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Published On 24 Sep 2025
Eyebrows were raised when Nottingham Forest’s teamsheet dropped for their first European game in 29 years – and Chris Wood was on the bench.
After all, it was the New Zealand forward’s 20 Premier League goals last season that helped propel Forest back into Europe.
Instead, head coach Ange Postecoglou put his trust in Igor Jesus, the 24-year-old who cost £10m from Botafogo in July.
And in Forest’s Europa League opener, it did not take long for the Brazil striker to show why he could prove to be one of the Premier League’s most exciting additions.
With his side trailing 1-0 to Real Betis in Seville, Igor Jesus levelled with a tap-in before heading Forest into a 2-1 lead from a corner less than five minutes later.
But former Manchester United forward Antony levelled in the 85th minute to deny Forest a victory in the first of eight league phase games.
But what now for Wood, who was an unused substitute? And will Igor Jesus keep his place in the starting XI?
Igor Jesus celebrated both goals against Betis by dropping to his knees and pointing to the sky.
In an action-packed performance, he had six of Forest’s 16 attempts, of which three were on target.
Full of energy and running, he could have had a first-half hat-trick but his goalbound attempt – after Elliot Anderson’s brilliant jinking run – was blocked before Postecoglou decided to replace him in the 64th minute.
The 5,000 travelling Forest fans, in Seville to see their team’s first competitive European match since 1996, gave Igor Jesus a standing ovation when he came off.
“He definitely looks like a real threat,” added Antonio.
“He even had a couple of other opportunities, half opportunities he took quite well as well. His movement, his hold-up play… he seems big, he seems strong.”
Igor Jesus made his Brazil debut last October, scoring in a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win in difficult conditions in Chile.
In June, he scored Botafogo’s winner against European champions Paris St-Germain at the Club World Cup, with his performance in that game prompting South American football expert Tim Vickery to label him the modern-day version of former Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
“For Ange tonight – what a shout,” said former Forest and England midfielder Steve Hodge on BBC Radio Nottingham about Postecoglou’s decision to start with Igor Jesus and put Wood on the bench.
“Igor Jesus has made his mark tonight.”
Having scored twice against Swansea City in the Carabao Cup last week, Igor Jesus now has four goals in two starts for his new club.
Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, who impressed against Betis, believes the Brazilian could be a key figure for the team this season.
“He’s always in the right position, which is obviously a big thing for a striker,” he told TNT Sports. “He’s done well and got two goals and two goals the other week, so he’s doing really well and we see it in training. I’m really happy for Igor.”
Wood has been phenomenal for Forest since turning his loan from Newcastle into a permanent move in 2023.
Only Mohamed Salah (29), Alexander Isak (23) and Erling Haaland (22) scored more goals in the Premier League than Wood last season.
He started this season from where he left off last term with two goals in the 3-1 opening weekend win over Brentford under Nuno Espirito Santo.
Wood, 33, has also started both Premier League games since Postecoglou replaced Nuno – the 3-0 defeat at Arsenal and the 1-1 draw at Burnley.
But it remains to be seen whether he will return to side for the visit of Sunderland on Saturday (17:30 BST) – Postecoglou’s first in charge of Forest at the City Ground.
“From Chris’ point of view, he won’t be happy tonight – he will be want to be out there in big games like this,” added Hodge on BBC Radio Nottingham.
Meanwhile, Postecoglou remains without a win after four games in charge despite Wednesday’s largely positive performance.
After defeats by Arsenal in the league and Swansea City in the EFL Cup, followed by a draw at Burnley, Wednesday’s performance was much more upbeat and Forest were set to mark their return to Europe with a win until Antony’s late equaliser.
“I thought our football was outstanding at times in the first half,” said Postecoglou.
“The thing I could fault is we didn’t put the game to bed. I’m just disappointed that the players and supporters don’t get the rewards for our efforts.
Bradford City manager Graham Alexander could not help but smile as he reflected on his side’s 4-1 Carabao Cup loss at Newcastle United.
“You see the starting team that they put out,” he said.
“As soon as we exchanged the teamsheets and we saw Bruno [Guimaraes] bring out the teamsheet, I thought, ‘Right, OK, they’re taking it properly. Real serious’.”
Understandably so.
The holders were not about to underestimate the League One leaders – and did not want their defence of the trophy to end at the third-round stage. Not after a 70-year wait to win major domestic silverware.
Interestingly, Brazilians Guimaraes and Joelinton were the only starters on Wednesday night who also lined up when Newcastle beat Liverpool at Wembley to end that drought back in March.
However, such are the options now at head coach Eddie Howe’s disposal, it proved a comfortable night, despite Bradford’s efforts.
Newcastle have not always had such depth.
It was a different competition, of course, but they were knocked out by League One opposition in the FA Cup third round in both 2022 and 2023.
Yet Newcastle are a different side these days as defender Dan Burn knows only too well.
“Nothing changes whether we’re playing Bradford or Barcelona,” he wrote in his programme notes. “It’s the exact same preparation and the same mentality.
“Top teams can rotate without too much changing and we’ve invested quite heavily in the squad now to hopefully enable us to do the same….whether that’s the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup – whatever competition we’re playing in, we’re here to win.”
Howe had the luxury of making seven changes from the weekend goalless Premier League draw at Bournemouth, yet Lewis Hall, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman Joelinton, Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon and Anthony Elanga started against Alexander’s side.
That is even before mentioning William Osula, who scored two goals, or debutant keeper Aaron Ramsdale, who made a couple of important saves with the game at 0-0.
Newcastle ended up scoring as many goals in 90 minutes against Bradford as they did in their previous five games in all competitions combined.
It was the first time since April – a 5-0 win over Crystal Palace – they had bagged four goals in a single game and it could have been more as the dominant hosts had 27 shots, 11 efforts on target and 66 touches in the opposition box.
Newcastle face sterner tests ahead yet it still felt a noteworthy night to rebuild confidence in front of goal.
For context, a blunt attack mustered just a single shot on target against Bournemouth and the black-and-whites have only scored three times in their opening five league fixtures.
When it comes to shot conversion (5.6%) and big chance conversion (28.6%), Newcastle have posted some of the worst top-flight returns, while only Aston Villa have scored fewer goals (one).
But Joelinton and Danish forward Osula scored timely doubles here.
With three goals, the 22-year-old Osula is now the club’s top scorer this term, having also found the net against champions Liverpool last month.
Given Yoane Wissa’s absence with a knee injury, and record signing Nick Woltemade needing time to adjust to the physicality of the Premier League, it was a welcome performance from Osula, who attracted interest from Eintracht Frankfurt last month.
“He’s very driven,” said boss Howe. “Will has got great attitude to his work and his career. He’s very ambitious, he wants to play as all players do, but he is now justifying that by his training performances and when he plays on the pitch.
Professional dancer Dianne Buswell has addressed criticism over her decision to compete on Strictly Come Dancing whilst pregnant. She has also been met with support after sharing a message that she received about the situation.
Dianne announced that she’s expecting a baby with her partner Joe Sugg earlier this month, with their son due next year. The news has been celebrated by fans but she’s also faced concern over still competing on the BBC show ahead of the first live show, which is taking place this weekend.
It was confirmed in the launch show that Dianne will remain one of this year’s dancers as the partner of Neighbours star Stefan Dennis. She’s said to be the first pregnant competitor in the show’s history, as reported by the Express.
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However, not all viewers are pleased, with it suggested she should withdraw from the contest due to her pregnancy. Dianne shared an update on her Instagram Story on Wednesday, where she showed one negative message that she’s received.
It was stated in the message that “I don’t want to see her dance because she’s only beginning to show.” Really, it’s inappropriate. In response to the obnoxious comment posted on her own blog, Diane expressed her frustration. She remarked, “I can’t believe things like this are still being said in 2025.”
In a subsequent post, she highlighted a response from a supporter of Dianne. They claimed that her pre-baby dancing was “nothing short of magical and beautiful.” In the message, which Dianne shared alongside teary-eyed emojis and red hearts, they continued to state that she is “inspirational and incredible.”
The fan simply had to say something about Dianne’s story. This year, her pregnant dancing in Strictly is unmistakably beautiful and magical. Women’s bodies are utterly indescribable, and I don’t believe many people realize that.
“This will show all of those people who believe this weird twisted notion that women should hide away when they’re carrying a baby that women are capable of so much more & can do anything. You’re inspirational and incredible. We as a family cannot wait to watch you doing what you love and were born to do again every weekend. And we will be cheering you on as always beautiful.”
Dianne and Joe, both of whom are YouTubers, are expecting their first child together earlier this month. Some of her fans have since questioned whether the 36-year-old professional should continue performing some of Strictly’s lifts.
Speaking to comedian Chris McCausland, whom she won Strictly with last year, on their Winning Isn’t Everything podcast, Dianne said that her doctor had given her advice following her pregnancy announcement. Chris said: “How’s it work with all the lifts and things like that because we did quite a lot of lifts that were quite high impact.”
Dianne responded, “Look, I’m still doing everything I did before.” There will undoubtedly be a little more caution with lifts, of course. However, my doctor has ruled out normalcy. He said, “Cry on and keep doing what you were doing if you’ve done it before, like if you’re a dancer, you’ve done lifts, you’ve done this, you’ve done that,”
She continued, “He said that because you’ve danced since you’ve been five, your body’s intended function is sage.” He argued that you shouldn’t take any action. You just need to be careful when using lifts because it’s so obvious.
As the world’s most polluted country announced an ambitious goal on Wednesday, President Xi Jinping stated to cut emissions by 7 to 10% by 2035.
In addition to the goal to reduce emissions at the global level, Xi stated that China intends to increase its installed wind and solar power capacity by more than six times by 2020. Additionally, it intends to increase its consumption of non-fossil fuels by more than 30%.
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In a video address, Xi pledged to “basically establish a climate-adaptive society” and “make pollution-free vehicles” a reality.
More than 31% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions are produced by China.
Xi also demanded that the world’s developed nations take the lead in more effective climate policies. He criticized the United States for abdicating the Paris Agreement’s objectives, though not by name.
The current societal pattern is one of “green and low-carbon transformation.” The international community should continue to lead the way, maintain unwavering confidence, unwavering action, and undiminished efforts, Xi said, calling for more global climate cooperation despite some nations challenging this trend.
Donald Trump, the president of the US, attacked climate change as a “con job” in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, criticizing China and member states of the EU for supporting renewable energy technologies.
Trump requested a second withdrawal from the 10-year-old Paris Agreement on climate, which established national climate plans to stop global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2. 7 degrees Fahrenheit). The US emits the second-highest current and historical greenhouse gases, behind China.
According to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, their infrastructure, investment in renewable energy, and carbon prices have all increased, and their emissions have decreased by nearly 40% since 1940.
No one is at risk from the effects of climate change, according to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who will be addressing the upcoming climate conference. Without stopping droughts or storms, Lula said, “walls at borders.” “Nature does not bow down to warships or bombs.” There is no one nation that is superior to another.
According to Guterres, “science demands action.” It is mandated by the law. It is compelled by economics. And it is being demanded by the public.
With recent floods that have affected more than 5,000 people in more than 4, 000 villages and caused more than 1, 000 deaths, Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said his nation is too well aware of this.
He said, “My country is reeling from devastating urban flooding, flash floods, and intense monsoon rains.” The scars of the 2022 floods, which caused losses of more than $30 billion and displaced millions across our nation, are still visible in this catastrophe.
195 nations are required to submit new, stricter five-year plans to reduce carbon emissions in accordance with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
According to UN officials, countries really need to have their plans approved by the end of the month so that the UN can determine how much more warming the planet will achieve if they follow their pledges.
Before stepping down as president of the United States, former US President Joe Biden submitted the country’s plan.
According to Guterres, the UN chief, the world had been on a path for 4 degrees Celsius (77.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming before 2015, but it has now cooled to 2. 6 degrees Celsius (44.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
Jess Naz, a Tottenham player, has been “done being quiet” after being accused of receiving “racial abuse” on social media.
Following Tottenham’s penalty shootout victory over Aston Villa in the Women’s League Cup, the 24-year-old posted on Instagram that she had been “subjected to racial abuse in my DMs.”
She stated, “I was going to wait until after the game to speak because I’m done being quiet.” In my DMs, I was the victim of racial abuse.
Tottenham remarked, “The club is disgusted by Jessica Naz’s racist abuse on social media.
“Jess has spoken out against this repulsive behavior, and we support her in calling out this obscene and wicked deed.”
We are collaborating with the appropriate authorities and social media platforms to identify the perpetrator, and we will take immediate action against them.
“Racism cannot be tolerated in our sport or anywhere else in society.” We support Jess.
Naz, 24, signed for Tottenham from Arsenal in 2018 and has started every game of this season’s Women’s Super League and Women’s League Cup.