Manchester United host fellow strugglers Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, with both managers under pressure.
United boss Michael Carrick and Spurs manager Roberto De Zerbi have both been under increasing pressure in recent weeks, with both sides having made disastrous starts to the new Premier League season.
The Red Devils currently sit 12th in the top flight table, while the Lilywhites occupy 20th place and are one of only three sides without a win so far this term.
Ahead of Saturday’s huge encounter at Old Trafford, however, it is now emerging that United are one of three clubs chasing a Premier League star.
As reported by Football Insider, Man United and Arsenal have been joined by Liverpool in the race to land Fulham youngster Josh King.
The report claims that all three Premier League sides have shown interest in the 19-year-old, who has enjoyed a bright start to the new campaign despite Fulham’s struggles.
Liverpool are said to have entered the race to land King Photo: Alamy)
King is a product of the Cottagers’ youth system and has already made more than 50 appearances for the west London side across all competitions, scoring four goals and registering three assists.
The report suggests that Liverpool are considering a move to sign the teenager in January, although it remains to be seen whether or not Fulham would be willing to sell the player.
King has been in particularly impressive form this season, scoring twice in five games for a Fulham side that are yet to win in the league.
The attacking midfielder’s current contract at Craven Cottage is set to run until the end of the 2028/29 campaign, but it remains to be seen whether or not the west London side can keep hold of the player beyond the mid-season transfer window in January.
Gary O’Neil was full of praise for his Ipswich Town side as they completed a stunning 2-1 comeback over Fulham in the Premier League.
After Ryan Sessegnon picked out the bottom-right corner with a long-range strike, Ipswich were heading for defeat at Portman Road.
However, the Tractor Boys, who registered an expected goals (xG) of 1.15, levelled the scoreline in the 88th minute thanks to Abdoul Ouattara’s curling left-footed effort.
And the action did not end there as captain Dara O’Shea netted a stoppage-time winner, heading in Jack Clarke’s free-kick at the near post.
The result means Ipswich have now won three of their first six Premier League games in a season for only the second time, while also winning six points from losing positions with no team having recovered more.
After seeing his side seal a late win against Fulham, O’Neil said, “We deserved the win today, to perform the way we did.
“We were the better side, we were in control. We conceded a goal from 30 yards, which was tough to take when you are the team that has the momentum.
“But we are a fit side, they can run . So, we were able to make five changes from the bench which had a positive impact.
“We get the win that we deserve, which is important. A lot of work went into it, the players were excellent, they deserve a lot of credit.”
On Ouattara’s performance, O’Neil added, “He’s a good player, Abdoul. Still has a lot to do. Still working hard. I’ve had him for a while now, obviously .
“He can play in a number of different positions, he has some stuff we still need to improve, but his left foot shooting from 30 yards does not seem to be one of them.”
Meanwhile, Alvaro Arbeloa continues his search for a first Premier League win as Fulham boss.
In a contest which saw the Cottagers muster a superior xG of 1.81 from 13 attempts, Arbeloa’s side were made to pay for sitting too deep in the final few minutes of the game.
Fulham have now failed to win in their last six games in the Premier League, while also losing eight points from winning positions, with only Bournemouth (nine) having lost more.
More worryingly, Fulham sit 20th in the Premier League table, with pressure mounting on the former Real Madrid boss.
“It is painful to lose three points in the way that we did. It is something we need to accept and prepare the same for the next game,” said Arbeloa.
“We need to keep improving. We did many things well, we played well for 60–70 minutes, but in the end we conceded two late goals and lost the game.
“If you don’t take your chances, your opponent will. We are creating so many chances during games, if we want to win games we need to start taking chances.”
MADRID (AP) — María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez led the way on social media offering his condolences after housing activists and Abascal’s lawyer announced her death.
Known widely as “Maricarmen,” she had become a symbol for renters struggling with Spain’s housing affordability crisis.
“All my love to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones,” Sánchez said in a post on X. “A hug as well to all of us who feel this loss as our own today. Rest in peace.”
The emotions ran into anger on the street among the protesters gathered near Spain’s Parliament who chanted “Maricarmen lives, the fight goes on!”
Protesters gather after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, early Thursday.
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Iciar López, a 32-year-old psychologist, shared her feelings with The Associated Press at the protest in Madrid.
“A great deal of sorrow. And above all, the thought that she is the cause, the head of this whole revolution that has happened, and that she can’t see it,” she said. “It makes me very sad that she can’t see if anything comes of it … That’s what angers me the most, honestly.”
A case that captured media attention and traveled around the world
Spaniards increasingly frustrated by housing costs periodically march in major cities demanding action from lawmakers. But a fresh wave of indignation has swept Spain since Sept. 23, when Maricarmen, who used a wheelchair, was carried on a stretcher from her home of seven decades after police cordoned off the street and removed protesters. She was taken to a hospital because of her fragile health.
Maricarmen’s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, did not disclose the cause of death when she confirmed it to Cadena Ser radio. Duro said that she and the activists were all devastated.
“Maricarmen’s case, which captured media attention and traveled around the world, leaves us the image of the shameful violence of these types of evictions and the impact they can have on people’s health,” Duro said.
She had been expected to return home after leaving the hospital. The real estate company that evicted her in order to rent the property at a much higher price eventually caved in under immense public pressure and agreed to let her return to the apartment.
“Although a historic agreement was reached that would have allowed her to return home, this solution came too late,” the Madrid Tenants’ Union said in a statement Wednesday. “It was an entirely avoidable situation following a harrowing ordeal.”
Maricarmen’s plight galvanized a social movement
The average rent for Spain has almost doubled in the last 10 years, according to the real estate website Idealista. Spain’s government said that 26% of Spaniards who rent housing spend an average of 40% of their income on rent and utilities, compared with the European Union average of 18% of renters who do so.
Protesters camped in Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol square held a minute of silence after learning of her death.
Maricarmen spent almost her entire life in her apartment, where she first lived with her parents and brother. She later worked as a secretary for the board of a pharmaceutical company, Spanish daily El País reported. She said both her parents died in the apartment.
After retiring in 1998, she spent her days walking around the neighborhood, doing errands and taking care of the precious items in her home. The paper reported that black-and-white family photographs were among the only things she had brought with her to the hospital.
“Maricarmen only wanted to die in her home. She wasn’t asking for anything else,” Eugenio Melchor, 22, said at the protest in Madrid. “She was dying in her home and she almost did. They have killed her. I mean, there’s no other word for it, and I hope those responsible for this pay and go to trial.”
Maricarmen’s plight galvanized a social movement, prompted Spain’s unions to announce a general strike next month and intensified pressure on political leaders. Sánchez called an early election Monday after his government failed last week to push emergency housing measures through Parliament. He now hopes the issue will reinvigorate his Socialist Party and help him form a new government after the Nov. 29 election.
Housing Minister Isabel Rodríguez also expressed condolences, writing on X: “I deeply lament the death of Maricarmen. My condolences to those who accompanied her and fought by her side until the end.”
Conservative opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who hopes to unseat Sánchez and his left-wing coalition, also offered condolences.
“I want to express my condolences to Maricarmen’s family and loved ones. No campaign, no party, no use for political advantage,” the Popular Party leader wrote. “When faced with the death of a person, we must only show respect.”
Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain. Associated Press writers Teresa Medrano, in Madrid, and Renata Brito, in Barcelona, contributed.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern.
Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win.
“She was very taken by surprise,” Carlberg said.
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern.
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Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for works that often blend elements of poetry, essay and fiction.
Her books include “Eros the Bittersweet,” a look at the pleasure and pain of desire in ancient Greek literature, verse novel “Autobiography of Red,” “Men in the Off Hours,” a collection of poetry and prose that won Canada’s Griffin Prize for poetry in 2001 and “Norma Jeane Baker of Troy,” which compares Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy.
Carson also has translated works of classical Greek literature that, the Swedish Academy said, “may be regarded as independent works in their own right.” They include “If Not, Winter,” based on poem fragments by Sappho, Sophocles’ tragic plays “Electra” and “Antigone” and Euripides’s “Bakkhai.”
“Almost all her literary production has centered upon the intersection between the philologist’s obsession with words and the poet’s desire for new meaning,” said Anders Olsson, chair of the literature committee.
Olsson added that Carson’s juxtaposition of influences ranging from the ancient Greeks to John Keats, Virginia Woolf and Emily Bronte “leads to playful and ironic works that move not only between classical and modern poetry but also between different genres and artforms.”
Carson has taught classics at several North American universities and has lived in Iceland, where she and her husband, Robert Currie, were granted citizenship in 2022.
The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The Associated Press’ efforts to reach Carson and her literary agent, Nicole Aragi, were not immediately successful.
Last year, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, won the Nobel Prize in literature for work the judges said upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”
Three science awards were announced earlier this week. The Nobel for medicine went to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. The physics award recognized a scientist’s efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. The chemistry prize recognized two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.
This week ends with Friday’s peace prize. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.
The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).
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Dazio reported from Berlin and Lawless reported from London. Hillel Italie in New York contributed to this report.
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.
The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).
The USGS initially reported the first quake as magnitude 8, then revised it to 7.6 and later to 7.7.
Visibly shaken residents of Panama City, the capital, gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake’s impact on Friday.
“We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, though we’re very scared,” Rosendo Domínguez, 60, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press by phone. “Everyone is outside, scared.”
Multiple aftershocks continued to rattle Panama, including several measuring magnitude 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2. Seismologists at the University of Panama recorded more than 45 aftershocks, though many were too weak to be felt.
PENONOME, PANAMA – OCTOBER 9: A detailed view of a damaged car after a 7.6 earthquake struck Panama on October 9, 2026 in Penonomé, Panama. According to the Geoscience Institute of Panama, the 7.6 earthquake occurred 14 kms from Pitaloza Arriba. Authorities report severe damage in Penonomé and Santiago. Meanwhile, in the capital city, there are no reports of significant damage. (Photo by Adyanis Adames/Getty Images)
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Calls For Calm And Reports Of Collapsed Buildings
Despite the strength of the successive quakes, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said authorities had not documented anyone killed as of Friday evening, though he cautioned that could change in the coming hours or days.
“Nobody was ready, and no one is ever ready for this type of disaster,” Mulino said, after calling for calm earlier in the day.
Images of crumbling buildings and deep fissures slicing through roads added to fears across a region battered by a series of devastating earthquakes in recent months.
The notably lesser toll in nearby Panama may have been due to the country’s strict building codes, especially governing construction of skyscrapers in the capital, said Carlos Valdés, head of the Seismology Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Omar Smith of the National Civil Protection Service said on the Telemetro Reporta news channel that damage was concentrated in the central provinces of Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos and there were no reports of damages in Panama City.
Smith said several injuries have been reported, including one person struck by debris from a partially collapsed structure in the city of Penonomé, around 150 km (93 miles) from the capital. He confirmed a partial collapse and cracks at the cathedral in the district’s main square, as well as damage in the governor’s office building and the Dos Continentes hotel.
Local news outlets also reported that the Church of San Atanasio, a colonial-style Catholic church in Panama’s Los Santos province, had collapsed. The church was declared a National Historic Heritage Site in 1938. Elsewhere, including in Veraguas province, large fissures ran along roadways.
Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, one of the region’s busiest airports with more than 20 million passengers in 2025, temporarily suspended operations after the first quake but said Friday afternoon that it was reopening.
The Panama Canal Authority said operations were continuing normally along the global trade route. It said its priority was the safety of employees, vessels and crews and that specialized technical teams were inspecting facilities for possible damage.
PENONOME, PANAMA – OCTOBER 9: General view of the damaged Penonomé Government building after a 7.6 earthquake struck Panama on October 9, 2026 in Penonomé, Panama. According to the Geoscience Institute of Panama, the 7.6 earthquake occurred 14 kms from Pitaloza Arriba. Authorities report severe damage in Penonomé and Santiago. Meanwhile, in the capital city, there are no reports of significant damage. (Photo by Adyanis Adames/Getty Images)
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Tsunami Warnings As Far As Chile’s Easter Island
The last major earthquake to cause widespread damage in Panama struck in 1991. A magnitude 7.4 quake, centered in nearby Costa Rica, killed 23 people, injured 559, and left thousands of people homeless in the border Bocas del Toro region.
Earthquakes are common, especially along Panama’s border with Costa Rica and its Pacific coast, because of the interaction of several tectonic plates, including the Cocos, Nazca and Caribbean plates.
Panama lies along the “Ring of Fire,” a 40,000-kilometer (25,000-mile) arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin, where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.
The National Weather Service lifted a tsunami warning issued shortly after the quakes on Friday for the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Alerts issued by El Salvador and Chile for Easter Island were also lifted.
Néstor Luque, director of the Geosciences Institute at the University of Panama, said waves between 3 to 10 feet (1 and 3 meters) were expected around Isla Cañas and the southern coast of Los Santos province, but major waves weren’t expected beyond that. Seawater had already reached homes near the coast on Isla Cañas, he said.
A vehicle lies crushed beneath a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Penonome, Panama, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Aris Mariota)
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Messages of support and offers of assistance flooded in from across the region on Friday afternoon. Mulino thanked fellow Latin American leaders for their support, saying he had spoken with the presidents of Chile, Uruguay and Guatemala, among others.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was closely watching the situation in Panama and “rapidly mobilizing resources and personnel to assist” at the request of Panama’s government.
“The United States stands with the people of Panama,” Rubio wrote on X.
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, whose country was recently hit by earthquakes, expressed his solidarity with the Panamanian people and their government during what he called “difficult times.” Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Peru’s government also offered assistance.
“Panama is not alone! You can count on Colombia’s support and our full willingness to provide whatever assistance is needed,” de la Espriella wrote on X.
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Janetsky reported from Mexico City, and Solís reported from Panama City. María Verza in Mexico City, Clara Preve in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriela Molina in Quito, Ecuador, Eléonore Hughes in Rio de Janeiro, and Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed.
New research by Blask, a gaming market intelligence firm, estimates that the true impact of Brazil’s newly introduced gambling ban could end up driving as many as 21.6 million sports gamblers to offshore platforms, posing a serious risk to their well-being, financial and personal information, and overall safety.
Blask has used a comparative study with another market, citing India’s ban on online gambling in August 2025 as the basis of its current projections. Brazil’s government under its embattled President, Lula Da Silva, introduced a snap decision on September 25, enforcing a ban on fixed-odds sports betting and online casino gaming.
Blask Highlights What May Happen in Brazil Next
Licensed operators formally stopped operating in the country on October 6, switching off their websites and apps, but legal action has since suggested that the measure may be overturned, with some operators already confirming that they will continue their licensed operations locally.
Brazil currently has a player base of 25.2 million legal bettors, with 86% of those, argues Blask, inclined to seek alternatives offshore. While this is modelled after the Indian experience, Blask feels fairly confident that its extrapolation is relevant to the Brazilian market.
The government of President Silva brought a rare opportunity to gamble legally at home, which was unregulated until he stepped into office, ousting Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was Silva who introduced the Provisional Measure that has now sent the industry into disarray.
Many licensed casinos, though, may continue to operate offshore, too, with Blask suggesting that the switch to “offshore gambling” will be quicker than it was in India.
“Brazil’s move should be faster than India’s: Indians had to swap fantasy and rummy apps for offshore casinos and sportsbooks, while Brazilians will find the same sports betting and casino offshore, often from the same brands.”
Players Still Want to Gamble – Who Will Fill the Vacuum
Blask also highlighted previously highlighted potential issues, including the $1.8 billion paid in federal betting taxes in 2025, as well as the $456 million in licensing fees for five-year authorizations. The sector also supports 15,500 jobs, along with 10,000 direct and the rest indirect positions.
Importantly, the report was clear about the consequences of shutting down the market: “Shutting down a legal market doesn’t extinguish player demand.”
Election Commission data shows that more than 130 million names, a figure exceeding the population of Japan, have been struck off the voter list since the latest round of revisions began last year.
NEW DELHI: India’s “Cockroach” youth movement and opposition parties are pushing hard for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign over accusations of widespread manipulation of voter lists during an exercise to verify one billion voters.
The calls come a month after US President Donald Trump praised the former bureaucrat, who took over as India’s chief election commissioner in February 2025, for insisting that voters prove their identity with photo ID, unlike in the US.
Criticism of Kumar, who has denied all accusations, soared last month after a report in the Indian Express newspaper.
The paper said his two deputies had raised at least 14 formal objections over 10 months to decisions regarding voter rolls, registration procedures and the poll body’s digital systems.
Election Commission data shows that more than 130 million names, a figure exceeding the population of Japan, have been struck off the voter list since the latest round of revisions began last year.
Nearly 650 million people of the 960 million registered voted in the last general election in 2024.
The opposition has long claimed that the government is trying to fix voter lists to its advantage and was quick to repeat the accusations after the Indian Express report.
Government ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and the poll body have all denied the charges.
Kumar, 62, and the two other election commissioners have not commented, but the Election Commission said, “Differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution”.
Protest threat
The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party has called a protest in New Delhi on Saturday to demand Kumar’s resignation, and the main opposition alliance led by the Congress party has also staged protests this week calling for him to step down.
Kumar has defended the actions of the poll body and told a press conference last year: “For the Election Commission, there is neither an opposition nor a ruling side; everyone is equal.”
When Trump praised him, Kumar was riding high in sections of the Indian media last month. But since the Indian Express report, graffiti have appeared near his ancestral home in northern India calling him a traitor.
Kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 after completing his B.Tech in civil engineering from an elite government college in his northern home state of Uttar Pradesh.
He previously worked in the defence and home ministries, and retired in January 2024. Two months later he was appointed an
election commissioner, before eventually becoming the chief.
Kumar has had a troubled relationship with opposition parties from the start of his tenure as chief. Opposition lawmakers presented a motion in parliament for his removal this year, but it was rejected.
MANILA, Philippines– Palace Press Officer Claire Castro advised Filipinos to wish the fact to emerge relating to the analysis of the monetary deals of Vice President Sara Duterte and her partner, legal representative Manases Carpio.
This follows Carpio implicated the federal government of unjustly dragging him into the impeachment procedures versus his better half amidst concerns about the couple’s monetary deals that took place throughout the Senate Impeachment Court.
“All Filipinos need to wish the fact to come out due to the fact that a lot is being concealed today,” stated Castro in Filipino on Saturday.
She included that under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s term, nobody would be protected from corruption examinations, despite their relationship with federal government authorities.
“No one is spared; state family members, buddies, allies, if there is proof versus them about what is incorrect, it ought to be examined,” she stated.
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Castro likewise advised the general public to hope to the “real God” and sign up with Carpio in his prayers for the reality to come out.
“Let all of us pray together with Mans Carpio to hope to the real God,” she included.
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It’s been an ambitious era at Newcastle United, and plenty of ups and downs have characterised the PIF era.
Here’s the thing: breaking the elite hegemony at the top of the Premier League is no easy task. While some clubs resort to covert tactics whose morality runs far beyond simply questionable, the Magpies have been bound by the division’s laws.
It has created some bumps in the road, but Newcastle should be proud of their progress over the past five years, forced to sell their superstars but replacing them well (for the most part).
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Now that the bigger names have moved on, Matthias Jaissle and co need to reinforce the wider squad, and that could lead to some lighter changes.
However, whether supporters are on board with Joe Willock’s potential departure remains to be seen.
Why Newcastle fans don’t want to see Willock sold
There are a number of contract issues that St. James’ Park technical director Ross Wilson needs to sort out. Joelinton, appointed vice-captain this summer, is among them, but the Brazilian has not yet featured under Jaissle, sidelined, and Willock may well be more important when considering the emphatic way he has started the campaign.
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Having joined Newcastle from Arsenal for £25m in August 2021 after a prolific six-month loan spell which served as the perfect audition, Willock has struggled to sustain top form. He played his part across the Eddie Howe era, but never quite hit the heights envisaged when he left the Emirates for a bigger role.
Jaissle employs a high-octane tactical approach – and that requires robust box-to-box options such as Willock. He has been excellent so far this season, scoring three goals across seven games. In the Premier League, he has completed 94% of his passes and 67% of his dribbles.
Besiktas had shown interest this summer, but they would not meet Newcastle’s £17m valuation. He is out of contract next summer, but there’s talk of an extension for the technical Englishman, arguably playing his finest football in black and white since those early days as a loanee.
Let’s be honest, with Besiktas unwilling to come close to the Toon’s valuation, it would make a lot of sense to renew resurgent Willock’s deal on Tyneside.
The 27-year-old has a part to play, but the same can’t be said for every member of the Newcastle persuasion, with a big-money signing sure to be one of the first sold next summer.
Newcastle must sell big-money flop
Given the number of changes made in midfield this summer – namely, Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali both being sold – perhaps it makes sense to keep Willock at the club, steering the way from the centre of the park alongside young newbies.
However, some do need moving on next summer, and Nick Woltemade is chief among them. The Germany international joined the Tynesiders from Stuttgart in a club-record £69m deal last year, but after a fast start in the Premier League, tapered away. He has since been loaned out to Juventus, where he is struggling to get going.
Across the second half of the season, he was a passenger, rarely producing the talismanic performances Howe’s side needed to fight off the rot that spread and dragged them down to a 12th-place Premier League finish.
He scored eight goals and finished the campaign with a 25% conversion rate. This is very impressive, and for context, Alexander Isak converted at a rate of 23% across the 2024/25 season, his most prolific as a Newcastle forward.
Newcastle – Top Premier League Scorers (25/26)
Player
Apps
Goals
Bruno Guimaraes
29
9
Nick Woltemade
33
8
William Osula
24
7
Harvey Barnes
37
7
Anthony Gordon
26
6
The issue, of course, was that Woltemade was far too conservative in front of goal. He hit the target 0.4 times per game on average, and has thus far struggled to prove his worth on loan with Juventus this season.
Woltemade has only featured as a substitute across three fixtures in Serie A this season, with reports in Italy already suggesting that the Old Lady are unconvinced, sounding out a possible move for Monaco striker Folarin Balogun in 2027. It’s worth noting that the loan deal agreed between Newcastle and Juventus contains no buy option.
Howe saw something in the big German striker, but it’s worth remembering Woltemade arrived as Isak’s replacement after a long and protracted summer window which saw any number of transfer targets fall by the wayside.
Ultimately, the fact that Juventus are thus far unconvinced is not going to do Woltemade any favours. Jaissle shipped him out quite quickly, and given the need for a sharper cutting edge at Newcastle, it makes a lot of sense to sell him quickly next year and turn the funds toward a new target.
The California Second District Court of Appeal’s primary LA court house. Image Credit: Coolcaesar
In the middle of an unwanted sexual advances and breach of agreement suit submitted by PR expert Linda Luna, Top Dawg Entertainment and numerous of its higher-ups have actually formally beaten a doxxing claim.
That’s according to a brand-new choice from the California Court of Appeal for the Second District, which reversed a lower-court order rejecting the offenders ‘movement to strike. Those offenders are Top Dawg itself in addition to primary marketing officer Brandon Tiffith, president Anthony Tiffith Jr., and film/TV supervisor David Harrell; all have actually rejected the “unwarranted” claims.
Undoubtedly, there’s a lot going on in the fit, which Luna and a specific called Ayah Altayri submitted anonymously in December 2024. For a bit of fast background, Luna began managing PR and marketing for the hip-hop label in 2019, per the action.
Leading Dawg apparently made “late or partial payments” for services rendered “regardless of her duplicated demands, in composing, for timely payment.” There’s a supposed failure to compensate her for numerous expenditures– consisting of those Luna apparently sustained after permitting a non-party Top Dawg artist to move into her home at Tiffith Jr.’s demand.
Owing to “monetary restrictions,” Tiffith Jr. is stated to have actually provided Luna a 10% management cost from this artist, who accepted the terms and, per the text, in 2023 tattooed a multimillion-dollar Warner Records offer.
The artist supposedly informed Luna to look for the 10% management share from Top Dawg, which apparently “never ever paid” the cost.
Furthermore, the match implicates Tiffith Jr. in addition to Brandon Tiffith of “sexual misbehavior towards” Luna. Offender Harrell presumably “made unconsented sexual advances towards” the other complainant, who, as a good friend of the unnamed artist’s, supposedly got space and board in exchange for offering “support” to the artist.
Include numerous screen-capped text, what Luna acknowledges was “a shared, consensual kiss” with Tiffith Jr. in 2019, and a supposed recording of a heated 2023 conference worrying numerous of these accusations, and you’re entrusted to a case that’s finest chosen by a jury.
Ahead of a set up May 2027 trial, nevertheless, Top Dawg has actually beaten the at first pointed out doxxing claim.
The fit was submitted anonymously, as highlighted, the offenders when shooting back versus the “produced claims” (and a press declaration from the complainants) in early 2025 called Luna and Altayri.
Consequently, Luna presumably “gotten several harassing messages from 3rd parties” and presumably lost customers; a changed grievance for that reason included a doxxing count, and the high court, in turning down a movement to strike, set the phase for an appeal.
Now, the doxxing claim disappears. As figured out by the appellate court, “missing a particular statutory permission, a complainant does not have an outright right to take legal action against anonymously.”
Litigants “might continue anonymously just after they submit a movement with the trial court to discover an overriding interest supports their usage of pseudonyms.” As Luna and Altayri “never ever submitted such a movement,” Top Dawg “breached no court order or guideline when it divulged” their names.
“We are, naturally, conscious the nature of Plaintiffs’ claims, and they might have had a strong argument to stay confidential,” the justices continued. “But it was incumbent on Plaintiffs to provide their demand to the high court as quickly as possible. Missing filing such a movement or a statutory basis, they just had no ‘ideal’ to stay confidential while taking legal action against in court.”
With that, all eyes are on the staying claims; discovery is continuous ahead of the aforementioned May 2027 trial, and when it concerns the doxxing sub-dispute, Top Dawg is “entitled to expenses on appeal.”
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Let’s take a temperature check on the Eagles’ offensive coordinator. The offense has been looking pretty bad and poorly coached. To what extent do you blame him for that? Has to be more than not at all … but it’s hard to suggest he’s the only reason for their struggles. We can acknowledge the Eagles’ personnel and injury issues. We also have to wonder how much Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts factor in to the equation. Maybe Mannion will find his footing? Do you have hope in that regard? I struggle to think they’ll find answers until we see it first.
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WAS SEAN MANNION THE WRONG GUY? It’s a fair question, but I do think it’s too early to draw any final conclusions. The Eagles’ offense has been so riddled by injuries, especially on the offensive line, that it’s impossible to declare definitively that Mannion was the wrong guy to guide the Eagles’ offense this year. He’s currently down four offensive linemen, a stud receiver and two running backs and he’s just getting his tight end back. To his credit, he refuses to use the injuries as an excuse, even though obviously they have affected what the Eagles can do on offense. But nonetheless there is plenty to be concerned with. For starters, I have no idea what the Sean Mannion offense is. For all the offseason talk about under center and play action that’s not really what the Eagles are doing. So are we back to running the Nick Sirianni offense? What exactly is the concept? The other big concern is that in just a few weeks the offense has regressed. The Washington and Tennessee games certainly weren’t perfect, but at least this looked like a real offense. After two games, they were averaging 24 points, 330 yards, they were 53 percent on third down and they were averaging 5.3 yards per play. All respectable figures that put them in the upper half of the league. The last two weeks they’ve been the worst offense in the NFL with 13.5 points per game, 210 yards per game, 9.5 percent on third down (that’s not a typo) and 4.0 yards per play – all worst in the league except scoring, where they’re 30th. Four games is a small sample size and a nice 390-yard, 30-point outburst against the Jaguars Sunday would alleviate a lot of concern. Now, if guys start coming back healthy and the offense is close to full strength and it still doesn’t start functioning at a drastically higher level then it’s really time to wonder if Mannion is just Kevin Patullo II. It’s too soon now. But things need to get better soon.
Lane Johnson had a way of making everyone around him feel welcome. He has always been that way. Piled under a mountain of pads, the hulking, 6-foot-6, 335-pound perennial Eagles’ All-Pro right tackle was an anomaly since high school, part superhero, part ballerina with the way his nimble feet were able to move his massive frame and spring out on edge rushers. He had that patented right backfire mule kick that he borrowed from Jason Peters and perfected it. He will no doubt one day be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for being a two-time, first-team and three-time second-team All-Pro selection, earning six Pro Bowls, winning six NFC East titles, and two Super Bowls. Five years from now, Canton, Ohio, will be covered in midnight green when Johnson gets inducted, a city paying homage to a true hero on and off the field. The fourth overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft changed the tenor of this franchise as a parting gift from former Eagles’ coach Chip Kelly. In his 14 NFL seasons, Johnson was the cornerstone of a team that had only three losing seasons (7-9 in 2015 and 2016, and 4-11-1 in 2020). The Eagles won 66% of the time, going 122-63-1 when he played. They were 18-30 when he didn’t. His brilliance first began to shine in the dusty, sun-bitten back trail of Groveton, Texas.
Can Jalen Hurts fend off a spiraling season? Did Eagles general manager Howie Roseman already punt on this year with the Cam Jurgens trade? Deniz Selman and Brandon Lee Gowton join EJ Smith to discuss all the big themes surrounding the Eagles going into their matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. Gowton questions if the same problems the team faced last year have lingered into the 2026 season, while Selman questions whether the Eagles are still too far behind the curve offensively with Sean Mannion as offensive coordinator.
I don’t think this is a lost season, but it is fair to say it feels like it is slipping away. The offensive staff must come up with some solutions. The scheme isn’t working as currently configured. Jalen Hurts has regressed over the past six quarters. This team needs good Jalen to emerge. Better pass protection would help him a lot. The OL needs to be better coached and they also simply must block better. The defense must make more plays. They are too talented to be such a mediocre unit. Sunday would be a great time for the Eagles to turn things around, but injuries are going to make that even more challenging.
Why the Eagles haven’t officially said goodbye to Lane Johnson — Philadelphia, meanwhile, still has not processed the paperwork on Lane Johnson’s retirement — that’s due to cap considerations, I’m told. Johnson announced Tuesday he was walking away from the game to focus on his mental health and spend more time with loved ones. The Eagles thanked him for his years of service, and I’m sure it’ll be a helluva party in Canton at some point in the 2030s. But there is still the matter of nearly $22 million. Johnson had a $21.7 million option bonus this season, with about half of it already paid and the other half due in December. The Eagles have the right to get back at least some of the money due to forfeiture. But it’s less about the cold cash and far more about the cap implications for 2027 and 2028, which had been assessed as manageable should he have been declared a post-June 1 cut next year. “They’ll figure it out easily enough,” one cap guru told me. “Just some accounting gymnastics, as all cap problems are.” One potential option is placing Johnson on the left-squad list. The designation sounds bad given Johnson’s stated reasons for retiring, but it would allow the team to clear the roster spot and preserve the cap hits in 2027 and 2028 as a June 2 cut. “They have to be careful about forfeiture,” a second cap guy said. “Asking someone of his stature and what he’s done won’t look good.” These are always delicate situations. The Indianapolis Colts didn’t force Andrew Luck to pay back the money he could have forfeited. The Detroit Lions did with Calvin Johnson and got the cold shoulder for years. And the Saints finagled a compromise with Derek Carr two offseasons ago to make his retirement fit their cap needs. If no resolution is reached by 4 p.m. ET Saturday, I would expect the retired Johnson to be one of Philly’s seven inactive players for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After that, we’ll see which way Eagles GM Howie Roseman decides to skin this cat.
Gus: Travon Walker. In case you didn’t hear, future Hall of Fame right tackle Lane Johnson announced his retirement after missing last week’s game due to personal reasons. Our friends at Bleeding Green Nation believe third-round rookie Markel Bell will draw his second NFL start over veteran swing tackle (and former Jaguar) Fred Johnson. Walker should be licking his chops to face a young buck following his 1-pressure performance against Amarius Mims. On top of that, it’s no secret that Jalen Hurts is much more efficient when rolling out to his right than his left. Even if Walker doesn’t destroy Bell on every snap, he’s got to contain Hurts. Henry: My X-Factor for Sunday morning is Anthony Campanile. He should be able to feast upon the remnants of this bad Eagles offense. With potentially no DeVonta Smith or Saquon Barkley, this could be a very long afternoon for new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion. Final score prediction? Dillon: Jaguars 27, Eagles 17. Travis: Jaguars 30, Eagles 13. Gus: Jaguars 27, Eagles 13. Henry: Jaguars 35, Eagles 14.
Moody predicts three fantasy sleepers […] Will Shipley, RB, Philadelphia Eagles (32.3% rostered). Shipley is on the flex radar with Saquon Barkley unlikely to play due to a hamstring injury and Tank Bigsby on injured reserve after core muscle surgery. That should put Shipley in line to lead the Eagles’ backfield. He had six carries for 23 yards after Bigsby exited last week, and Shipley was already being used on passing downs. The Jaguars have been tough against the run, so this is more about opportunity than matchup. Shipley should see enough volume to be deployed in lineups.
Near the 50-yard line, the Jaguars can score. The task is real for the Eagles’ defense against quarterback Trevor Lawrence, an outstanding running game, and some explosive receivers for many reasons, including the presence of placekicker Cam Little, who holds the NFL record with a 68-yard field goal. He is 7-of-9 on his attempts this season and has been good on all 11 PAT kicks. Jacksonville is strong on special teams and will be a true test for the Eagles, whose special teams unit had a dominant game last Sunday against the Rams.
As the Eagles travel to London to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, they’re bringing more than American football and Philly culture to the United Kingdom. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and the Eagles Autism Foundation also brought their work with them internationally. During a symposium on Friday in London, Lurie announced a donation totaling $670,000 to support London-based autism research. The donation includes a $500,000 pilot grant as well as a $170,000 two-year postdoctoral fellowship that will fund research at the Lurie Autism Institute in Philadelphia. The symposium featured panel discussions, which included two researchers on the autism spectrum. The second half of the day was led by the Lurie Autism Institute.
LIAM COEN — After immediately transforming Jacksonville from a 4-13 doormat to a 13-4 division champion in his first year on the job, Coen has the Jaguars in a position to emerge as legit title contenders in Year 2. The bold and bodacious play-caller has turned Trevor Lawrence into a top-five quarterback while constructing a balanced but explosive offense that gives the Jags a chance to win any game, regardless of style or foe. With a collection of underrated playmakers and pass catchers flourishing under his tutelage, Coen has used Jacksonville’s versatility and interchangeability to befuddle opponents with a ball-control offense built on complexity and flawless execution. As Anthony Campanile’s defense continues to suffocate running games and create turnovers at a high rate, Jacksonville is beginning to look like one of the league’s most complete teams. Consequently, the feisty head coach increasingly commands respect as the leader of a franchise that doesn’t typically top the NFL marquee.
On the Giants’ side of things, the bad news is that the team will be without defensive lineman Chauncey Golston, who suffered a neck injury in the Giants’ win over the Arizona Cardinals, and safety Jason Pinnock who suffered a concussion in the same game. The absence of Golston will likely mean the debut of returning Giant Jihad Ward, who was a favorite of former Giants’ (and Baltimore Ravens) defensive coordinator Wink Martindale. The good news is that Giants will have five of their best players available. Left tackle Andrew Thomas (groin), wide receiver Malik Nabers (knee), tight end Isaiah Likely (knee/groin), tight end Chris Manhertz (shoulder), and running back Cam Skattebo (shoulder) are all expected to play.
Watching the Dallas Cowboys find new ways to lose games has started to become really annoying. On Thursday night, they were supposed to easily handle the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but it didn’t go down like that. Instead, it was the Bucs that took it to Dallas in a convincing 24-16 road win. Insert sadface emoji. This latest loss serves as a stark reminder that this team has a ways to go. We know about the defensive problems, but what happens when the offense is having a rough go too? Well, that’s what we found out on Thursday in this very unpleasant primetime affair. Here are 10 thoughts on the Cowboys’ very upsetting defeat to the Bucs.
I’ve seen many people call for Dan Quinn’s head. I don’t think I’ve seen a sane person who is not a fan of a division rival believe Quinn just needs more time. That being said, are we pointing the finger at the right person here? Should Adam Peters be the one whose seat is the hottest right now?
New center Cam Jurgens (concussion) won’t make his debut until next week.
The San Francisco 49ers announced they released Ogbo Okoronkwo. He appeared in all four games and has the second-most snaps of any edge rusher this season. Okoronkwo hasn’t lit up the stat sheet, but he managed 10 pressures with an 11.8% pass-rush win rate. But he’s only played 33 run snaps this year. This move is the 49ers telling us they need a run defender.
Denver also signed defensive back Ugo Amadi to the practice squad. […] A 2019 fourth-round pick, Amadi has appeared in 85 career games. He has recorded 208 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, two quarterback hits, two sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, 22 passes defensed and an interception.
Legendary NFL head coach Mike Ditka passed away on Friday at age-86. His passing was first reported by Jarrett Payton, son of the best player Ditka ever coached, running back Walter Payton, and was later confirmed by multiple outlets. Ditka became a legend by leading the 1985 Chicago Bears to one of the most dominant championship runs in league history. Led by Payton and arguably the best defense the NFL has ever seen, the Bears finished the regular season at 15-1, then outscored their three playoff opponents by a combined score of 96-10, capped by a blowout of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX.
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Reverse Mojo game
We have all experienced the Eagles not showing up against a team everyone knows they should beat. I think every real fan gets nervous before those favored by 7 points or more games for just that reason.
Well, this is the reverse of that feeling. I dont remember the last time a game felt so destined to be an L. Backups to backups backups (Cam to Kendall to Lampkin to Majors).
So for that very reason I think the Eagles will win. Not because they should, but because they shouldn’t and that’s the nature of being an Eagles fan.
Don’t get me wrong though. Once they win and people think “Well, maybe they aren’t “that” bad, and some injured players are coming back, and the offense is settling in …… etc. Then they get beat by 20 by someone like the Giants. Again, nature of being an Eagles fan.
Not that I was under the assumption that NFC East was going to send a trio of teams to the playoffs, but the division has had a bizarre start a little over a month into this season.
The Cowboys just suffered a horrific loss on Thursday night to a previously winless Buccaneers team that had an undrafted rookie QB making his second career start. They’re 2-3.
The Eagles’ best player retired in the middle of this week, citing mental health and personal reasons. Their offense is putrid. Their defense isn’t dominant, as was hoped. They’re 2-2.
The Commanders are bottom-three in point differential and have been dealing with a ton of quarterback injuries. They’re 1-3.
The Giants are hanging tough at 3-1 due to grit and fantastic coaching, but with their QB and their best defensive player lost for the season, it’s hard to imagine it being fully smooth sailing from here.
Does this division just stink this year? Is the 2026 NFC East what the NFC South typically is? Could we even see a team with a sub-.500 record win the crown like Washington did in 2020?
Let me know what you think and give me your prediction for who you expect to win the division when it’s all said and done…
Acclaimed British skin care brand name OSKIA will end up being the special medical spa partner at Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch
OSKIA will develop a collection of treatments specifically for the landmark London hotel
The intimate Waldorf Astoria Spa will integrate special OSKIA treatments with customised care and advanced health centers
Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty Arch reveals OSKIA, the acclaimed British skin care brand name as the hotel and houses special medspa skin care and treatment partner when it opens later on this year.
At Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch, wellness is an essential part of the visitor experience, formed by the hotels distinct local color and dedication to thought about British workmanship. The partnership shows the hotels concentrate on dealing with prominent British and UK-based brand names, while marking OSKIAs initially relationship with a Waldorf Astoria home worldwide. The day spa will use a noticeably London analysis of the Waldorf Astoria Spa experience, where customised health, instinctive service and extraordinary attention to information flawlessly mix – welcoming visitors to stop briefly, bring back and reconnect.
An unique collection of treatments has actually been developed particularly for the home, readily available no place else. A leading British skin care brand name, OSKIA establishes and produces every item at its own center in Wales, maintaining complete control of solution and manufacture in-house.
As part of Reuben Brothers thought about vision for the remediation and improvement of Admiralty Arch, the day spa will form an important part of Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty Archs larger health offering, developing an intimate setting for high-end health and wellbeing and adding to the landmarks advancement as an unique location. It will include specific and couples treatment spaces, a sauna, steam bath and hydrotherapy swimming pool, ice water fountain, physical fitness centre, and a personal relaxation location.
Guillaume Marly, basic supervisor, Waldorf Astoria London – Admiralty Arch, stated, There is a natural synergy in between OSKIA and the hotel. Both are clearly British, both are rooted in workmanship, and both bring a silently positive method to high-end, something our visitors will feel in every treatment.
On the collaboration, Georgie Cleeve, creator, OSKIA, stated, For OSKIAs initially collaboration with the brand name to be in a structure as steeped in history as Admiralty Arch is rather moving. There is total regard for the history of the residential or commercial property in every thought about information of the visitor journey, combined amazingly with every contemporary benefit. The OSKIA experience will be provided with precisely the very same sense of care, craft and quality that entered into developing the items and treatments. As somebody who lived and operated in London for several years, its a collaboration I am especially delighted by, and pleased with.
Established in 2009 by Georgie Cleeve, OSKIA is a pioneering British skin care brand name constructed on the belief that healthy skin starts with cellular nutrition. Influenced by Georgies discovery of the skin health advantages of MSM, a natural type of sulphur, the brand name integrates clinical development with a deep regard for nature and the routines of health and wellbeing. Today, OSKIA is renowned for its high-performance solutions, distinct technique to skin care and devotion to quality, having actually gotten more than 250 market awards considering that its launch.
At the heart of OSKIAs solutions is its exclusive MSM Regen Complex, which integrates bio-available nutrients with sophisticated biotechnology to support healthy, nourished skin. Every item is established and made internal at the brand names center in Wales.
The OSKIA treatment menu will be provided under the instructions of Caitlin Ryde, just recently designated as Spa Manager, who will lead the day spa group and supervise its day-to-day operation, from treatment and service requirements to the broader visitor journey.
Dr Hayford(2nd from left)with other scientists after the event
West Africa loses an approximated$27.8 billion in financial worth as an outcome of kids being omitted from education, the Director of Research at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, Dr Adedeji Adeniran, has actually exposed.
He stated the loss equated into minimized performance and lost future chances for countless kids.
He stated existing interventions might assist bring out-of-school kids back into education if federal governments offered the needed financing and management.
Dr Adeniran, for that reason, advised African federal governments to increase financial investment in tested education developments to attend to the crisis.
He was speaking at the closing event of the 2nd High Level Conference on Scaling Education Initiatives in Emergencies (EiE), West Africa (ACCELERATE+), kept in Accra on Wednesday.
The conference analyzed proof on education developments and recognized cost-efficient interventions that might be scaled approximately reach kids impacted by emergency situations and other disturbances to knowing.
Dr Adeniran stated the financial and non-economic expenses of education exemption in West Africa were substantial, with the approximated $27.8 billion representing a significant loss to the area.
The Director of Associates for Change (AfC), Dr Leslie Hayford, stated the two-day conference united 150 delegates from throughout Africa to take a look at education developments that might be scaled up at low expense.
She stated the conference offered a platform for scientists, teachers, federal governments, innovators and non-governmental organisations to take a look at proof on the effect of education interventions and figure out which designs provided the best capacity for scaling up.
The Founder of Dignity Education in India, Dr Sunita Gandhi, stated fundamental literacy and numeracy might be attained much quicker and at a lower expense than was typically presumed.
She stated research study on her Accelerating Learning for All program had actually revealed that kids might get fundamental reading abilities within 45 to 60 days.
Dr Gandhi stated pilot tasks carried out in Ghana, in cooperation with Associates for Change and the Olinga Foundation, had actually produced motivating outcomes, with conversations underway to scale up the intervention.
“Every kid has a right to discover to check out, compose and do fundamental math,” she stressed.
She stated failure to offer those fundamental abilities would have major effects for households, neighborhoods and nations.
For her part, the Deputy Executive Director of Support Services at the Complementary Education Agency, Mrs Patience Effie Abue Dogbey, stated the conference had actually produced suggestions to direct efforts to reach kids who ran out school.
She stated the Agency would enhance the combination of education in emergency situations into policy and enhance cooperation with non-governmental organisations and advancement partners.
The issues about state schools have actually assisted sustain a few of France’s the majority of violent demonstrations in years.
PARIS: Clemence Remy transferred to the French city of Nantes in 2020 and registered her 2 ladies in the regional state school. The instructors were excellent, however she grew so exasperated by rolling personnel strikes that she ultimately put them in an independent school.
Those issues about state schools have actually assisted sustain a few of France’s the majority of violent demonstrations in years. They started last month at high schools in Paris’ bad northern suburban areas, where anger over instructor lacks and shoddy centers rapidly changed into an across the country motion versus inequality, weak public costs and falling requirements.
France’s public schools have actually long been held up as a crucible of the republican perfect, a location where kids from abundant and bad households alike can get a superior education imbued with the worths of “liberty, equality and fraternity”
Efficiency has actually been slipping for years, and the federal government is having a hard time to apprehend the slide as massive pension investments and a requirement to rein in public financial resources leave little space for manoeuvre.
Those problems have actually triggered a growing variety of wealthier moms and dads to desert the general public sector in favour of personal education. Remy stated the strikes at her children’ school in Nantes, a left-leaning city in western France, were typically last-minute, needing repetitive time off deal with little notification.
“School is an institution we should be able to rely on,” she stated. “In the end, you realise you can’t rely on the system.”
Protesters participate in a presentation by French high school and college student in Paris as part of an across the country day of demonstrations and blockades supported by instructors and school moms and dads to require much better school conditions in France, October 8, 2026. REUTERS
Standards fall as pensions demolish diminishing funds
The mathematics and reading levels of French 15-year-olds have actually fallen considerably considering that 2003, reaching a record low well listed below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average, according to the body’s 2025 “PISA” outcomes.
French state secondary schools were not able to personnel almost 10% of mentor hours – or practically half a day of mentor weekly – in the 2024/25 academic year, of which three-quarters is because of the non-replacement of missing instructors.
In between 10% and 20% of French school structures are “in a significantly deteriorated condition”according to a 2025 report by Banque des Territoires, the financial investment arm of state-owned loan provider Caisse des Dépôts.
The federal government’s failure to turn the tide on education is partially discussed by a growing pensions expense that draws resources far from other top priorities, specialists state.
France’s 2027 education budget plan is EUR64 billion ($72 billion). Educators’ pensions include another 28% to the expense.
Overall federal government costs on pensions, which is because of reach 436 billion euros or 14% of financial output next year, has actually grown faster than all other classifications of public expense over the last twenty years, while costs has actually slipped for education, according to Reuters computations based upon Eurostat information.
The stable development in pension costs is due not just to an aging population, however likewise to citizens’ resistance to increasing the retirement age or lowering what senior citizens get.
Financial Expert Erwann Tison of the think tank Institut de l’Entreprise stated pension costs “cannibalises” the education spending plan. That indicates France can just pay early-career instructors below-OECD-average wages that add to disappointment and strike action.
“France is effectively handing over large subsidies to older French at the expense of everyone else,” Nobel-winning financial expert Paul Krugman composed on his Substack on Thursday. “Mass national student demonstrations should come as no surprise.”
Wealthier households move to independent schools
The huge bulk of French independent schools run according to the “under-contract” design.
Practically completely Catholic-run, such schools have higher control over staffing and admissions. Their instructors are paid by the state, with charges covering non-teaching expenses. A bigger swimming pool of replacement instructors implies they are less impacted by strikes or lacks.
Over 2 million kids, or 17.6% of all students, go to among France’s more than 7,500 under-contract schools, according to a 2023 nationwide audit workplace report.
This percentage increased decently in between 2011 and 2021, the portion of kids from wealthier households has actually grown at the expenditure of poorer kids, the report discovered. It stated some households had actually moved over to prevent regional state schools, or had issues about security and instructor lacks.
Students from “very advantaged” households represented 40.2% of the overall in 2021 compared to simply 26.4% in 2000, while over half of students at under-contract schools now originate from “advantaged or very advantaged” backgrounds, compared to less than a 3rd in state schools.
“Fifty years ago, ambitious families aimed for the public sector,” stated Louis Chauvel, a sociologist at the University of Luxembourg. “Today, private institutions are often seen as the better route if you want to maximise your kids’ chances.”
Virginie Durin, the president of Apel, France’s primary association representing moms and dads of students in Catholic independent schools, stated not all were rich, which lots of moms and dads made excellent sacrifices to manage them.
She acknowledged a growing concentration of wealthier trainees in particular areas.
Nantes, where Remy lives, is a fortress of under-contract schools in France, with 38% of students independently informed.
Remy, who pays EUR191 ($214) a month per kid, identified that independent schools were not budget-friendly for everybody, and were at threat of being colonised by the rich. She had no remorses.
“I think it provides an environment where at least the children are encouraged to strive and do better.”
Emilio Morales, Empire Publishing’s SVP of service advancement for Latin America. Image Credit: Empire
Here’s a wrap-up of current music market employs and internal promos since October 9th, 2026.
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Live Nation
Live Nation has actually tattooed a brand-new work contract with president and CEO Michael Rapino, who’s anticipated to continue leading the business through 2031.
In addition, the Ticketmaster moms and dad has actually released Creator Nation, which co-founders Scott and Alexis Fisher will lead with an eye on assisting content developers turn their “impact into companies developed to last.”
Suno
Michael Chua, previously Ticketmaster’s international vice president of company advancement and tactical collaborations, has actually signed up with Suno as live experiences VP and Songkick GM.
Warner Music MENA
Warner Music MENA has actually promoted long time Qanawat officer Ahmed Nureni to MD and invited Ahmad Alghawanmeh, who comes aboard following 9 years with Sony Music, as GM.
GoDigital
Concentrated on “driving higher growth into Asia,” GoDigital Music has actually tapped Sebastian Mair (formerly Muserk’s head of company advancement in Asia) to function as APAC president and partnered with Japanese home entertainment business Pony Canyon.
Empire Publishing
Empire Publishing has actually induced ex-Rimas Publishing MD Emilio Morales as SVP of company advancement for Latin America.
Think
Following a five-year ADA run, Adriana Sein has actually signed on as Believe’s very first Americas president.
Music Publishers Association
Long Time Faber Music CEO Richard King is formally the Music Publishers Association’s board chair.
Beggars Group
Beggars Group has actually officially revealed 4 hires, including: previous Nettwerk nationwide promo supervisor Max Datner as director of radio and music discovery; Stone’s Throw veterinarian Ariana Mamnoon as supervisor of radio and music discovery; ex-Columbia digital marketing staff member Rrita Hashani as audience and marketing director; and Molly McGuffin as social material manufacturer.
Pacific Music Group
Pacific Music Japan has actually set sail with Tomomi Takeshima and MiMi Shimada in location as co-heads.
Baddest Behaviour Records
Furthermore, Mau P has actually debuted Baddest Behaviour Records and called Jelle Keizer label supervisor.
Sphere Entertainment
Previous SoundCloud and ADA/WMG higher-up Matthew Granados has actually actioned in as Sphere Entertainment’s senior supervisor of tactical operations and alliances.
Sony Music UK
Following “more than a years of joy and success at Universal” Music, Jack Fryer is now Sony Music UK’s industrial group president.
In the freshly developed function, Fryer “will lead Sony Music UK’s brochure … along with the business’s digital media company and sync groups, under one tactical umbrella concentrated on innovative development.”
Huge Loud Records
Long time monetary expert Dustin Miller has actually signed up with Big Loud as president of brochure acquisitions.
Entwine
Splice has actually called Kate Guarente-Smith, formerly GitHub’s PR lead, head of interactions.
Spotify
Spotify and Joe Rogan have actually completed “a brand-new multi-year licensing contract”– with reports positioning the offer’s worth at someplace around $250 million.
The sanctions were revealed hours after previous ICC judge Navi Pillay was granted the Nobel Peace Prize
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the steps were developed to paralyze the operations of what he called a “rogue court”Image credit: WAM
The United States enforced sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, prohibiting deals with the tribunal in a relocation Washington stated was planned to secure its sovereignty and residents from prosecution, drawing prevalent condemnation from the United Nations and global partners.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the procedures were developed to maim the operations of what he called a “rogue court”cautioning that Washington would look for to take apart the organization unless allied nations did something about it to rein it in.
The sanctions were revealed hours after previous ICC judge Navi Pillay was granted the Nobel Peace Prize.
The court declined the procedures, explaining them as an attack on the guideline of law and the structures of the worldwide legal order.
In a joint declaration, the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom declared their “continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC”revealing strong opposition to the United States sanctions.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres likewise condemned the choice. In a declaration provided by his representative, Stéphane Dujarric, he explained the sanctions as “a serious blow to our collective pursuit of international criminal justice”declaring the UN’s assistance for the court’s self-reliance and its authorities.
Ruben Amorim is not worried about Goncalo Ramos’ failure to duplicate his Portugal shows with air conditioner Milan as he is prioritising group efficiencies instead of his striker’s objective record.
Milan resume their Serie A project versus Sassuolo on Sunday, having actually won 3 and drawn 2 of their very first 5 video games to begin the Amorim period.
The Rossoneri’s significant acquisition in the summertime transfer window was Ramos, who scored 45 objectives in 131 looks for Paris Saint-Germain and won 12 significant prizes, consisting of back-to-back Champions League crowns.
He just has one objective in 5 league trips for his brand-new club, striking in a 2-0 win over Venezia in August, though he did discover the web in 3 straight matches for Portugal throughout the global break, following Cristiano Ronaldo’s abrupt exit from their camp.
When asked if he had a strategy to get more out of his brand-new hire on Saturday, Amorim stated: “My task as a supervisor is getting the group to play much better, it is not about putting one gamer in a position to score more objectives separately.
“We need to create more chances for our strikers, all our strikers, to put the ball in the box more often. I have my own ideas, I know what we want to do.”
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Amorim is wishing to mastermind an instant go back to the Champions League for Milan, who lost out under Massimiliano Allegri on the last day of last season.
Looking beyond that, his objective is to bring significant flatware back to the red and black side of Milan– and to do so reasonably rapidly.
“The idea is always to win titles, I don’t know how long it is going to take, but we are taking those steps to win,” Amorim stated.
“In this club you can not believe we are going to win in 2 or 3 years, we are a leading club, we need to believe we’re going to win now.
“It is action by action to reach this objective, as there are a great deal of excellent groups in the league. Serie A is ending up being a bit various, the brand-new guidelines about not losing time are getting more minutes and speed into the video game.
“People don’t give Serie A the value it deserves. I am having fun preparing the games, I often have a lot of issues to deal with, as there are so many different styles.”
Sassuolo might offer Amorim’s males with a tough test at Mapei Stadium, having actually taken 7 points from their very first 5 matches– consisting of a remarkable 3-2 triumph over Juventus last time out in the house.
GAMERS TO WATCH
Sassuolo– Domenico Berardi
Berardi has actually scored 12 objectives in 20 Serie A matches versus Milan.
In the league’s history, just Silvio Piola (22) and Enrico Chiesa (14) have actually scored more objectives versus the Rossoneri (Antonio Di Natale, Carlo Reguzzoni and Stefano Nyers likewise have 12).
Air Conditioner Milan– Diego Moreira
Moreira has actually scored 3 objectives for Milan in Serie A, in spite of just amounting to 127 minutes throughout 3 looks.
Just 2 gamers have actually netted 4 objectives in their very first 4 video games for the Rossoneri in the competitors in the 2000s– Mario Balotelli in 2013 and Krzysztof Piatek in 2019.
MATCH PREDICTION– AIR CONDITIONING MILAN WIN
Sassuolo have actually prevented defeat in 7 of their last 9 Serie A matches versus Milan (W4 D3), including their last 3 (W1 D2).
It is their longest-ever run without defeat versus the Rossoneri in the competitors.
The Neroverdi have actually just won one of their last 10 Serie A components versus Milan to take location in the very first half of the season (D3 L6): a 3-1 return triumph in November 2021 with objectives from Gianluca Scamacca and Berardi, and an own objective from Simon Kjaer.
Milan are looking to go unbeaten in their very first 6 Serie A matches of a season for the very first time considering that 2022-23, and Opta’s predictive design fancies their opportunities of doing so.
There might be lots of home entertainment in shop, however, as Sassuolo– together with Monza– was among 2 groups to both rating and yield in each of their very first 5 Serie A video games this season.
The only previous circumstances of the Neroverdi discovering the web in each of their very first 6 top-flight matches of a season remained in 2015-16, 2018-19 and 2020-21.
Manuel Neuer called his early mistake in Bayern Munich’s 2-2 draw with Augsburg a “silly mistake”
Bayern two times originated from behind at WWK Arena to restore a point as Ismael Saibari and Nathaniel Brown counteracted objectives from Robin Fellhauer and Rodrigo Ribeiro.
Fellhauer scored after simply 8.37 seconds as he dispossessed Neuer and dispatched into a vulnerable internet, tape-recording the fastest objective in Bundesliga history.
Bayern have actually begun the Bundesliga season with 11 points from their very first 5 matches– the last time they had less points at this phase remained in 2010-11 (8).
Bayern are unbeaten in their last 29 Bundesliga video games (W21 D8)– they have just had a longer unbeaten run away from home as soon as in the past, with 33 successive unbeaten matches in between 2012 and 2014.
“It was a silly mistake by me,” stated Neuer, who, at 40 years and 197 days old, has actually surpassed Jens Lehmann to end up being the seventh-oldest gamer in Bundesliga history.
“I had to bring the ball onto my left foot due to the fact that 2 gamers were closing me down from the. I ought to just have actually made a various choice.
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NAPLES, ITALY -OCTOBER 10: Noa Lang of SSC Napoli commemorates scoring his group’s 2nd objective throughout the Serie A match in between SSC Napoli and Frosinone Calcio at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 10, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Noa Lang intended another vicious sideswipe at previous Napoli coach Antonio Conte, discussing what has actually altered under Max Allegri. ‘First of all, he speaks with me …’
The Netherlands worldwide was on target in this night’s 3-0 Serie A success over Frosinone at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
It was his very first objective of the season, and a clean slate after last term he headed out on loan to Galatasaray in January.
When speaking with the Italian media after the video game, Lang did not avoid intending more broadsides at his old coach, having actually consistently criticised and insulted Conte in journalism.
analysis Lang still feuding with Conte
NAPLES, ITALY– DECEMBER 07: Noa Lang of SSC Napoli responds throughout the Serie A match in between SSC Napoli and Juventus FC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on December 07, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
” Everybody understands I had a difficult season with the other coach, “Lang informed DAZN Italia.
“As I stated in the past, I feel the self-confidence of this coach, I feel the belief in me, and I need to display in every minute of the video game that I strive for the group.
” I require to enhance a lot and be more healthy, however the start exists and I intend to continue like this.”
MILAN, ITALY– SEPTEMBER 05: Massimiliano Allegri, Manager of Napoli, searches before the Serie A match in between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on September 05, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
What has altered particularly from Conte to Allegri, who after all is likewise understood for a relatively protective method to his techniques?
” First of all, he talks with me, which is maybe something I missed out on last season,” smirked the winger.
” A coach who speaks to me, informs me what I can do much better, inform me what I did great. He offers me a bit more liberty on the pitch to work where I desire, to discover the areas, so that’s all various.”
NAPLES, ITALY– OCTOBER 10: Noa Lang of SSC Napoli commemorates scoring his group’s 2nd objective with colleague Kevin De Bruyne (R )throughout the Serie A match in between SSC Napoli and Frosinone Calcio at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on October 10, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Lang did ultimately make 27 competitive looks for Napoli under Conte, offering one objective and 2 helps, however just 9 of those remained in the beginning XI.
Conte left in the summer season after 2 seasons, so when Allegri took control of, Lang chose this was the chance for a clean slate.
Toronto FC conserved the very best for last throughout Saturday’s Canadian Classique. Rather actually.
Down 1-0 at the end of guideline time versus arch-rivals CF Montréal, the Reds turned the script thanks to second-half stoppage-time objectives from Lewis Morgan and Djordje Mihailovic that protected a 2-1 return for the ages.
Morgan got the rally began in the 93rd minute, half-volleying home Niklas Dorsch’s raised ball to the far post; It was the Scottish winger’s very first objective for TFC, who got him from San Diego FC last month, and his very first regular-season tally considering that October 2024.
Mihailovic sent out BMO Field into rapturous events 2 minutes later on, first-timing Richie Laryea’s low cross into the back of the web.
everybody in TORONTO registered nurse pic.twitter.com/BmnOziyH7O– Toronto FC (@TorontoFC) October 10, 2026
Full-circle minute
Mihailovic happily took part in the wild celebrations, regardless of his popular past in Montréal.
“Now I’ve scored on both sides of this derby. It feels excellent,” stated the 27-year-old USMNT global, who bet CFMTL from 2021-22.
“I do not wish to make the Montréal fans upset since I had a great 2 years there.
“I enjoyed my time in Montréal, but now I play for Toronto, and I give everything for Toronto against the rival now.”
CANADA IS RED ♥ pic.twitter.com/MONNN1FI4c– Toronto FC (@TorontoFC) October 10, 2026
Late playoff push
Events and competition ramifications aside, Toronto’s wonder resurgence likewise snapped a three-game losing streak.
With their unforeseen win in Saturday’s legendary Canadian Classique, the Reds likewise reached 32 points – simply one shy of the Eastern Conference’s ninth and last Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs area.
Toronto have 6 video games delegated comprise the space, starting with Wednesday’s home face-off versus Orlando City (7:30 pm ET|Apple television.
“We understand just how much the fans offer us when we play here. You can see all season long that we’re never ever stopping till the last whistle,” said Mihailovic. “They offer us a lot energy and we require them in the last stretch.
“We’re gradually attempting to approach into that last playoff area. 2 more video games in your home, we require them.”
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