Sports Mole previews Thursday’s Europa League clash between Ajax and FK Vojvodina, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Dutch giants Ajax begin their quest to qualify for the 2024-25 Europa League when they play host to Serbian outfit FK Vojvodina in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie on Thursday evening. The…

Sports Mole previews Thursday’s Europa League clash between MFK Ruzomberok and Trabzonspor, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. In the first leg of the second Europa League qualifying round, MFK Ruzomberok are set to host Trabzonspor at Futbalovy stadion MFK Ruzomberok on Thursday. The home side finished sixth in the regular season of Slovakia’s…

Sports Mole previews Thursday’s Europa League clash between Wisla Krakow and Rapid Vienna, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. In the first leg of the second Europa League qualifying round, Wisla Krakow are set to host Rapid Vienna at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana on Thursday. The home side finished 10th in Poland’s second…

The following article contains discussion of themes including coercive control and domestic abuse. Emmerdale spoilers follow from Tuesday’s episode (July 23) and beyond. Emmerdale aired a worrying cliffhanger on Tuesday evening as Belle and Tom King’s ongoing storyline took another unsettling turn. When Cain and Charity Dingle took a trip to Belle and Tom’s holiday…

Liam Davies is not doing things the easy way on the professional tour (Picture: Getty Images) Liam Davies is loving the challenge of his first year as a professional, even as he is handed a string of brutally tough draws at the start of the season. The 18-year-old has first round matches at the Xi’an…

Deadpool & Wolverine isn’t particularly good. But it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might submit anyway. Photo: Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios/MARVEL Right before he and Wolverine have their first big fight in Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’s Deadpool asides to the camera, “Get your special sock out, nerds….

An international police investigation involving the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) working with law enforcement from north America has resulted in the conviction of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary for directing a banned terrorist group. The joint-Met Police and MI5 investigation into Choudary was assisted by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Royal…

We recall how Barcelona almost stopped Lionel Messi from making the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Before the Copa America triumph in 2021, Lionel Messi’s success on an international level had come exclusively through age-grade competitions: the 2005 Youth Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is quite peculiar that he had to go through Nigeria to…

The Parkhead club will take on the Premier League champions in the early hours of Wednesday morning before a final match Stateside against Chelsea. The pre-season friendly will be Celtic’s fourth outing of the summer after playing Ayr United and Queen’s Park in Scotland, then DC United in America. Celtic drew 1-1 with Ayr – now managed…