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West Ham have agreed a deal to sell Brazil forward Lucas Paqueta to Flamengo for more than 41m euros (£35.5m). The 28-year-old, who moved to West Ham from Lyon in 2022, has been given permission to fly to his homeland to make the move before the winter transfer deadline on …

Days-long deep freeze A deep low-pressure system has formed over Eastern Canada and is ushering Arctic air straight into the Northeast and the midsection of the U.S. The cold air will hang over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for the next couple of days, with wind chill temperatures below zero in …

Manager David Martindale has said Livingston have written to the Scottish FA over an alleged racial comment made to striker Jeremy Bokila during their defeat against Aberdeen on Saturday. Martindale said after the game that the 37-year-old was in tears in the changing room following a comment made to him …

Khadija Shaw is the leading scorer in the WSL this season and reached a century of goals for Manchester City by scoring four against Aston Villa in December. But despite her helping City to lead a title charge this season, the Jamaica international is into the final months of the …

While results might suggest she has enjoyed relatively serene progress, Sabalenka admitted she was “emotionally all over the place” earlier in the tournament. It has been an issue which has, at times, derailed her pursuit of the sport’s biggest prizes and she has worked with a psychologist to improve that …

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay says his party would cut the “bloated” welfare bill. BBC News

The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) will this week become the latest retailer to call in administrators, putting about 1,200 jobs at risk. Sky News has learnt that the discount chain, which was already on the brink of collapse when it was bought by Modella Capital last year, is expected to …

Nottingham Forest goalkeeper John Victor has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. The 29-year-old sustained the injury against Aston Villa earlier this month and sources have told BBC Sport he will not return this term. With only Angus Gunn as back-up to Matz …

The final league stage fixtures of the Champions League will be played simultaneously on Wednesday, 28 January. All 18 games will kick-off at 20:00 GMT because it is the end of the competition’s league stage in the new format – similar to the final day of the Premier League. For …

World number two Nelly Korda has called the lack of a mixed gender indoor virtual league “an unbelievable miss” following the launch of a women’s competition backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The WTGL will be held in the same Florida venue as the men’s TGL, which is currently …

On Monday, the New York Knicks’ Guerschon Yabusele, who also hails from France, made a strong statement on X calling for the US government to “stop operating this way”, external. Wembanyama, 22, praised his countryman for speaking out but said Yabusele’s words “might have some price right now”, adding that …

The prime minister spoke to Andy Burnham on Monday and was in touch with him again on Tuesday, following Labour’s decision to block him from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Speaking to reporters on the plane to China, Sir Keir Starmer rejected claims that Burnham had been told …

Be it Andy Burnham or Chinese President Xi Jinping, the prime minister was being extremely careful with his language on both the home and international front as he made his way over to Beijing for a five-day tour of China and Japan. When it came to the Chinese president, Sir …

PA Media Jude is officially the youngest person to ever to perform the two trick shots A two-year-old snooker prodigy has secured multiple Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform two trick shots. Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and …

BBC Mossmorran is to shut down in February A taskforce aimed at supporting workers at risk of redundancy at Mossmorran in Fife will meet for the first time later. The Fife Ethylene Plant will close next month, putting more than 400 jobs at risk, according to owners ExxonMobil. The global …

Iga Swiatek’s bid to complete the career Grand Slam at this year’s Australian Open was ended by Kazakh fifth seed Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals. Reigning Wimbledon champion Swiatek lost 7-5 6-1 as Rybakina used her power to devastating effect. Swiatek, 24, can already be ranked among the greats, having …

Parcel delivery giant UPS says it will cut up to 30,000 jobs this year as it further reduces shipments for its biggest customer, Amazon. The world’s largest package delivery company has been scaling back deliveries for the online retail giant, which it says are “extraordinarily dilutive” to its profit margins. …

President Donald Trump has threatened to end US support for Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wins power again. Maliki, who has links to Iran, was selected at the weekend by an alliance of Shia-led parties as its nominee for prime minister. The US president wrote on Truth Social …

Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images EasyJet said it could not provide evidence to the ASA of £5.99 cabin bags EasyJet has been told to stop claiming that carry-on baggage fees are available “from £5.99”, after it failed to provide evidence to the advertising watchdog that passengers can stow luggage in …

Chelsea have urged fans travelling to Naples for Wednesday’s Champions League game to “exercise extreme caution” after two supporters needed hospital treatment. The city has a long history of cases of away supporters being targeted by Napoli ultras. “The club is aware of an incident that took place in Naples,” …