Category: Football

Reuters Standard Chartered Bank has its headquarters in the City of London A British bank that escaped prosecution for money laundering carried out billions of dollars of transactions for funders of terrorist groups, US court papers allege. Standard Chartered, one of the UK’s largest banks, avoided prosecution by the US Department of Justice after Lord...

4 days ago By Josh Parry, LGBT & Identity Producer • Henry Zeffman, Chief political correspondent ‘Sex in the law is biological sex’ – Badenoch on Tories pledge to rewrite equality law The Conservatives have promised to rewrite the Equality Act so that protections it enshrines on the basis of a person’s sex apply only to their biological sex. Prime...

2 June 2024 By Marianna Spring, Disinformation reporter and social media correspondent BBC Misinformation about Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak is among the content promoted to young voters’ TikTok feeds Young voters in key election battlegrounds are being recommended fake AI-generated videos featuring party leaders, misinformation, and clips littered with abusive comments, the BBC has found....

The Liberal Democrats are pledging to make 10 English Premier League football matches per season free to watch on TV for everyone, if they win the election. The party said the promise was in response to rising ticket prices and streaming subscription costs. The Lib Dems said fans who wanted to watch games on TV...

3 days ago John Campbell,BBC News NI economics and business Editor PA Gavin Robinson has said his party will “continue to fight to fully restore Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom” The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader has brought the Irish Sea border into the centre of Northern Ireland’s election campaign. That internal trade...

Laurie Cunningham, who started his career at Leyton Orient, was a pioneer throughout his career. When he joined Real Madrid from West Brom in 1979, he was the first Briton to join the Spanish giant in the modern era, and one of the first black players to represent England. Raised in north London by Jamaica-born...

The report noted that a review of available evidence suggests snus use is associated with an increased risk of oesophagus and pancreatic cancer in comparison to non-smokers, and to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. There is also strong evidence of an association between snus use and mouth lesions. A majority of male players (58%)...

The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers… DAILY MAIL Pep Guardiola is expected to call time on a spell of unprecedented dominance at Manchester City next summer. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player After losing the FA Cup final to fierce rivals Manchester United, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola took...

2 days ago Jason Arunn Murugesu,BBC News, North East and Cumbria Sue Agazie Sue Agazie, as well as her son and husband, has been told to leave the UK A student with stage five kidney disease faces removal from the UK for not paying her PhD fees. Sue Agazie, an international student at Newcastle University...

The top level of English football concludes on May 25 with the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. For the second season running, Manchester City face local rivals Manchester United in the title match. City won 2-1 a year ago thanks to two goals from Ilkay Gundogan as they took a pivotal step towards a...

Manchester City failed to continue their era of dominance in English football, stunned by bitter rivals Manchester United in the 2024 FA Cup final. Pep Guardiola’s team beat the Red Devils 2-1 in last season’s final, but were undone by the same scoreline this season, falling short of becoming the first team to win back-to-back...