Manchester United Aaron Wan-Bissaka is quick to make an impression at Manchester UnitedThe Guardian - Paul WilsonAfter a summer full of doubt and negativity Manchester United made one of the most emphatic starts to the season on the opening weekend, playing like a team with a purpose and scoring four times against
Sheffield United Sheffield United’s Ollie Norwood: ‘Fergie told me I’d get here … I don’t know if he meant it’The Guardian - Paul DoyleIt would have been a hat-trick from hell. After winning promotion in the previous two seasons only to be jilted before playing in the Premier League, Ollie Norwood helped Sheffield United out of the Championship
Taliban Dozens feared dead or wounded after Afghan wedding hall blastThe Guardian - Associated Press in KabulAn explosion ripped through a wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital, leaving dozens of people dead or wounded, a government official has said. Hundreds of people were believed
Pep Guardiola Pep Guardiola says VAR decisions could do with ‘a little more consistency’The Guardian - Paul Wilson at the EtihadPep Guardiola has seen last-minute Manchester City winners chalked off against Tottenham before, and said Gabriel Jesus’s disallowed stoppage-time goal was like deja vu of the VAR experience in their League
Eddie Jones All Blacks’ poor form no pointer to World Cup prospects, says Eddie JonesThe Guardian - Paul ReesEddie Jones believes New Zealand have been holding themselves back for the World Cup. The All Blacks finished third in the Rugby Championship, their lowest placing this century, and have this month faced
Augsburg European roundup: Dortmund crush Augsburg, Monaco crash againThe Guardian - Sign inBorussia Dortmund crushed Augsburg 5-1 in their Bundesliga opener on Saturday, with two goals from Paco Alcacer, to lay down an emphatic marker after champions Bayern Munich slipped up in their season
Alexis Sánchez Inter approach Manchester United in bid to sign Alexis Sánchez on loanThe Guardian - Fabrizio Romano and Ed AaronsInternazionale are hoping to sign Alexis Sánchez on a season-long loan and are confident of agreeing a deal with Manchester United. The striker turned down a move to Roma last week, with United reported
Jeremy Corbyn Labour and Tory MPs plot ‘radical’ law to thwart no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Michael SavageSenior Labour and Conservative MPs leading the battle to stop a no-deal Brexit are focusing on passing a “radical” new law to block it, after concluding that there is no imminent prospect of toppling Johnson
Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn pleads with MPs: back me now before it’s too lateThe Guardian - Michael SavageJeremy Corbyn has issued an urgent plea to MPs to unite to stop no-deal Brexit “before it’s too late”, amid cross-party demands for an immediate recall of parliament to deal with the crisis. In a show
Kent Police Kent emergency services search for child, 6, who fell in riverThe Guardian - David Connett and agenciesEmergency services are searching for a child who fell into a river while fishing with his father on Saturday afternoon. Kent police said officers were called to Richborough Road in Sandwich over concern
World News Police forces halt trials of facial recognition systemsThe Guardian - Mark TownsendExperts, civil society and MPs from across the political spectrum are alarmed at how the technology is spreading Hannah Couchman Police forces are pushing back against Home Office attempts to roll out
Environment World’s nations gather to tackle wildlife extinction crisisThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorFrom giraffes to sharks, the world’s endangered species could gain better protection at an international wildlife conference. The triennial summit of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Jofra Archer Smith and Archer hypnotise to leave second Test tantalisingly poisedThe Guardian - Vic Marks at Lord’sA mid-afternoon duel between two contrasting, charismatic characters eclipsed the match situation at Lord’s for a while. For once the back-page headlines were trustworthy. The critical contest was between
Kevin De Bruyne Kevin De Bruyne’s treasure chest supplies Raheem Sterling with rich pickingsThe Guardian - Paul Wilson at the Etihad StadiumPep Guardiola has challenged Raheem Sterling to score 30 goals this season and with four in his first two games the England forward is well ahead of schedule. Sterling opened the scoring in the 2-2 draw
Pat Cummins Pat Cummins gives Joe Root yet another Lord’s day to forgetThe Guardian - Ali Martin at Lord’sThere is a final day still to be negotiated in this Test match, one that is positively pregnant with possibilities, but it is safe to say that Joe Root the batsman will be glad to see the back of Lord’s
The Theatre Jordan Brookes review – refuses to play by the normal rules of comedyThe Guardian - Brian Logan‘In all sincerity …” says Jordan Brookes at the beginning of the heartfelt audience address that closes his show. But sincerity is a devalued currency in Brookes’s show, and he knows it. The point of Got
Jeffrey Epstein Jean-Luc Brunel: three former models say they were sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein friendGuardian US - Jon Swaine in Miami, Jon Henley in Amsterdam and Lucy Osborne in LondonI remember trying to move, but not really being able to. Like almost being paralysed. I heard … my blouse … ripping Thysia Huisman If someone touched one of my daughters like that now, I would call it
Frank Lampard Shortcomings of Lampard the manager echo those of Lampard the playerThe Guardian - Jonathan WilsonC enturies from now, when the world is a wasteland and football exists only in the ruins of stadiums half-buried in the desert, there will still come a wind through the dusty valley and on its breath be
Media Industry Owen Jones attacked outside London pubThe Guardian - Nosheen IqbalThe Guardian columnist and activist Owen Jones has been physically assaulted in London while celebrating his 34th birthday with friends. In an attack he called “a blatant premeditated assault”, Jones he
Lucas Moura Lucas Moura earns Spurs draw at Manchester City as VAR history repeatsThe Guardian - Daniel Taylor at the Etihad StadiumIt was an extraordinary finale and, amid all the drama and utter confusion, spare a thought perhaps for those Manchester City supporters who had happily left the stadium, believing they had just seen team
Jofra Archer Jofra Archer’s fire could be key to breaking Steve Smith’s dominanceThe Guardian - Andy Bull at Lord’sAt lunch Lord’s looked exactly as you picture it in the dark days of winter. The sun was out, the sky was blue and the bars were buzzing with happy chatter. You wouldn’t have guessed it, then, but there
The Theatre Wigging out: why drag is bigger and wilder than ever at EdinburghThe Guardian - Crystal RasmussenIt’s Friday night at the Edinburgh fringe. Artists are running all over town, weaving around drunk punters and through flooded streets to make their guest spots. In full drag is me, dragging a tent through
UK News PC Andrew Harper inquiry: police get more time to question suspectsThe Guardian - Mark TownsendDetectives were granted an extra 36 hours on Saturday to question 10 suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering a newlywed policeman who died after being “dragged for a distance” by a van when he responded
Eddie Jones England’s undercooked flanks give Eddie Jones food for thoughtThe Guardian - Michael Aylwin at the Principality StadiumAll part of the plan? Who can second-guess the workings of Eddie Jones’s mind but certainly, if last weekend England produced one of the more impressive outings by a second team, this was far more the
Opinion (UK) The Philadelphia story couldn’t be told today…The Guardian - Alex ClarkMany years ago, a friend’s mother asked her if her husband was going to accompany them to the playground. “No, Mum,” my pal replied, with what the cynical might assume was false brightness. “He’s seen
Taliban America is close to ‘deal’ with Taliban, hints TrumpThe Guardian - Emma Graham-HarrisonWomen's rights activists are concerned that their gains over the past 20 years might be destroyed by the Taliban Donald Trump has met his peace envoy to Afghanistan and top security advisers to discuss
Toni Kroos Toni Kroos scores stunning goal as Real Madrid get off to a flyer at Celta VigoThe Guardian - ReutersReal Madrid got off to a flying start in La Liga with a comfortable win away from home on Saturday with the help of a magnificent long-range strike from Toni Kroos, although they had Ballon d’Or winner
Opinion (UK) Last week, I gazed on a truly wild land... and saw art reflected backThe Guardian - Kenan MalikAchmore is a nondescript hamlet on the A858 that cuts across the isle of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. This is a gnarled, fractured landscape, swaddled in wind and rain, and built out of some
Grady Diangana Football League: Bamford double puts Leeds top, Diangana double for West BromThe Guardian - Luke McLaughlinA goal in each half by Patrick Bamford gave Leeds a 2-0 away win at Wigan and put them top of the Championship table with seven points from three matches. The Latics had Joe Williams sent off for a second
Dunfermline James Forrest the goal hero as Celtic toil to win over DunfermlineThe Guardian - PA MediaJames Forrest’s 114th-minute goal edged Celtic past Dunfermline after the Fifers threatened to end the champions’ stranglehold on domestic silverware. With a penalty shoot-out looming, the substitute space
