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Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw has signed a new four-year contract with the club, just days after it looked like she would be leaving the Women’s Super League champions this summer.The Jamaica forward finished as the WSL’s top scorer for a third successive season, netting 21 goals in 22 games as City won the title for the first time since 2016.Chelsea had been favourites to sign her as a free agent after contract renewal discussions broke down.But Shaw, 29, announced her new contract until 2030 on stage at City’s end of season celebrations, where she received the player of the…

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Thousands of people gathered in the baking heat to watch competitors from all over the world chase a 7lb (3kg) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a 1:2 gradient slope.YouTuber Tom Kopke won the first race of the annual event on Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, while Alix Heugas from France was first on the women’s race.Before the races began, 23-time champion Chris Anderson was named a Guinness World Record holder for winning the most races between 2002 and 2022.He came out of retirement to compete against Kopke, but finished second.More on this story here

Great Britain’s Katie Boulter avoided an early slip-up in the first round of the French Open as she ground out a gruelling win over American wildcard Akasha Urhobo.Playing on clay has never come easy for Boulter, who only won her first WTA Tour-level match on the surface last year – at the age of 28.But she booked her place in the second round at Roland Garros for just the second time with a scrappy 6-4 4-6 6-4 win over 19-year-old Urhobo, who was making her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam. Earlier on Monday, Boulter’s Australian fiance…

Fire crews are battling a blaze at the iconic Arthur’s Seat landmark in Edinburgh as hikers flee from thick smoke and flames.Emergency services received more than 180 emergency calls from residents as the bank holiday heatwave grips the UK.A spokesman said fire crews were called to reports of the “grass on fire” near the St Anthony’s Chapel ruins at 6.18pm.They said one fire appliance is at the scene and two more have been dispatched.Troubling footage shared to social media depicts thick plumes of smoke rising into the sky, with visible flames and scorch marks spreading across the slanted grassland in…

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Salford City boss Karl Robinson has apologised to the club’s supporters for “letting them down” in the League Two play-off final defeat to Notts County.The Ammies, who finished the season a point and a place outside the automatic promotion places, had done the league double over the Magpies during the season and had won the previous five meetings between the sides.But they were well beaten at Wembley, going down 3-0 and mustering just two attempts on target.”I feel that we’ve let people down today,” he told Manchester.”I don’t think we’ve let people down for the last 10 months, we’ve been…

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Reform council leader Oliver Freeston has sent a letter to the Government demanding an end to the dispersal of asylum seekers in the area.Speaking to GB News, the head of North East Lincolnshire Council pledged he would “stand up and fight for the rights and the interests of the British people”.“This is very much David v Goliath,” Mr Freeston began.“We’re going to fight back against the government because ultimately we don’t want to see our area.“Like many areas across the country, we are being used for cheap housing.”The Reform councillor said he received regular concerns from locals who feared the…

AC Milan have sacked head coach Massimiliano Allegri after failing to qualify for the Champions League, in a season the club’s hierarchy described as an “unequivocal failure”.Milan fell from third to fifth in Serie A after a 2-1 defeat by Cagliari on the final day to miss out on Champions League football for the second year in a row. Inter Milan, Napoli, Roma and Como – for the first time in their history – will represent Italy in Europe’s top-tier club competition next season while AC Milan join Juventus in the Europa League. “For the majority of this season, we…