Wednesday’s briefing: Newcastle take upper hand while West Ham line up Potter
The Magpies beat Arsenal 2-0 in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, with Tottenham taking on Liverpool on Wednesday evening.

The Magpies beat Arsenal 2-0 in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg, with Tottenham taking on Liverpool on Wednesday evening.
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Spurs face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final, with the first leg in north London on Wednesday.
Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon struck.
Lopetegui took training as usual on Tuesday but his spell in charge is set to come to end less than eight months after he took over from David Moyes.
The Dragons front-rower said: ‘Even though the rest of my body feels ready to continue to play, my neck clearly has other ideas.’
Nick Pivetta already turned down an opportunity to pitch for the Red Sox in 2025, but that might not mean he won’t be back on Boston’s staff. The Red Sox after the 2024 season extended a qualifying offer to Pivetta, who would have secured a one-year, $21.05 million deal if he accepted. The veteran right-hander […]
Referees will explain the outcomes of reviews to fans present at the ground and to viewers at home, over the two League Cup semi-finals.
After a day-long showdown with Trump, which culminated with Washington and Bogota threatening each other with a full-blown trade war, the White House claimed Sunday evening that Colombia had backed down. Washington said that Bogota, which turned back two US military planeloads of migrants on Sunday, had agreed to "unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States." But it was unclear whether Colombia's left-wing President Gustavo Petro had relinquished all of his demands... Читать дальше...
Patriots for Europe will meet on February 7 and 8 under the presidency of Vox leader Santiago Abascal to outline their strategy for the coming months, party spokesman Jose Antonio Fuster told reporters. The group has realigned the EU far right and became the parliament's third-largest force after Orban helped launched it last year to shift Brussels rightwards. Its 84 lawmakers include France's National Rally, the Party for Freedom of Dutch anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders, Vox, Austria's Freedom Party and Chega from Portugal. Читать дальше...
Feyi-Waboso is to undergo surgery on the joint damaged against Sale on December 21.
Stokes tore his left hamstring during England’s final game of 2024 in New Zealand, requiring surgery and a three-month lay-off from cricket.
The terms of ICC membership have been directly breached by the abolition of women’s sport in Afghanistan.
Jones began her bid to reach the main draw for the second time with a 7-5 6-4 victory over Czech Linda Fruhvirtova.
In a world increasingly defined by great power rivalries, Malaysia’s position as a middle power within ASEAN has never been more critical.
The Junior Dinos avoid a road sweep and remain amongst the East's top contenders.
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A 14-year-old girl allegedly attacked two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, having gone to the school armed with a knife, a court heard
Murray, who retired after the Paris Olympics, joined the Serbian’s team in November.
Ticket price hikes and cost-cutting measures at Old Trafford have been unpopular with fans.
The 32-year-old’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of this campaign.