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Once a viral TikTok dancer, Rae has only performed live a handful of times, but is remarkably assured as her voice glides across pounding club-ready beats

‘The past few years have been such a dream,” says Addison Rae, as she is met with a chorus of deafening screams. Almost every word is greeted with a similar response, such is the sense of anticipation and fervour around her arrival.

Rae has set foot on a stage only a handful of times – the viral TikTok dancer and social media heavyweight turned pop star is now touring for the first time. Any sense of apprehension as to whether she is up to the task is quickly quashed. The pulsing synth-pop of Fame Is a Gun sets the tone for an evening dominated by irresistible hooks, winking fun and carefully choreographed dance moves that gracefully slink around the songs.

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The modern football manager might wear classic Reeboks, or knackered Converse, or trackie bottoms tucked in socks but, to continue paraphrasing the Arctic Monkeys song, there ain’t no romance in our game no more. Nothing endures. The average managerial tenure tends to last between 18 months and two years. For Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Besiktas, it was a little more than seven months; José Mourinho got 14 at Fenerbahce. And so the pair, intrinsically linked by their sequential spells at Manchester United, find themselves on similar paths again, their sackings from Turkish nearly-clubs coming within hours of each other this week. Both have been caught in the meat grinder of Uefa’s endless European qualifiers. Solskjær’s brave Besiktas boys were downed by Ineos-owned Lausanne in the Tin Pot playoffs on Thursday night. A day earlier, Mourinho’s men were ousted by Benfica in the Bigger Cup equivalent.

I used this word unintentionally, just to make it very clear. I had no intention, there was no message, there was no hidden agenda. I fully understand it’s my responsibility that I created these headlines. I’m sorry for the upset and for the headlines that I created. I’m experienced enough, I should have known better and should have done better. I thought I have a little bit more credit with you guys, that I do all this in my second language. I did it on the morning after a loss and not a lot of sleep. I did it in a live interview and I used the wrong word. I made straight away contact with him, of course and I got in touch with him straight away. Jude’s focus is now in his rehabilitation” – a contrite Thomas Tuchel explains how and why in June he used the word “repulsive” to describe some of Jude Bellingham’s on-field antics.

So José pointedly said that after Galatasaray, he wanted to manage a club at the bottom of the Premier League, where he wouldn’t have deal with UEFA … Taxi for Potter, anyone? – Declan Hackett.

Amorim on the brink, Mourinho sacked. We can all see how this pans out, but I bet David Squires is properly happy” – Kev, Uffculme.

My mate in Newcastle congratulated my team on knocking ‘the vile Mackems’ out of the Carabao Cup (but we were a mere two divisions below them so it won’t have registered with you guys and it is likely to be a league game next season anyway) and then went on to comment on his team losing at home to Liverpool. ‘Always disliked them, but it’s now visceral with all this Judas Isakariot business. T-shirts with his picture on are on sale outside the ground with a free box of matches” – Richard Askham.

As the transfer window draws to a close, Zian Flemming’s permanent switch to Burnley for a reported £7m fee may not have caused the same headlines as Gyökeres or Eze, but let me tell you that Zian is worth his weight in gold! Quite literally, with Flemming reportedly weighing in at 84kg and gold prices hovering around $3,466 per Troy ounce, he would be worth £7m in gold. To use the old football idiom and question whether he is worth his weight in goals however is quite another matter … “ – Sam from London.

Fulham suit on the phone with Shakhtar suit: “We need to talk about Kevin” – ‎Lean Ka-Min.

JJ Zucal – deservedly – won Thursday’s letter o’ the day. But Tom Dowler deserves a special award for actually making me laugh out loud while reading Football Daily – Mark Waters.

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Serious Fraud Office has assessed six more cases after supreme court quashed convictions of two traders last month

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Five more bankers convicted of rigging interest rates may be a step closer to clearing their names after the supreme court overturned a decade-old ruling against the trader Tom Hayes last month, the Serious Fraud Office has said.

The SFO said it had assessed the cases of six individuals who were charged with manipulating the euro interbank offered rate (Euribor) or the now defunct London interbank offered rate (Libor), and determined that five convictions “may be considered unsafe” after July’s ruling.

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Rybakina underlines why she’s the best server in the women’s game with some pinpoint deliveries to get to 40-15 in the opening game. The Russia-born Kazakhstani then misfires from the baseline, but holds to 30 when Raducanu rattles her return long. Rybakina bosses the next game too, charging to 0-40 and three break points. Raducanu repels the first, Rybakina blinks on the second but makes no mistake on the third. Raducanu drops serve for the first time at this US Open and it’s 2-0.

Also getting going: Jiri Lehecka, the Czech 20th seed, against Belgium’s Raphael Collignon, the conqueror of Casper Ruud; and the all-French affair between Benjamin Bonzi and Arthur Rinderknech.

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In 2024, the suspected Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman told the Victorian supreme court his firearm licence had been taken.

“I had my firearms licences cancelled and lost my club membership,” Freeman wrote in a submission. In the hearing, he sought to challenge the cancellation of his driver’s licence.