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May 30, 2025, 04:49 AM ETCarlo Ancelotti wants Brazil to play like his Real Madrid team did in the 2023-24 season when they won LaLiga and the Champions League.The Italian coach, who recently parted with Madrid following a disappointing season, took charge of Brazil’s national team this week.”My Brazil will play like Real Madrid, but not like Real Madrid this year, rather like Real Madrid last year,” he told Marca. “That’s what I want.”Madrid were eliminated in the Champions League quarterfinals, beaten by Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, and finished runners-up to Barça this past season, a contrast…
Atlanta, Georgia CNN — When Nigerian American actor-singer Rotimi and Tanzanian pop star Vanessa Mdee first met in 2019, it was the beginning of a love story that neither of them expected. That first encounter six years ago could be straight from a rom-com. They had both just performed at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans and ended up at the same Spotify afterparty – neither one particularly eager to be there. But fate had other plans. “She was sitting on a pool table,” Rotimi laughs. “The lights were glowing and beaming, and I just thought, ‘Yo, who…
The reputation of Hamas sank to its lowest point after its attack on 7 October 2023, in which 1,200 Israelis and foreigners were killed and 251 taken hostage. In Israel, this attack provoked a tsunami of anger, strident calls for revenge, demands for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and a national consensus in support of the total eradication of Hamas. The result has been the longest, deadliest and most ruinous war in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hamas is a social movement and political organisation with a military wing, al-Qassam Brigades. The military wing was proscribed by the British government…
Being relegated isn’t the end of a player’s career — in fact, it can be the start. Whether it’s through a release clause that becomes active once the drop is confirmed, or simply another club smelling blood in the water and making an offer, players who have had a bad year domestically can still get themselves a big move.With that in mind, here are a few options ahead of the window opening on June 1.Liam Delap, 22, ST, Ipswich TownEditor’s Picks2 RelatedDelap won’t be following Ipswich down to the Championship and sources have told ESPN that Chelsea are closing on…
Published 59 minutes ago By Glenn Price, Chris Shaw, Joe Urquhart and Sam WilliamsLook back on the contributions of Liverpool’s 2024-25 Premier League champions with our profiles of every player to have featured in the top-flight triumph.The Reds collected their medals and the trophy after the season finale at a euphoric Anfield on Sunday evening.Here is how they made those celebrations possible…No.1 – Alisson BeckerLiverpool’s No.1 once again lived up to his worthy reputation of world-class goalkeeping ability to help secure the second league championship medal of his time with the club. A member of the Reds’ 2019-20 vintage too,…
CNN — With its enviable climate, food and architecture, Spain pulled in 98 million visitors in 2024 — making it the world’s second most-visited country after France. But that popularity comes with an unenviable side effect. A surge in homes being listed on platforms like Airbnb means Spain’s main urban centers like Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia are now in the grip of a housing rental crisis that has, in recent months, become Spaniards’ primary worry, according to the Spanish Center for Sociological Research. Now that anxiety has triggered an official backlash. Earlier this month, Spain’s Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and…
Days out from arguably the biggest game in club football, Inter boss Simone Inzaghi would prefer full focus to be on beating PSG in the Champions League final on Saturday.But it is not. “It’s crazy to talk about my future,” he told his pre-final press conference this week. He might not be discussing it yet, but everyone else is. It is inevitable, amid long-standing frustrations with the club’s frugal transfer policy and an outright refusal to deny links with Saudi Pro League team Al Hilal in that same press conference, that the touch paper has been lit around the San…
London CNN — British comedian and actor Russell Brand pled not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault at a court in London on Friday. In April, 49-year-old Brand was charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault. The charges relate to four separate women. The alleged assaults took place between 1999 and 2005. He has previously denied all the allegations. Brand walked into the courtroom at Southwark Crown Court wearing a dark suit and an unbuttoned, pinstripe shirt. He spoke…
CNN — The suspect in the car ramming that injured dozens of fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title on Monday has appeared in court after police charged him with a range of offenses. Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old man from the outskirts of the city in northwest England, spoke to confirm his name during his first hearing on Friday. Doyle, dressed in a black suit, looked emotional as he was brought into the courtroom from his cell, according to a PA Media reporter following proceedings. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service authorized several charges against the father-of-three on Thursday, including dangerous driving,…
CNN — When the 2025 NBA playoffs began, the Indiana Pacers were given 50-to-1 odds to win the title. Ten teams had better chances and most analysts didn’t even mention them in championship conversations. But sometimes in the NBA, fate doesn’t care about odds. Sometimes, it’s just your time. We’ve seen it before. In 2011, the Dallas Mavericks stunned the world, sweeping Kobe Bryant and the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, outlasting the young and hungry Oklahoma City Thunder led by Kevin Durant, and then conquering the seemingly unbeatable Miami Heat trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris…