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£136,000,000 of cocaine seized in Ireland’s biggest ever drugs bust The Metro says Irish customs officers have seized 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine worth 157 million euro from a cargo vessel off the southeast coast of Ireland. An elite Irish army unit stormed the Panamanian cargo ship suspected of carrying significant amounts of drugs in a major operation on Tuesday. The large vessel was reportedly attempting to flee when the Naval Service closed in on it off the Co Cork coast. Two men – from the UK and eastern Europe – have since been arrested under the country’s anti-gangland legislation.

Paranoid Putin claims UK and US helped plan strike on Black Sea Fleet headquarters The Metro says Russia has accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in annexed Crimea. The Russian naval base was struck by a Ukrainian missile last Friday, destroying vital infrastructure and killing at least 34 officers. Following the attack, a furious Kremlin spokeswoman said at a briefing: ‘There is no doubt that the attack had been planned in advance using Western intelligence means, Nato satellite assets and reconnaissance planes and was implemented upon the…

Schoolgirl, 15, ‘stabbed to death after rejecting flowers from boy she broke up with’ The Metro says Police have arrested a teenage boy after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on her way to school in south London this morning. The teenager, a pupil at the Old Palace of John Whitgift School, was allegedly attacked in Wellesley Road outside the Whitgift shopping centre in Croydon, after a ‘row over a bag’, at around 8.30am today. Emergency services rushed to the scene, but Scotland Yard said the girl was pronounced dead just under an hour later. Police later said that…

With the Carabao Cup back in action, is Brentford vs Arsenal on TV tonight? The Metro says Brentford will seek a victory in the Carabao Cup that could see Arsenal face humiliating back-to-back third-round exits. Despite Brentford still smarting from a rare home defeat to Everton, if Arsenal lose, it’s bound to bring back sore memories from when they were knocked out of the contest last season by Brighton 3-1. However, with Brentford still without Rico Henry (expected to be out for the season with an ACL injury), Ben Mee absent for their defeat against Everton, and Josh Dasilva, Shandon…

Victor Osimhen furious with Napoli over TikTok video which mocked the striker The Metro Victor Osimhen is furious with Napoli after the Italian champions posted a video which mocked the striker’s penalty miss at the weekend. In a bizarre post on the club’s TikTok account, Napoli’s video showed footage of Osimhen appealing for the penalty in the goalless draw with Bologna on Sunday with a squeaky, sped-up voice dubbed over the top. The clip, which has now been deleted, then showed the Nigeria international missing the spot kick. Osimhen was also involved in a touchline bust-up with Napoli head coach…

Pep Guardiola bemoans Manchester City squad being unable to fly home from Newcastle after Carabao Cup tie The Metro says Pep Guardiola has bemoaned his side’s inability to fly back to Manchester after their fixture against Newcastle United on Wednesday night, claiming it will cost his side valuable recovery time. Manchester City travel to face Eddie Howe’s side in the third round of the Carabao Cup at St James’ Park but will be unable to travel back by train due to the time at which the game finishes. With their plane also out of use, City will be forced to…

This England team aren’t used to losing – the Lionesses must learn to kick the habit quickly The Independent says The obstacles on the road to Paris had appeared to be little more than potential problems. The Netherlands would always undoubtedly be the toughest task but after defeat by Belgium and an early World Cup exit their status became increasingly tenuous. England Women needed to make a statement and the circumstances would rarely be more favourable. After all, the Lionesses impressed against Scotland, they brushed off the oft-levied concerns about fatigue. There were a handful of worrying instances in their…

Millie Bright says ‘standards will slip’ in women’s football if workload continues The Guardian says Millie Bright has called for urgent talks to address the workload on elite female footballers and wants players’ voices to be central to those discussions. “It’s definitely something that needs to happen and I’d really like people to speak to players so that we can actually say how hard it is for us,” the England captain said. “Ultimately, we want to give the fans [a show], and we want to play at the best level possible and for the longest amount of time. We want…

Millie Bright: England captain says no VAR is ‘mind-blowing’ in Netherlands loss BBC News says It is “mind-blowing” that the video assistant referee was not used in England’s Women’s Nations League defeat by the Netherlands, says captain Millie Bright. Renate Jansen’s 90th-minute goal gave the Netherlands a 2-1 victory after Alessia Russo cancelled out Lieke Martens’ opener. However, midfielder Danielle van de Donk appeared to be offside when Martens put the hosts ahead in Utrecht. “There is no consistency,” said Bright. “It is always frustrating [to not have VAR]. I think we push the level of the game to be…

Mary Earps cannot save Lionesses this time as Alex Greenwood & Georgia Stanway errors gift Oranje victory GOAL.COM says Sarina Wiegman’s return to her homeland didn’t go to plan as the 2023 Women’s World Cup runners-up succumbed to a late goal in Utrecht. England succumbed to a late and dramatic defeat to the Netherlands on Tuesday night in a result that blows their UEFA Women’s Nations League group wide open, with Renate Jansen’s thunderous 90th-minute winner ensuring an unsuccessful return home for Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman. England struggled to get into the game in Utrecht and the Dutch got…