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Sep 28, 2025, 08:45 AM ETJack Grealish has found his best form at Everton this season. Stu Forster/Getty ImagesJack Grealish has said his off-the-field partying was not the main reason that led him to leave Manchester City last summer, although he admitted it “didn’t help.”Grealish joined Everton on a season-long loan and immediately rekindled his best form, providing four assists in his first five Premier League games.It comes after a difficult season for the former England international, who had fallen out of favour under City boss Pep Guardiola.Speaking to Sky Sports, he said his main reason for leaving the Etihad was…

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Youth-led demonstrators clashed with police over the weekend in some of Morocco’s largest anti-government protests in years, denouncing what they called the government’s misplaced priorities.Hundreds of young Moroccans took to the streets of at least 11 cities across the North African nation, denouncing corruption and blasting the government for pouring money into international sporting events while neglecting health and education.They drew a direct link between the country’s struggling health care system and its investments in the lead-up to the 2030 FIFA World Cup, shouting slogans including, “Stadiums are here, but where are the hospitals?”Morocco is building…

West Ham decided to start actively looking for a replacement for Graham Potter after the 3-0 home defeat against Tottenham two weeks ago.Nuno Espirito Santo was the No 1 target and was available after being sacked by Nottingham Forest on September 9. The final straw for Potter was last weekend’s 2-1 home defeat by Crystal Palace, although he was already under serious pressure.Talks with Nuno’s agent, Jorge Mendes, stepped up and it was only a matter of time before Potter lost his job. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Paul Merson told Soccer Saturday he doesn’t…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Majority Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even as both sides have agreed to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.Republicans say Democrats need to help them pass a simple extension of government funding by Tuesday night to avoid a shutdown and they will not agree to negotiate until after it’s approved. Democrats say they want immediate talks on health care, and they are willing to shut down the government if…

In 2015, I packed up my life in Austin, Texas and moved to Madrid. I was 35 and it wasn’t my first attempt. I had spent more than a decade dreaming, trying, and failing to make Spain home.Since then, I’ve built a life in Spain and created She Hit Refresh, where I’ve helped hundreds of other women move abroad. Along the way, I’ve experienced moments when my life in Europe felt like a movie. Like the time I stumbled upon a flamenco dancer in a hidden square, sipped wine at a Parisian café while the world passed by, or rode a…

Van Dijk said post-match at Selhurst Park: “The biggest challenge now is to stay calm. I have mentioned it many times: never get too high or too low. Just work and don’t listen to the outside world too much.“You know when you can do better and everyone knew that. We are disappointed in our performance. Disappointed in the loss, but especially the way we went about it. I think if we got a draw, then we took already one point too many.“I don’t think there is any reason to worry, but we have to improve pretty quickly because obviously we…

Sep 28, 2025, 08:13 AM ETMatthijs de Ligt insists Manchester United players must take responsibility for poor results amid growing pressure on manager Ruben Amorim.United suffered a third defeat in six Premier League games this season in losing 3-1 at Brentford on Saturday, while they were also humiliated by League Two Grimsby in the Carabao Cup.Portuguese boss Amorim has yet to oversee back-to-back league wins during his 10 months in charge and, after last term’s 15th-placed finish – their lowest position since 1989-90 – United again reside in the bottom half of the table.”Of course, I mean it’s always easy…

Beth LindopSep 28, 2025, 08:02 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has urged his team to “stay calm” after their 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace, but admits they will have to improve “pretty quickly” if they want to succeed this season.The Premier League champions suffered their first defeat of the campaign at Selhurst Park thanks to a late strike from Palace substitute Eddie Nketiah. The result means title rivals Arsenal can close the gap on the league leaders to just two points with a victory…

Laila Lockhart Kraner stars as Gabby in Universal and Dreamworks Animations’ “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.”Universal | Dreamworks AnimationA young girl named Gabby, alongside her menagerie of animated cat friends, is making the leap from streaming to the big screen.Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” is the latest kid’s TV show to head to the box office, following in the footsteps of Paramount’s Paw Patrol and SpongeBob SquarePants franchises.”We felt like the franchise had gotten to the point where there was enough fandom to justify a theatrical event, and we wanted to expand the world,” Margie Cohn, president of…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media following a Q&A at the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | ReutersOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is everywhere.His artificial intelligence startup, now valued at $500 billion, has been inking deals valued in the tens to hundreds of billions of dollars with infrastructure partners, even as it continues to burn mounds of cash.Those expenditures are driving the market.The Nasdaq and S&P 500 rose to record highs this week after Nvidia agreed to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI. That followed a $300 billion deal between OpenAI and…