New youth soccer initiative offers ‘free football for all’ in NYC

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Chelsea clung onto a place in the top four on the final day of the Premier League season by the skin of their teeth despite suffering a 2-1 defeat away at Aston Villa.The Blues went into Sunday's crunch outing at Villa Park up in third place, with Liverpool and Leicester only a point behind in fourth and fifth respectively.Thomas Tuchel's men knew a win would guarantee them Champions League qualification regardless of their opponents' fixtures against Crystal Palace and Tottenham, but goals from former player Bertrand Traore and Anwar El Ghazi earned Villa a shock victory and deemed Ben Chilwell's strike nothing but a consolation.Fortunately for Chelsea, though, Leicester slumped to a 3-2 defeat at home to Spurs, sparing their blushes and

The space agency is reportedly testing out a revolutionary new "low-boom" supersonic plane that could see passengers journey from London to New York in the space of three hours.The new X-59 aircraft is due to be tested out by the space agency early next year in the hope of filling the void left by Concorde – which operated between Europe and the USA from the 1970s to 2003.However, internal supersonic flights – those capable of reaching 343 meters per second, or 761 miles per hour, and which produces a huge booming sound effect – were already banned in the USA in 1973 due to the disruption sonic booms cause.Scientists now think they have devised a way of muffling the sound caused by breaking the sound barrier – which could pave the way for

Dua Lipa is speaking out after being accused of anti-Semitism due to her support of Palestinians in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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footballer being asked to sign a supporters’ memorabilia – but one fan in New Zealand wanted her own special memento from a game in the Australian A-League this weekend. The unnamed woman held up a sign during Wellington Phoenix’s fixture with Western United asking star man Oli Sail to “Sign our t***.”Sail, a goalkeeper who has kept three clean sheets in his last four A-League matches, might have been expected to ignore the unusual request.But not one to disappoint, the 25-year-old left the woman’s breasts anything but clean after grabbing a marker and scribbling his name just above her bra.Fans on Twitter loved it, with one labelling the A-League the “Best league in the world.

Coronation Street star Julie Goodyear is a soap icon if ever there was one.The 79-year-old actress played the formidable and scene-stealing Bet Lynch on the longest-running ITV soap opera from 1966.Initially appearing for just a nine-episode stint, the bubbly blonde returned in 1970 as a regular - and didn’t end up leaving the cobbles until 1995, when it was later revealed she was secretly battling cervical cancer.Julie is last remembered on-screen when she took the plunge to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2006.She also appeared on a series called Revolver in the early 2000s.Where is the star now and what does she look like years after her days on Corrie?Julie will forever be known as Bet Lynch.With her iconic beehive-style hair

Last Night In Soho – watch it below.Starring Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), the psychological thriller follows Sandy, a young girl in 1960s London who meets her idol, a singer, before things begin to unravel.The new film also stars Thomasin McKenzie, Matt Smith and Terence Stamp in supporting roles, and is co-written by 1917 screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns.A synopsis for Last Night In Soho reads: “A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer.

Thomas Tuchel has enjoyed a stellar start to life in West London, guiding Chelsea to two cup finals, some achievement considering they languished in tenth when he arrived.

A Ryanair plane made an emergency landing in Belarus following an alleged bomb scare with a journalist onboard 'detained'.

At least two people have been killed and 12 more injured in a shooting at a packed house party in New Jersey, police said.

An advertisement was taken out in the New York Times this weekend that name checked Dua Lipa, as well as Bella and Gigi Hadid, for supporting Palestinians. The advertisement called them anti-semitic for their views.

Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her anti-Semitic for her support of Palestinians, saying it used her name “shamelessly” to “advance their ugly campaign with falsehoods and blatant misrepresentations.”

Arsenal have endured a disastrous campaign in Mikel Arteta's first full season in charge and a summer rebuild is critical.The Gunners are in danger of missing out on European qualification entirely for the first time in 25 years after an underwhelming league campaign.And the nadir came in the Europa League semi-final exit to Villarreal, managed by former boss Unai Emery, where any hopes of Champions League football next season were relinquished.Inexperienced Arteta has been under huge pressure but it looks as though he will be given this summer to rebuild his squad.A huge clear-out is expected as the Spaniard jettisons some experienced stars and several exits are already confirmed ahead of their final Premier League game of the season

Rangers between 1998 and 2001. Advocaat brought the likes of Michael Mols and Ronald de Boer to Ibrox, winning a domestic Treble in his first season and an SPL and Scottish Cup Double in the second.

Kate Garraway has given fans a new update on her husband Derek Draper's health battle, revealing that he is still on a long road to recovery.Appearing on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, the Good Morning Britain presenter confessed that her spouse is still "devastated" by the effects of coronavirus and that his communication is "minimal".MORE: Kate Garraway reveals she underwent same EMDR therapy as Prince HarryWATCH: Kate Garraway reveals the sweet words husband Derek told herShe explained: "He came home on April the 7th so we're a few weeks into it now.

The Tourist is the latest new mystery thriller coming to our screens and with the main character being played by Jamie Dornan our interest is definitely piqued.

Tourist spots in Greece are reportedly packed with holidaymakers from France - who are eligible for free Covid tests, while Brits have to fork out £150 for each one.

Lloyd Banks has shared a second teaser trailer for his upcoming album ‘COTI’.The G-Unit rapper previously released an instrumental trailer for the project on his 39th birthday last month (April 30). On Friday (May 21) he released another, this time with a monologue recorded over the same piano backing.“We have been simply faded in our own existence,” Banks says in the black-and-white clip.

A savvy entrepreneur who launched a "game-changing" product to help his elderly mother with her arthritis has turned over £3million in just a year.

David Luiz joins three other Arsenal stars in preparing to say goodbye to Gunners fans and the Emirates this Sunday.