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Manchester City leave the FA Cup needing a dose of Dion Dublin’s energy

In today’s Football Daily: Stairs that go ‘up to the bedrooms’ in a season that’s becoming a hard sell

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025

"It feels like Black Sabbath decided to couple with Santana. Then raise their child as a rock musical": Lucifer's Friend mix it up on fourth album Banquet

In which four Germans and a Brit hook up and invent prog-jazz-rock showtunes

Louder · Oct 21, 2024

“No promoter would book us; they just didn’t know where we fitted in… we were victims of being ahead of our time”: With a future Uriah Heep singer and rapidly changing style, were Lucifer’s Friend prog?

Embracing jazz, working with Krautrock icon Conny Plank and becoming early adopters of orchestration, the German band often didn’t know what was going to come out of their studio sessions

Louder · Jun 11, 2024

Juventus get their shambolic Big Cup exit out of the way early this season

In today’s Fiver: Tough times for the Old Lady, Stuart Pearce’s pep talk and the shirt off Sergio Agüero’s back

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

How Uvalde tragedy is affecting some Texas high school football games, stadium security

DALLAS — As Midlothian ISD began gearing up for the start of the school year and high school football season, athletic director Todd York decided it was time for a change.

Tribune News Service · Aug 24, 2022

Arsenal, expectation and the trouble with being champions of pre-season

In today’s Fiver: Amazon video sensation Mikel Arteta, Chelsea b@ntz and, yes, the Premier League is back

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022