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The boss of the British Gas-owner Centrica forecasts that households will pay £2,000 a year.

The South Asian nation is facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1947.

The country is the latest front in a fight that analysts say has big stakes for news - and democracy.

Firmino agrees Al-Ahli deal while Jota nears Al-Ittihad switch Al-Nassr beat Barcelona to signature of Inter’s Brozovic The former Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino has become the latest player to join the big-spending Saudi Pro League after agreeing a deal with Al-Ahli. The Brazilian is yet to pass his medical but has agreed personal terms on a contract that will run until June 2026. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/30/roberto-firmino-celtic-jota-and-marcelo-brozovic-transfer-deals-saudi-clubs

Australia extends the age limit to 35 for Brits who want to live and work down under.

Americans take control of Group A with dominant victory Ferreira becomes fastest US player to 10 international goals Jesús Ferreira scored his second international hat-trick, Djordje Mihailovic had two goals and the 13th-ranked United States overwhelmed No 139 St Kitts and Nevis 6-0 on Wednesday night in the Concacaf Gold Cup. Mihailovic, Bryan Reynolds and Ferreira scored in a four-minute span to build a 3-0 lead by the 16th minute. The US outshot St Kitts 34-2. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/29/usmnt-gold-cup-st-kitts-and-nevis-concacaf-jesus-ferreira

Some people struggle to get online, putting them at a disadvantage, a Lord's committee says.

Probe launched after emergency services across the UK reported 999 calls were failing to connect on Sunday.

Megan Rapinoe has said she expects a 'paradigm shift globally' for all women's sport after the Women’s World Cup this summer in Australia and New Zealand. Rapinoe, who was named player of the tournament at the 2019 World Cup, made the comments at the US team's media day. 'It feels like a real opportunity to blow the lid off, just in terms of fanfare and media and sponsorships and the sort of larger business around this sport,' said the United States forward, who will play at her fourth World Cup. The defending champions will face the Netherlands, Portugal and Vietnam in Group E. Morgan and Rapinoe heading to their fourth World Cup as USA name squad Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/jun/28/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-uswnt-preview-video

It comes amid reports the company could be temporarily renationalised as struggles with its debts.

Today’s fluff is caught somewhere in time Could the Premier League be about to land the big one? If reports in France are to be believed, then Kylian Mbappé really will leave PSG this summer. Now, of course, and this has been trailed for some years now, it’s Real Madrid who are expected to sign him. But the Rumour Mill loves to fantasise, and just imagine Mbapps speeding down the wing for Liverpool or Manchester United . Mbappé v Haaland: imagine the Super Sunday hype and excitement? Our league! But what about the money – £240m, since you ask? Both of those teams are loaded with talent in his position, and that it’s elsewhere in the team the ailing north-west giants need strengthening? Well, what about it, and what is the transfer window if not a voyage of fantasy and make-believe? Stars in your eyes, little one, where do you go to dream, as Buck’s Fizz once had it … Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/28/football-transf

Plus: gum and football, more long caps between games at a home ground and more diverse trophy hauls Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “In light of Jack Grealish’s recent celebrations possibly putting his England call-up to the back of his mind, has any player failed to show up for a match because he simply forgot it was happening?” tweets Andy Brook . Footballers have been going awol since Moses wore short pants – here are some examples – but it’s rare for somebody to actually forget they were supposed to be playing in a game. We’d imagine at least one of these stories is apocryphal but, well, who cares. Sheffield Wednesday were one of the strongest clubs in the country in the 1880s, but their progress was interrupted by the threat of a split in 1886, when half the side threatened to join another local team. Their main grievance was that Wednesday were not playing in that year’s FA Cup, then the only national competition. The reason they were not in the draw was

The BBC gains exclusive access to illegal moneylenders who are charging interest rates of up to 50%.

Working families on universal credit can claim more of their childcare costs from Wednesday.

Brazil’s 4-2 defeat to Senegal was a new low for a struggling team. And to make it worse, Argentina are on top of the world By Tom Sanderson for the Guardian Sport Network In order to avoid potential fallings-out in Brazil, people are advised to refrain from discussing three subjects: religion, politics and football. One thing that everyone can surely agree on at the moment, though, is that the national team are struggling. The team usually give a nation of vira-latas with an inherent inferiority complex a rare chance to boast superiority over the rest of the world – perhaps only matched at the height of Ayrton Senna’s powers, or by the people who believe that Alberto Santos‑Dumont and not the Wright brothers invented the aeroplane – but watching the Seleção has been a dismal experience of late. Brazil are expected to win every game, usually in style, so being knocked out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage and then losing two of their three games since Qatar – to Morocc

Wine recommendation apps are now using AI to help better match people with a bottle they will like.

Opening bid of £30m for centre-back was rejected by Ajax Brentford sign teenage South Korean defender Kim Ji-soo Arsenal have submitted a second official proposal to Ajax, in order to get a deal for centre-back Jurriën Timber completed this week. Talks have progressed between the clubs after Arsenal’s opening bid of £30m was rejected. Personal terms have already been agreed with Timber, with the 22-year-old expected to sign a five-year contract if a transfer fee can be negotiated. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/26/transfer-roundup-arsenal-jurrien-timber-brentford-kim-ji-soo

Much-loved coach led Scotland at Euro 96 and 1998 World Cup Longest-serving men’s team manager took charge of 70 games Craig Brown, the much-loved former Scotland manager who led the national team to Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup, has died at the age of 82. “Craig died peacefully today after a short illness in University Hospital, Ayr, surrounded by close family members,” said a statement from Brown’s family. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/26/craig-brown-former-scotland-football-manager-dies-aged-82

The bank will move to a smaller London office to allow for more flexible working post-pandemic.

Toda’s fluff is making it magnificent England used to be a happy hunting ground for Italians. Paolo Di Canio’s scissor kick, Gianfranco Zola’s near-post flick directly from a corner, Roberto Di Matteo’s FA Cup rocket off the bar, Fabrizio Ravanelli’s rigatoni out and about for everyone to enjoy. Heady days. But with a couple of notable exceptions, it’s been a rough time for our Roman friends since the early-2000s, with Massimo Taibi through Alberto Aquilani to Patrick Cutrone all showing how it shouldn’t be done. But with Inter and Milan doing so well in last season’s Champions League, Serie A’s stock is high right now and Sandro Tonali’s impending arrival on Tyneside could usher in a new era of Italians on English shores. Nicolò Barella and Federico Chiesa are perhaps the most talented of the current crop. The former is now being linked with Liverpool , but won’t come cheap. Inter want €80m, roughly £68m, with the player apparently open to the move. Why play in the Champions Leag

The struggling cinema chain is undergoing a restructure as it tries to escape huge debts.

Many people are using AI like ChatGPT to improve their language skills but learning that way has drawbacks.

Martens was in Dutch side that lost final of 2019 edition Netherlands begin campaign against Portugal on 3 July Lieke Martens says the Netherlands have their sights set on winning their maiden Women’s World Cup as she prepares to make her third appearance in the showpiece event, which gets underway in Australia and New Zealand next month. The 30-year-old Paris Saint-Germain player was part of the Dutch side that finished as runners-up in 2019 after a disappointing 2-0 final loss to the United States. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/25/lieke-martens-insists-netherlands-are-back-and-can-win-womens-world-cup

The former England footballer says it was lockdown that made him more vocal politically. Here the Sky pundit and Labour party member talks Keir Starmer, Gary Lineker’s tweets and VAR There’s something about footballing Garys. Gary Lineker was controversially suspended by the BBC this spring after his tweet criticising the government’s small boats policy sparked a furore. With his slapped wrists still smarting, Lineker has since kept a lower profile. His Sky counterpart Gary Neville has duly come off the bench to become social media’s most outspoken former player. Now 48, Neville is one of the most decorated homegrown footballers of all time, having won 20 trophies for Manchester United, where he served as club captain for five seasons. He was England’s first-choice right-back for more than a decade, earning 85 international caps. After hanging up his boots in 2011 , he became a Sky Sports pundit, either side of stints as head coach of Valencia and the England team’s assistant mana

Alkmaar supporters confronting West Ham fans is just one of many incidents Dutch FA wants to curb by adopting UK system The Dutch football season finished this month with a narrow victory for Twente against Sparta Rotterdam. It was a notable encounter for two reasons: first, because thanks to the Eredivisie’s playoff system, it meant Twente qualified for European football next season; and it also passed without incident, provided a reassuring end to what had been a troubling year. Six weeks earlier at the league fixture between Twente and Rotterdam, supporters had hurled objects at players from the stands. Both clubs have had matches called off because of hooliganism in the past year, as have Utrecht, Go Ahead Eagles and RKC Waalwijk. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/25/dutch-football-may-turn-to-english-model-in-push-to-tackle-hooliganism

The buyer of the prospective battery plant in Northumberland has not yet paid for the site.

The Prime Minister continues to back the Bank of England as mortgage pressure rises for homeowners.

The US and UK are trying to crack down on firms tricking customers into renewing their subscription.

St George’s Park hosts the event that contains six different disciplines, each with its own rule variations, over two days Rhyce Ramsden is an electric winger with a silken touch and a floppy centre parting. When he plays he gets clattered from pillar to post. He was man of the match on Saturday as his team won the trophy they covet the most and he did it on one leg. As far as nicknames go, ‘the amputee Jack Grealish’ sounds about right. “You know what they’re calling me? Not Jack Grealish, but Fat Grealish,” said Ramsden, after his Everton side ran out 4-2 winners over Portsmouth at the FA Disability Cup finals. “I’ll take it though. Being here playing in the Cup, never mind winning it, it’s surreal, it’s mad.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/24/fa-disability-cup-finals-weekend-illustrates-that-football-is-for-all

It’s been six months since the strangest World Cup of all. Test your recall of those long nights, giant stadiums and weird speeches Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/24/football-quiz-how-much-can-you-remember-about-world-cup-2022

From Bielsa with Uruguay to Simeone at Atlético, managers from the South American nation are everywhere – except Brazil When Uruguay appointed Marcelo Bielsa as coach in May, they joined a growing club. Lionel Scaloni led Argentina to glory at the World Cup. Chile are managed by Eduardo Berizzo. Paraguay are managed by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Bolivia are managed by Gustavo Costas. Colombia are managed by Néstor Lorenzo. Venezuela are managed by Fernando Batista. Seven of the 10 Conmebol nations have Argentinian coaches and although Peru have a Peruvian and Ecuador a Spaniard, both succeeded Argentinians. Argentinian coaches are everywhere in South America; only Brazil stands aloof. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/jun/24/argentina-coaches-toast-of-football

Wolfsburg centre-back emerges as target for summer rebuild Leverkusen’s Tapsoba also wanted by Ange Postecoglou Tottenham have added Wolfsburg’s Micky van de Ven to a shortlist which also includes Edmond Tapsoba of Bayer Leverkusen as they search for a new centre-back. Talks have already taken place with Van de Ven’s agents after the Dutch left-sided defender, who can also play at left-back, enjoyed a breakthrough season in the Bundesliga, playing in all but one of Wolfsburg’s league games. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/24/tottenham-transfer-news-micky-van-de-ven-edmond-tapsoba

Group C: Czech Republic 0-2 England Jacob Ramsey (47), Emile Smith Rowe (90) England Under-21s got their Euro 2023 finals campaign off to the perfect start against the Czech Republic in Georgia. The midfielder Jacob Ramsey broke the deadlock at the start of the second half, with the substitute Emile Smith Rowe adding another in stoppage time to seal victory. There was a lively start to the Group C opener at the Batumi Arena, with Noni Madueke’s early effort from the edge of the penalty area clip the crossbar while at the other end James Trafford saved from Vasil Kusej. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/22/england-czech-republic-european-u21-championship-match-report

Midfielder arrives at MLS club after 18 years at the Camp Nou Inter Miami also linked with move for Jordi Alba Sergio Busquets is joining Inter Miami as a free agent, the Major League Soccer club announced on Friday. The 34-year-old former Barcelona and Spain midfielder will be reunited with his friend and ex-Barça teammate Lionel Messi after not renewing his contract at the Camp Nou at the end of an 18-year stay. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/24/sergio-busquets-joins-lionel-messi-at-inter-miami-after-leaving-barcelona

Two United bids rejected, the most recent of £45m plus add-ons United hope Chelsea will lower £70m price given contract status Manchester United remain confident of signing Mason Mount despite Chelsea rejecting their first two offers for the midfielder. Chelsea are holding out for £70m, even though Mount’s contract runs out next summer. United had their latest offer of £45m plus £5m in add-ons rejected on Wednesday and are biding their time before returning with a third bid. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/22/manchester-united-confident-mason-mount-deal-chelsea

Retail sales rose 0.3% last month as shoppers bought summer clothes and goods, official figures show.

Today’s fluff is firing on all cylinders Before the end of the window every single top-flight footballer from Newcastle to Naples will be linked with a move to the charming Saudi Pro League. The latest to add to that list is Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah . No specific club in Saudi Arabia has been associated with this potential transfer but that does not matter when loads of money is involved. Romelu Lukaku does not look set for a return to Chelsea. Instead he could be in for a controversial summer with Milan hoping to beat Internazionale , where he spent last season on loan, to the Belgian’s signature. Ooooh the scandal. At least he will not have to move house and knows the way to the ground. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/23/football-transfer-rumours-mohamed-salah-leave-liverpool-saudi-arabia

Councils say app payments save money but charities warn people without a smartphone could be excluded.

The announcement comes as the global toy industry faces a slow down in demand.

It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news.

Experts believe 'boycott fever' will grip the US ahead of the 2024 presidential elections.

Separately, two former Wirecard employees were sentenced to jail in the city state earlier this week.

Turkey is expected to reverse some of the unorthodox economic policies of President Erdogan.

The Bank of England is expected to raise rates from a current level of 4.5% to control price rises.

The Indian prime minister met Mr Musk on Tuesday during his three-day state visit to the US.

Singapore-based super-app Grab offers services in eight countries across Southeast Asia.

More than 200 firms face penalties and must repay workers after breaches hit 63,000 people.

The World Bank says many years of financial support are needed as London hosts a major conference.

This was a Euro 2024 qualifier that fell 41 minutes short of requiring two days to complete after biblical rain caused a delay – six minutes into the game – of around an hour and a half, and a finishing time of 11.19pm. On the final whistle Steve Clarke’s impressive Scotland had a fourth victory and 12 points and at the midpoint of Group C are already a near-shoo-in to reach next year’s finals in Germany. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/20/scotland-georgia-euro-2024-qualifier-match-report

Airbus has been testing new automated technology that it says has the potential to improve flight safety.

The Matildas vice-captain points to England’s experience as an example of the impact hosting a major tournament can have Cortnee Vine: ‘I sometimes forget that I actually play for the Matildas’ Steph Catley knows what kind of impact hosting the Women’s Euros had in England. She felt it first hand, walking around the streets of London bathed in the afterglow of the Lionesses’ triumph. The Matildas defender saw the effect it had on the lives of Arsenal teammates such as Beth Mead and Leah Williamson. “They’re superheroes on another level to the young girls over here,” Catley says. “They can’t walk down the street without being recognised”. Most of all, she has lived it, playing for Arsenal in an extra-time defeat to Wolfsburg in the Champions League semi-final in front of 60,063 fans at Emirates Stadium – 58,657 more than the last time the Gunners hosted a European semi and an attendance that set a new record for women’s club football in the UK. Continue reading... from Football

Measures to allow community projects to sell electricity directly to local homes are also set to be dropped.

NZF say defender Michael Boxall was targeted by a Qatari player All Whites refuse to come out for second half when 1-0 up New Zealand’s national men’s football team have abandoned their friendly with Qatar, alleging racial abuse and inaction by officials. The All Whites took the extraordinary step of refusing to come back out at half-time of a game they led 1-0. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/20/new-zealand-abandon-qatar-friendly-at-half-time-over-alleged-racial-abuse

Tenants are spending 28% of their earnings on rent, the biggest proportion for a decade, new figures show.

Barcelona won La Liga despite financial turmoil, Vinícius took on racists and managerial chaos engulfed Elche, Celta and Sevilla It wasn’t quite “Camp Nou: available for weddings and barmitzvahs” but it was close. It was also seriously tempting. For only €300, you too could play in European football’s biggest stadium. Sixty minutes, a ref, coaches and Gatorade; medical attention as well, which was probably a good thing. Some €1bn in debt and with a salary limit of minus €144m, Barcelona had to raise money somehow if they were to start the virtuous cycle their president talked about. Or just the season with the men they had signed. Trouble was, even hundreds of people playing hundreds of games weren’t going to cover Gerard Piqué sitting on the bench for just one. Which is where the palancas came in. The word of last summer, suddenly it was everywhere, part of the footballing lexicon, maybe even its folklore. Selling players wasn’t easy, although they really did try, and so Barcelon

Today’s fluff is cowering in a darkened room Erik ten Hag is a little fed up. The Manchester United sale is taking for ever, Kim Min-jae has chosen Bayern Munich over a move to Old Trafford, Chelsea are demanding £70m for Mason Mount and now even David de Gea is wavering on a new contract he scarcely deserves after a season diving over bobbling shots and booting the ball out of play as his teammates try to build from the back. What better way for Ten Hag to cheer himself up than by signing the lovable rascal Jordan Pickford from Everton. Reports suggest United are preparing to capitalise on Everton’s money troubles by slapping a £45m bid on the Goodison Park table and sweetening the deal by offering England’s No 1 a double-your-money £200,000 contract to jump ship. Axel Disasi is also being lined up to provide competition for Lisandro Martínez and Raphaël Varane at centre-back, with Monaco looking for £44m to let the France international go. Continue reading... from Football |

Portugal midfielder expected to sign five-year deal Bayern Munich agree five-year deal to sign Kim Min-jae Al-Hilal have offered Wolves a club record £47m deal to sign captain Rúben Neves, with the Portugal midfielder expected to finalise a move to the Saudi Arabian club this week. Neves, who is out of contract with Wolves at the end of next season having joined from Porto in 2017 , has been a target for Barcelona for some time but they have yet to agree a deal for the Portgal international. That delay has allowed Al-Hilal to submit their sizeable offer for the 26-year-old, with talks now ongoing between the club and his agent Jorge Mendes and Neves likely to complete the move when he returns from international duty next week. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/18/wolves-captain-ruben-neves-set-to-join-al-hilal-for-club-record-45m

The Balkan team have drawn in their last two visits to England so Gareth Southgate should beware the underdogs North Macedonia arrive at Old Trafford for Monday’s Euro 2024 qualifier against England as underdogs but should not be underestimated. Just ask Germany and Italy, who faced them in the last World Cup qualifiers and suffered home defeats. When North Macedonia qualified for Euro 2020, it could be argued they did so only thanks to a new Uefa invention that allowed countries to get there via the Nations League. The team from a Balkan state with a population of 2 million topped a group in section D – the lowest of the lot – that also contained Armenia, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar, then beat Kosovo and Georgia in the playoffs. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/18/north-macedonia-can-mix-it-with-the-best-so-england-must-be-careful

Fellow veteran excited by ‘the opportunity of my career’ Sky Sports: ‘Peter’s one of game’s most poetic commentators’ Peter Drury is joining Sky Sports to cover the Premier League from next season after Martin Tyler’s departure. Tyler, who had spearheaded Sky’s coverage of the competition since it launched in 1992, is stepping down from his role ahead of the 2023-24 campaign. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/18/peter-drury-joins-sky-sports-to-cover-premier-league-in-place-of-martin-tyler

The commentator is stepping back from Sky after three decades and his perennial presence and enthusiasm will be missed At Sky Sports, they still called him “the Voice”. Richard Keys, the long-serving anchorman to Martin Tyler in the commentary box, claimed this weekend this was because Tyler “definitely didn’t have a face for TV” – throwing us back to a now distant, coarser era of broadcasting. At 77, Tyler is the perennial who floated above the eras. Viewers of 40-plus will recall his career extending far further back than before football began in 1992. At both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, Tyler acted as ITV’s main commentator while Brian Moore stayed in a London studio before flying out for the latter tournament’s final. Back in the days of regional highlights making up ITV’s Big Match programme, Tyler was the voice of Yorkshire TV football and then Granada in the north-west. The more clipped Tyler of the pre-Sky years is prime commentary from an era of less meaning more. Continu

Michael Gove was asked about what whether any help would be given to those struggling with payments.

The Arsenal and England footballer on her MBE, her terrible singing voice – and the best and worst year of her life Beth Mead became a national hero last summer as the breakout star of the England women’s team who triumphed at the 2022 Euros. The 28-year-old Arsenal forward followed that by winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and being made an MBE. She will, however, miss this summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament last November. Born in Yorkshire, Mead now lives in Hertfordshire with her partner, fellow Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema. Mead’s debut book for younger readers, the nonfiction Roar – which aims to inspire children to pursue their dreams – is out this month. You’ve had a busy few weeks: it’s been your birthday and you’ve been presented with an MBE. What’s been the highlight? Well, in football terms I’m getting old now, so my birthday is not a happy thing any more! Obviously, I don’t think you can

This was a deeply unedifying evening for Wales, a frankly embarrassing evisceration that could quite feasibly have lasting ramifications. A shock defeat by Armenia, a country sandwiched between Kyrgyzstan and Belarus in the Fifa rankings, 71 places below them, represents a significant setback to Wales’s hopes of reaching Euro 2024. It was a dire performance and an ignominious result, the kind that had shades of those sore losses to Moldova, North Macedonia and Cyprus that supporters thought were consigned to yesteryear. Just as in Nicosia in October 2007, this was a desperate Group D Euro 2024 qualifying defeat and it remains to be seen quite how damaging it will be on their chances of reaching a third successive major tournament. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/16/wales-armenia-euro-2024-qualifying-match-report

We’ll give you a list of the second-best sides, and it’s up to you to name the dynasty that kept them in the shade Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/17/football-quiz-can-you-identify-the-team-title-streak-from-the-runners-up

The footballer and presenter escaped a tough start to become an England legend and one of the BBC’s faces of football. As the Women’s World Cup approaches she talks finding her voice – and why she’s no victim As a child, Alex Scott gathered her Winnie-the-Pooh teddies on her bed. “Am I going to be all right?” she asked them. She loved her teddies, told them about her day, cuddled them for comfort. Eeyore had particular resonance. Something about the way the manufacturers had captured the character’s woe in his downcast expression allowed her to look at him and feel the true depth of his sadness. She imagined the story behind it. It helped somehow as she tried to block out the sound of her father’s tearing rage against her mother in the room next door. “Because I grew up in an environment where we didn’t show love. So, I got that feeling from my teddies.” I lift my hand to interject with a question and Scott misunderstands this as an unwelcome gesture of sympathy. “No, it’s all right,

Rising rates means those looking to remortgage will pay £2,900 a year more in 2024, a think tank says.

The UK competition watchdog says the online giant can buy iRobot, the maker of Roomba cleaners.

The Microsoft co-founder is the latest high-profile US business leader to visit China in recent months.

"Pre-loved" clothing is big business and it is not just about saving money and the planet.

It comes just weeks after a separate space firm owned Sir Richard, Virgin Orbit, was shut down.

Scientists have developed a haricot seed they hope will thrive in the UK after a 12-year project.

The couple's company and the streaming firm say the Duchess's series Archetypes has been cancelled.

We pick out in-demand players who could be on the move, including a World Cup winner’s son and Gambia’s rising star The Spain goalkeeper who used to play outfield in futsal to improve his ball skills has come a long way since being sent on loan to the Conference with Southport in 2014 as a teenager. Given that Raya made the most saves and completed more passes than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League, it’s no surprise that Brentford are so far standing firm to their £40m valuation of the 27-year-old, whose contract expires next summer. Tottenham appear to be the frontrunners having held talks with his representatives in recent days but Chelsea and Manchester United could be tempted to make their moves. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/13/top-transfer-targets-window-opens-osimhen-simakan

The firm says "extreme investor caution" meant it could not achieve its valuation goal.

A group representing 17 publishers claims it enabled copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs.

The country's central bank has aggressively raised interest rates since October 2021.

Amnesty says Fifa has ‘not effectively investigated the issue’ Claims of migrants working 12-hour shifts for up to 38 days Amnesty International has accused Fifa and the Qatari authorities of failing to properly address a “pattern of abuse against migrant workers” at the World Cup, some of whom worked 12-hour shifts for up to 38 days in succession without any time off. A new investigation from the human rights body also found that some workers who were hired as security guards and marshals had to pay illegal recruitment fees – that were never repaid – and had promised overtime pay and bonuses withheld. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/15/qatar-world-cup-organisers-failed-to-protect-workers-claims-amnesty

The digital asset industry, already in turmoil, now faces a full-fledged battle with regulators.

The deal to buy the Call of Duty publisher would be the largest in the history of the video games industry.

The defender lost the club captaincy and his place in the Aston Villa and England teams but has fought his way back into both There may have been trepidation at St George’s Park on Tuesday night when Jack Grealish and the rest of England’s Manchester City contingent rolled into town, perhaps literally, but Tyrone Mings considered their arrival further cause for celebration. In his view, the more serial winners at Gareth Southgate’s disposal the better England’s chances will be of finally lifting trophies of their own. The Aston Villa defender knows from personal experience what Grealish’s teammates have been through since City completed the treble and the £100m midfielder started on the quadruples in Istanbul. “I’ve bumped into him on holiday,” Mings says. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/13/tyrone-mings-england-aston-villa-euro-2024-qualifiers

Amsterdam has ambitious plans to radically cut the amount of resources used by the city's economy.

PSG won another league title but Lens, Franck Haise and Toulouse were the real stars of the season By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French Football News Resembling more of a video game than a Ligue 1 game, Lyon’s barely believable comeback win over Montpellier neatly distilled the shift in attitudes across the league in recent seasons. French football has transitioned from dour stoicism to vibrant positivity thanks to an emerging cohort of young attacking coaches. Even this match, featuring sides trained by Ligue 1 elders in Laurent Blanc and Michel Der Zakarian, nearly hit double figures. Although helped by a hesitant Lyon, Montpellier raced into a 4-1 lead, with 20-year-old poacher Elye Wahi claiming all four goals. Incredibly, Wahi ended up on the losing side and saw his feat matched by Alexandre Lacazette, who completed his own four-goal haul in minute 100 to win the game from the penalty spot. Typically, however, neither striker did enough to warrant a 10/10 from L’Équipe

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Manchester City fans celebrated as their team won the Champions League for the first time in their history and completed an historic treble. The result means that City matched the treble that arch-rivals Manchester United won in 1999 under Sir Alex Ferguson – they are the only two English clubs to achieve the feat. City beat Italian side Internazionale 1-0 on the night thanks to a second-half strike from midfielder Rodri. It is the third time that Pep Guardiola, the City manager, has won the Champions League, previously triumphing with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011. Manchester City scrap their way to a first Champions League win Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/jun/11/best-night-ever-manchester-city-fans-celebrate-champions-league-victory-video

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New commercial and broadcast deals drive rise in revenue England’s historic Euros win helps increase WSL popularity Revenues for Women’s Super League clubs rose by 60% in a record-breaking 2021-22 season, according to new figures published by Deloitte. Clubs brought in combined revenues of £32m, up from £20m in the previous season, with the increases driven by new commercial and broadcast deals. The higher revenues helped clubs to bring down their aggregate wages-to-revenue ratio from 92% to 78% despite wages rising to a combined total of £25m, up 37% on the previous campaign. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/12/wsl-breaks-revenue-record-with-60-increase-in-2021-22-season

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The treble has had a profound effect on fans, even prompting one to speak for the first time since falling into a coma Theo Michael Owen was celebrating his 21st birthday in May when he was involved in a life-changing car accident. With his neck broken in five places, the lifelong Manchester City fan spent four weeks in a coma in the Royal Preston hospital. Whiling away the hours in his hospital room while watching him slip in and out of consciousness, his family spoke to him about football and what would be the upcoming final of the Champions League. They were worried that his injuries were so severe, he would never have the capacity to talk again. But on Sunday morning his lips moved, for the first time since the crash, and slowly he mouthed: “MCFC the treble”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/11/best-time-of-my-life-man-city-fans-reflect-as-treble-win-sinks-in

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Stewards will be trained on dementia awareness, the website overhauled and the chaperone service expanded Wembley is the first national stadium in the UK to become dementia friendly as part of a scheme to encourage all sports grounds to do the same. Changes include training stewards on dementia awareness, an overhaul of Wembley’s website to make it more accessible, and expanding the stadium’s chaperone service to include people with no-visible disabilities and not only wheelchair users. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/12/wembley-dementia-friendly-measures-stadium-scheme

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Pep Guardiola said Manchester City 's Champions League win was 'written in the stars' after they were crowned as European champions for the first time. City beat Internazionale 1-0 in a close game, with Rodri scoring in the 68th minute to see the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners complete a treble of trophies this season. The Spanish manager had tears in his eyes as he celebrated on the field with his players. It was Guardiola's 30th major piece of silverware as a coach and the second time he has won a treble, emulating his feat with Barcelona in 2009. Internazionale did not go down easy, and had chances to equalise late in the game. Simone Inzaghi praised his team after the game saying 'We clearly didn't deserve to lose. We played against a tremendous opponent. But they also found a great Inter who played a great final'. ‘You have to be lucky’: Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola grateful for small margins Manchester City 1-0 Internazionale:

Some tactical tweaks are not overthinking – they’re just thinking, and the Manchester City manager’s decisions paid off Not all tactical tweaks are the result of overthinking. Pep Guardiola did not simply pick the obvious starting XI. He did not pick the starting lineup that had propelled City through the Premier League run-in. He is criticised readily enough when he makes changes and City don’t win; this was an occasion when the change paid off. Guardiola made the necessary adjustment, and was rewarded with his third Champions League. Until mid-February City, by their own remarkable standards, had not had a particularly great season. There were questions – entirely reasonable questions for all the subsequent sneering – about what Erling Haaland did to the balance of the side. When a player doesn’t involve himself in the play, when he has only 20-30 touches in a game as standard, how can he contribute to the maintenance of possession that is so necessary to providing the control that

Dutch side want £45m for 25-year-old Mexico international West Ham charged over fan behaviour in Conference Final Ajax are demanding £45m for Edson Álvarez, who has emerged as a target for West Ham as they line up replacements for Declan Rice. Rice will be allowed to leave, with Arsenal his likeliest destination , and replacing him will be one of David Moyes’s biggest challenges. West Ham, who are also in pole position to bolster their attack by signing Harvey Barnes from Leicester, are expected to target two central midfielders. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/09/west-ham-target-ajax-midfielder-edson-alvarez-to-replace-declan-rice-football

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced his retirement from football at the age of 41. The former Sweden international's contract expires at the end of June and will not be renewed following a Serie A season plagued by injuries. Ibrahimovic arrived in Milan for his second spell with the club in 2020, having won the Scudetto with the Rossoneri in 2011, and helped them win the title again last season. His remarkable club career has also included spells at Malmö, Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and LA Galaxy. ‘I say goodbye to football’ – emotional Zlatan Ibrahimovic ends career at 41 Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/jun/05/emotional-zlatan-ibrahimovic-retires-from-football-at-41-video

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City aiming to become European champions in Istanbul Sheikh Mansour last attended a City match in 2010 Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is expected to attend the Champions League final on Saturday evening. Club sources have confirmed that the sheikh is due to be present in Istanbul as City face Inter, bidding to win Europe’s top club prize for the first time. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/10/manchester-city-owner-sheikh-mansour-champions-league-final

Real damage has been done by the pre-World Cup tussle and there will be no goodwill from WSL clubs for the foreseeable future The club v country row between the Football Association and Women’s Super League sides may be resolved , but what does it say about the development of the women’s game and what damage has been done? It is just over six weeks since the European Club Association criticised attempts by national federations to sidestep the 10 July mandatory release date for players before the Women’s World Cup, while acknowledging that that date, set by Fifa, was inadequate. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/10/england-women-player-release-row-world-cup-fa-wsl-clubs

Champions League final is BT’s last big night but its successor does not have a UK website and cost to watch it is unknown BT Sport will host its last big night on Saturday. The Champions League final in Istanbul will be the end for a brand that, over the past decade, extended live coverage of sport in the UK and became the first serious rival to Sky Sports. Taking its place will be TNT Sports, a channel that promises “new name, same game”. But with a month until it launches, viewers are still in the dark as to what exactly that will mean. TNT Sports goes live on 18 July but does not yet have a website in the UK. The cost of watching it remains not entirely clear either. That the channels will roll over existing deals for the Premier League and Champions League, alongside Premiership rugby union and MotoGP among other sports, is guaranteed, but some programmes are being axed and who will present and analyse the action is not known. All of this comes against a backdrop of increasing t

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Through its actions the ECA is intensifying the influence of Europe’s biggest clubs while disregarding the aspirational ones The Guardian recently published an article by Charlie Marshall, the CEO of the European Club Association (ECA), headlined: “European Club Association is being cast as an evil elite killing football. What nonsense.” While I appreciate the opportunity to engage in a discussion about the future of European football, I must express my strong disagreement with Marshall’s assertions. It is imperative to set the record straight and shed light on the true nature of ECA’s actions and the distortions it has caused within the football landscape. Marshall accuses me of promoting a false narrative regarding the ECA’s influence on Uefa. However, the truth is that the ECA has been gradually orchestrating a silent coup within the European football governance structure. This slow-moving coup is designed to empower the continent’s largest clubs, enabling them to exert greater c

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