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Manchester United 4-4 Aston Villa: Premier League – as it happened
Manchester United came from two goals down – twice – to salvage a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford
Premier League top scorers 2026-27: who is leading race for the golden boot?
Find out which of the English top-flight’s sharp shooters are firing their way up the goalscoring charts
Dorgu rescues point for Manchester United in eight-goal thriller against Aston Villa
Does this late, late comeback draw keep Michael Carrick in his job? He urged United to back their breathless Roma comeback victory on Tuesday by building momentum and they did – kind of, by avoiding defeat. Patrick Dorgu’s 96th-minute equaliser went off his head and in. Senne Lammens, up for the cor
Peschel scores on debut as USA rout Germany 5-0 at women’s hockey worlds
Emma Peschel scores on US debut in Group A win Americans outscore opponents 12-0 through two games Sweden bounce back with 4-1 victory over Finland
Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government
Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’
Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests
Exclusive: Louise Haigh likely to weaken mandate for sales that forms key part of emission reduction plan Analysis: Climate always comes second – are green issues slipping down Burnham’s agenda?
WSL roundup: Crystal Palace deny Charlton first point, London City stay third
Bethany England scores late to give Palace 3-2 win London City, Spurs and Manchester United all win
Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool, Sunderland 1-0 Chelsea, and more: Premier League – as it happened
Sunderland beat Chelsea to move off the foot of the table, Brighton beat Brentford to go second, while Liverpool are fourth after beating Crystal Palace
Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political influences and sporting distinction
Michigan senator-elect’s former peers recall his time at university in Britain – and his love of coronation chicken sandwiches
Beef industry quietly squashes part of its own science curriculum after ranchers protest
Lesson for teenagers included how cattle’s methane emissions contribute to climate crisis, but it was then scrapped
The political playbook that unraveled US transgender rights in the past decade
From the military to healthcare, Trump systematically dismantled Obama-era protections for transgender rights
Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal: Women’s Super League – as it happened
Alessia Russo scored twice as Arsenal clinched a much-needed 2-1 win over Liverpool at Anfield.
Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government
Knesset has been deadlocked since the election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority
Revealed: how a UK firm is spearheading growth in trade of US fracked ethane
Ineos is driving exports with potentially far-reaching environmental and social repercussions
US datacenter demand spurs increased fossil fuel pipeline projects as rules are discarded
Trump administration has gutted regulations that protect lives and natural resources as pipeline build-out continues
Healthcare, tariffs – but not Trump impeachment: Democrats chart next two years of power
Midterms success gives party potent leverage over Trump – expect tough campaigns of investigating and lawmaking
Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks
What are the relationships and dominant interests in play, as the summit kicks off after a bitter row over its hosting?
Premier League buildup, FA Cup first round, WSL and more – as it happened
Manchester United, Dalian Yingbo and Heerenveen mascot Heero all starred in the Sunday morning prematch chat
Election results in Brazil, Serbia, Israel and US renew faith in resilience of democracy
Four pivotal elections in past two weeks show power of grassroots activism to push back against authoritarianism
‘I’ve seen people in my neighbourhood pulled out of their cars’: Ava DuVernay on the cruelty and brutality of Trump’s America
Ten years after her landmark political documentary 13th, the film-maker delivers a follow-up on the 14th amendment – and the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle birthright citizenship
Trump’s shattered ‘mirror world’: American voters roundly reject president’s alternate reality
President claimed to have ushered in a ‘golden age’ even as prices soared and war dragged on – and midterm voters did not buy his looking-glass narrative
‘Windrush’ accusations over sharp rise in Turkish nationals facing removal from UK
David Lammy among those raising concerns after errors found in rejected applications for indefinite leave to remain
Ukraine war briefing: Russia ramping up attacks to ‘pressure’ Kyiv at trilateral talks, Zelenskyy says
President urges US for support, saying ‘Ukraine must not be left to face this alone’ as barrage plunges cities into darkness. What we know on day 1,719
Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China
Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against the mostly muslim ethnic minority