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Jordan Henderson comes up against Liverpool for the first time since leaving Anfield in the summer of 2023 when the Premier League champions visit Brentford on Saturday night.Despite his painful exit, the midfielder will still go down as one of the club’s all-time greats. It could be an uncomfortable evening under the west London lights for Henderson against the team he captained to every major trophy during his 12 years on Merseyside as he has the chance to heap yet more pressure on Arne Slot’s side by inflicting on them a fourth defeat in a row for only the fourth…
Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has stirred the pot ahead of Sunday’s Clásico by claiming Real Madrid “rob and complain.”Barça travel to the Santiago Bernabéu this weekend for a fixture that pits LaLiga’s top two against one another, with Madrid currently two points clear at the summit after nine matches.Ahead of the game, Yamal appeared on the YouTube channel for the Kings League — the competition run by former Barça defender Gerard Piqué, who has just become the president of his own team, La Capital.”Yes, they rob [a reference to refereeing decisions]; they complain; they do things…” Yamal said when asked…
Rangers head coach Danny Röhl takes charge of his first Premiership game this weekend, hoping he will not be apologising to the fans again.The German, who has only been in charge since Monday, apologised to the travelling support after their dismal 3-0 Europa League defeat to Brann in Norway, which left them bottom of the league-phase table. The confidence-stricken side registered just one shot on target in Bergen, now the attention turns back to trying to win a Premiership game at Ibrox. Image: Danny Röhl spoke to some of Rangers’ travelling support at full-time “At first I apologised for this…
Truro City will break the record for longest away trip in the history of English professional football this weekend. Hugh R Hastings/Getty ImagesThis weekend, Truro City and a hardy group of their fans will be making a historic trip for their National League fixture against Gateshead.With the two clubs situated in opposite corners of the country, the game represents the longest away trip in the history of English professional football, with the travelling Truro fans facing a gruelling 902-mile round trip from their homes in southern Cornwall all the way up to Gateshead in the northeast, on the other side of…
The Future of the Occupation of the Palestinian Territories after Gaza is an open-access collection that reads like a field guide for citizens, journalists, policy staffers, students and anyone who refuses to look away. It begins from an unflinching fact: that ceasefires and the summit statements did not end the occupation, they reshaped it. The opening chapter states this without rhetorical gymnastics and asks a harder question that too many conversations still dodge. What, exactly, will the occupation look like in five or 10 years if current forces keep pulling in the same direction, and what would it take to bend…
Frimpong and Isak both picked up issues during the first half of the midweek Champions League win at Eintracht Frankfurt.Gravenberch missed the trip to Germany as a result of a twisted ankle, while Alisson has been sidelined since sustaining an injury at Galatasaray last month.Speaking at his pre-Brentford press conference on Friday morning, head coach Slot said: “Jeremie is not in a good place.”What I mean with that is he is definitely not going to play tomorrow or next week. [A] hamstring injury so that’s going to take a while.”Alex, not too bad. [A] question mark for the weekend, so…
Marcus Rashford has made it clear he wants to stay at Barcelona as he gears up for his first El Clasico against Real Madrid on Sunday.Rashford moved to Barcelona on loan from Manchester United this summer and the LaLiga giants have the option of making the deal permanent next year. Having scored five goals in 12 games, including a double in the midweek Champions League thrashing of Olympiacos, the 27-year-old is clear where his future lies.Asked if he wanted to stay, Rashford told ESPN: “Oh yeah, for sure.”I’m enjoying this football club and I think for anybody who loves football,…
KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured a U.S.-led coordination center in southern Israel Friday, as the Trump administration pushed forward with plans to set up an international security force in Gaza and shore up a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Rubio was the latest in a series of high-level US officials to visit the civilian military coordination center and the country. U.S. Vice President JD Vance was there earlier this week where he announced its opening, and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, were also in Israel.Around 200 U.S. troops…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security cost-of-living increase will go up by 2.8% in 2026, which translates to an average increase of more than $56 for retirees every month, agency officials said Friday. The benefits increase for nearly 71 million Social Security recipients will go into effect beginning in January. And increased payments to nearly 7.5 million people receiving Supplemental Security Income will begin on Dec. 31. Friday’s announcement was meant to be made last week but was delayed because of the federal government shutdown. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees and disabled beneficiaries is financed by payroll taxes…
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A court in Cyprus on Friday sentenced an Israeli businessman to five years for developing and selling luxury apartment complexes in the breakaway northern part of the divided island without permission of the Greek Cypriot owners of the land. The case is one of several where Cypriot authorities seek to bust developers and realtors who illegally make money off Greek Cypriot properties in the breakaway north — lands that their rightful owners cannot access because they are located in the Turkey-backed region. The criminal case also underscores the deeply contentious property rights in Cyprus, which was…