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Today's summary *: Ferencvaros are preparing to host Rangers in the Europa League after a strong home performance, while Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, with her daughter accepting the award on her behalf. In entertainment, Kate Winslet reveals that her family never watches her film “The Holiday” because it is “excruciating.” The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards are highlighted with a challenge to name all 71 winners. In business news, Lidl has announced a £31 million investment in the north‑west of the UK, creating more than 100 new retail jobs across three new stores. On the field, Ulster club teams Kilcoo and Scotstown are set to meet in the club final. International football sees Fabio Cannavaro taking over as coach of Uzbekistan for the 2026 World Cup, noting their tough opponents, while a Guardian piece critiques the 1994 U.S. World Cup as “more American than apple pie.” England’s football association is scouting training camps in the U.S. for the 2026 World Cup, concerned the Netherlands may secure the preferred base, and a Guardian Knowledge column lists football clubs that display people’s pictures on their badges.
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Ferencvaros seek next round with win over Rangers
Robbie Keane's Ferencvaros are looking good at home and in the Europa League as they prepare to host Rangers on Thursday.
By Alasdair Lamont at The Bbc.
Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner will not attend ceremony, say organisers
Opposition leader María Corina Machado’s daughter to receive award on her behalf in Oslo, says Nobel InstituteThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will not attend the Nobel peace prize ceremony and the award will be accepted by her daughter, organisers have said.Machado has been seen only once in public since going into hiding in August last year amid a tense showdown with the president, Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela’s attorney general has said Machado, 58, would be considered a “fugitive” if she left the country to accept the award. Continue reading...
By Agence France-Presse at The Guardian.
Kate Winslet says her family never, ever watch The Holiday
The Oscar-winning star says watching herself on screen is "an excruciating experience."
By Colin Paterson at The Bbc.
Can you name every SPOTY winner?
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award has been won 71 times. How many winners can you name?
By BBC Sport at The Bbc.
Lidl to create 100 new jobs in £31m investment in north west
The supermarket chain unveiled plans for three new stores which will create more than 100 retail jobs.
By BBC News at The Bbc.
Kilcoo and Scotstown meet in Ulster club final - all you need to know
All you need to know about Saturday's Ulster Club SFC final between Kilcoo and Scotstown.
By BBC Sport at The Bbc.
Fabio Cannavaro: ‘Uzbeks are tough, never give up. Playing them is a pain in the arse’
In an exclusive interview, the former World Cup winner talks about taking Uzbekistan to the 2026 World Cup and a project close to his heart in NaplesUzbekistan may have made history by qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s 34 years of independence in June after losing only once in 15 qualifiers. But they then had a problem: Timur Kapadze stepped down and they needed a head coach for next year’s tournament.They turned to Fabio Cannavaro, Italy’s 2006 World Cup-winning captain and Ballon d’Or winner, who has had a rich and varied coaching career and was ready to take on the challenge of managing a nation still taking its first steps in international football. Continue reading...
By Emanuele Giulianelli in Naples at The Guardian.
‘Hating soccer is more American than apple pie’: the World Cup nobody wanted the US to host
Glitzy draws, OJ-era chaos, grass laid over AstroTurf and a host nation that barely cared – the 1994 World Cup arrived amid suspicion and slapstick. Yet it became a watershed that would alter US sport and global football politics alike“The United States was chosen,” the columnist George Vecsey wrote in the New York Times in 1994, “because of all the money to be made here, not because of any soccer prowess. Our country has been rented as a giant stadium and hotel and television studio.” Nobody could seriously doubt that. The USA had played in only two World Cups since the second world war and hadn’t had a national professional league for a decade. And that meant there was a great deal of skepticism from outsiders, even after Fifa made it clear there would be no wacky law changes to try to appeal to the domestic audience: Would anybody actually turn up to watch?But there was also hostility in the United States. A piece in USA Today on the day of the draw told Americans they were right not to care about the World Cup, what it sneeringly described as the biggest sport in “Cameroon, Uruguay and Madagascar”. “Hating soccer,” wrote the columnist Tom Weir, “is more American than mom’s apple pie, driving a pickup or spending Saturday afternoon channel surfing with the remote control.”Excerpted from The Power And The Glory by Jonathan Wilson, copyright © 2025 by Jonathan Wilson. Used with permission of Bold Type Books, an imprint of Basic Books Group, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Continue reading...
By Jonathan Wilson at The Guardian.
England scout for World Cup camps amid fears of losing preferred base to Netherlands
Initial Kansas plan for US training base thrown into doubtFA exploring alternative options on the east coast The Football Association has sent operational staff to the US this week to scout for World Cup training camps amid concerns that England may lose their preferred site to the Netherlands.Thomas Tuchel had cleared an FA plan for England to be based in Kansas after a pre-tournament training camp in Fort Lauderdale, but after last week’s draw there are concerns that the Netherlands will be allocated their chosen facility at Sporting Kansas City, a high-performance centre used by US Soccer. Continue reading...
By Matt Hughes at The Guardian.
The Knowledge | Which football clubs have pictures of people on their badges?
Plus: players popping up randomly on TV, triple-doubles in names and which match featured the most Ballon d’Or winners?Mail us with your questions and answers“While scanning the Champions League fixtures, I noticed that Pafos FC of Cyprus have a person’s face on their badge (Cypriot freedom fighter Evagoras Pallikarides),” writes Paul Savage. “Other than faces of legendary characters (Ajax), do any other badges have people on them?”This was one of the more popular Knowledge questions of 2025. We received dozens of answers – thanks one and all – that referenced clubs all around the world. In no particular order, here they are. Continue reading...
By Guardian sport at The Guardian.
