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The commons technology committee urges new legislation for the UK to take lead on AI regulation.

A thriller of a cup tie ended with Salford reaching the Carabao Cup third round with a 9-8 victory on penalties, Ossama Ashley proving the hero. The midfielder’s first effort was saved by Karl Darlow to his left but the referee, Oliver Langford, correctly ruled Leeds’ goalkeeper was yards off his line. Take two and Ashley, signed from Colchester this summer, made no mistake, this time blazing home to Darlow’s left, this coming after Jamie Shackleton had hit the 19th kick off Alex Cairns’ bar. Cue pandemonium and a pitch invasion as Salford progressed to round three for the first time having recovered after Pascal Struijk bundled in a free-kick from the substitute Sam Greenwood to cancel out Matt Smith’s opening-half strike. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/29/salford-city-leeds-united-carabao-cup-match-report

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Today’s fluff is alert and reckless Not content with spending the thick end of £350m in the current transfer window, Chelsea are ready to hose tens of millions more – cough – in the direction of Brentford’s Community Stadium if it means they can get Ivan Toney in return. The England striker is currently suspended from all football activities until January, a ban that apparently won’t preclude him from signing a contract with a different club. The Independent reports that Brentford will hold out for as much as £80m for a star player they’ve barely missed since he began his prolonged spell on the FA’s Naughty Step. Left out of the Tottenham squad that got knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Fulham, Eric Dier could be on the verge of a reunion with his former skipper Harry Kane at Bayern Munich. Spurs have offered the defender to the German champions, while Borussia Dortmund are also believed to be keen on securing his services. Dier has also been offered to Fulham in part exchange

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Bukayo Saka and Lauren James pick up young player awards Ian Wright and Jill Scott also honoured at awards ceremony England and Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly and the Manchester City striker Erling Haaland have won the Professional Footballers’ Association players’ player of the year awards. Chelsea’s Lauren James, Daly’s Lionesses teammate, and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka were named as the PFA young players of the year in the awards voted for by their peers. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/30/rachel-daly-and-erling-haaland-win-pfa-player-of-the-year-awards

The Financial Conduct Authority says reports of scammers impersonating it have doubled.

The Englishman is leaving his post with Canada to join the ranks in club football. He will find a team whose best days lie firmly in the past The chase is on for Inter Miami. Victory over the New York Red Bulls in Lionel Messi’s first Major League Soccer match was enough to lift the club off the foot of the Eastern Conference . They have 11 regular season matches left to make up an 11-point difference and qualify for the playoffs. Toronto FC, bottom of the East on a run of 10 consecutive losses, now have the worst record in MLS, along with the Colorado Rapids. It wasn’t meant to be this way. Only last year, Toronto FC were being spoken about as a resurgent force with Lorenzo Insigne, signed from Napoli on a league-record contract, hailed as the most notable transfer in MLS history. Federico Bernardeschi was another statement signing, at least in pre-Messi terms. While Inter Miami’s new stars have prospered, though, TFC’s have flopped. Continue reading... from Football | The Guard

Delays and cancellations continue after a nightmare Bank Holiday Monday for thousands of holidaymakers.

The retail trade body, British Retail Consortium, says price rises are slowing but remain high.

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With one third of lorries in the UK driving empty, some hauliers are turning to technology for help.

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Jonathan Wilson and Troy Townsend to review all the Premier League action Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast and Stitcher , and join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . On the podcast today: 10-man Liverpool win against the odds at Newcastle thanks to two wonderful late finishes by none other than Darwin Núñez. Manchester City also got a late winner at Bramall Lane, and are the only team with a 100% record after three games. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2023/aug/28/premier-league-liverpool-everton-darwin-nunez-football-weekly-podcast

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Today’s tittle-tattle is dancing in the moonlight After deducing that defenders who can defend are useful components of a football team, Pep Guardiola is in search of his next tactical revelation. He’s planning to make Matheus Nunes the latest signing whose success is almost irrelevant because if it fails, he can just buy someone else. Manchester City have submitted an improved £51.5m bid to Wolves for the 25-year-old midfielder. Otherwise, much of today’s chatter takes place across Manchester, where hilarity abounds. With Luke Shaw joining Tyrell Malacia on the injured list, United are in search of a left-back no one else wants to fill space and, if necessary, hinder their play over the next couple of months. For reasons known best to Erik ten Hag, if they’ve a past, so much the better, the shortlist comprising Marcos Alonso – whose lack of pace and defensive nous are attractive though he’s keen to stay at Barcelona; Marc Cucurella , whose general ineptitude could be available on

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Royal Spanish Football Federation officials can stick their heads in the sand but that will not happen without consequence When Héctor Bellerín wrote: “The narcissist never believes they have made a mistake, they are able to lie, manipulate the truth and make the victim guilty in order to retain their power,” he wasn’t writing a “how to retain power” escape manual for Luis Rubiales. Except, you could be forgiven for thinking that’s how it has been taken, on the basis of the tripling down by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in support of its deluded president in the form of an 808-word defence of Rubiales. The extraordinary RFEF statement – which dropped late on Friday night and is headlined “Official Statement of the RFEF in response to Futpro”, the Spanish players’ union – genuinely reads like it is meant to be Rubiales’s “A-ha! Gotcha!” moment. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/aug/26/football-womens-worl

Governing body says it will take ‘necessary legal action’ against female players protesting over Luis Rubiales kiss scandal The Spanish football federation has threatened to sue Jenni Hermoso, the player at the centre of a row over its president’s conduct, for lying and defamation. It has also threatened to sue the 79 women’s football players who signed a letter in which they refused to play for their country as long as Luis Rubiales remained in his post. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/26/spain-football-federation-threatens-to-sue-protesting-female-players

Liverpool manager says player remains ‘essential’ to club ‘We don’t have an offer, Mo Salah is still a Liverpool player’ Jürgen Klopp dismissed fresh reports linking Mohamed Salah with a move to Saudi Arabia, insisting the Egyptian forward is “essential” at Liverpool. Al-Ittihad have signed Fabinho from Liverpool for £40m this summer and have renewed their interest in Salah, who still has two years left to run on his contract. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/25/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-mo-salah-saudi-arabia-bid

A private equity firm makes a £90m bid for the business and pledges to retain all jobs for two years.

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Spanish FA president suspended by football’s governing body Rubiales also banned from contacting Jennifer Hermoso The president of the Spanish FA, Luis Rubiales, has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend. Rubiales has refused to resign from his post after kissing Jenni Hermoso – who has stressed she did not consent – on the lips, prompting Fifa to step in. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/26/fifa-suspends-luis-rubiales-from-all-football-related-activity-over-hermoso-kiss

Premier League updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-off Max Rushden: an early love letter to Ange Postecoglou 1 min Peep peep! Bournemouth kick off from right to left as we watch. A reminder of the teams Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/aug/26/bournemouth-v-tottenham-premier-league-live-updates

Governing body says it will take ‘necessary legal action’ against female players protesting over Luis Rubiales kiss scandal The Spanish football federation has threatened to sue Jenni Hermoso, the player at the centre of a row over its president’s conduct, for lying and defamation. It has also threatened to sue the 79 women’s football players who signed a letter in which they refused to play for their country as long as Rubiales remained in his post. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/26/spain-football-federation-threatens-to-sue-protesting-female-players

Manchester United defender’s muscle strain still being assessed Ukrainian is Chelsea’s ninth injury but Caicedo could start Manchester United’s left-back Luke Shaw will be out for a number of weeks with a muscle injury that is still being assessed. The 28-year-old defender is a mainstay of Erik ten Hag’s side and started the first two Premier League matches of the season. But Shaw will miss Saturday’s Old Trafford encounter against Nottingham Forest and next weekend’s trip to Arsenal as well, it seems, as England’s upcoming internationals. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/24/mykhailo-mudryk-joins-lengthy-chelsea-injury-list-before-luton-match

RMT members walk out over pay and working conditions, disrupting many people's bank holiday travel plans.

English midfielder sees off Celta Vigo to extend dream start Leipzig score five in 25 minutes; Monaco draw 3-3 at Nantes Jude Bellingham scored in the second half to earn Real Madrid a third straight win as they beat Celta Vigo 1-0 in La Liga to maintain a perfect start. The 20-year-old once again led the Spanish giants’ attack, scoring for the fourth time in his first three league games following Rodrygo’s missed penalty earlier in the second half. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/25/jude-bellingham-hits-real-madrid-winner-while-leipzig-go-goal-crazy

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Today’s fluff is ready to drink from the elixir of life There must be something in the water at Crystal Palace . Manager Roy Hodgson, 76, is looking sprightlier than ever as he leads the club forwards in the post-Zaha era and he would like others to experience the restorative effects of life at the Eagles. In fact, he’s keen for Eden Hazard to sample the club’s elixir of life and revive a football career that flatlined the moment he left London for Madrid in 2019. The Belgian is considering retirement after leaving the Bernabéu in the summer but could be tempted back into footballing relevance by the Selhurst Park smelling salts. He’s still only 32 and could help take some of the creative load off Eberechi Eze. Another player who may make a surprising Premier League comeback is Jonny Evans . The centre-back, who has been training at Manchester United to keep fit while looking for a club, has finally found a suitor: Manchester United ! It’s been no secret that he’s made a show of som

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Spurs have found midfield balance, Sean Dyche needs changes and Brighton are still a step ahead of the game The last time Luton visited Stamford Bridge for a league fixture, George HW Bush was US president, Bryan Adams was in the middle of his monster 16-week stay at the top of the charts with (Everything I Do) I Do It For You , and Liverpool had just broken the British transfer record by paying £2.9m for Derby’s Dean Saunders. The record has gone up a touch since August 1991 but again the Hatters visit west London in the wake of a new spending benchmark being set, and the player in question could well be in line for a first start for his new club. Chelsea’s £115m Moisés Caicedo had something of a nightmare debut from the bench against West Ham last weekend, giving away the penalty that clinched things for the Hammers, but Mauricio Pochettino indicated on Thursday he is ready to start . Despite decent performances against Liverpool and West Ham, it is now one win from 16 games in all

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Today’s rumours are full to bursting It’s not easy being Manchester City. First, financial fair play rules prompted them to sell young players at prices no one can believe, and now their search for yet another midfielder cannot simply be resolved with brute fiscal force. Pah. But here we are. For some reason, City ended their interest in West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá, so are now focused on Eberechi Eze and Matheus Nunes . Problem being, Crystal Palace would like to keep the former, with Wolves are unlikely to release the latter unless offered a significantly inflated fee . Pep Guardiola is, the Mill understands, outraged at this failure of the footballing universe to sanction his precise whims, so plans to thcream and thcream until he’s thick by way of revenge. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/24/football-transfer-rumours-west-ham-looking-for-kudus-in-40m-deal

Chelsea need experience, creativity and goals to ignite their season – and the forward could be the man to do it By Ben McAleer for WhoScored Given the number of incomings and outgoings at Chelsea over the last year, Raheem Sterling has become something of a forgotten man at Stamford Bridge. The 28-year-old only signed from Manchester City last summer but already feels like an old timer. Sterling, the first signing under the new owners, made his Chelsea debut last August in a 1-0 win against Everton. Just three of his 10 teammates from that game are still at the club: Thiago Silva, Reece James and Ben Chilwell. Sterling had a disappointing first season at Chelsea, scoring just six times and providing three assists in the league. It’s no wonder he struggled given the spate of new additions, the increasingly bloated squad and the managerial upheaval at the club – he played under four different head coaches. Few players, if any, covered themselves in any real glory as Chelsea laboured

Rise of European superclubs raised the bar to undreamed level with Spain’s devastating show of strength and the US in decline Lucy Bronze and Ona Batlle held each other. One in defeat and one in victory, one with a medal she wanted and one with a medal she did not. But in that moment they were not rivals or adversaries, just Lucy and Ona: friends, soulmates, former Manchester residents, and in very short order teammates at Barcelona. And as both sets of players embraced after Sunday’s draining final , there was more than a degree of familiarity between them. Bronze has been joined by Keira Walsh at Barcelona, who provided eight of Spain’s finalists. Hannah Hampton grew up in Spain and spent part of her childhood in the Villarreal academy. Batlle has just spent three years at Manchester United playing with the likes of Katie Zelem, Ella Toone and Mary Earps. As the curtain comes down on a month-long feast of football, this is in many ways the broader story of this World Cup: the mos

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Messi and co rally from 2-0 down to advance in Open Cup semi Argentinian fails to score for first time since joining club in July Miami one win from domestic double after Leagues Cup win Lionel Messi had two assists and converted a penalty kick as Inter Miami rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat MLS-leading Cincinnati 5-4 in penalties in a US Open Cup semi-final on Wednesday night. Cincinnati jumped to a 2-0 lead before Messi set up a pair of goals by Leonardo Campana, tying the game at two apiece. Miami moved ahead when Josef Martínez scored three minutes into the first extra period, but Cincinnati tied the game at three when Yuya Kubo scored in the 114th minute, forcing a penalty shootout. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/23/messi-assists-twice-as-inter-miami-win-on-penalties-to-reach-us-open-cup-final

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The team stuttered badly at the end of last season, even missing out on Europe, but they’ve set the early pace this year By Eric Devin for Get French Football News Monaco winning their first two matches of the season is not a total surprise. But their performances in the 4-2 victory against Clermont on the opening weekend and their 3-0 win against Strasbourg on Sunday suggest their reboot is coming together apace, especially given that other putative European contenders have stumbled out of the blocks. After a serious injury to Breel Embolo and the departures of Axel Disasi to Chelsea and Kevin Volland to Union Berlin, the team looked weaker than last season. The players brought in over the summer – former Juventus midfielder Denis Zakaria, goalkeeper Philipp Köhn, and defenders Mohammed Salisu and Wilfried Singo – were sturdy additions and young enough to develop further. But with Embolo absent and last season’s top scorer Wissam Ben Yedder another year older, they did not seem to

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! So then, Mason Greenwood. It’s generally agreed that Manchester United came to the right decision, give or take the rumbles of discontent on the usual Social Media Disgraces. It’s just that it looked like they were heading towards the wrong decision, only to double back and make the right decision once it became clear that making the wrong decision would be a very bad thing . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/22/mason-greenwood-manchester-united-football-daily

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With everything on the line, and every reason to look away, the Matildas instead leaned in to help to help out a young fan The players lined up in the tunnel, each hand in hand with an adoring young fan by their side. Sounds of their excited chatter and the buzz of 80,000 fans just a few feet above blurred together. Cameras popped, speakers boomed, and I could barely hear my own thoughts. The 2023 Women’s World Cup is the biggest women’s sporting event in history, so those of us lucky enough to work at the coal face know it’s going to be a big show. The stakes were crystal clear for the host nation on this particular night in Melbourne: win, and move on to the knockout stages as planned; lose, and the story ends in ways that will leave permanent stains on career and character alike. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/22/womens-world-cup-2023-gesture-matildas-fan

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Pep Guardiola has invented another new role, while Fulham are hoping to reinvigorate Raúl Jiménez Nicolas Jackson looks a lovely footballer, an intelligent runner with soft feet, physical prowess and a lively imagination. But he is not – yet – a killer, enjoying the aesthetic beauty of the game more than the front-post runs, penalty-spot pulls and scuffed finishes that must become his stock in trade; no serious centre-forward should allow Enzo Fernández to claim what should be the certain goal of a spot-kick. Alongside him, meanwhile, Raheem Sterling is unlikely to score prolifically in any team not managed by Pep Guardiola. When you factor in Christopher Nkunku’s injury, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke’s callowness and Mauricio Pochettino’s preferred 3-5-2 formation, it’s hard to see how Chelsea will be prolific enough to do serious damage this season. On the other hand, though, Moisés Caicedo will soon settle despite a disastrous debut cameo, and any team that has him, Fernández an

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This stuff is having a fiesta The transfer window enters its last eleven days – as the powers that be have handily extended it to 1 September, a Friday night. What better way to start your weekend than the ghosts of Jim White, Peter Odemwingie and Harry Redknapp’s car window? Still, the climax is in sight of what has been a crazy summer. Let’s start with crisis club Manchester United, who played like a drain at Tottenham on Saturday, their midfield a wobbling mess. The solution is the transfer market and another canny campaigner to partner Casemiro in Marco Verratti , the PSG player linked with the Premier League for what feels like decades when he is only 30. Bayern Munich, one of the summer’s prime market movers also want him, though also want to ship out Leroy Sané and Ryan Gravenberch as Thomas Tuchel overhauls FC Hollywood. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/21/football-transfer-rumour-mill-marco-verratti-to-join-m

Pep Guardiola has invented another new role, while Fulham are hoping to reinvigorate Raúl Jiménez Nicolas Jackson looks a lovely footballer, an intelligent runner with soft feet, physical prowess and a lively imagination. But he is not – yet – a killer, enjoying the aesthetic beauty of the game more than the front-post runs, penalty-spot pulls and scuffed finishes that must become his stock in trade; no serious centre-forward should allow Enzo Fernández to claim what should be the certain goal of a spot-kick. Alongside him, meanwhile, Raheem Sterling is unlikely to score prolifically in any team not managed by Pep Guardiola. When you factor in Christopher Nkunku’s injury, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke’s callowness and Mauricio Pochettino’s preferred 3-5-2 formation, it’s hard to see how Chelsea will be prolific enough to do serious damage this season. On the other hand, though, Moisés Caicedo will soon settle despite a disastrous debut cameo, and any team that has him, Fernández an

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100,000 more girls are playing football in England than they did in 2017. At a training session near Ipswich, we meet the under-12s who love the game “Wooh! Good finish,” calls out coach Ian Westlake as 10-year-old TJ Spurling fires a shot at goal. “Set it,” he shouts to the next player in line, “and then run. You want to come off your left foot.” It’s halfway through the Kesgrave Kestrels’ regular 90-minute Thursday evening training session – somewhere between the opening drills and the finishing game – and a brisk southwesterly wind is blowing in from the Suffolk coast nine miles away, gusting across the pitch of blue artificial turf. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/20/how-the-lionesses-have-inspired-a-new-generation-of-girls-england-womens-world-cup

Comedian was ‘Beckham-mad’ and says playing for partially sighted team ‘is hard, but it should be’ Inside the reception of the hotel at St George’s Park, home to all 23 England teams, there is a striking, backlit canvas that celebrates the country’s most capped players. The England cap wall features those from the men’s, women’s, para and futsal teams who have at least 50 caps. Parallel with Alan Shearer and nestled above Harry Kane is the comedian Josh Pugh , a staple of the partially sighted team vying to win the IBSA World Games. “Sir Stanley Matthews is on it, Sir Bobby Charlton, bloody Beckham, it’s just amazing,” says Pugh, who is set to win his 62nd cap on Saturday. “I never get bored of seeing it. If my little boy goes there when he’s 20 and sees his dad’s name … I’m so proud.” England’s partially sighted team are amateurs but prepare as professionally as possible. They study opposition clips, work with sports scientists and nutritionists, and swap pennants and sing the natio

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Messi’s 10th goal helps Inter Miami to club’s first ever trophy Nashville v Inter Miami: Leagues Cup final - as it happened Lionel Messi scored early in normal time and converted the first shot in penalties as Inter Miami beat Nashville SC 10-9 in a shootout in the Leagues Cup final on Saturday night. Messi scored for the 10th time in seven games since joining Inter Miami – all in the Leagues Cup competition – converting in the 23rd minute. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/19/lionel-messi-inter-miami-nashville-leagues-cup-final

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It was meant to end on a high. One final box to tick to cap off the Matildas’ record-breaking World Cup campaign on home soil. But from the first whistle of their third-place playoff game against Sweden it looked unlikely to happen. A first-half penalty by Fridolina Rolfö and a second-half cracker from captain Kosovare Asllani decisively put Australia in fourth place at this tournament. By no means a failure, but not what they wanted. It started as a classy display of possession football by Sweden but progressively descended into chaos as the first half progressed. Sweden dominated early and a masterclass from Asllani and Stina Blackstenius brought Mackenzie Arnold into action within a minute of play. Veteran defender Clare Polkinghorne, in the starting XI due to Alanna Kennedy’s concussion-enforced absence, had lunged with all her weight towards Asllani who was able to easily sidestep her and find Blackstenius in space. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.

Comedian was ‘Beckham-mad’ and says playing for partially sighted team ‘is hard, but it should be’ Inside the reception of the hotel at St George’s Park, home to all 23 England teams, there is a striking, backlit canvas that celebrates the country’s most capped players. The England cap wall features those from the men’s, women’s, para and futsal teams who have at least 50 caps. Parallel with Alan Shearer and nestled above Harry Kane is the comedian Josh Pugh , a staple of the partially sighted team vying to win the IBSA World Games. “Sir Stanley Matthews is on it, Sir Bobby Charlton, bloody Beckham, it’s just amazing,” says Pugh, who is set to win his 62nd cap on Saturday. “I never get bored of seeing it. If my little boy goes there when he’s 20 and sees his dad’s name … I’m so proud.” England’s partially sighted team are amateurs but prepare as professionally as possible. They study opposition clips, work with sports scientists and nutritionists, and swap pennants and sing the natio

England’s right wing-back had a wild and windswept start to life on Holy Island but is now key for Sarina Wiegman’s side Lucy Bronze’s early childhood was spent on wild, windswept, Holy Island, where her grandmother was the caretaker of Lindisfarne Castle. Given that, in a typical year, 650,000 tourists traverse the tidal causeway separating the island from the north Northumberland mainland, it was an important job. Even as a little girl, England’s future right wing-back swiftly learned that the privilege of living in such a magical, mystical, place involved her family shouldering considerable responsibility. Perhaps it should be no surprise, then, that Bronze, too, grew up to be a custodian. As the most senior Lioness in Sarina Wiegman’s squad, she has long served as a key nurturer of England’s ambition. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/19/lindisfarne-to-lioness-lucy-bronzes-long-road-to-the-world-cup-final

An intoxicating blend of sporting quality and spirit has been on display in Australia and New Zealand I was recently at my foundation’s summer camp where educators train children in exercise, nutrition and personality development. I noticed that the guests regularly looked excitedly at their mobile phones. They wanted to know what the score was. That morning, Germany were playing against South Korea and everyone felt something is at stake here. The Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has been exciting. The atmosphere in the stadiums has been excellent, millions in Europe and elsewhere are cheering at unusual times of the day. That would not have happened a few years ago: a group stage match captivating people in Germany. Women’s football has become more attractive because it is better. It can now be enjoyed without saying “yes, but”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/aug/19/what-the-mens-euros-next-year-can-l

A narrow opening win against Wolves was an acceptable start to the season but Erik ten Hag still has plenty to consider Manchester United and Erik ten Hag started the season with a home victory in front of a packed Old Trafford but it was a performance that gave them plenty to ponder rather than a platform. The last campaign began with two defeats and much outcry about whether Ten Hag could turn things around and the atmosphere felt flat on Monday after beating Wolves . It was thoroughly undeserved and slightly more clinical opponents would have been out of sight. A trip to Spurs on Saturday evening should provide a fascinating barometer of where United stand. The way Wolves’ Matheus Cunha glided through a nonexistent midfield is a cause for concern. Casemiro was brought in last summer to provide the steel needed to remove a soft underbelly but he was often left to put out fires alone on Monday, with the new pairing of Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount ahead of him. Continue reading..

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Walcott also played for Southampton and Everton ‘I want to experience life,’ says former forward aged 34 Theo Walcott has retired from professional football at the age of 34. The forward has ended his 18-year senior career after playing more than 560 games for Southampton, Arsenal and Everton, scoring 129 goals. “I’m officially going to be hanging up my boots. It’s very scary, I can’t lie,” Walcott told Gary Neville on The Overlap podcast . Walcott hangs up his boots following a 23-year career in which he made 397 Premier League appearances. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/18/theo-walcott-retires-football-arsenal-england-southampton-everton

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England pair have messaged clubmates throughout tournament ‘They’ve got world-class players but we’re looking forward to it’ Keira Walsh, Lucy Bronze and their Barcelona teammates have been messaging each other throughout the World Cup. The running joke? “We’ll see you in the final.” The draw and results have delivered the punchline: a mouthwatering tie between the European champions England and a technically gifted Spain. “We message before each game saying good luck, and obviously the idea was hopefully we would see each other in the final – but we didn’t actually expect it to happen,” Walsh said. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/17/walsh-and-bronze-relishing-england-battle-with-barcelona-teammates-in-world-cup-final

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An outpouring of heartbreak and love came from the home team’s papers, while English newspapers revelled in the Lionesses’ victory Follow all our Women’s World Cup 2023 coverage Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia has been left heartbroken after the Matildas were defeated by England’s Lionesses in their Fifa Women’s World Cup semi-final . As the tears dry, we take a look at what the newspapers in Australia and Britain made of the match. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/17/australia-and-uk-newspaper-front-pages-matildas-defeat-england-win-fifa-womens-world-cup-2023-semi-final

Richard Arnold and executive panel have handled investigation Club statement: ‘We are in the final stages of making a decision’ Manchester United have said Richard Arnold, their chief executive, will take the final decision on Mason Greenwood’s future and have asked for patience regarding the announcement of the outcome. United have been consulting various stakeholders as part of a process that began in early February. The club have attracted criticism for the length of the investigation and a statement on Wednesday said it was in its final stages. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/16/chief-executive-to-decide-mason-greenwoods-future-at-manchester-united

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Plus: teams scoring just once and qualifying at World Cups, penalty shootout shutouts and Clough v facial hair Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “In their opening game of the League Two season, Sutton beat Notts County 5-1 despite having only 30% possession,” tweets Fishing4Boots. “That works out at 6% of the possession for each goal scored. Has any team ever recorded a lower percentage in a professional match (naturally excluding the likes of that 149-0 protest )?” As this question is really about smash-and-grab thrashings, we’ve imposed an entirely arbitrary restriction: teams must have had less than 40% possession to qualify. That rules out spectacular mismatches, such as England 20-0 Latvia during qualification for this year’s Women’s World Cup. (Since you asked, England had 86% possession, a possession-per-goal figure of 4.3. And no, we couldn’t find possession stats for Australia 31-0 American Samoa .) Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian h

Clubs have spent big this summer and a number of new signings impressed in the opening round of games By Ben McAleer for WhoScored Arsenal’s club-record signing made his league debut at the Emirates in Saturday’s delayed kick-off. Mikel Arteta’s side made things difficult for themselves towards the end of their 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest , but Declan Rice put in a solid shift in the middle of the park, making four tackles and an interception. Rice also picked out his teammates with ease, returning a 92.3% pass success rate from 91 attempted passes. He won the ball and recycled possession well throughout. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2023/aug/16/best-debuts-first-weekend-premier-league-season

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Australia captain may be deployed as impact substitute again ‘Consistency and chemistry is key,’ says coach Tony Gustavsson Matildas coach Tony Gustavasson has hinted on the eve of Australia’s historic World Cup semi-final clash that star striker Sam Kerr will again be used off the bench against England in Sydney. Kerr returned from a calf injury as a late substitute in the last 16, before playing more than 60 minutes as the Matildas’ quarter-final against France went to penalties. With just four days between the matches, and Australia’s attacking quartet of Caitlin Foord, Mary Fowler, Emily van Egmond and Hayley Raso combining well together, Kerr’s addition to the starting line-up would cause complications for the manager. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/15/womens-world-cup-2023-matildas-australia-vs-england-will-sam-kerr-start-play-team-lineup-squad

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The former Ajax midfielder was always attuned to the feelings of his teammates. A move into the world of psychology seemed like a natural step When people recall the 2002 US men’s national team and their run to the quarter-finals of the World Cup , they may remember the quintessential Dos a Cero match. Or Clint Mathis’ surprise mohawk. Or their first game, in which they upset a golden-generation Portugal team 3–2. One of the crucial elements to that US team – indeed, the guy who scored their opening goal of the tournament – was John O’Brien, a skillful and cerebral midfielder from Los Angeles. O’Brien also assisted Mathis’ goal against South Korea with a ridiculously accurate chip, and played a beautiful, Pirlo-esque pass to set up Landon Donovan’s insurance goal that buried Mexico in the round of 16. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/14/john-obrien-from-usa-world-cup-hero-to-doctor-of-clinical-psychology

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Hammers make second summer signing after Edson Álvarez Southampton salute club ‘legend’ after his 20 years there James Ward-Prowse has completed his £30m transfer to West Ham from Southampton. The move ends the midfielder’s 20-year stay at Southampton, whom he joined at the age of eight. The England international is West Ham’s second summer signing, after another midfielder, Edson Álvarez, joined from Ajax from £32m, and they expect to complete a £30m deal for the Manchester United defender Harry Maguire after agreeing a fee and personal terms. Maguire has been tying up some financial matters with United. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/14/james-ward-prowse-west-ham-30m-southampton

Still just 20 years old, the Australia forward has risen to the occasion at this Women’s World Cup but her biggest test awaits in the semi-final When Mary Fowler stepped up to take a penalty on Saturday, the Matildas’ quarter-final was on a knife-edge, with France holding a slight advantage. Fowler was taking Australia’s fourth penalty – had she missed, the French would take a critical advantage into the final pair of attempts. The pressure on the shoulders of the 20-year-old could not have been greater, in her first shootout in competitive football. Fowler walked slowly to the mark and stared down France goalkeeper Solène Durand. She bounced the ball like a basketballer, once, twice. The Manchester City player walked a few steps backwards before pausing to draw in a deep breath. She exhaled – this was it. A step forward, then another – almost prancing. And then she smashed the ball low and hard towards the left corner. Durand went the wrong way, but she never had any chance. It was

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Estimated average audience in Australia of 4.17 million Optus reports match as its third-highest ratings stream ever The Matildas’ epic shootout victory over France on Saturday was the largest television sport event in at least a decade, with an estimated average audience in Australia during the game of 4.17 million. According to preliminary OzTAM data, the 7-6 penalty win reached more than 7.2 million people across Channel Seven and its streaming service 7plus. The figures made it the top television program for the year, eclipsing Monday’s round of 16 victory over Denmark. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/13/matildas-world-cup-shootout-tv-audience-likely-the-biggest-since-cathy-freeman-race

Matildas fans all over the country shook the ground as they celebrated Australia's historic victory over France in the 2023 Women's World Cup. There was a similar reaction thousands of feet in the air as fans on an Emirates flight couldn't contain their excitement after the tense penalty shootout. However, one traveller was spotted continuing to watch Lord of the Rings: Return of the King during the tense game Matildas take centre stage as AFL fans get on board with screenings of World Cup win ‘Craziest game ever’: Matildas ride emotions on way to World Cup semi-finals Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/aug/13/the-moment-a-plane-full-of-passengers-erupts-over-the-matildas-win-except-one-video

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