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Derek McInnes insists his Hearts side are ready for their “toughest” challenge of the season as his league leaders face champions Celtic on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.The Hearts head coach has led his squad to an unbeaten start in the Scottish Premiership, with the Jambos five points clear at the top of the table after eight games. The visit of Celtic presents Hearts with an opportunity to extend their early-season lead to eight points. While McInnes has been “encouraged” by their positive start and is happy for supporters to dream of becoming the first club to win the top-flight…
Sean Dyche insisted he had no doubts over becoming Nottingham Forest’s third permanent head coach in 43 days despite the club’s unstable season to date.Dyche arrived at the City Ground on Tuesday, three days after Ange Postecoglou was sacked less than six weeks after his appointment, tasked with turning around a club which has won just three of its last 19 games stretching back to last season. The ex-Burnley and Everton boss has joined on a two-year contract and said owner Evangelos Marinakis has made clear stabilising the club – and returning it to winning ways – will be only…
Chelsea have registered 33 academy players for their Champions League group stage clash against Ajax on Wednesday.The list of players includes former Chelsea and Brazil captain Thiago Silva’s son Isago and comprises various youngsters aged between 16 and 19.Sources at the club say the move is simply an administrative decision to add all in one go rather than on a game-by-game or a case-by-case basis.The players have been added to an unlimited B list which means they will be able to be called upon for any of Chelsea’s remaining group stage matches.UEFA did not immediately respond when contacted by ESPN.-…
The world’s top court on Wednesday ruled that Israel’s ban on the UN’s main humanitarian provider to Palestinians and its restrictions on aid to Gaza and the occupied West Bank violate international law. The court unamnimously found that Israel as an occupying power is required to fulful its obligations in under international humanitarian law, including to ensure that Palestinians have essential supplies of daily life including food, medical supplies and shelter. It also ruled by 10 votes to 1 that Israel must agree to and facilitate by all means at its disposal relief schemes for the people of Gaza and not…
Israel’s parliament has passed a preliminary reading of a bill to annex the occupied West Bank. The bill, which will eventually require three votes in the Knesset before becoming law, passed with 25 MPs in support and 24 against. “The State of Israel will apply its laws and sovereignty to the settlement areas in Judea and Samaria, in order to establish the status of these areas as an inseparable part of the sovereign State of Israel,” said the bill, using the Israeli names for the West Bank. Avigdor Lieberman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party also proposed a bill to extend…
Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezOct 22, 2025, 10:41 AM ETVillarreal have described LaLiga’s handling of the proposed Miami game against Barcelona as “poor,” saying the club had “repeatedly expressed its deepest concern” over the event’s planning and criticised the organisers of what it called a “complete and utter lack of respect” in the way the cancellation was announced.The league confirmed on Tuesday that the match between the two clubs — due to be held at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 20, in the first regular-season game in Europe’s “big five” Leagues to be played overseas — would instead be played, as normal,…
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Indigenous alliance that organized demonstrations blocking highways in Ecuador over the past month said Wednesday it was ending the protest following President Daniel Noboa ’s threat to use the military to clear blockades.The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador had called for a national strike after Noboa ended a subsidy for diesel. The fuel is used for tractors in agricultural areas, for trucking and for many buses used by the country’s poorest people. Prices have risen from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon.The blockades have halted traffic in parts of the country, having a huge economic…
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper who shot himself, then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, sparking a regionwide search, was sentenced to six months in jail on Wednesday.Thomas Mascia was also given five years of probation and ordered to undergo mental health treatment and pay nearly $290,000 in restitution in Nassau County court in Mineola. Mascia pleaded guilty in May to falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. He resigned in January after being suspended without pay while state police launched a criminal…
Oct 22, 2025, 10:18 AM ETJean-Philippe Mateta insists there is no bad blood between him and former Crystal Palace teammate Wilfried Zaha after the two ironed out their public disagreement in private.The Eagles striker, who earned his first senior France call-up this month and scored on his debut in their 2-2 draw with Iceland, suggested in an interview with L’Equipe earlier this month that “teammates like Wilfried Zaha” were “laughing” at his ambitions to represent his country.Zaha, who left Palace in 2023 and now plays for MLS club Charlotte FC, on loan from Galatasaray, denied those claims, indicating some misinterpretation…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis judge on Wednesday confirmed Dec. 11 as the trial date for Fox Sports analyst and former NFL player Mark Sanchez, who’s charged with attacking and seriously injuring a truck driver outside a hotel in what prosecutors say was a dispute over a parking place.The pretrial conference lasted only about 2 1/2 minutes. Sanchez, who was more seriously hurt in the confrontation, was not required to be present and did not enter a plea.“Thank you for allowing our client to be excused from today’s hearing. He’s still recovering from the injuries he sustained,” defense attorney Tim…