As PSV Eindhoven won the Champions League match 4-1 at Anfield on Wednesday, the miserable season of troubled Liverpool grew even more intolerable.
Ivan Perisic’s early penalty gave Arne Slot’s side a lead, but Dominik Szoboszlai’s equalizer failed to turn the Reds around.
The Premier League champions’ ashes suffered a ninth defeat in their last 12 games overall, thanks to goals from Guus Til and Couhaib Driouech, both of whom scored twice.
In a dramatic twist to his case, a British man admitted to deliberately ploughing his car into crowds at the Liverpool Football Club’s Premier League victory parade on May 23. He changed his plea on Wednesday.
During the May 26 incident in Liverpool City Center, which left hundreds of people injured, including infants and children, Paul Doyle initially denied the 31 charges, including grievous bodily harm with intent, wounding with intent, affray, and dangerous driving.
Doyle entered his guilty pleas to each count on the second day of his trial, sobbing in the dock as he sobbed in a suit and glasses.
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On May 27, 2025, police officers in Liverpool, north-west England, arrived at the scene after a car struck crowds of people watching an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool’s Premier League trophy parade. (Photo by Paul ELLIS/AFP)
Beginning on December 15, he will receive a two-day sentence.
He was instructed to prepare for “a lengthy custodial sentence” by Judge Andrew Menary.
As revelers left the May 26 parade to celebrate Liverpool’s victory, Doyle, a former Royal Marine, reportedly ploughed his Ford Galaxy Titanium  into numerous people.
According to Merseyside Police, he injured 134 people, including children, adults, and other children.
50 people needed hospital care, despite there being no fatalities.
When the Premier League season came to an end, the victims were celebrating the club’s 20th English top-flight victory, which was unheard of.
In front of hundreds of thousands of spectators, the team’s players had paraded the trophy along the city’s waterfront.
Some of the city’s main thoroughfares had been made available for normal traffic so the parade could pass.
On May 27, 2025, police forensics officers arrive at the scene on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England, where a car entered a crowd of people on May 26 to watch an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool’s Premier League trophy parade. (Photo by Paul ELLIS/AFP)
Police quickly determined that the incident wasn’t terrorist-related. However, the alleged attack’s circumstances have largely remained undetermined.
The top regional prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, Sarah Hammond, claimed that Doyle had “finally accepted that he purposefully entered crowds of innocent people.”
She noted that his car’s dashcam footage showed that “he deliberately drove at them, forcing his way through” and that “he became increasingly agitated by the crowds.”
She continued, “Driving a car into a crowd is a calculated violence.
Paul Doyle made the decision to turn the celebration into mayhem, not a momentary lapse, he said.
29 victims, eight of whom were children at the time, were named in the criminal charges. The youngest was six months old.
Father-of-three Doyle, who has been in police custody since his arrest, will continue to serve until his sentencing.
Enzo Maresca, the head coach of Chelsea, pressed his team’s stunning 3-0 win at home to 10-man Barcelona to put the pressure on them, saying “nothing has changed” for them.
Following a superb display of attacking football, which included a brilliant goal from teenage winger Esteval, the London club was on course to reach the last 16 of the competition on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old Brazilian made a flawless save from Pau Cubarsi, who had slipped inside the defenseman, before flying across Alejandro Balde.
Brazilian midfielder #41 Estevao (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring their second goal in the UEFA Champions League game between Chelsea and Barcelona on November 25, 2025, at Stamford Bridge in London. Adrian Dennis/AFP photo
Ronald Araujo, the captain for Barcelona, was sent off in the first half for a second bookable offense, and Estevao scored the winner after Jules Kounde’s own goal had given Chelsea the lead.
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On November 25, 2025, Chelsea and Barcelona played at Stamford Bridge in the UEFA Champions League’s second goal scoring team, #41 Estevao. Adrian Dennis/AFP photo
Nothing has changed about Arsenal’s leadership and potential, according to Maresca, whose side will increase Arsenal’s lead at the top to three points with yet another victory at Stamford Bridge.
He continued, “We’ll get to the next one.” Excellent feeling was present. It’s really nice to share this kind of moment with our fans at home. Next 48 hours completely shut down, take a break, and recharge.
The 2030 multi-sport Commonwealth Games will be held in Ahmedabad, according to a Wednesday agreement.
Following a recommendation from the executive board, the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow approved the choice of Ahmedabad, also known as Amdavad.
The Commonwealth Games Association of India’s president, Dr. PT Usha, praised the trust shown by Commonwealth Sport.
The 2030 Games “will not only reaffirm the Commonwealth movement’s 100th anniversary but also lay the foundation for the coming century. In a spirit of friendship and advancement, it will bring together Commonwealth athletes, communities, and cultures from different countries.
The state of Gujarat, which has a 130, 000-seater arena, which is the largest cricket stadium in the world, is known as Ahmedabad. The venue’s name comes from the Indian premier.
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India, which signed a formal letter of intent to host the 2036 Summer Olympics last year, has a bigger prize in its sights.
After the Australian state of Victoria withdrew for financial reasons, the movement struggled to find a replacement host for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Glasgow, a Scottish city, joined the multi-sports scene and will present a pared-down version, ensuring that Britain will have hosted two editions in a row after Birmingham in 2022.
There have long been questions about the relevance of the Commonwealth Games, an international organization where the majority of the competing nations were once British Empire-held territories, in an era of increasing continental and world championships across a number of sports.
However, Dr. Donald Rukare, president of Commonwealth Sport, stated on Wednesday: “India brings scale, youth, ambition, rich culture, enormous sporting passion and relevance, and I’m delighted to report strong interest from a range of nations to host the 2034 Games and beyond.
We kick off the Commonwealth Games in good health and good health.
The 1930 inaugural event in Hamilton, Canada, will be commemorated at the 2030 Games.
As the torch relay departed from the storied Olympia in Greece on Wednesday, New International Olympic Committee Chairman Kirsty Coventry cried out in support of the 2026 Winter Games.
A tearful Coventry, who was the first woman to lead the Olympic movement and spoke to guests at the torch ceremony at the Olympia archaeological museum, emphasized the unity of sport.
She said, “These Games come at a crucial time in our history,” her voice sputtering.
She continued to applause, saying, “I wasn’t supposed to get emotional.”
The Games have a truly symbolic place in the divided world we live in today. She said that it is our duty and responsibility to ensure that athletes from all over the world can congregate peacefully.
The relay, which was first led by Greek rower Petros Gaidatzis and later joined by cross-country ski champion Stefania Belmondo from Italy, set off the epaulina winter games, which will begin on February 6.
The pair transferred the torch to Italian luge great Armin Zoeggeler as they flew from the museum to Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Games, where Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s headquarters are preserved.
As part of an emergency rehearsal of the Olympic flame’s lighting in the ancient Olympiadrome, which was the site of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, on November 24, 2025, Greek actress Mary Mina lights the Olympic Flame from a solar mirror in the role of High Priestess. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS/AFP)
The Temple of Zeus, the goddess of the ancient Olympics, had sculptures atop the flame ceremony.
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The Olympic flame-lighting ceremony is typically held close to the Olympic Stadium, which was built in 776 BC, among the remains of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera.
As part of an emergency rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games ceremony, which will take place on November 24, 2025, at the site of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, Greek actress Mary Mina holds a torch with the Olympic flame in the role of High Priestess. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS/AFP)
However, a misinterpreted forecast for the rainy weather caused questions to be raised about the parabolic mirror used by actresses dressed as ancient priestesses as a source of heat.
During an outdoor rehearsal in the sun on Wednesday, the ceremony took place inside, where a flame was lit on Monday.
The flame will travel to Rome for a 63-day, 12, 000-kilometer (7, 500-mile) course through Italy’s major cities and the archaeological site of Pompeii following a handover ceremony on December 4 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, where the first modern Olympics were revived in 1896.
TOPSHOT – Greek actress Mary Mina poses for a photo in the middle of an emergency rehearsal for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games ceremony in the ancient Olympiadrome, which was the site of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, on November 24, 2025. The pot contains the Olympic Flame of the original rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame. Aggelos NAKKAS/AFP photo
The Games will take place at various locations throughout the north-east of Italy, stretching from Milan to the Dolomites Mountains.
Milan will host ice sports, and Bormio and Cortina will host alpine skiing.
The Dolomites will host the biathlon, followed by skiing in the Val di Fiemme and skiing in the Italian Alps in Livigno.
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After Chelsea’s superstar scored a stunning solo Champions League goal against Barcelona, Enzo Maresca downed comparisons to Lionel Messi on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old Brazilian won their third game of the competition’s five matches against Lamine Yamal, the London club winning with a dominant win over the teenage prodigies.
Ten minutes after half-time, Estevao received the ball on the right before beating two defenders and launching it into Joan Garcia’s net’s roof.
Just months into his debut at Stamford Bridge, the winger scored his 10th goal of the season for the club and country.
Jules Kounde’s own goal and substitute Liam Delap’s late strike gave Chelsea the lead.
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Late in the second half, when captain Ronald Araujo was shown a second yellow card, the Spanish side was reduced to 10 men.
When asked if Estevao’s strike resembled Messi’s of the Argentine great, Chelsea boss Maresca responded that it was a strike that the forward had scored for Palmeiras before the Club World Cup in July.
Maresca tried to relieve his young player’s workload, and he quickly became a favorite among fans, claiming he needed to “relax” and enjoy his game.
If you start talking about Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, you might as well say, “Him, Lamine, they are so young, at age 18, and I think it’s too much pressure for young boys to like them.”
Eighteen, they must enjoy and be content when they arrive at the training facility. But I believe it’s too much for them when you start to compare them to Messi or Ronaldo.
Estevao praised the “best moment” of his career thus far, calling it “the best moment” of his career on Tuesday as he was serenaded by Chelsea’s supporters.
He told Amazon Prime, “I don’t really have any words to sum up how I’m feeling right now.” The night was truly perfect. I’m just thankful for everything that has happened to me, God.
He continued, “I felt such a connection with the fans from the moment I arrived here.”
“I’m just so happy that I can win their hearts and make them happy,” she said. I want to keep them content and help them get more goals.
Despite his incredible form, Maresca claimed that playing Estevao would not put him under additional pressure.
He said, “Tonight, we decided to play with Estevao,” which is probably the most challenging game of the season.
“I don’t allow players to play minutes because I’m not a manager,” he said. The game plan alone determines the first eleven, not the last eleven.