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Manchester United’s ‘Wembley of the North’ stadium plan hits the buffers

Talks deadlocked over asking price of rail terminal site Freightliner’s £400m demand could delay £4.2bn build Manchester United’s plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium next to Old Trafford are facing delays due to a standoff over the price of land needed to begin work on the construction of the proposed ground Sir Jim Ratcliffe has called “the Wembley of the North”. The club want land used as a rail freight terminal to complete the Old Trafford Regeneration Project, which they claim will bring £7.3bn a year to the UK economy. United have held talks with Freightliner, the haulage company that owns and operates the terminal, about buying the land, but negotiations are deadlocked due to a disagreement over the price. Continue reading...

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Chess grandmaster wins first online competition at Esports World Cup

World number one Magnus Carlsen takes home $250,000 (£188,000) for winning the online competition.

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Morecambe FC fans set to ‘lose everything’ without 11th-hour takeover

Club faces ‘total collapse’ in 72 hours unless owner, Jason Whittingham, agrees to sell up, shareholders say Fans of Morecambe football club said they were about to “lose everything”, with the 105-year-old institution facing closure on Monday without an 11th-hour takeover. Shareholders at the National League club said it would “officially shut” and face “total collapse” in 72 hours unless the owner, Jason Whittingham, agreed to sell up. Continue reading...

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Scottish football clubs owe more than £22m to government in Covid loans

11 clubs have repaid only £2.78m up to March 2025 Rangers owe £2.78m and Aberdeen more than £2.7m More than £22m in Covid-related loans from the Scottish government to football clubs remained outstanding at the end of the last financial year, it has been revealed following a Guardian freedom of information request on the eve of a new Scottish Premiership season. Eleven clubs, then all in the top flight, opted to take interest-free loans totalling £25.26m in 2021 to assist with business recovery from the pandemic. While terms on the loans mean full repayment is not due until 2042, the scale of moneys still outstanding is likely to turn heads as many top-flight outfits continue to spend freely and receive decent transfer fees for players. Several clubs have also received significant European revenues over recent seasons. Clubs lower down the Scottish football food chain also received Covid grants. Two of them, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dumbarton, have subsequently entered administration. Continue reading...

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‘Dodgy looking’ clip of Trump playing golf in Scotland sparks cheating debate

Video appears to show aide dropping ball in favourable position, as golf fans say it is a bad look for the sport Trump tariffs – live updates UK politics live – latest updates In Golf in the Kingdom, a classic sports book about adventures on a mystical Scottish links course – and the spiritual growth that can take place there – the narrator’s ball ends up buried in a gorse bush. His appeal to the local pro/guru he is with to drop the ball clear of the thorns is met with a brusque: “Play it like it lies. It’ll come out.” The ball stays put, but the ordeal leads to life lessons being learned. Continue reading...

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Irish court rejects Conor McGregor’s appeal in sexual assault case

Martial arts fighter loses attempt to overturn jury’s order that he compensates Nikita Hand Conor McGregor has lost an appeal in Ireland over a civil court ruling last year awarding damages to a woman who accused him of rape. Three judges at the court of appeal in Dublin dismissed all the grounds for appeal raised by McGregor, 36. Continue reading...

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Olympic star Dahlmeier dead after climbing accident

Two-time Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies aged 31 after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.

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‘You dug deep’: Starmer leads tributes to England women after Euros triumph

Lionesses’s win brings acclaim from figures from King Charles to Fara Williams while Prince William hails players on pitch Chloe Kelly the hero again as England beat Spain in Euro 2025 final shootout Keir Starmer led the tributes to the England women’s national football team after they overcame Spain to win back-to-back European Championships. The Lionesses became the first England team – men’s or women’s – to win a major competition on foreign soil, with Chloe Kelly’s penalty enough to give them a 3-1 penalty shootout win after the game finished 1-1 after extra time. Continue reading...

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Women’s Euro 2025 final to cap £800m boost for UK supermarkets, pubs and retailers

Sunday’s England v Spain match set to be most-watched women’s football match in UK history, benefiting food, drink and hospitality industries The climax of the exhilarating women’s Euros, as the Lionesses attempt to atone for their loss to Spain at the World Cup, is poised to be the most-watched women’s football match in UK history with the tournament providing a more than £800m boost to supermarkets, pubs and retailers. With Sunday’s showdown aired on both ITV and the BBC, and their respective streaming services, TV industry executives expect that, with the help of a family-friendly 5pm kick-off time, viewing will eclipse the 14.8 million peak audience when England lost 1-0 to Spain in Sydney two years ago, if the match is close. Continue reading...

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Indian FA confirms that job applications from Xavi and Guardiola were hoaxes

Team director had previously announced Xavi interest ‘Email applications were not genuine’, statement reveals The All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed on Saturday that a job application attributed to the former Barcelona manager and Spain midfielder, Xavi Hernández, for the India head coaching role was a hoax. The Indian FA’s national team director told the Times of India on Thursday that Xavi’s name was on the list of applicants. The report also quoted an AIFF technical committee member saying that his candidacy was deemed too expensive to pursue. Continue reading...

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‘She’s an inspiration to the youngsters’: the rapid rise of Michelle Agyemang

Lioness has gone from prospect to superstar at Euro 2025 – and she’s got more than just football in her locker Four years ago, Michelle Agyemang was a ballgirl at Wembley stadium, witnessing the Lionesses’ rule the pitch in a 4-0 victory against Northern Ireland. Now, at just 19 years old, she no longer finds herself retrieving balls that have veered out of play, but is an integral part of the team she once admired from the sidelines. The forward, who football fans hope will be showing off her on-pitch magic on Sunday as the Lionesses’ face off against Spain in the Euros 2025 final, began her journey to the top of the sport in her Essex home town of South Ockendon. Continue reading...

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‘The sorest my legs have ever been’: hordes to descend on Hackney for litter-picking world cup

The public-spirited sport of spogomi is catching on across Britain, which boasts its world champion team Armed with gloves, metal tongs and plastic rubbish sacks, hordes of determined litter-pickers will descend on Hackney Marshes in east London this weekend. Spogomi, a Japanese litter-picking sport, has come to the UK. Invented in 2008, it was intended as a competition to encourage people to clean up public spaces. It is now played in schools across the country as people gamify collecting rubbish. Continue reading...

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Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course

His private visit is exceptional as US presidents rarely promote their personal interests so publicly while in office.

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US wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies aged 71

The star was a huge figure in WWF, now WWE, in the 1980s and was also known for his reality TV series.

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Blood, sweat and tears: Look back at the highs and lows of Hulk Hogan

The all-American hero of wrestling also had a Hollywood career and was one of Donald Trump's biggest fans.

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Hulk Hogan, wrestling star and actor, dies aged 71

The WWE star and vocal supporter of Donald Trump died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Florida Hulk Hogan, the wrestling star turned vocal supporter of Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71, his manager confirmed. Chris Volo told NBC Los Angeles that Hogan, given name Terry Gene Bollea, suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida, and died surrounded by his family. Continue reading...

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Judge finds accuser in blockbuster Canada hockey sexual assault trial ‘neither credible or reliable’

Official verdict has yet to be handed down, but judge said government had not proved case beyond reasonable doubt A Canadian judge found on Thursday that the woman who accused five professional hockey players was “neither credible or reliable”, in a dramatic conclusion to a trial that ignited debate over the nature of sexual consent and the status of hockey players in a country where many see the sport as a pillar of national identity. While an official verdict has yet to be handed down, Justice Maria Carroccia told a packed Ontario courtroom that the government had not proved the charges – against five members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior ice hockey team – beyond a reasonable doubt. Continue reading...

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Verdict expected in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial - what to know

A judge on Thursday will deliver her verdict in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team.

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Qatar wants to host Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036

Country in discussions with IOC over staging the Games A move from event’s traditional summer slot may be required Qatar has confirmed its interest in hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The country’s Olympic committee (QOC) confirmed on Tuesday it was in “ongoing discussions” with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over staging the Games. The Middle East nation hosted the men’s football World Cup in 2022. Continue reading...

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Driver held for hit-and-run death of world's 'oldest' marathon runner

Police in India arrest a man they say was driving the car that hit Fauja Singh in his village on Monday.

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Fauja Singh, ‘world’s oldest marathon runner’, dies in road accident aged 114

Singh’s east London running club confirms death in India of athlete thought to be first centenarian to run a marathon The runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114. The athlete, who lived in Ilford in east London, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village of Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, on Monday, according to reports in India. Continue reading...

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World's 'oldest' marathon runner dies at 114 in hit-and-run

Police say Singh was walking in his village in India's Punjab state when an unidentified vehicle hit him.

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World Cup will use more indoor venues for day-time kick-offs to combat heat

Infantino acts after player welfare fears at Club World Cup ‘Heat is definitely an issue. We have covered stadiums’ Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, has said indoor air-conditioned venues will be used as much as possible for day-time kick-offs at the 2026 World Cup to combat expected high temperatures. Concerns have been raised about player welfare during the Club World Cup in the US, which will co-host next year’s tournament with Canada and Mexico. Enzo Fernández described conditions during Chelsea’s semi-final against Fluminense, when the temperature was 35C, as “very dangerous”. Continue reading...

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Gout Gout wins again in Monaco as Jess Hull and Peter Bol break national records

17-year-old dazzles in under-23 200m at Diamond League meet Bol fourth in fast 800m final that sees world record fall The remarkable Gout Gout story speeds on with the Australian producing another blistering performance to further his European track education in Monaco. Guesting in an invitational 200 metres at the prestigious Diamond League meeting at the Stade Louis II in the principality during his school holidays on Friday, the teenage phenomenon raced away to another striking win in 20.10 seconds into a headwind. Continue reading...

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Caster Semenya calls for athletes’ rights to be put first as court rules in her favour

ECHR rules South African runner did not have fair trial on need to lower testosterone levels to compete in women’s sport The South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes’ rights to be better protected after Europe’s top human rights court ruled that she had not been given a fair trial when she contested a policy that required her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete in women’s sport. The decision, handed down on Thursday by the European court of human rights, was the latest twist in the two-time Olympic gold medallist’s extraordinary legal battle. Continue reading...

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Semenya's right to a fair hearing violated - ECHR

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her long legal battle over athletics' sex eligibility rules.

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BBC commentator Andrew Castle sorry for getting US footballer’s name wrong

Trinity Rodman, girlfriend of tennis star Ben Shelton, was repeatedly called ‘Tiffany’ during Wimbledon coverage The BBC commentator Andrew Castle has apologised after repeatedly getting the name of a top American footballer wrong. Trinity Rodman, who is the girlfriend of the American tennis player Ben Shelton, criticised the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage in which Castle called her “Tiffany” several times. Continue reading...

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Red Bull sack team principal Horner

Christian Horner is sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal.

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Jota's car was probably speeding before fatal crash, Spanish police say

The Liverpool player was killed with his brother when their Lamborghini car had a suspected tyre blowout.

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Wimbledon line-call failure came after operator turned cameras off by mistake

System was unintentionally deactivated with one computer click, it is understood, sparking chaos on Centre Court Wimbledon’s electronic line-calling failure on Sunday came after an operator unintentionally switched off a set of cameras on Centre Court with one computer click, it is understood. Bosses earlier defended the new system as they continued to blame Sunday’s seven minutes of chaos on human error. Continue reading...