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⚽️ Updates from this 7.45pm BST KO at Wembley⚽️ Tonight’s live scores | Email SimonThe lineups are in and they look like this. Marc Guehi becomes the 129th England captain:England: Pickford, White, Konsa, Guehi, O’Reilly, Anderson, Mainoo, Palmer, Rogers, Foden, Gordon. Subs: Trafford, Steele, Henderson, Maguire, Bellingham, Rashford, Burn, Solanke, Barnes, Bowen, Garner, Spence, Livramento, Hall.Japan: Suzuki, J Ito, Watanabe, Taniguchi, Nakamura, Sano, Kamada, Doan, Mitoma, H Ito, Ueda. Subs: Hayakawa, Osaka, Sugawara, Seko, Fujita, Y Suzuki, Machino, Maeda, Hashioka, Tanaka, Ogawa, J Suzuki. Continue reading...

⚽️ Updates from this 7.45pm BST KO at the Bilino Polje Stadium⚽️ Tonight’s live scores | Email ScottBosnia and Herzegovina: Vasilj, Dedic, Muharemovic, Katic, Kolasinac, Bajraktarevic, Sunjic, Basic, Memic, Demirovic, Dzeko.Subs: Hadzikic, Zlomislic, Mujakic, Celik, Tahirovic, Tabakovic, Radeljic, Alajbegovic, Burnic, Hadziahmetovic, Bazdar, Gigovic.Italy: Donnarumma, Mancini, Bastoni, Calafiori, Politano, Barella, Locatelli, Tonali, Dimarco, Kean, Retegui.Subs: Carnesecchi, Meret, Palestra, Spinazzola, Buongiorno, Raspadori, Pisilli, Esposito, Cristante, Frattesi, Gatti, Cambiaso. Continue reading...

An incident at the end of the Duke-UConn game reminded Black people of something we already know: we’re treated differently in AmericaThe UConn-Duke game on Sunday night was one for the ages. A last-second game winner from freshman Braylon Mullins took down the top-seeded Blue Devils, who at one point had led by 19 points. It is a moment that will be replayed over and over for years to come.However, something strange happened after Mullins’s shot. UConn’s head coach Dan Hurley approached referee Roger Ayers and touched foreheads with the official while glaring into his eyes. It wasn’t quite the “head-butt” some called it on social media but it was an eye-catching scene. For his part, Ayers told ESPN the incident was “absolutely nothing” but it wouldn’t have been unusual for Hurley to be given a technical foul, which would have given Duke free throws and a chance to win the game with 0.4 seconds left. Continue reading...

Teenager plays in Portugal for Valadares GaiaLionesses face Spain and Iceland in World Cup qualifiersSarina Wiegman said she left the 17‑year‑old Erica Meg Parkinson speechless with her first call-up to the England squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Spain and Iceland.The shock inclusion of the Singapore-born midfielder, who plays for the Portuguese first division side Valadares Gaia, comes less than six months after her first call-up to England Under-23s, amid a rapid rise through the Lionesses’ youth setup. Continue reading...

Italian aiming to ‘excite and inspire’ supportersNo break clause in the event that Spurs are relegatedTottenham have confirmed the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach. The London club have given him a five-year contract but all eyes are on the remainder of this season when he has been charged with keeping them in the Premier League. Spurs are one point and one place above the relegation zone with seven matches to play – the next of which is at Sunderland on Sunday week. There is no break clause in De Zerbi’s deal in the event that Spurs go down.“I am delighted to be joining this fantastic football club, which is one of the biggest and most prestigious in the world,” De Zerbi said. “In all my discussions with the club’s leadership, their ambition for the future has been clear – to build a team capable of reaching great achievements and to do that playing a style of football that excites and inspires our supporters. I am here because I believe in that ambition.” Continue reading...

Trainer calls on authorities to apply ‘common sense’BHA later permitted horses to be re-entered in raceThe betting market for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 2 May was thrown into confusion on Tuesday when two significant candidates from the Aidan O’Brien stable, Gstaad and Albert Einstein, were taken out of the race, apparently as the result of an administrative error.The chaos was then compounded later in the day by uncertainty over whether a plan to re-engage both colts if necessary at a cost of £30,000 each might be prohibited by the rules of entry, before the British Horseracing Authority confirmed that supplementary entries would in fact be accepted. Continue reading...

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!According to Keith Allen, lead singer of Fat Les, legendary bassist Guy Pratt made more money from just being the producer of ‘Vindaloo’, the unofficial England World Cup song for the 1998 tournament, than from playing with Pink Floyd.How cruel life is. When any one of four superb letters yesterday could have potentially won letter o’ the day it goes to a usual suspect … and it’s prizeless. A bit like Macclesfield nearly capturing all the headlines in this year’s FA Cup, only to be outdone by Port Vale … but Manchester City triumphing in the end. Keep up the good/bad work” – Andy Morrison.Arsenal are indeed, despite what is reported elsewhere, still in the running for the quadruple. This would consist of winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in addition to the most prestigious Spurs relegation. Fingers crossed!” – Mike Kovacs.Many thanks for the picture of Charlton and Best at Crystal Palace in 1969 (yesterday’s Memory Lane, full email edition). First game I attended as a young United fan. My dad, a City fan, took me” – Simon Webber.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

Fifa president made comments at Iran-Costa Rica gameInfantino says Iran will play games in the US as scheduledIran scheduled to open World Cup in LA on 15 JuneThe Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, told AFP on Tuesday that Iran “will be at the World Cup” and will play their group matches in the United States as scheduled, despite the Middle East war.“Iran will be at the World Cup,” Infantino said at half-time of Iran’s friendly against Costa Rica in Turkey. “That’s why we’re here. We’re delighted because they’re a very, very strong team, I’m very happy.” Continue reading...

Deputies cite signs of impairment in affidavitHydrocodone pills found in pocket after arrestTiger Woods told authorities he was looking down at his phone and changing the radio station before his rollover crash last week in Florida, according to a probable cause affidavit.The 50-year-old golf star was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on Friday afternoon after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled on to its side near his home on Jupiter Island. Continue reading...

Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise, Rayan Cherki, Désiré Doué, Hugo Ekitike and Marcus Thuram all played their parts in wins against Brazil and Colombia at the weekendBy Get French Football News“It feels strange to be speaking as though I’m one of the old guys, even though I’m not,” said Kylian Mbappé while on France duty this week. As he wraps up his third year as captain and closes in on a century of appearances, the 27-year-old seems to have finally grown comfortable in his position as the team’s leader.“Nowadays, I fully realise the role the coach and my teammates are expecting me to have,” the forward added. “I was the star of the team in 2022 and in that position everyone concentrates on you and wants to look after you. Now, it’s the opposite. I’m the one who has to look after the others. Some of them were still kids when I was turning professional.” Continue reading...