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Rangers comfortably advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup with a 2-0 victory over Hibernian at Ibrox on a day overshadowed by fan protests against head coach Russell Martin and CEO Patrick Stewart.Thousands of supporters gathered outside the main entrance to the stadium before kick-off to chant for the immediate removal of Martin and Stewart, and those protests continued into the ground. Play was halted after 12 minutes when fans threw an assortment of small balls onto the pitch and displayed a banner reading ‘Delaying the inevitable. Martin must go’. Image: Rangers fans protested against Russell Martin inside…
Randy Holmes | Contributor | Getty ImagesWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Saturday denied late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended because of pressure from the Trump administration, even after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threat to pull ABC’s broadcast license.”The decision to fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC,” Leavitt said on Fox News’ “Saturday in America.””It was a decision that was made by ABC because Jimmy Kimmel chose to knowingly lie to his audience on his program about the death of a highly respected man when our country is in…
Manchester United scored a much-needed 2-1 win over Chelsea in a chaotic battle that saw both teams reduced to 10 men amid torrential rain at Old Trafford on Saturday.Pressure has been mounting on United manager Ruben Amorim after the club’s worst top-flight season in 51 years was compounded by a sluggish start to the new campaign.Under-fire Amorim got the response he needed to United’s meek Manchester derby defeat, with Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro scoring in an eventful first half bookended by red cards before the hosts saw off a late Chelsea charge sparked by Trevoh Chalobah’s header.It was an action-packed match played in…
Manchester United eased the pressure on head coach Ruben Amorim as they held on to beat Chelsea 2-1 in a frantic encounter which saw both sides down to 10 men.United made a blistering start and caught Chelsea cold in the pouring Old Trafford rain as Robert Sanchez was sent off after five minutes for chopping down Bryan Mbeumo. Goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro then put United firmly in control heading into the break. However, Casemiro had levelled the playing field when he was shown a second yellow for bringing down Andrey Santos in first-half stoppage-time. Chelsea pulled a late…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he sits next to a “Trump Gold Card” sign, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Ken Cedeno | ReutersMajor technology companies and foreign governments are rushing to respond after President Donald Trump late Friday announced plans to impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, threatening to upend the program that underpins America’s technology workforce.The fee would apply to new H-1B applicants, not renewals or current visa holders, according to a White House official. It will first apply in the upcoming lottery cycle, and it does…
The No.22 was satisfied to have made another significant contribution for the champions.“It’s really good,” he said. “I want to score every game, if you ask me. The last game I didn’t score but I always try to find a way to make the difference.“It can be a goal, an assist, a run to create space for another player. It’s good.“At the end, the most important [thing] is the team and it’s the three points today.”His early-season form has quickly endeared Ekitike to the Anfield faithful and his own fan chant rang out multiple times again during the derby.Indeed, the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative lawyer who has said she was falsely accused of being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been tapped to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office that was thrown into turmoil when its U.S. attorney was pushed out on Friday. Mary “Maggie” Cleary said in an email to staff on Saturday that she had been named acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a copy viewed by The Associated Press. She replaces Erik Siebert, who resigned amid a push by Trump administration officials to bring…
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s electoral council approved Saturday a request by President Daniel Noboa to organize a referendum asking voters to approve key changes to the nation’s constitution, as its conservative government seeks more tools to fight drug related violence.Voters will be asked whether a prohibition against foreign military bases in Ecuador should be eliminated. And whether the state should no longer have an obligation to fund political parties.Noboa called for the referendum through a decree issued earlier this week, which also said that voters should be asked if the nation should rewrite its constitution by organizing a constituent…
California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials.The ban is a direct response to recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, where federal agents wore masks while making mass arrests. The raids prompted days of protest and led President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops and Marines to the area.Newsom said at a news conference in Los Angeles, where he signed the bill flanked by state lawmakers,…
On Gravenberch’s ‘freedom’ to get forward…I think this is the evolution of a team. You constantly try to do different things. You try to keep what’s really good but other teams try to adjust to us as well, so we need to constantly evolve. And apart from that, we have different players now than we had last season, so sometimes you adjust a little bit also by the quality of the players you have now compared to the ones we had last season. I wouldn’t say [he has] freedom but he has the moments that he can help the attack…