Habs loan Victor Mete to Canada's world junior selection camp

Canada’s world junior hockey selection camp is getting some NHL flavour. The Montreal Canadiens on Monday announced they were releasing defenceman Victor Mete to join the camp, which runs Tuesday through Friday in St. Catharines, Ont. “We’ve made the decision … to give him an opportunity to participate in a very beneficial experience for his development,” […]

Liverpool vs Everton LIVE updates: Shock team selection, live stream info, build up

Liverpool take on bitter rivals Everton at Anfield on a cold Super Sunday in what could be an explosive affair. The Reds come in off the back of a 7-0 destruction of Spartak Moscow, while Everton’s kids went to Cyprus and won. Klopp drops shock team selection with Coutinho and Firmino on the bench Solanke […]

Liverpool news: Steven Gerrard explains why Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shock selection worked

Liverpool went into the break 2-0 up at the London Stadium, stunning the beleaguered Hammers with two goals in quick succession. Oxlade-Chamberlain then scored in the second half after Manuel Lanzini had halved the deficit. Oxlade-Chamberlain was a surprise starter for Liverpool and most fans and pundits expected the England international to start in the […]

Chelsea vs Roma: Frank Lampard analyses Antonio Conte's Champions League team selection

Chelsea have Alvaro Morata back fit after he injured his hamstring in the 1-0 defeat to Manchester City two-and-a-half weeks ago. Eden Hazard will play just behind the Spaniard, with the duo starring in the Blues’ last Champions League tie, the 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid. David Luiz will start the game in midfield, with […]

Home pride: Our selection of the best English getaways

PH Enjoy the romance of the Belmond British Pullman Belmond British Pullman train to Bath  I don’t know about you, but I was distraught when Downton Abbey finally left our TV screens two years ago. So you can imagine my excitement when I arrived at London’s  Victoria Station to board the Belmond British Pullman train. […]

Home Fire, The Burning Girl and more: Our selection of the latest fiction books

The Burning Girl by Claire Messud (Fleet, £16.99) Julia and Cassie have been best friends since nursery school but, in the way of teenagers, the friendship has floundered. Troubled Cassie, who has a fraught relationship with her mother, has started hanging out with the cool, mean kids while Julie, daughter of a feminist, is heading […]

People's princess: Our selection of books remembering Diana

Remembering Diana: A Life In Photographs Foreword by Tina Brown (National Geographic, £20) In her introduction to this sumptuous new collection of photographs, Tina Brown writes an impassioned essay about Diana’s courage, humility and compassion as well as her multiple heartbreaks: “It is another of the great ironies of Diana’s life that everyone was in […]

Eden Hazard bust-up: Chelsea boss Antonio Conte furious at Belgium selection

The playmaker fractured his right ankle in June while with them on international duty and had not played a competitive game since when news of his selection emerged. Belgium face Gibraltar and Greece in a World Cup qualifier double-header but Hazard’s inclusion after a single game behind closed doors has not gone down well at […]