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Emiliano Buendia missed a late penalty as Aston Villa were stunned in a 2-1 loss to Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League. The defeat brings a run of five consecutive wins to an end for the Premier League side, who not only squandered their lead on the evening but also the chance to move to the top of the league-phase table. Villa’s lead arrived within just four minutes when Evann Guessand scored his first goal for the club but Mathis Suray and Mats Deijl, taking advantage of the high line played by the visitors on both occasions, completed the…
Rangers’ continued defensive frailties saw the Danny Röhl era begin with defeat to Brann as they dropped bottom of the Europa League table.The German, who was appointed on Monday, vowed to put winning ahead of attractive football, but his side managed neither in Norway. There was some fortune in Brann’s opener – Bard Finne’s ball came off John Souttar and fell to Emil Korvig to send past Jack Butland. Image: Stats But Jacob Sorensen and Noah Holm were gifted goals – albeit deserved – as the extent of the challenge Röhl faces was laid bare.Rangers managed just one shot on…
Sumaiya Balbale, the chief operating officer at Sequoia Capital, resigned from the Silicon Valley venture capital firm in August, after partner Shaun Maguire wrote posts about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani that she reportedly viewed as Islamophobic, the Financial Times revealed on Wednesday. Maguire, an American venture capitalist with close ties to X owner Elon Musk, wrote in a July post on the platform: “Mamdani comes from a culture that lies about everything. It’s literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda. The West will learn this lesson the hard way.” According to the FT, Balbale…
Jeff CarlisleOct 23, 2025, 11:47 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The first weekend following the end of the October international window was rather subdued for members of the U.S. men’s national team. The injury list is getting long, with the likes of AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic, Bayer Leverkusen’s Malik Tillman and Fulham’s Antonee Robinson among those left off game-day rosters for their respective clubs.On top of that, the vast majority of U.S. players who emerged from the international break unscathed found themselves reduced to substitute roles, leaving just a few players to be…
Marcus Rashford has revealed that his summer deal with Barcelona was not the first time he has spoken to the Catalan club about a potential transfer, but said he believes the timing was right to make the move after seeking “a change” following more than 20 years at Manchester United.The England forward has impressed at Barcelona, scoring five goals in 12 appearances after arriving on loan from United.Rashford said he is benefiting from “a new environment” after ending his long association with United in the summer.”It was so many years in one place,” Rashford told ESPN in an exclusive interview…
Lionel Messi has signed a contract extension to extend his stay at Inter Miami through the end of the 2028 MLS season, the team announced Thursday.Messi, 38, initially joined Miami in July 2023 as a Designated Player on a 2½-year contract, breaking league precedent and team records with his deal.The club announced the new deal with a video of Messi signing the contract on what will become the field of Miami’s long-awaited new stadium, Miami Freedom Park.- Messi tracker: Goals, assists, key moments for Inter Miami- Lionel Messi’s final-day hat trick clinches MLS Golden Boot- Clásico: Will Real Madrid’s Huijsen,…
A federal food aid program that helps about one-eighth of Americans buy groceries stands to be paused Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown, and even some states that want to step in to fill the gap have found they can’t.Recipients of the food aid, food banks, states and advocates are bracing for a pause to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, payments at the end of next week. Here’s what to know. It’s not certain the program will be paused, but it’s looking likelyLower-income families who qualify for SNAP receive debit cards loaded each month by the federal…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The trail of debts — and claims made trying to collect them — that dogged Jim Justice well before he became West Virginia’s two-term Republican governor has ballooned since the former billionaire became a U.S. senator earlier this year.Justice was elected last November to the Senate seat vacated by the retiring Joe Manchin, a Democrat who became an independent in 2024 near the end of his second full term.Justice, who owns dozens of businesses that include coal and agricultural operations, had a fortune estimated at $1.9 billion last decade by Forbes magazine. Forbes stripped his billionaire…
CHICAGO (AP) — Hoan Huynh was going door-to-door informing businesses of ramped up immigration enforcement on Chicago’s North Side when the Democratic state lawmaker got an activist notification of federal agents nearby.He followed agents’ vehicles and then honked to warn others when he was pulled over. Masked federal officers pointed a gun at him and a staffer, attempted to break his car window and took photos of their faces, before issuing a warning, he recounted. “We were non-violent,” Huynh said of Tuesday’s incident, part of which was captured on video. “We identified ourselves as an elected official and my hands…
NEW YORK (AP) — A few weeks before his stunning loss to Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo put forth a political calculus long accepted as fact in New York: “Being a Democrat,” he said, “it’s synonymous that you support Israel.”Mamdani, who would be the city’s first Muslim mayor, could be on the cusp of shattering that convention.An unstinting supporter of Palestinian rights, the 34-year-old democratic socialist has accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, backed the movement to boycott the country’s goods and pledged to have Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if he sets foot…