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Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensMay 15, 2025, 08:30 PM ETBarcelona coach Hansi Flick was praised for getting his celebrating players off the pitch as tensions threatened to spill over after they secured the LaLiga title on Thursday with a 2-0 win at Espanyol.It was the second time in three years Barça have won the league at their city rivals, with their triumph in 2023 marred by home supporters breaching the pitch and chasing the visiting players down the tunnel.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedFlick ensured those scenes weren’t repeated this time, marching his players off as the sprinklers were turned on and an increased security…

Doha, Qatar Reuters  —  The United States is examining development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an upgrade to its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor called the F-22 Super, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Trump was speaking at a meeting of business leaders including the heads of Boeing and GE Aerospace in Doha, a day after announcing a string of business deals including an order from Qatar for 160 Boeing commercial jets. Trump referred to the F-55 both as an upgrade to the Lockheed F-35 and a new development in comments that…

WASHINGTON — As House Republicans scramble to corral the votes to pass a massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda, their Senate counterparts are making clear the emerging package won’t fly as written when it reaches them.Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., was categorical that the product coming out of various House committees cannot pass the Senate as it currently stands.“No. We’ll make changes,” Hoeven said. “We’ve been talking with the House and there’s a lot of things we agree on. … But there’ll be changes in a number of areas.”It wouldn’t surprise House members to learn that their Senate colleagues want…

Victory in the FA Cup Final would not save Manchester City’s season, but it would at least salvage something from a campaign Erling Haaland has described as “horrific.”The striker has underwhelmed for the first time since joining, having scored 15 fewer Premier League goals than he did in his first season at the club, albeit having played six fewer matches. You can’t criticise a striker who has racked up 30 goals in all competitions with three matches left to play but Haaland sets his own incredibly high bar, and the record-breaking numbers he posted across his first two seasons have…

Bangkok, Thailand Reuters  —  A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon, police said on Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake. Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a six-week operation in the rubble of the partially constructed 30-story State Audit Office tower in the capital Bangkok, which was the only skyscraper to collapse during tremors caused by a massive 7.7 magnitude quake in neighboring Myanmar. The charges included building code violations that caused deaths, carrying a…

Jakarta, Indonesia AP  —  An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from Dallas, Texas, was arrested May 7, after police raided his apartment in Tangerang regency, just outside the capital, Jakarta, and seized 132 pieces of cannabis candies, said Ronald Sipayung, the Soekarno-Hatta Airport police chief. The arrest followed a tip from the airport’s customs that reported Shaw had received a suspicious…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers…THE TIMES Football’s lawmakers do not plan to make changes to the VAR protocol around delaying an offside flag despite the injury to the Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, on the basis that the policy already tells officials to immediately signal if they are certain a player is offside.Liverpool are expected to approach Bayer Leverkusen and formally trigger the £30million release clause that will make Jeremie Frimpong the first signing of the club’s summer recruitment drive. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Take a look at some of…

May 15, 2025, 06:49 PM ETA Rio de Janeiro court ordered the board of Brazil’s Football Confederation (CBF) to be removed from their positions, including president Ednaldo Rodrigues on Thursday.Fernando Sarney, one of the CBF’s vice-presidents who requested Rodrigues’ removal, was appointed interim president and was tasked with holding elections “as soon as possible”.Rodrigues, who was successfully re-elected in March, is facing his second removal just three days after the announcement of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti as the new manager of the Brazil national team, in preparation for the 2026 World Cup.The CBF told Reuters it would not comment immediately.Editor’s…

May 15, 2025, 06:46 PM ETCristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in his career.Following his move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, Ronaldo’s estimated total earnings are around $275 million.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe Portuguese forward increased his income by $15 million through off-field endorsements as well as lucrative sponsorship deals backed by his large social media followers: 939 million in total as of May.Despite the financial windfall, Ronaldo’s move to the Saudi Pro League has yet to yield a major trophy of any kind to go along with…

Facebook Tweet Email Link New Orleans AP  —  A woman facing a second-degree murder charge for the death of a Super Bowl television reporter has been sentenced to 25 years in an unrelated case on Thursday. Danette Colbert, 48, had previously been given a suspended sentence by an Orleans Parish judge last year after being convicted of theft and fraud charges. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office successfully argued in court that Colbert, who has multiple prior felony convictions involving fraud, was a habitual offender and deserved a harsher sentence. Colbert had been on probation when police arrested her for…