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FIFA president hits out at mean critics and gets four more years in the job

Gianni Infantino hit back at his media critics on the day he was re-elected for a new four-year term as FIFA president at the organisation’s Congress in Rwanda. The Swiss said some reports concerning his support base were “racist” and argued FIFA is singled out for negative press when it proposes new competitions. Infantino had started his press conference on the eve of last year’s World Cup in Doha with an opening statement lasting more than an hour, and beganRead More

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MPs to vote next week on Sunaks new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland

MPs will get their first chance to vote on Rishi Sunak’s new deal with the EU on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland next week. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said the House will be asked on Wednesday to approve regulations to implement the so-called Stormont brake element of the Windsor Framework. Downing Street said the measure – which potentially gives the UK a veto over the imposition of new EU rules in Northern Ireland – was the “most significant part”Read More

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The Crown actor spotted jogging through St Andrews as filming continues

The actor who plays the Prince of Wales during his university years in Netflix show The Crown was seen jogging in St Andrews as filming for the next series continues in the town. Ed McVey was spotted wearing tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie with the University of St Andrews logo on it while being filmed running at the town’s East Scores. The 21-year-old was also seen having a bite to eat amongst the camera crew at St Andrews harbour duringRead More

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Sean Dyche confirms Everton striker Dominic Calvert Lewin will miss Chelsea game

Dominic Calvert-Lewin will not be part of the Everton squad to take on Chelsea on Saturday after ‘feeling something’ in training. The Toffees are desperately short of options up front but Calvert-Lewin’s absence with a hamstring problem that has dogged him all season will extend at least until after the international break. The England forward has made only 12 appearances all season, the last of which came in the victory over Arsenal in early February. Manager Sean Dyche denied Calvert-LewinRead More

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UK bans TikTok from official Government phones over security concern

TikTok has been banned from Government phones after a security review but ministers and officials will still be able to use the Chinese-owned app on their personal phones. Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden announced the move, which he said would be “good cyber hygiene” amid a risk to “sensitive Government data”, with immediate effect on Thursday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had been under pressure from senior MPs to follow the US and the European Union in barring the video-sharing appRead More

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Friend of teen knifed outside school told police he had joined a gang and left

The friend of a teenage boy stabbed to death outside his school gates told police it happened because he “joined a gang and had left”, a court has been told. Khayri McLean, 15, died in a “well-planned and targeted” knifing at the entrance to North Huddersfield Trust School after being attacked by two balaclava-wearing youths “lying in wait” for him as he left, prosecutors say. A 15-year-old boy who knifed Khayri in the chest has admitted murder, jurors at LeedsRead More

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Ivan Toney called up to Gareth Southgates first post World Cup England squad

Ivan Toney has returned to Gareth Southgate’s England squad – despite a potential ban hanging over his head. The in-form Brentford striker is in Southgate’s first squad since the World Cup quarter-final exit to France in December for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine this month. But Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling is missing for the opening qualifying matches, having been absent for the Blues’ 3-1 win at Leicester at the weekend. Toney is still waiting for a Football Association verdict after being charged with 262Read More

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Bono Pressure to look macho stopped me from admitting love of Abba

U2 frontman Bono has said the pressure to look “macho” as a young man stopped him from admitting he enjoyed the music of Abba. The singer, 62, said he did not have the “courage” to “own up” to liking the Swedish pop superstars but now was able to see that “you can’t be empirical about everything in art”. Bono spoke alongside guitarist The Edge, 61, during an hour-long special for BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room, where they played songs fromRead More

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Gregor Townsend believes Scotland can cope without Finn Russell and Stuart Hogg

Gregor Townsend is confident Scotland will be able to cope without influential backs Finn Russell and Stuart Hogg for Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations match at home to Italy. The experienced pair are missing through injuries that forced them off in the closing stages of last weekend’s defeat by Ireland. Blair Kinghorn will replace Russell at stand-off and Ollie Smith will take the place of full-back Hogg, as was the case in one of last summer’s Tests against Argentina. Asked ifRead More

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