Olympisch vuur ontstoken in Milaan en Cortina, Spelen officieel geopend

Na een ruim drie uur durende show en vlaggenparade is het olympisch vuur dan eindelijk ontstoken. Dat gebeurde op twee plekken: op het Arco della Pace in het centrum van Milaan…

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Slot hopes to press on with Liverpool’s recovery as Manchester City provide litmus test

Head coach says champions were ‘outplayed for large parts’ in 3-0 reverse last November, but are now more dangerous

The test for Liverpool against Manchester City on Sunday is not of their title credentials. That ship has sailed. Instead it is of how far Arne Slot’s side have truly progressed since their title defence was holed.

Slot feels Liverpool’s displays have warranted defeat only occasionally this season – late lapses, set-piece failures and wasted chances have been more common explanations than the overall performance – and the 3-0 reverse at the Etihad Stadium in November was certainly one of them. The controversy over Virgil van Dijk’s disallowed header at 1-0 still lingers for the Dutchman but does not prevent him holding his hands up.

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‘You have to be able to laugh at yourself’: Rosenior shrugs off online mockery

  • Chelsea head coach has been a target for ridicule

  • Rosenior hails positive change in culture at Chelsea

Liam Rosenior says life is too short to worry about people laughing at him. The 41-year-old has quickly become a figure of fun since his appointment as Chelsea’s head coach and was ridiculed after miscontrolling a dropping ball during his side’s defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday.

It was the latest example of Rosenior facing online mockery because of his quotes and mannerisms. He has been referred to as “LinkedIn Liam” because of some of his comments in press conferences and compared to David Brent. One meme had him mocked up as Will McKenzie, the nerdy lead character from The Inbetweeners.

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‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’

Rishi Sunak has described himself as being “British, English and British Asian” in a riposte to increasing racially charged language used by figures on the right.

The UK’s first British Asian prime minister was speaking after his identity was questioned in recent debate sparked by a claim by the podcaster Konstantin Kisin that Sunak was not English because he was a “brown-skinned Hindu”.

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handwritten on back of photograph, “Calypso Band Aboard Freeport, March 18, 1973"

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Coctail Hour, A16, Oakland

great gatsby: vodka, cocchi bianco, grapefruit

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Found Photobooth Photograph

I See It Clear When I Shut My Eyes

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I See It Clear When I Shut My Eyes

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