Lionel Messi Valencia shock Barcelona in Copa del Rey final despite Messi’s best effortsThe GuardianValencia beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, denying Lionel Messi the chance to lead his team to a fifth consecutive domestic cup success. The strikers Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo scored
Jordan Henderson Jordan Henderson: ‘City don’t stop at one trophy … we want more and more’The GuardianIt is easy to see Liverpool’s place in the Champions League final on Saturday as a shot at redemption, a chance to make up for last year’s final disappointment and to gain tangible reward after a tremendous
Mauricio Pochettino Spurs’ Champions League dream may hinge on Kane call, admits PochettinoThe GuardianMauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane is on course to be fit for Saturday’s Champions League final against Liverpool and the Tottenham manager suggested he would live or die by the decision to use him as
England Mark Wood to wait on scan after injury in England’s World Cup warm-up lossThe Guardian - Press AssociationMark Wood faced a nervous night pondering his World Cup fate after injury forced him out of England’s warm-up defeat against Australia. The paceman abandoned his run-up mid-way through his first spell
Barack Obama Trump attacks judge who blocked border wall plans as 'Obama activist'Guardian US - The GuardianAfter a federal judge blocked his attempt to build key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency, Donald Trump criticised the justice for being an “activist”
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich win German Cup after Lewandowski cuts down RB LeipzigThe Guardian - ReutersBayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 3-0 on Saturday thanks to two goals from Robert Lewandowski to win their 19th German Cup and complete a domestic league and Cup double. The Bundesliga’s top scorer headed
Tom Watson Labour must back second Brexit vote or lose next election, Tom Watson warnsThe Guardian - Toby HelmLabour’s deputy leader Tom Watson today warns that his party will lose the next general election and any chance to form a radical, reforming government unless it quickly rewrites its Brexit policy and
Natalie Portman Moby apologises to Natalie Portman for being 'inconsiderate'The Guardian - Press AssociationMusician Moby has publicly apologised to Natalie Portman days after she claimed he had been “creepy” with her in her younger years. In his new memoir Then It Fell Apart, Moby, 53, had alleged that that
Leinster Leinster ruin Stuart Hogg’s farewell to claim Pro14 title against GlasgowThe Guardian - Press AssociationLeo Cullen knew the European Champions Cup finalists would be up against it playing Warriors in their own city, and the vast majority of the record 47,128 crowd were cheering on Dave Rennie’s team, but
Labour Party Never again can Labour find itself on the wrong side of a historic choiceThe Guardian - Tom WatsonVoting in the European elections is over, with the results about to come in. The Tory leadership race, which will be won by a hardline Brexiter, has just begun. Everyone who cares about the Labour party
YPG Sajid Javid should not be allowed to criminalise the British heroes of RojavaThe GuardianJust two months ago the whole world celebrated Islamic State’s defeat as a military force. That victory was led by the women of the YPJ (women’s protection units), along with the other Kurds, Arabs and
Film (UK) Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festivalThe Guardian - Andrew PulverBong Joon-ho has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for his black comic thriller Parasite. The South Korean director is best known for previous films Okja and Snowpiercer, and earned rave for
Mike Pence Mike Pence tells US military graduates: you should expect to see combatGuardian US - Associated Press in West Point, New YorkYou will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen. Some of you may even be called upon to serve in this hemisphere Mike Pence Vice-President Mike Pence has told the most diverse graduating class in the
Brexit The Tory party is simply debating which sort of electoral cyanide to takeThe Guardian - Justine GreeningThe Conservative party in parliament and 120,000 members will shortly be picking a new leader and, in doing so, a new prime minister. There will be more runners and riders than Doncaster races. The party
Film (UK) Sorry they missed you, Tarantino – but Cannes was right to celebrate ParasiteThe Guardian - Peter BradshawThe Cannes Palme d’Or has been given to a gorgeous film which instantly beguiled everyone who saw it, and it became the talking point at the festival for days. Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
Brexit Party Stop Boris campaign launched by Tory moderates opposed to no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Michael Savage, Jamie Doward and Toby HelmA campaign to stop Boris Johnson becoming prime minister and taking the country into a no-deal Brexit was launched by moderate cabinet ministers on Saturday as the first shots were fired in the Tory contest
Brexit Enough wishful thinking. The next PM must confront hard realities on BrexitThe Guardian - David GaukeWe will have a new prime minister but the task facing them is the same one Theresa May faced for three years: how do we deliver the 2016 referendum result in a way that is good for the prosperity, security
Cricket Steve Smith’s century gives Australia World Cup warm-up win over EnglandThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the Hampshire BowlWhatever the intention, phoney wars don’t end up much sillier than this World Cup warm-up. Jos Buttler offered a spectacle with a whirlwind half-century, after Steve Smith had done the same with a hundred,
LGBTQI LGBT lessons row teacher leads Birmingham PrideThe Guardian - Press AssociationA teacher whose lesson programme covering LGBT relationships has been at the centre of recent protests is leading the Birmingham Pride parade. Andrew Moffat, assistant headteacher at Parkfield Community
Cricket James Hildreth guides Somerset to Royal London Cup final win over HampshireThe Guardian - Vic Marks at Lord’sPerhaps they turned the television off in the Somerset dressing room. Upon the screen at various intervals was a graphic which demonstrated that over the last 10 years Somerset had been runners-up 10 in
High Jump Katarina Johnson-Thompson storms past heptathlon field on Götzis day oneThe Guardian - Sean Ingle in GötzisAfter the confession, the procession. On the eve of the prestigious Hypo-Meeting here, Katarina Johnson-Thompson revealed that she suffered from impostor syndrome and hated being the centre of attention.
World News Sudan, Algeria, Libya: new Arab spring stalls as Trump looks awayThe Guardian - Simon TisdallThe shining city on a hill has, in the era of Trump, become a darkly tarnished keep from which to browbeat the world There was a time, not so very long ago, when the US was held up as a model for other
World News Afghan security forces kill six civilians during insurgent raidThe Guardian - Emma Graham-HarrisonAfghan security forces have killed at least six civilians, including a woman and two children, in a night raid on insurgents, government officials said. Soldiers mistook the group, who were in a car, for
Opinion (UK) You can keep your theme parks, I’m off to AmbridgeThe Guardian - Vanessa ThorpeThis truly eccentric attempt at brand extension may be the best encapsulation of British character yet National mythology is hard for the British to package and sell. And we appear to like it that way.
Rugby Union USA sevens sparkle at Twickenham to secure Olympic spotThe Guardian - Martin PengellyUSA have become the first men’s rugby sevens team to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year, after winning their three games on day one of the London Sevens at Twickenham. Going into London,
Northampton Exeter into final after Tom O’Flaherty’s solo try lights up win over NorthamptonThe Guardian - Paul Rees at Sandy ParkNorthampton ended years of decay with a reinvigorating rebranding, but power remains the most precious commodity in the physical world of the Premiership. The Saints gave their hosts a jolt and should
Lyon French police hunt bomber who planted device in LyonThe Guardian - Associated Press in LyonFrench police are hunting a suspect believed to have deposited a paper bag containing a device that exploded on Friday, wounding 13 people on a busy pedestrian street in the city of Lyon. France’s counter-terrorism
Giro d'Italia Giro d’Italia: Richard Carapaz holds off Simon Yates to take overall leadThe Guardian - Press AssociationEcuador’s Richard Carapaz won stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia to grab the overall race lead. Movistar’s Carapaz raced clear on the penultimate climb of the day before holding off Britain’s Simon Yates to
Oklahoma Oklahoma: family says inmate died of appendicitis as pleas for help were ignoredGuardian US - Oliver Milman in New YorkI miss my son every day and am seeking justice for him, and so no other young man has to go through what he did Christina Smith The family of a man who died in a Oklahoma prison last year are suing correctional
The Football League Connor Jennings heads Tranmere into League One with extra-time winnerThe Guardian - Jacob Steinberg at WembleyWhile Newport County seethed at the injustice of it all, Tranmere cherished returning to League One after a dramatic winner from Connor Jennings sealed successive promotions for Micky Mellon’s side. Four
