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Meta owned apps hit by outage WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram experienced a temporary outage due to a significant disruption at Meta, their parent company. Late on Wednesday, thousands of users encountered difficulties accessing these platforms. While Meta’s status page indicates that most issues have been resolved, some of its business and messaging services are still experiencing significant disruptions. The problems began around 19:00 BST. Downdetector, a website performance monitoring service, recorded approximately 82,000 issues with WhatsApp at 19:25 BST, though an hour later, the problem was largely resolved. Instagram users reported around 3,700 outages at 19:20 BST, with disruptions persisting…

The Premier League is back tonight with second-place Arsenal expecting to collect all three points against Luton – which will take them above Liverpool for the top spot (by one point).

Former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption probe. He was released soon after being detained on arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic. 

Lewis Hamilton wants acting career following F1 retirement after turning down Top Gun Maverick Sir Lewis Hamilton has revealed what career path he will take when he retires from Formula 1 – though he’s yet to put a timeframe on when that will be. At 39-years-old, Hamilton is entering the twilight years of his highly-successful career with the British sporting legend the most successful driver in F1 history, with seven titles and 103 race wins. Since controversially losing the 2021 championship to Max Verstappen, he has suffered the worst few years of his career and has not tasted victory since…

Arsene Wenger reveals he ‘fought like mad’ to sign current Arsenal star Arsene Wenger has revealed he was desperate to sign a teenage Martin Odegaard before he joined Real Madrid. The current Gunners captain was earmarked as a prodigy after he made his debut as a 15-year-old for Stromsgodset, which alerted the attention of Europe’s heavyweight clubs. Odegaard subsequently trained with the likes of Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Arsenal before making a decision on joining a club that would best nurture his obvious talent. Ultimately, the Norway international found it impossible to resist the temptation of joining Real and…

Manchester United defenders Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof ruled out for ‘at least a month’ Manchester United defenders Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof have been ruled out for ‘at least a month’ in an untimely blow to Erik ten Hag. The injury setbacks come at a crucial point of the season, with United hoping to climb up the Premier League table and win the FA Cup. United are currently sixth, eight points behind Tottenham ahead of Spurs’ trip to West Ham on Tuesday evening and a further three behind fourth-placed Aston Villa, who visit Manchester City on Wednesday. United will…

Joe Cole makes top-four prediction after Tottenham miss chance to overtake Aston Villa with West Ham draw Joe Cole has backed Tottenham to ‘nick’ the final top-four spot in the Premier League despite missing the chance to overtake Aston Villa after drawing with West Ham. Spurs took an early lead at the London Stadium through Brennan Johnson but were pegged back by Kurt Zouma’s header on 19 minutes. Both sides created openings but failed to show cutting edge and had to settle with a share of the points, leaving Tottenham fifth – two points behind Villa – with eight games…

Pep Guardiola hits back at Roy Keane after calling Erling Haaland ‘a League Two player’ Pep Guardiola has hit back at Roy Keane after he said Erling Haaland played ‘like a League Two player’ in Manchester City’s goalless draw with Arsenal. Haaland put in a rare, poor performance against the Gunners last Sunday in what was a huge clash in the Premier League title race. Victory would have seen the Citizens leapfrog their opponents but instead they remain third in the table behind Arsenal and leaders Liverpool. Manchester United legend Keane was scathing of striker Haaland who barely got a…

‘They’re not going to win the league’ – Micah Richards dismisses Liverpool’s title chances Micah Richards has dismissed Liverpool’s chances in this year’s title race and backed Pep Guardiola to win his sixth Premier League trophy with Manchester City. Top-of-the-table Arsenal sit above second-placed Liverpool on goal difference with ten games remaining of the campaign, with defending champions City one point off the pace in third. Last year’s treble winners welcome Arsenal to the Etihad this weekend for what promises to be a crucial match in the context of the season, while Liverpool play host to Brighton. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal…

Mark Selby’s retirement threat shows confidence is fickle even for the greats Mark Selby shocked snooker fans on Tuesday by saying he could give up the game after the upcoming World Championship if he plays like he did in defeat to Gary Wilson at the Tour Championship this week. The four-time world champion was a long way from his best at he was beaten 10-8 by the Tyneside Terror in Manchester and now has to lick his wounds before heading to The Crucible later this month. He certainly didn’t play well, but it was surprising to hear Selby talk the…