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A disappointing week for Glasgow’s big two was compounded as Rangers and Celtic played out a forgettable goalless draw in the first Old Firm game of the new season at Ibrox.After humiliating midweek Champions League exits, neither side could respond, with Russell Martin still searching for his first league victory as Rangers head coach and Brendan Rodgers now winless in four consecutive derbies for Celtic. Perhaps avoiding defeat has bought the under-fire Martin some time, but his team never looked like a goal threat on the day. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Ahead of the…
Chelsea are pulling out of Nicolas Jackson’s loan move to Bayern Munich, but the striker is still in Germany and has not given up hope of his move going ahead.Bayern were informed that Chelsea will not be able to proceed with the proposed deal after striker Liam Delap suffered an injury against Fulham on Saturday. The German champions’ current deal for Jackson would see them pay a £13m up-front loan fee with a £56.2m option to buy. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Kaveh Solhekol brings the latest transfer news around Yoane Wissa, Marc Guehi and…
Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats — or around them — as a government shutdown looms.The annual spending battle will dominate the September agenda, along with a possible effort by Senate Republicans to change their chamber’s rules to thwart Democratic stalling tactics on nominations. The Senate is also debating whether to move forward on legislation…
Aug 31, 2025, 06:21 AM ETYoane Wissa has urged Brentford to “keep their word” and allow him to leave before Monday’s transfer deadline.In a post on Instagram on Sunday, the 28-year-old claimed the club has “significantly changed its position” having previously “put in writing” that he could depart should a fair offer be made.Newcastle had an offer of £35 million ($47.26m) plus add-ons rejected earlier in August for the forward who scored 19 Premier League goals last season.”Earlier this summer, I held open discussions with the club’s senior management, including key directors and the new head coach,” he said in…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held the country’s first judicial elections.Just three of its nine justices have any experience on the high court, the rest are new, including the court’s president Hugo Aguilar, a lawyer who spent his career defending Indigenous rights.The idea of judicial elections came from Mexico’s former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who frequently clashed with judges who challenged his agenda. He said judges elected by the people would be…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Many of Syria’s Alawite religious minority are leaving a Damascus suburb where thousands of their members live in ramshackle houses, days after it was raided by a Syrian pro-government armed faction who beat and arrested many and ordered them to evacuate their homes.The Muslim minority group was seen as privileged under the rule of the Alawite Assad family, but since Bashar Assad’s government fell late last year, members have feared revenge from the country’s Sunni majority.Though government officials later said there was no such eviction order, many residents of Sumariya packed their belongings into trucks and…
Newcastle target Yoane Wissa has sensationally demanded to be sold by Brentford before the summer transfer window closes on Monday.Newcastle have had multiple offers rejected for Wissa this summer, and the striker has taken to Instagram to reveal his frustrations at a move not materialising as he pushes for a switch to the Magpies before Monday’s 7pm deadline. Brentford are not commenting on Wissa’s bombshell statement.Sky Sports News has also not seen evidence of the written assurances Wissa speaks of in his statement.Wissa said: “Over the past few weeks, there has been increased speculation about my future at Brentford Football…
LONDON (AP) — When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot. McCann’s songs span a range of genres, from indie-pop to electro-soul to country-rap. There’s just one crucial difference between McCann and traditional musicians.“I have no musical talent at all,” he said. “I can’t sing, I can’t play instruments, and I have no musical background at all.” McCann, 37, who has a background as a visual designer, started experimenting with…
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament speaker on Sunday criticized Washington’s push to quickly to disarm the Hezbollah militant group, and called instead for a calm national dialogue to determine “the fate of those weapons.”Nabih Berri, a key ally of Hezbollah who was instrumental in negotiating with Washington to reach a ceasefire that ended a monthslong war between Israel and Hezbollah in November, made the remarks in an address to the country commemorating the disappearance of prominent Shite cleric Moussa al-Sadr.The Lebanese military will soon present a plan to the government on disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, after…
The Reds have taken six points from six in the beginning to their defence of the Premier League title, defeating AFC Bournemouth on the opening weekend and then Newcastle United on Monday night. Both wins were achieved with late heroics after letting a two-goal lead slip, leaving Slot pleased with the mental fortitude of his squad but fully aware of the need to improve in other areas. In his column in the matchday programme, the head coach writes: “Arsenal are a side that we have a lot of respect for and which has shown its quality consistently over the last…