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Search for Steve Clarke replacement must look outside the country’s borders to avoid future World Cup disappointmentThere was one element of the Scottish Football Association’s otherwise baffling decision to give Steve Clarke a four-year deal weeks before a World Cup ball had been kicked that made sense.When…

Small-minded SFA must ditch parochial mentality if Scotland are to thrive | Ewan Murray
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Small-minded SFA must ditch parochial mentality if Scotland are to thrive | Ewan Murray

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Francis Tolu works at his family’s restaurant in Spain and also competes in pizza acrobatic contests internationallyFrancis Tolu is a freestyle pizza champion. For those who don’t know what that is, he uses pizza dough to compete in acrobatic performances. He can make pizza blindfolded; he also throws pizzas in…

‘I eat pasta almost every day’: a day in the life of a world champion pizza athlete
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‘I eat pasta almost every day’: a day in the life of a world champion pizza athlete

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Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care home?Nurseries, vets and shops: the sectors where private equity plays a big roleOne pound in every £11 of UK…

‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity
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‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity

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Schroyer, whom Trump calls ‘a patriot’, led deportation campaign in Oklahoma under ICE-partnered programDonald ​Trump said on ⁠Saturday ⁠that ​he ‌will ‌nominate ‌Lance Schroyer as ‌the next director of US ​Immigration ⁠and ​Customs ​Enforcement (ICE), succeeding David Venturella, who had…

Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as next ICE director
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Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as next ICE director

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!After much hesitant wallchart-filling, Geopolitics World Cup fans are finally able to feast their eyes on a complete knockout stage and plot their team’s route to a painful penalty shootout exit. Unlike in previous tournaments, there is no rest day for the wicked…

Football Daily | England muddle on and Clarke checks out as World Cup moves up a gear
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Football Daily | England muddle on and Clarke checks out as World Cup moves up a gear

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Moroccans began moving to the Netherlands in the 1960s, lending match in Mexico a feeling akin to ‘a derby’Thirty-two years to the day since their first official encounter, Morocco and the Netherlands face each in what has the makings of a blockbuster last-32 match. Many things have changed since the 1994 World…

‘Street football on world stage’: Morocco and Netherlands face off in last-32 game with a backstory
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‘Street football on world stage’: Morocco and Netherlands face off in last-32 game with a backstory

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