Wirtz is already one of the Bundesliga’s top performers at the age of 22, largely operating as a number 10, a dynamic playmaker blessed with pace, awareness and the ability to make clever decisions at high speed. He was the most effective dribbler of all Bundesliga players last season, both in terms of volume and...
York City co-owner Julie-Anne Uggla has written an open letter to the EFL and National League about the “glaring imbalance” of the promotion system. In February the 72 clubs in the National League, including those in the North and South divisions, started the 3UP campaign that called for three teams to go up from the...
While Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham are all planning for next season’s Champions League, United are unable to offer new recruits any European football – let alone a place in Europe’s premier club competition. Indeed, it is now more than three years since United last played a Champions League knockout tie. Despite...
Standing at the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Trump administration officials welcomed 59 white South Africans to their new home in the United States. “We respect what you had to deal with these last few years,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau told a small crowd. “We’re excited to welcome you here...
The founder of the Kwik Fit garage chain, Sir Tom Farmer, has died at the age of 84. The Edinburgh-born businessman died peacefully at his home in the city on Friday, his family said. He built the company into the world’s biggest independent tyre and automotive chain, selling it to Ford for £1bn in 1999....
In an interview with ESPN, external this week, Haaland said City’s disappointing season after a run of four consecutive league titles was due to a loss of “hunger” in the squad. “You can find excuses, injuries, many injuries at bad times, but in the end we haven’t been performing well enough,” Haaland said. “We haven’t...
England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso could be fit for the summer international tours, says Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter. The 22-year-old has not played this year after dislocating his shoulder in late December, with delays to his surgery following as England and Exeter discussed his treatment. Baxter says Feyi-Waboso, who scored a try in each...
Paris St-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele is fit for Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Arsenal after recovering from a hamstring injury. The France striker was considered a doubt after coming off midway through the second half of last week’s first leg at Emirates Stadium. The 27-year-old, who scored the only goal in north London,...
Glentoran defender Demi Vance says she is “fit and ready” to play for Northern Ireland if she is recalled by manager Tanya Oxtoby. Vance has won 95 caps but not featured for Northern Ireland since being left out of Oxtoby’s squad for October’s Euro 2025 play-off with Croatia. The 33-year-old was one of the most...
In one of my posts yesterday, I went over how the French and German governments’ heavy-handed treatment – in some cases, outright persecution – of ‘right-wing’ parties and their members was backfiring on the establishment pretty spectacularly. It has to be maddening to the Brahmins of Brussels and their...
Tom Espiner & Emma Smith BBC business reporters Getty Images Cosmetics company Lush and car repair chain Kwik Fit are among firms which have warned they will raise prices due an increase in employers’ National Insurance (NI). Other firms have told the BBC they will reduce how much profit they make, freeze hiring or in...
“All the careful things are already done. Now it’s about putting him on the grass at the right moment, but he’s pushing because he really wants to. “We have respected the timeline and we have done everything. “Bukayo is a massive weapon that we have. We know the impact he has in the team and...
John Acres BBC News, Devon Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Anne-Marie August Anne-Marie August says she is a keen exerciser A “fit and healthy” woman from Devon who survived an “incredibly rare” aortic dissection has said she is determined to make the most of life. Marie Anne August, of Newton Abbot, became ill during...
Sussex are confident England bowler Ollie Robinson will be fit for their opening match back in County Championship Division One, head coach Paul Farbrace says. The south coast club won promotion back to the first tier last year and begin the season against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Friday, 4 April. Robinson, who has taken 76...
