British MPs voted in favour of a bill Tuesday to end Britain’s EU membership, a key moment for the government’s Brexit strategy despite opposition accusations of an unprecedented power grab.Lawmakers voted by 326 to 290 in favour of backing the legislation, after more than 13 hours of debate, which will now go forward for further scrutiny by MPs.The bill is aimed at repealing the 1972 law through which Britain joined the bloc, transferring in bulk around 12,000 existing EU regulations...
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Under-fire Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been dealt a blow with news that key ally and transfer negotiator Dick Law is to leave the troubled Premier League giants. Law-who has along with Wenger been severely criticised for the club’s transfer policy over the past few years-had surprised many when he remained in his post in the close season as back in May it had been stated he would leave. However, Press Association Sport now claims Law is indeed leaving, after...
James Anderson was just one wicket away from becoming the first England bowler to take 500 Test wickets after striking...
Britain should stay in the European single market and accept free movement of people during a transition period after it leaves the EU, the main opposition Labour Party said on Sunday.In a major policy shift, Labour’s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer wrote in the Observer that continuity immediately after Brexit would “avoid a cliff edge for our economy”.“Labour would seek a transitional deal that maintains the same basic terms that we currently enjoy with the EU,” Starmer wrote.“That means we would...
Antonio Conte said he would be happy for Chelsea to creep up on the rails in the Premier League title race following their clinical 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.Chelsea were stunned 3-2 by Burnley in the opening game of their title defence, but weathered heavy pressure to ruin Tottenham’s Wembley house-warming party on Sunday thanks to left wing-back Marcos Alonso’s brace.Chelsea also started last season unsteadily, losing two of their first six matches, only for a 13-game winning run to...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says his side will only have themselves to blame if they cannot make themselves feel at home at Wembley this season. Spurs flopped at Wembley last term after moving their Champions League home games there and will play all of their home matches at the stadium this season while White Hart Lane is rebuilt. Their poor record at the national stadium has led to talk of a Wembley jinx, but ahead of Sunday’s encounter with...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he was never tempted to join Manchester United, after it emerged the Old Trafford club approached him about succeeding Alex Ferguson in 2002. Former United chairman Martin Edwards revealed in his new autobiography that the club sounded out Wenger after Ferguson announced he would retire at the end of the 2001-02 season. But Ferguson changed his mind, eventually remaining in position until 2013, and Wenger says he has no regrets about staying put at Arsenal....
Under fire from furious fans and unable to placate his unsettled stars, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger finds himself assailed by familiar problems just weeks into the new season as he battles to salvage his tarnished reputation. Just four months ago, the Frenchman was celebrating an FA Cup final triumph against Chelsea that the 67-year-old hoped would herald a new era of sustained success. But after a miserable start to the Premier League campaign, Wenger once again appears trapped in a...
Brian Lara revealed this week that Sachin Tendulkar had sent him a text message saying the West Indies’ victory over England in the second Test at Headingley was “a success the entire world needed.”So what the India hero will say if fellow batting great Lara’s Caribbean successors follow up their win in Leeds by clinching a three-match series in a decider at Lord’s starting Thursday is anyone’s guess.Having dusted down the ‘obituaries’ after the series opener at Edgbaston-understandable after England...
The European Union should not “drag its feet” in negotiating Brexit, a British government source said on Sunday ahead of...
British athletics great Mo Farah will hope his final track race on home turf on Sunday will have a happier...
British athletics legend Mo Farah was hailed by the British press on Sunday despite his glorious track career ending with...
