Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino was “angry and disappointed” by his side’s 4-1 defeat at Newcastle United. The visitors were level at half-time but capitulated in the second half, conceding three goals and having captain Reece James sent off. After encouraging performances against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, Pochettino felt Chelsea were “soft in every challenge”…
Manchester City and Liverpool have consistently served up matches that were a full-on football feast since they became the two pre-eminent Premier League superpowers under managers Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. This was not one of them. Whether it was the early start, heavy legs from international duty or just simply footballers actually being human,…
Life as a questioned £65m signing cannot have been easy for Kai Havertz. The Germany forward has faced intense scrutiny since his switch from Chelsea, with fans and pundits debating his best position, his form and whether he even belongs in an Arsenal shirt. With Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus fit to return to the…
1 hour ago About sharing Volodymyr Zelensky was elected as Ukraine’s president in 2019 By Abdujalil Abdurasulov BBC News, Kyiv How can you hold elections in a war? For months, Ukraine has been caught up in a heated debate over whether the country needs to hold a presidential election next year as originally scheduled. All…
Katie Taylor defeats Chantelle Cameron to become two-weight undisputed champion in Dublin By Coral BarryBBC Sport at the 3Arena, Dublin Last updated on 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago.From the section Boxing Katie Taylor edged Chantelle Cameron via majority decision in their light-welterweight title fight at Dublin’s 3Arena on Saturday. Ireland’s Taylor avenged the only defeat…
17 minutes ago About sharing By George Bowden BBC News The author of a forthcoming book about the Royal Family has urged people to wait until it comes out, saying media reports were using “bad translations and snippets without context”. Omid Scobie, a royal commentator, will see his book Endgame – which describes a “fight…
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39 minutes ago About sharing Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have joined a march in central London calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Demonstrators are marching on the second day of a four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas. It is the first London march since Armistice Day, when more…
31 minutes ago About sharing By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg It’s a “betrayal”. It’s a “slap in the face”. The numbers are “shockingly high” and it’s simply “unsustainable”. Politicians all seem very cross about the numbers of people from around the world making the UK their home. And they nearly all seem…
3 minutes ago About sharing People have been waiting in long queues for fuel and aid in the Gaza Strip, as the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas appears to hold for a second day. Gazans are trying to make the most of the pause in fighting to gather much-needed supplies, search for loved ones…