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Dan Burn’s stunning header helped Newcastle to a 2-0 home win over Athletic Club to move them into the top eight of the Champions League table.Burn’s wonderful 11th-minute curling header and Joelinton’s close-range effort immediately after half-time gave Newcastle a third straight win in the competition. There was a sour note in the victory, however, with Anthony Gordon forced off with a first-half injury. Image: Anthony Gordon went off injured in the first half Newcastle boss Eddie Howe revealed in his post-match press conference that the forward had suffered a recurrence of a hip problem, but was unable to provide…

Phil Foden gave England boss Thomas Tuchel a timely reminder of his talent as his two goals helped Manchester City secure a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.Erling Haaland’s outstanding form was all the talk in the build-up to facing his former side, but it was Foden who grabbed the headlines ahead of Tuchel naming his next England squad on Friday as City moved into the top eight of the league phase of the Champions League. The 25-year-old firmly enhanced his claim for an England recall as he struck two beautiful finishes either side of yet…

Arthur Okonkwo made two superb second-half saves to earn Wrexham a point in a 0-0 draw at goal-shy Portsmouth.Pompey are the lowest goalscorers in the Championship but fired 18 shots on the Welsh side’s goal, seven of which were on target. Josh Murphy’s near-post stinger and Ibane Bowat’s point-blank header were brilliantly saved by Okonkwo.It meant Portsmouth have still only scored 10 times in the league this season and have just a single win in nine, with Wrexham losing only once in nine league outings to sit 14th.Pompey made seven changes from their 4-0 drubbing by Birmingham at the weekend,…

Hearts head coach Derek McInnes believes his side are currently the “best team” in Scotland, but is not getting carried away despite their unbeaten start to the season.The Jambos are nine points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership after the first full round of fixtures and have scored as many league goals as both Celtic and Rangers combined. However, McInnes, who has masterminded victories against both Old Firm sides already this campaign, continues to be reluctant to label his team as title contenders. Image: Hearts boss Derek McInnes has guided his side to the top of the Scottish…

Managerless Southampton ended their losing run with a 2-1 victory at QPR in their first match since the sacking of Will Still.Teenager Jay Robinson’s deflected strike put the visitors ahead early in the second half and Leo Scienza’s brilliant goal doubled their lead. Rumarn Burrell pulled a goal back but Rangers were unable to find an equaliser, slumping to a third consecutive defeat.Southampton had lost their previous three matches, with Saturday’s home defeat by Preston resulting in Still losing his job, and were without a win in five. The Saints, with Under-21s coach Tonda Eckert in interim charge following Still’s…

Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich battled to a 1-1 draw in a lively game which saw plenty of second-half goalmouth action but did little to improve the struggling sides’ fortunes.After Barry Bannan found the net with a fine individual goal early on, Norwich rallied after the break, with substitute Mathias Kvistgaarden equalising to end the Canaries’ six-match losing run. Norwich boss Liam Manning, who admitted he was “hurting” and apologised to fans after his side’s 2-0 defeat at home to Hull at the weekend, must have feared the worst after conceding in the opening minutes.The Owls had survived a scare in…

Thierry Small’s sensational early strike set the tone as Preston moved up to fourth after beating Swansea 2-1 at Deepdale.The 21-year-old let fly with an eighth-minute arrow from 30 yards to open the scoring and Milutin Osmajic got the decisive strike with a somewhat scruffier second after 49 minutes, his fourth goal of the season but his first since August 23. Eom Ji-Sung came off the bench to halve the arrears with a curling strike from range with 10 minutes of regular time to go but North End held out for victory.It was the third league win in a row…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated is expanding its police force and adding security managers after the school received harsh criticism for its lack of key safety measures on the day of the shooting.Utah Valley University is in the process of hiring eight additional campus police officers and two new safety managers who will help coordinate security for future events on campus, spokesperson Ellen Treanor said Wednesday.Kirk was fatally shot from a campus rooftop on Sept. 10 while debating students in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by several tall buildings. An Associated…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday denounced the Trump administration’s latest sanctions targeting cybercrimes that help finance its illicit nuclear weapons program, accusing the United States of harboring “wicked” hostility toward Pyongyang and vowing unspecified countermeasures.The statement by a North Korean vice foreign minister came after the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on eight individuals and two firms, including North Korean bankers, for allegedly laundering money from cybercrime schemes.The Treasury said North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking schemes have stolen more than $3 billion in mostly digital assets over the past three years, an amount unmatched by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Trump administration officials briefed a small group of congressional leaders Wednesday on the growing military campaign to destroy alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the waters off South America, providing one of the first high-level glimpses into the legal rationale and strategy behind the strikes. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers who oversee national security issues for roughly an hour in a secure facility in the Capitol. Republicans emerged either staying silent or expressing confidence in President Donald Trump’s campaign, which has killed at least 66 people…