(Reuters) -Former Liverpool and Chelsea manager Matt Beard has died at the age of 47, the two Women’s Super League (WSL) clubs said late on Saturday. Beard led Liverpool to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014, before returning in 2021 and guiding them back to the top-flight after two seasons in the second tier. …
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By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester United breathed life into their stuttering Premier League season when goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro earned them a thrilling 2-1 home victory over Chelsea on Saturday. A frantic first half got off to the worst possible start for Chelsea when goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off in …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool underlined just how hard it will be to wrench the Premier League title away from them when they started with the two most expensive signings in their history on the bench but still beat Mersey rivals Everton 2-1 on Saturday. Florian Wirtz, whose fee was an initial club record 100 million …
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -British fighter jets have flown their first NATO air defence sortie over Poland as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission, the government said, aimed at strengthening the Western alliance’s defences following a Russian drone incursion this month. The mission, announced on Monday by the UK government in the immediate aftermath …
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(Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is moving forward with plans to introduce digital identification systems as part of efforts to overhaul the country’s asylum and immigration system, with an announcement anticipated as early as his party’s conference this month, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The finer details of the scheme were still being …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Irish designer Paul Costelloe took fashionistas back to 1960s California while Turkish-born Bora Aksu celebrated cracks and imperfections at London Fashion Week on Friday. Setting the scene on Rodeo Drive in 1967, Costelloe opened his “Boulevard of Dreams” spring-summer 2026 presentation with short feminine creations in pale pink, yellow and blue. There …
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BELFAST (Reuters) -Britain and Ireland on Friday announced a new framework to address the legacy of decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland and replace a British law that offered soldiers immunity and angered victims’ families on all sides. The agreement fulfilled a pledge by Britain’s Labour government to scrap the previous Conservative government’s Legacy …
LONDON (Reuters) – Border Force workers on patrol in the English Channel, whose job includes searching for small boats carrying migrants, will be balloted over strike action, a union statement on Friday said. More than 120 Border Force Maritime workers will be balloted over whether to walk-out in a dispute over frozen allowances and terms …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British spies are to use the digital shadows of the dark web to recruit informants and allow them to receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. The Secret Intelligence Service, Britain’s foreign spy agency known as MI6, is to use a dark web portal called …
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By Philip O’Connor MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester United striker Elisabeth Terland scored a hat-trick as the hosts overturned a one-goal deficit from the first leg when they beat Norway’s SK Brann 3-0 on Thursday to qualify for the Women’s Champions League group stage for the first time. After United lost in Bergen despite dominating last week’s …
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