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Amorim hit by visa delay as he jets in to lead United

Rúben Amorim is yet to be granted a visa despite starting his first official day as Manchester United's head coach today and will not be able to take an opening training session.

Ødegaard brings clarity in the chaos but a few regrets too

On the plus side he notably improved the team. On the minus, well, there's only one of him

Neto makes point as Arsenal falter again

There were people on the pitch, Chelsea substitutes to be precise, the joy of everyone connected to the club overflowing. Pedro Neto had produced the equaliser with a vicious low drive from distance and if it did not turn out to be the statement victory that Enzo Maresca and his players wanted – a first against a so-called Big Six rival – they could see the merit in a battling draw.

Beaming McKenna savours Ipswich's winning moment

The away end's explosion of noise and limbs at full time left no question about what this meant to Ipswich.

United hit cruise control as Van Nistelrooy signs off

Eleven days after Manchester United routed Leicester under Ruud van Nistelrooy in the Carabao Cup here, the interim manager signed off with another easy-street win over the Foxes and so ends his four-game term unbeaten.

Campbell earns United the Sheffield bragging rights

The Steel City derby may not be played quite as regularly as some others or quite have the same pull on a national scale but there is no doubting that what you do in this fixture can make you a legend in this particular part of the world.

Bompastor keeps cool despite more perfection

Sonia Bompastor insisted her Chelsea team have won nothing yet and said she will keep their feet on the ground after the defending champions continued their strongest ever start to a Women's Super League season with a routine victory at Liverpool.

Barnes has last chop to cut down Forest

Nottingham Forest have been fishing in the waters Newcastle aspire to swim in. This season, Nuno Espírito Santo's team are the provincial outfit punching above their weight but in taking them down at the City Ground, Newcastle, now just a point behind Forest, showed they too possess the capability to join the throng.

WSL roundup Hayashi saves Everton but trouble looms

When the Crystal Palace midfielder My Cato found herself with the ball on the left, inside a minute at the VBS Community Stadium, the Everton defence followed, three of the back four shifting across and then looking back in horror as an unmarked Indiah-Paige Riley collected the pass from Cato in the middle before slotting home.

Borthwick keeps faith in plan that explodes in his face

Another defeat after leading late on begs the question if the England head coach's system is seriously flawed

Earl says 'project will get better' despite losing run

The England head coach, Steve Borthwick, retains the unequivocal support of the Rugby Football Union and has been given a vote of confidence by senior players despite a dismal run of four successive defeats.

Muntz inspires Fiji to more history and adds to Welsh gloom

As the full-time whistle blew in Cardiff, the entire Fiji team sank onto the turf at a stadium where they had just claimed victory for the first time.

Etzebeth stands tall in show of Springboks' strength

Not much arguing with this. Scotland threw everything at this match, setting their beloved stadium on a roar time and again, but four tries to none tells its own story.

Emotional Cavendish bows out with Singapore win

Mark Cavendish claimed victory in his final race as a professional cyclist yesterday.

Tyson v Paul This is the apex event of content masquerading as sport, and I hate it

Mark Borkowski is the public relations maestro who has worked with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Diego Maradona to Jim Rose, an American exhibitionist who used to hang weights from his penis.

Budget bites Reeves has put up restaurants' costs - but who will foot the bill?

Nothing tarnishes an evening out quite like a row over the size of the bill.

Budget prompts estate agent to cut forecast for house price rises

Expectations that UK interest rates may stay higher for longer, as well as revenue-raising measures in the budget, have prompted a leading estate agent to cut its longer-term forecast for house price growth.

Charity calls for new rules on gambling advertising

Great Britain lags behind Europe on measures to restrict betting ads, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.

National insurance rise will lead to job losses, pubs say

Hospitality businesses will be forced to close while others will have to slash jobs and investment as a result of changes to national insurance announced in the budget, according to a letter to the chancellor signed by the bosses of more than 200 of the UK's largest restaurant, pub and hotel companies.

Competing lenders' rescue deals split Thames board

Thames Water's board is split over two competing deals from its lenders aimed at saving Britain's biggest water supplier from going insolvent.

Public sector pay increases likely to be bigger than in private firms

Pay awards for public sector workers in Britain are expected to overtake the private sector for the first time in four years, according to a report, amid growing business alarm at the government's tax plans.

Valencian government rules out resignations over response to floods

The Valencian regional government, which has been heavily criticised over its response to the deadly floods that have killed at least 222 people in Spain, has ruled out any imminent resignations over the matter, arguing that the departure of senior leaders would constitute a betrayal of the victims of the disaster.

Greece's Syriza risks opposition status after ousting its leader

Syriza, the once radical leftwing force that set Europe alight with its anti-austerity rhetoric at the height of Greece's debt crisis, is on the verge of being replaced as the country's main opposition party after the removal of its leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, and his decision to start a new political party.

Praying for rain Drought drains African countries' vital hydropower

All is not well with Lake Kariba, the world's largest human-made lake. A punishing drought has drained the huge reservoir close to record lows, raising the prospect that the Kariba Dam, which powers the economies of Zambia and Zimbabwe, may have to shut down for the first time in its 65-year history.

Women walking Camino de Santiago tell of 'terrifying' sexual harassment

Lone female pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago have spoken of being subjected to \"terrifying\" sexual harassment in near-deserted areas of rural Spain, Portugal and France.

First charges over violence linked to football match in Amsterdam

Dutch officials have released details of the 62 people arrested after violent attacks took place around the football match between Amsterdam's Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.

Dutch police use hologram of murdered woman in hunt for killer

Detectives in Amsterdam are hoping an innovative, lifesize hologram of a young sex worker who was murdered 15 years ago will jog people's memories and help bring her killer, or killers, to justice.

Dozens killed and wounded by Israeli strike on home in Gaza

Israeli warplanes carried out more strikes in northern Gaza yesterday, reportedly destroying a home in the Jabaliya area that had been under siege for weeks, killing and wounding dozens, including many women and children.

Urgent action needed to end Northern Ireland femicides, charity says

A leading women's rights charity has called for the establishment of a domestic abuse commissioner in Northern Ireland to tackle one of the highest rates of femicide in Europe.

'It's a brawl' Film explores story of art dealer forced by Nazis to sell collection

From the Benin bronzes to the Parthenon marbles, debates over the restitution of cultural artefacts are now a fact of life in an international art world forced to reckon with the often controversial history of its treasures.