Crystal Palace won the 2025 Community Shield on Sunday, defeating Liverpool 3-2 on penalties after an enjoyable 2-2 draw at Wembley. An entertaining first half saw goals from Liverpool debutants Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong, with a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty equaliser sandwiched in between them after Ismaila Sarr had been fouled by Virgil van Dijk. Ekitike continued to combine with …
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More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America West and East, including no shortage of heavy hitters, have signed the union’s open letter decrying the Trump administration’s “recent threats to the free press.” “We are members of the Writers Guild of America who speak with one voice to decry the dangerous and escalating attacks on the First Amendment, …
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It’s a bad time to be an S Pen fan — or, at least, that’s what Samsung’s not-so-quietly communicating to one of its most devoted bases. The company that practically invented the “phablet” has spent 2025 trying to leave behind (or, at the very least, downplay) one of the very things that brought it success in the first place. I’m …
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It is best to ignore what’s on paper during tournaments. A week ago, Germany suffered their worst defeat, falling 4-1 to Sweden (a team now out of the tournament after losing to England on penalties). Thirteen minutes into Saturday’s quarter-final against France in Basel, Switzerland, Germany were down a defender due to a puzzling hair pull, depleting an already decimated …
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