about it, and so he walked slowly back out of the area, shaking his head, alone. It was a journey he would embark upon often. All the way to the end, in fact, when he was the first player off, throwing back his arm in frustration, born perhaps not just of this night but other nights too, an uncomfortably familiar feeling of impotence, a hint of recrimination there too. Pausing to applaud the fans in the north stand, Ronaldo crossed the pitch and turned up the tunnel on his own. United had found a way through, Anthony Elanga slipping past Jan Ob

Some businesses raise concerns over the removal of all Covid rules in England from Thursday.

Former USA goalkeeper says deal is ‘an easy way out’ Players and US Soccer agreed $24m settlement this week Former USA goalkeeper Hope Solo said on Wednesday the women’s national team’s $24m settlement with US Soccer over an equal pay lawsuit was not the huge win it was being trumpeted as but rather “heartbreaking and infuriating”. “Read the fine print. ‘Contingent upon the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement’,” Solo wrote on Twitter. “It doesn’t exist yet and is not guaranteed. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/23/hope-solo-attacks-uswnts-heartbreaking-and-infuriating-equal-pay-settlement

The chancellor will pledge to deliver a lower tax economy amid pressure scrap rises in National Insurance.

Pointedly left on the bench by Thomas Tuchel, the Belgian striker has rarely looked more peripheral Stamford Bridge was a crisp, clear, boisterous place at kick-off in this last-16 first leg, the air crackling with a comforting midweek energy under those low white lights. And for the next 90 minutes two things happened. First up there was that unavoidable sense of wider turmoil. What a strange, fraught occasion this was for the world’s most guilelessly weaponised sport, another turn as the hot dog seller in the background of history, a bumbling tourist on the front line of world events. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/feb/22/romelu-lukaku-watches-from-the-margins-as-chelsea-dismantle-lille

Phones you repair yourself are increasingly popular, and are attracting an enthusiastic following.

Dusan Vlahovic scored 31 seconds into his Champions League debut as Juventus drew 1-1 at Villarreal in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday. Dani Parejo scored for Villarreal in the 66th minute, leaving the tie poised for the decider in Italy with the away-goal rule scrapped this season. Just moments after kick off, Vlahovic had shown why Juventus picked him to provide the goals they have been missing since the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo when he scored a superb goal on his first contact with the ball. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/22/villarreal-juventus-champions-league-last-16-first-leg-match-report

Brazilian midfielder wants to see ‘long-term plan’ at Old Trafford Rangnick has lost only one league game since taking over Fred believes Manchester United being led by an interim manager in Ralf Rangnick is causing uncertainty that is “a little bit bad” for the team. Although Rangnick has lost only one league game since his arrival , Fred claimed United are unstable as a result of the temporary nature of his role. “It’s a bit strange,” the midfielder told TNT Sports Brazil. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/22/fred-says-rangnicks-interim-status-a-little-bit-bad-for-manchester-united

Interim manager oversees 2-1 home win in his first match Middlesbrough fight back to beat West Brom; Barnsley win away The Reading interim manager Paul Ince marked his return to management with a 2-1 home win against Birmingham . The 54-year-old former Manchester United and England midfielder – whose son Tom is on loan at Reading from Stoke – was handed the reins on Saturday evening just hours after Veljko Paunovic’s departure following a 3-2 win at Preston. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/22/championship-roundup-paul-ince-leads-reading-to-victory-over-birmingham

Leeds visit Anfield on Wednesday for hosts’ game in hand ‘I think we can say we are pushing each other. It keeps you going’ Jürgen Klopp has said the punishing demands of a title race with Manchester City ensure Liverpool can never afford to “get a bit soft” in their pursuit of the Premier League leaders. Klopp’s team can close the gap to three points on Wednesday by winning their game in hand on City against Leeds at Anfield. Liverpool, who recently trailed Pep Guardiola’s team by 12 points, have won their past eight matches and suffered only two defeats in 48 games in all competitions. Klopp admits that relentlessness must continue to reclaim the title from City. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/22/jurgen-klopp-warns-liverpool-not-to-get-soft-in-their-title-pursuit

Victory over champions followed three league defeats in row Spurs visit Burnley on Wednesday as top-four battle goes on For Antonio Conte, defeat has always felt like a mortal insult, a scar on the soul, and it is not difficult to imagine how low he was after Tottenham’s shambolic home loss to Wolves on the Sunday before last. It came hard on the heels of the defeat against Southampton – also at home, also deserved – and nobody was particularly optimistic about their chances when they went to the Premier League leaders, Manchester City, on Saturday. Cue the Harry Kane-inspired 3-2 win , one of the shock results of the season and, certainly, the statement performance of Conte’s near four-month tenure. Kane scored two, including a 95th-minute winner, and might have had four but he helped to set the tone with his work rate, always “linking with the team defensively”, to borrow Conte’s words. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/20

Government finances recorded a surplus last month as the economy opened up from lockdowns.

The former president's platform, Truth Social, goes live on the US Apple App Store.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell almost 2%, while the Kospi in South Korea lost 1.4% in early trading.

Although 4 in 10 FTSE 100 board positions are now held by women, just 13.5% hold executive director roles.

In Cornwall, no-fault evictions and a boom in holiday lets have led to locals facing homelessness.

Sales of houseplants have soared since the pandemic and tech can help us to look after them.

A near £8,000 price rise between January and February is the highest for 20 years, says Rightmove.

Roy Keane has turned down a managerial return but an old teammate has put his toe in the water at Shelbourne Towards the end of last week, as a certain high-profile Sky Sports pundit insisted it was “no big deal” that he had not returned to Sunderland to resume a management career that has been on the backburner for over a decade, one of his former international teammates took charge of his first senior game. A big story in his native Ireland, it flew largely under the radar elsewhere. Eight years after he drew the curtain on his career in English football, Damien Duff might have questioned the wisdom of his decision to take on the manager’s role at the League of Ireland side Shelbourne as he strode down the “wrong” side of a touchline he patrolled with such distinction as a player for Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Fulham. In surroundings that could scarcely have been less glamorous, he began his new life as a gaffer on a filthy Friday night in the Dublin suburb of

Teenager hit while celebrating his side’s third goal at Leeds Manchester United win fiercely contested match 4-2 The Manchester United manager, Ralf Rangnick, condemned the unsavoury scenes which led to Anthony Elanga being struck by a coin from the Leeds United stand during a fiery contest at Elland Road on Sunday, with the hosts investigating the incident. Elanga was hit by an object from the crowd in the aftermath of Fred’s goal which made it 3-2 in the visitors’ favour. The 19-year-old was unhurt and recovered to score United’s fourth in stoppage time and secure a vital three points on an afternoon when Rangnick’s side had earlier squandered a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to two second-half goals in two minutes from Rodrigo and Raphinha. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/20/rangnick-speaks-out-after-manchester-uniteds-elanga-struck-by-missile

An expected change in rules in England could hit low-paid workers, the trade union says.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says how the animals are reared for products is "obscene".

SheBelieves Cup: USA 5-0 New Zealand Defender scores two own-goals in first six minutes New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore scored three goals - for the US women’s national team – as the Americans won 5-0 on Sunday in the second round of matches in the SheBelieves Cup. The US, who drew with the Czech Republic 0-0 in their tournament opener on Thursday, got all the help they needed thanks to Moore’s own goals in the fifth, sixth and 36th minutes. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/20/meikayla-moore-new-zealand-hat-trick-own-goals-uswnt-new-zealand-shebelieves-cup-soccer

Jürgen Klopp’s ‘greatest squad’ are closing in on Manchester City with Liverpool now just six points behind them in the table As if from nowhere a title race has appeared. Manchester City’s 12-point lead is down to six which means that if Liverpool win their game in hand and if Liverpool win at the Etihad Stadium in April, the two clubs could be level on points. City are still in the better position, particularly given they have not lost a league game at home against Liverpool under Pep Guardiola. But what had started to look like a procession has, quite unexpectedly, regained a sense of intrigue. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/feb/20/premier-league-title-race-has-finally-regained-its-intrigue

Rangers were brought back down to earth following their midweek heroics against Borussia Dortmund as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee United at Tannadice on Sunday. The Ibrox side, who pulled off a remarkable 4-2 win away at Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday, missed the chance to pile the pressure onPremiership rivals Celtic. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/20/scottish-premiership-dundee-united-rangers-celtic-dundee

Premier League updates from the 2pm GMT kick-off Leaks and lost leads are haunting Man Utd under Rangnick Send Will an email with your thoughts | Tweet @Will_Unwin Wan-Bissaka in for Dalot is an interesting one, as I think the former has been awful this season, while Dalot has impressed. A big call. Quite possibly ... Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/feb/20/leeds-v-manchester-united-premier-league-live

Manchester City’s lead at top cut by Tottenham’s 3-2 victory Harry Kane scores twice and calls win ‘really, really special’ Pep Guardiola insisted Manchester City did not need to lose to understand how hard defending the title will be after a 3-2 defeat to Tottenham let Liverpool firmly back into the race. The reverse at home means the champions remain on 63 points, six ahead of the Merseyside club, having played one more match than Jürgen Klopp’s team, who are City’s visitors on 9 April. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/19/we-didnt-need-to-lose-to-know-how-tough-it-is-says-pep-guardiola

The German airline will also halt services to Odessa as fears grow over a Russian invasion of Kyiv.

The trade body says firms need help as they face the highest tax burden in decades.

An upturn appeared inevitable when the interim manager came in but little has changed for a fragile and cautious team When Manchester United lost 4-1 at Watford in November, a defeat that cost Ole Gunnar Solskjær his job, things were that bad I thought it could only get better for the club. Since then not much has changed at Old Trafford. The squad available to Ralf Rangnick should be finishing in the top four of the Premier League. They are fourth but could relinquish that position to teams who have games in hand. If they fail to qualify for the Champions League there will be a lot of blame to go round, not just for those in the dugout or on the pitch, but in the boardroom, too. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/feb/19/leaks-and-lost-leads-are-haunting-manchester-united-under-rangnick

One mill is becoming an employee ownership trust and another is hoping to be taken on by a museum.

Figures reflect the rise of online shopping and the pandemic, but the rate of closures is slowing.

Manager goes into Brentford rematch insisting his side now have the mental toughness they lacked in opening-day defeat Nearly four weeks have passed since Arsenal last played at the Emirates and there will not be many fond memories of that occasion. They toiled against Burnley and, in keeping with current fashion, ended with 10 men. Fine margins like this are supposed to matter when you are fighting for the top four: Sean Dyche’s side had only kept one away clean sheet in the league all season so it was surprising that they held out for a point in relative comfort. Arsenal were sixth then, just as they are now, but the picture is markedly different. The scales have tipped in their favour. A win at Molineux in their only game of the intervening period helped but the shortcomings of those around them have done just as much to define the mood. Since the draw with Burnley, the two teams above them and the pair below have played a total of 10 games and amassed 12 points. Manchester Unit

Manager used extra replacements in win at Internazionale ‘It is absolutely not true that it gives us advantage’ Jürgen Klopp has angrily denied that Liverpool’s defeat of Internazionale showed he would have an advantage with five substitutes in the Premier League, and insisted attitude was key to winning at San Siro. The Liverpool manager’s 59th-minute introduction of Jordan Henderson, Luis Díaz and Naby Keïta helped turn the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday. Roberto Firmino, a half-time replacement for the injured Diogo Jota, opened the scoring and James Milner was also introduced to help protect the eventual 2-0 lead. The demonstration of Liverpool’s strength in depth would not have been possible, Klopp insisted, without the determination of every player to fight against the Italian champions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/18/jurgen-klopp-angrily-rejects-claim-that-five-substitutes-rule-favours-l

Champions made £127m bid for Tottenham striker in summer City lead Premier League despite missing out on a goalscorer Pep Guardiola says he never “started a fire” within Manchester City over the failed summer bid to buy Harry Kane from Tottenham. The champions host Spurs in Saturday’s late game when the centre-forward is expected to start for Antonio Conte’s team. Guardiola had targeted Kane as his preferred No 9 but insisted there was no complaint when the club could not prise him from Tottenham . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/18/pep-guardiola-has-no-complaints-over-citys-failure-to-sign-harry-kane

Mary Paterson is one of thousands facing energy price rises of 200% because of no price cap protection.

With red weather warnings issued, how can homeowners claim for the damage left behind?

Arnold Clark Cup: England 1-1 Canada Millie Bright gives England first-half lead before Beckie levels The calm between Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice permitted Sarina Wiegman’s England to finally reveal the odd imperfection. After maintaining six clean sheets since the former Netherlands coach’s installation, they opened their challenge for the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup by conceding a first goal on her managerial watch. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/17/england-canada-arnold-clark-cup-match-report

Play-off 1st leg: Leicester 4-1 Randers Foxes take commanding first-leg lead against Danish side Leicester teetered and could have slumped to another disappointing result in a season of stutters. Instead they rallied and took a big step towards the last 16 of the Europa Conference League, in the process ending a five-match winless run. They were in danger of extending that streak when Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati struck before half-time to cancel out Wilfred Ndidi’s opening goal. But Harvey Barnes, Patson Daka and the excellent Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall then found the net to leave the second leg of this looking like a formality. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/17/leicester-randers-europa-conference-league-match-report

Play-off 1st leg: Celtic 1-3 Bodø/Glimt Maeda 79; Espejord 6, Pellegrino 55, Vetlesen 81 Celtic’s hopes of a European run suffered a major blow with a 3-1 home defeat against the Norwegian champions, Bodø/Glimt. The visitors’ league season does not kick off until April but it was Celtic who looked out of sorts in the first leg of the Europa Conference League knockout round play-off. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/17/celtic-bodo-glimt-europa-conference-league-match-report

The pandemic has made hybrid working the new norm for some firms, a survey suggests.

Atlético Mineiro ready to sell for £5.5m plus add-ons Medical scheduled as City aim to see off Arsenal interest Manchester City are close to signing the 17-year-old Brazilian winger Sávio from Atlético Mineiro . A medical has been scheduled after talks reached their final stages over a deal for City to pay €6.5m (£5.5m) plus add-ons and commit to a sell-on clause. Paperwork to complete the transfer is due to be prepared soon. Arsenal and the Red Bull group, whose stable of clubs includes RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg, were also interested in Sávio but City accelerated their pursuit of the Brazil youth international in the hope of winning the race to sign him. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/17/manchester-city-close-to-sealing-deal-for-teenage-brazilian-winger-savio

Tony Fernandes was speaking at the Singapore Airshow, which returned after two years of travel restrictions.

Some commuters have complained amid uncertainty about a return to pre-pandemic service levels.

People missed post over Christmas due to pandemic-related Royal Mail delays, the charity says.

The government must fully compensate Post Office staff who were wrongly accused of fraud, MPs say.

Player study finds ‘specific alterations’ in microRNAs in brain Findings suggest changes may be used to detect brain injury Repeated heading and accidental head impacts in football cause changes to blood patterns in the brain, potentially interfering with signalling pathways, according to a study of players in Norway. The peer-reviewed research , published in the Brain Injury journal, is the latest item in a growing body of evidence pointing to the dangers of heading. It discovered “specific alterations” in levels of microRNAs in the brain upon analysing blood samples from 89 professional players in the country’s top flight. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/17/heading-football-and-head-impacts-change-blood-patterns-in-brain

The manager utilised his talent-packed bench to snuff out a rampant Inter and the Champions League tie in eight minutes Jürgen Klopp had seen enough. With almost an hour played at San Siro, Internazionale cutting his team to ribbons and the home crowd buoyant, the Liverpool manager retreated to his bench in dim spirits. There were a few seconds of discussion with his coaches. Training tops were peeled off, tactical instructions issued, last-minute warm-ups executed. And then, the flourish: a triple substitution in the 59th minute. Off came Sadio Mané, Fabinho and Harvey Elliott. Diogo Jota had already gone off injured at half‑time. It was Klopp’s inimitable way of telling his players that he wasn’t angry, just disappointed. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/feb/16/klopp-flexes-liverpools-strength-in-depth-to-devour-aging-inter

For 75 minutes the San Siro bounced with a belief and energy befitting Inter’s performance. By the 83rd it was a stadium of silent disbelief, save for the pocket of jubilant Liverpool fans peering down on a classic European away script from up in the gods. They have seen this before, and they know where it can lead. Jürgen Klopp’s team were on the back foot for much of the second half as Ivan Perisic rampaged down the left and Arturo Vidal dominated central midfield. But Liverpool were superior where it mattered most and took a significant step towards the Champions League quarter-finals courtesy of two late strikes in eight minutes from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah. Ruthlessness and experience won out. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/internazionale-liverpool-champions-league-last-16-match-report

Kingsley Coman struck a last-minute equaliser as Bayern Munich drew 1-1 at RB Salzburg in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. The substitute Chukwubuike Adamu put the Austrian underdogs ahead after 21 minutes and it looked as if the six-time European champions would see their record unbeaten away run in the competition end at 21 games. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/late-coman-strike-earns-bayern-munich-draw-against-red-bull-salzburg

Bowler was chairman of League One club from 1987 to 2021 He left following Sheldon report into historical sexual abuse John Bowler, the former long-serving Crewe chairman, has died at the age of 85. Bowler joined the Crewe board in 1980 and was chairman of the League One club for 34 years between 1987 and 2021. He stood down last March following the publication of the Sheldon report into historical sexual abuse in football. A Crewe statement said: “It is with deepest sadness that the football club has to announce the passing of our former chairman and director, John Bowler MBE. Further information will be issued when made available and our thoughts are very much with the family.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/16/long-serving-crewe-chairman-john-bowler-dies-at-85

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City manager hails ‘dream result’ but urges team to push on ‘I am absolutely more than delighted,’ says Guardiola Pep Guardiola declared Manchester City’s 5-0 demolition of Sporting the “dream result” but insisted his team can play even better after they emphatically put one foot into the Champions League quarter-finals. Guardiola praised his side’s ruthlessness as they emphatically put one foot into the Champions League quarter-finals – they scored five goals from six shots on target – but he insisted some players had underperformed. The result is City’s joint-biggest away win in the competition, matching their 5-0 victory at Steaua Bucharest in 2016-17. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/15/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-sporting-lisbon-champions-league

The Portuguese champions were outclassed in their first Champions League knockout match since 2009 José Alvalade, the man who established Sporting Clube de Portugal in the early 1900s, originally intended to study medicine, only to drop out of his Harvard degree because he couldn’t stand the sight of blood. After spending two years as president of the club, he stormed out in a dispute with his fellow directors, tragically dying of Spanish flu at the age of 33. And perhaps the nicest thing one could say about Sporting’s performance against Manchester City on Tuesday night was that it was a more than fitting tribute to his legacy. Squeamish, rancorous and over far too soon: Sporting’s big night out, their first Champions League knockout game since 2009 , imploded in a bouquet of boos and a haze of basic incoherence. City did not just put the tie to bed: they embalmed it, sealed it in a lead coffin, wreathed it in chains and dropped it somewhere off the north Atlantic coast. Continue r

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Milan leapfrog Inter and Napoli with 1-0 victory at San Siro La Liga strugglers Alavés earn vital 2-1 win over Valencia Milan climbed to the top of the Serie A table with a 1-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday, as an eighth-minute strike from the in-form Rafael Leão proved decisive at San Siro. The Portugal forward collected a long clearance from keeper Mike Maignan, skipped past his marker and found the bottom corner from a narrow angle to score his 10th goal of the season in all competitions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/13/european-roundup-milan-sampdoria-union-dortmund-espanyol-barcelona-atalanta-juventus

Caroline Weir’s stunning long-range chip was enough to win the Manchester derby and put City in the hunt for a Champions League place Friday’s big game, the top of the table London derby, was a goalless draw but a decent match, and opened the door slightly ajar for Manchester United. When last they met: a real pulsating derby match with Ellen White to the fore. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2022/feb/13/manchester-city-united-womens-super-league-wsl-live-updates

Lukaku scored opener against Palmeiras in Club World Cup Drogba: ‘he is having a difficult moment, but bouncing back’ Didier Drogba has backed Romelu Lukaku to move on from his struggles on and off the pitch after the £97.5m striker played a key role in Chelsea becoming world champions for the first time. Lukaku has not looked settled since leaving Internazionale last summer, and upset Thomas Tuchel after airing his unhappiness with life at Stamford Bridge during an unauthorised interview with Sky Italia earlier this season. The Belgian’s comments did not go down well with his manager and he was under pressure to raise his level when Chelsea flew to Abu Dhabi to play in the Club World Cup. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/13/chelsea-dider-drogba-romelu-lukaku-club-world-cup

Glass leaves alongside coaches Allan Russell and Henry Apaloo Dons ninth in league table with Glass lasting 11 months in charge Aberdeen have sacked Stephen Glass following their Scottish Cup exit. The Pittodrie club confirmed the change in management within 24 hours of Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Motherwell. A poor start to 2022 had increased the pressure on Glass, who leaves after 11 months in the dugout with Aberdeen out of all three cup competitions and currently ninth in the Premiership. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/13/celtic-raith-rovers-scottish-cup-aberdeen-sack-manager-stephen-glass

The most prominent gay manager in English men’s football on dressing-room banter and the people at the top of the game “In years gone by I think I might have struggled to get the information I wanted over to people because they probably wouldn’t have accepted me,” Luke Tuffs says. “They would have thought: ‘Why is a gay person telling me what to do on a football pitch?’ I genuinely think that would have been a thing 20, even 10 years ago. Now, certainly not.” Tuffs is an openly gay man who is also a football manager. This is something still so uncommon in the British game that Tuffs, whose Leatherhead team are bottom of the Isthmian Premier League in England’s seventh tier, is the most prominent example. This is not a good situation and the challenges men face to be open about their sexuality in elite football remain stubbornly difficult to overcome. Fortunately for Tuffs, he is happy to take on the mantle of role model. He also has enough charisma and passion to power a set of flood

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Can Newcastle win three games in a row? Might there be a midfield beauty contest between Aston Villa’s Philippe Coutinho and Newcastle’s Brazilian new boy Bruno Guimarães? Will Eddie Howe’s £25m centre-forward Chris Wood break his Tyneside scoring duck? Is Steven Gerrard’s defence capable of succeeding where Frank Lampard’s Everton backline failed on Tuesday night in containing Howe’s very own wizard of the dribble, Allan Saint-Maximin? Another 52,000 sell-out crowd at St James’ Park will enjoy discovering the answers. Louise Taylor Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/12/newcastle-aston-villa-match-preview-premier-league

Tottenham seem to have misplaced their defensive solidity under Antonio Conte in the past few weeks. Having conceded four goals in the Italian’s first eight Premier League games in charge they have shipped eight in the past three, including Wednesday’s 3-2 home defeat to Southampton. The visit of Wolves is probably a welcome one, then, considering only Norwich and Burnley have scored fewer than their 19 this season. Conte could shake things up after back-to-back Premier League defeats by handing debuts to the January signings Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski, while Bruno Lage may be tempted to give Chiquinho a first start after he impressed as a substitute in Thursday’s 1-0 defeat by Arsenal. Stephen Hollis Sunday 2pm Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/12/tottenham-wolves-match-preview-premier-league

As she prepares for a crunch game with City, the forward talks about adjusting to Marc Skinner and turning down England The table has turned. When Manchester United step out at the Academy Stadium on Sunday they do so with a five-point advantage over their derby rivals Manchester City. Aided by an injury crisis that has strangled City’s first third of the season, United are nine games away from finishing above the Blues for the first time in their short history. With the gap closing, the relatively new rivalry is intensifying. For the United forward Leah Galton, there is nothing quite like the derby. “It’s probably one of the best feelings,” she says. “It gives the game a bit more hunger and bite, you just want to put that extra challenge in and to go that extra mile because it’s the derby.” The game is sold out, albeit with a reduced capacity still because of Covid, and a record crowd being on the cards reinforces the sense that the derby rivalry is increasing. Continue reading...

There was only one winner from the first goalless draw between Chelsea and Arsenal since 2015; the title race. “It was a very entertaining game. I think it’s the best that has been played in the league so far,” said Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall. The Gunners remain two points clear of Chelsea with the points shared, but the Blues have a game in hand. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/11/chelsea-arsenal-wsl-match-report

After being fitted with a type of pacemaker, midfielder says he does not expect special treatment back in the Premier League Christian Eriksen knew there might be question marks in the minds of his new Brentford teammates so he decided to address them head on. He felt more than ready for his first training session on Monday but did not want it to feel different for anyone else, so the previous night he told Thomas Frank he had something to say. “There was a meeting before training and he said ‘welcome’ to me, and then I said a few words,” Eriksen said. “I said: ‘I’m here because everything has been cleared; if there are any questions you want to ask me, you can always ask me. Don’t go easy on me, because if there was any concern I wouldn’t be here.’ I told them that from the beginning.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/11/christian-eriksen-urges-brentford-teammates-dont-go-easy-on-me