Arne Slot began his tenure at Liverpool with a 1-0 friendly victory in Pittsburgh over Real Betis. Dominik Szoboszlai’s first-half goal proved to be the difference as Liverpool began their tour of the USA with a win. Mohamed Salah laid on the assist for Szoboszlai, who fired into the far corner from inside the box. There was an injury concern for Liverpool as Curtis Jones went off during the first half.

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After the mayhem, the majesty. Paris conjured a truly indelible spectacle to launch the Games of the 33rd Olympiad, with a blazing hot-air balloon soaring high into the night sky offering a breathtaking showcase for the City of Lights. The four-hour opening ceremony was unlike any conceived in the 128 years of the modern Olympics, transplanting the host nation’s story from a stadium setting to a dozen complex tableaux on water, all while ferrying 6,800 athletes in a 3½-mile flotilla of 85 barges. Even Emmanuel Macron conceded the idea was “crazy”. The fact that it somehow succeeded was little short of miraculous.

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Sir Keir Starmer has been accused by the Tories of performing a U-turn on a pledge to scrap a “special tax perk” he enjoyed on his pension.

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The third Test is beautifully poised and a sold out Saturday at Edgbaston requires another dose of England’s new found refined batting if they are to take control of the match.

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The former owner of Thames Water is to take full control of Britain’s gas network in a £700m deal.

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Moscow welcomed Donald Trump’s comments on Russia being “a war machine” that had defeated Napoleon and Hitler, but said it had reservations about the ex-president returning to the White House.

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Salvias offer a wealth of colour late in the growing season. The genus includes annuals and perennials, both hardy and tender, as well as the herb sage.

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Protests have broken out for a second night in Manchester after a police officer was filmed apparently stamping on a man’s head.

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The Stade de France had never heard anything like it. Amid a deafening cacophony, France’s men’s sevens team burst into life to set their Olympic campaign alight, putting Argentina to the sword to book their semi-final against South Africa on Saturday.   

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Traders are ramping up bets on the Bank of England cutting interest rates this summer amid optimism that the US Federal Reserve is poised to begin reducing borrowing costs in America.

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Ukraine has detained an 18-year-old man over the killing of a prominent former nationalist lawmaker who was shot and killed this month, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.

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Lesley Ugochukwu scored in the 82nd minute to help Chelsea salvage a 2-2 tie with Wrexham in a friendly match at Levi’s Stadium. Ugochukwu rolled a shot from the middle of the box through traffic into the right corner. Wrexham took a 2-1 lead when Jack Marriot scored on a counterattack in the 72nd minute.

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators staged minor protests as France’s major security operation at Israel’s first outing at Paris 2024 went largely untested.

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US stocks suffered their worst sell-off in more than a year on Wednesday after disappointing results from Tesla and Google-owner Alphabet fuelled fears that the high valuations of the large technology companies.

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More under-30s voted for Reform UK than the Conservatives at the general election, research has found.

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Russia scrambled fighter jets to escort two British Typhoon fighter jets over the Black Sea, its defence ministry has said.

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