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Oscar Piastri said carrying out orders from McLaren to help teammate Lando Norris win the world championship at Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was “not an easy decision for anyone”.Norris is 12 points clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Piastri a further four ahead of Sunday’s season finale at the Yas Marina circuit, but the Briton needs a top-three finish to secure the title. Piastri already had faint hopes of leapfrogging his two rivals for the title, but he suffered a further blow in Saturday’s qualifying when Verstappen beat Norris to take pole position, finishing third behind both of…
Elon Musk is the owner of social media platform X.Aitug Khan Senkar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA $140 million fine against tech tycoon Elon Musk’s social media platform highlights how European countries are undermining U.S. policy while demanding military protection from the United States, one of America’s top diplomats wrote on Saturday.U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials, criticized the European Union’s fine on Musk’s X as censorship. But Mr. Landau went further than Mr. Rubio by bringing up broader ideological and strategic concerns.Landau posted on X that differences…
Lando Norris says he is “expecting everything” in Sunday’s title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi, which starts between title contenders Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, as he bids to win his first F1 world championship.Norris qualified second behind Verstappen at the Yas Marina circuit on Saturday, with Piastri third. This means McLaren’s championship-leading drivers will start the showdown in title-winning position, given that a podium finish is enough to become champion. It won’t be enough for either challenger to win the race, with Verstappen trailing Norris by 12 points, or Piastri by 16, but it won’t be enough if the Briton…
“Liverpool’s collapse is real,” Gary Neville said after Arne Slott’s defending champions overcame a 2-0 then 3-2 advantage at Leeds to draw 3-3 on Saturday Night Football.It was another disappointing result for the Premier League title holders, who have won just four of their last 15 games in all competitions. They sit in 8th place, with a 10 point difference with leaders Arsenal, having missed the chance to move up to 5th place. “It’s hopeless for Liverpool,” Neville said at the final whistle at Elland Road. “They’re inconsistent. They can’t be trusted. They always think something is going to go…
In an explosive interview, Mohamed Salah has plunged his Liverpool future into doubt and suggested next Saturday’s game against Brighton could be his last for the club.The Liverpool star claimed after Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Leeds that “the club has thrown me under the bus”, adding his relationship with Arne Slot had broken down and that “someone doesn’t want me in the club”. Salah told journalists he was in disbelief he had been left on the bench for the third game running and Slot did not see fit to bring him on at Elland Road as the champions twice blew…
At least 25 people, including four tourists, were killed in a nightclub fire in the popular Indian resort town of Goa, authorities said. CNN affiliate News 18 reported that a cylinder was suspected to have exploded, causing a fire in the kitchen area of the club in Arpora village around midnight local time on Saturday. Police told the English-language Indian News Channel that 14 of the victims were believed to be staff, and the nationalities of the tourists had not yet been confirmed. Seven people are being treated for their injuries, including one person who suffered 60% burns. Goa, a…
Lewis Hamilton said he felt “unbearable anger and rage” as Ferrari’s woes continued during the final race weekend of the season in Abu Dhabi.Sunday’s race will start on the 16th in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, as Hamilton crashed in final practice and was eliminated from Q1, and the red team’s first race was a disaster, setting a record low. This is the fourth consecutive time Hamilton has been eliminated in the first half of qualifying. In Las Vegas he finished last on pure pace for the first time in his career, in Qatar he was eliminated in SQ1 and Q1,…
Reuters — Fighting intensified in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump invited the leaders of Congo and Rwanda to Washington and signed a new deal aimed at ending years of conflict in the mineral-rich region. Congolese President Felix Shisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to a U.S.-brokered deal reached in June to stabilize the vast country and pave the way for more Western mining investment. “We are trying to resolve wars that have been going on for decades,” said the Trump administration, which has honed its credentials as…
Xavi Simmons scored his first goal for Tottenham and Thomas Frank secured a much-needed 2-0 win at home to his former club Brentford.It was Spurs’ first home win since the start of the Premier League, ending a five-game winless run in all competitions, and Frank, who left the club in the summer, joined Tottenham after six-and-a-half years in charge of the Bees, completing a reunion with a victory over Brentford. Making his first start in almost a month, Simmons was a key player in the win for his £51 million signing, scoring a goal and assisting, not only relieving the…
Talks between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators on a proposed peace deal with Russia concluded this weekend in Miami, with few new developments and questions over security and territorial issues remaining, Ukrainian officials said. The marathon talks began Thursday between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian officials Rustem Umerov and Andriy Natov. “Difficult issues remain,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishina said on Saturday after three days of talks, “but both sides continue to work to form a realistic and acceptable solution.” “The main challenges at this stage are related to territorial…