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Glasgow’s Callum Gibbins warns Saracens may suffer Twickenham hangover
The Guardian - Paul Rees
Glasgow have not beaten Saracens in five attempts in the European Cup, but after last week’s astonishing comeback by Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham, they aim to make lightning counterattacking
Raheem Sterling
Harry Maguire votes for Raheem Sterling and bright future for England
The Guardian - Paul Wilson
Harry Maguire has seen enough, both in training and on the pitch. It is the time of year when footballers choose their player of the season and the Leicester and England defender’s vote has already been
Euro 2020
Euro 2020 qualifying roundup: Spain, Italy and Swiss start with wins
The Guardian - Reuters
The Spain captain Sergio Ramos scored another Panenka penalty to give his side a 2-1 home win over Norway in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier but it was a far from convincing display from Luis Enrique’s
Brazil
Brazilian villages evacuated after warnings of dam collapse
The Guardian - Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro
The Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Saturday that communities in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais had been ordered to evacuate after independent auditors found that one of its dams could collapse
Raheem Sterling
Jadon Sancho toasts Raheem Sterling’s example to England youngsters
The Guardian - Sean Ingle
Amid the smiles that followed England’s beautiful dissection of the Czech Republic on Friday night, few were bigger than Jadon Sancho’s when asked whether Raheem Sterling was now one of the daddies of
London School of Economics
Spymaster behind the capture of Adolf Eichmann dies aged 92
The Guardian - David Connett
Rafi Eitan, a renowned and controversial Israeli spymaster who masterminded the capture of Adolf Eichmann, one of the key architects of the Holocaust, has died aged 92. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin
Opinion (UK)
Theresa May has failed to offer sound leadership in this toxic Brexit phase
The Guardian - Phillip Lee
Mrs May's words in Downing Street were the most irresponsible of any prime minister in my lifetime A no-deal exit would ensure that she goes down in infamy... she has made a bad situation worse How has
Middle Age
Jacinda envy: Why the days of a middle-aged white male leader could be over
The Guardian - Greg Jericho
For centuries the male has had the comparatively easy ride in leadership After the truly horrible events of Christchurch many progressives in Australia looked with envy at the performance of the New Zealand
Article 50
Pro-remain MPs draw up plans to vote on revoking article 50
The Guardian - Emma Graham-Harrison and Michael Savage
Pro-Remain MPs are drawing up plans for a vote on revoking article 50 as an emergency measure to stop Britain crashing out of the EU, after an online petition to cancel Brexit became the most popular By
‘I'm fed up with hearing May talk about who voted to leave’
The Guardian - Gareth Rubin
David Frost, 80, former military policeman Brexit is disastrous for our country. I’ve not been on a march since 1962 when I marched out of the army. However, I felt very strongly that I had to come here
Politics
One million join march against Brexit as Tories plan to oust May
The Guardian - Toby Helm and Michael Savage
In one of the biggest demonstrations in British history, a crowd estimated at over one million people yesterday marched peacefully through central London to demand that MPs grant them a fresh referendum
Toby Flood helps Newcastle to vital win but Sale make biting claim
The Guardian - Ross Heppenstall at St James’ Park
It is difficult to put a price on this victory for Newcastle. In an increasingly congested relegation picture, Dean Richards’s men have little margin for error if they are to climb off the canvas in the
Robert Kraft
'I am truly sorry': Patriots owner Robert Kraft breaks silence over prostitution bust
The Guardian - Guardian sport
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has broken his silence for the first time since he was charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution in Florida. “I am truly Kraft
FIFA World Cup
Jeff Hendrick gives Republic of Ireland narrow win over stubborn Gibraltar
The Guardian - Press Association
Jeff Hendrick handed Mick McCarthy a winning start to his second spell in charge as the Republic of Ireland launched their Euro 2020 campaign with a narrow victory in Gibraltar. Hendrick’s first international
Callum Paterson
Winning is only way for Scotland to apologise for Kazakhstan, says McLeish
The Guardian - Press Association
Alex McLeish has vowed to keep trying to make amends for Scotland’s shock defeat in Kazakhstan and believes there will be twists and turns in their Euro 2020 qualifying group. McLeish and his players come
Politics
As Tory MPs plot May’s downfall, her last allies battle for her survival
The Guardian - Michael Savage and Toby Helm
The prime minister has failed to deliver on her Brexit promise … she needs to announce a date for her departure Nigel Evans, Tory MP Members of Theresa May’s cabinet believe she will have to resign this
World News
Militia attack on Mali village leaves at least 115 dead
The Guardian - Associated Press in Bamako
Militia fighters descended on a village in central Mali before dawn on Saturday, killing at least 115 people in the latest deadly attack blamed on an ethnic militia, local authorities said. The massacre
Put it to the People march: a formidable sea of humanity and powerful strength of feeling
The Guardian - Tim Adams
Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on a screen. Get outside. Timothy Snyder, historian There are still a few things in public life that you cannot fake. You can
Sports
NCAA tournament: LSU clips Maryland on last-gasp bucket to reach Sweet 16
The Guardian - Associated Press
Tremont Waters drove around three defenders and flipped in a shot with 1.6 seconds remaining to give LSU a 69-67 victory over Maryland in the second round of the East Region. Maryland rallied from a 15-point
News
Corbyn’s team split over soft Brexit
The Guardian - Michael Savage and Toby Helm
Unlike the prime minister Labour's willing to be flexible to find a way through, but we won't vote for her terrible deal Rebecca Long-Bailey Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet is set to clash again over Brexit
World News
No food, no shelter, no livelihood: families in Mozambique hit by Cyclone Idai
The Guardian - Peter Beaumont
Helicopters, badly needed to rescue people sheltering in trees, on roofs and in electric pylons, were slow to arrive Beneath the crumbling arcade of the municipal council building in Beira, in Mozambique,
News
Chelsea Manning: supporters demand release from solitary confinement
Guardian US - Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans
Supporters of Chelsea Manning have demanded her release from effective solitary confinement, in which she has been held for more than two weeks since being jailed for contempt of court. “We condemn the
Opinion (UK)
One thing now unites Britons – a sense of national humiliation
The Guardian - Nick Cohen
Even as the lights dim around her, May cannot find the courage to challenge the hard right The hundreds of thousands marching were patriots. Not patriots of the flag-waving, chest-beating type, but patriots
Angela Merkel
One telling image: in a Brussels corridor, the EU takes back control of Brexit
The Guardian - Jon Henley
No deal would be bad news for all economically, even if it would be far worse for Britain than the 27 Dutch official As pictures go, it spoke volumes. On Thursday evening in Brussels, Bulgaria’s permanent
Books
Nina Stibbe: ‘I really hate anything horror’
The Guardian - Hannah Beckerman
Nina Stibbe shot to literary fame with the publication of Love, Nina, a selection of letters to her sister while working as a nanny for Mary-Kay Wilmers, the editor of the London Review of Books. Since
Opinion (UK)
How will British museums survive if they subject every donor to an ethical audit?
The Guardian - Mark Lawson
The new puritans do not rely on financial audit or legal due diligence, but on a subjective sniff test At the end of this process of ethical cleansing looms the spectre of a museum that stands completely
Books
Book clinic: which novels will help me find my mixed-race identity?
The Guardian - Oyinkan Braithwaite
Q: I’m mixed-race and I never knew my father. What books can help me find my black identity and self-esteem? Student, 37, Manchester A: Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British author. Her first novel,
World News
Protesters clash with police across France for 19th weekend
The Guardian - Reuters in Paris
Police and demonstrators clashed sporadically in Paris and other French cities on Saturday as gilets jaunes protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s government took place for a 19th consecutive weekend.
Football League: Luton extend unbeaten run as Portsmouth go third
The Guardian - Ben Fisher
League One Table-topping Luton Town took another step towards the Championship after breezing past Doncaster to preserve the longest unbeaten league run in England’s top four tiers. The substitute Luke
Rugby Union
Will Skelton double inspires Saracens to comeback win over Harlequins
The Guardian - Michael Aylwin at the London Stadium
Comebacks are all the rage at the moment. This might not have been the overturning of a 31-point lead, but if a response to adversity is the mark of a champion side, Saracens reinforced their credentials.