Reform councillor who said Nigerians should be 'melted down and used to fill in potholes' guilty of sending grossly offensive message

Precisely 13,266 games have been played since the inception of the Premier League, and 19 of those matches have finished 4-4 (0.1%), a rarity in a division dominated by the mighty 1-0 (17.6%). It was about time we got one, though. The months of August and September, when teams are still fighting to define their top-flight seasons and fitness and motivation tend to be at their peak, have never seen a single 4-4 draw. As motivation decreases the chances of stupid scorelines increase, and that’s wh

Iran was behind the hacking attack on European fridges and freezers, according to the French authorities.

Long queues and an unusual presidential set-up cannot detract from the calls for action, or the sense of cautious optimism that hangs in the air at the conference, writes Nick Ferris in Antalya

After three straight defeats, City’s manager says he will use the international break to reassess. Their problems may go beyond tactics Sign up for our free newsletter here Enzo Maresca seemed, if not quite baffled by his side’s Saturday defeat to Nottingham Forest, then at least a little put out. After seven straight wins from the start of the season, that’s now three straight defeats, a pattern so unusual that it’s been recorded only once before in top-flight English history, by Sheffield Wedn