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Crystal Palace sack Pierre Sage and in advanced talks to appoint Thomas Frank

Hiring and firing Sage cost more than £10m for 16 games He goes with club bottom and could return to Lens Pierre Sage has been sacked as Crystal Palace’s manager after 16 games, with Thomas Frank in advanced talks to succeed him. The Frenchman, appointed in mid-June on a three-year contract to replace Oliver Glasner, has gone after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Liverpool left his team bottom of the Premier League. Frank, out of work since his dismissal by Spurs in February, has emerged as the main candidate to succeed Sage. He spoke to Palace in the summer and is keen for a new challenge after a succ

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Crypto

Barclays Boosts Bitcoin ETF Holdings By 48% — Can BTC Reclaim $80,000?

Wall Street’s relationship with Bitcoin continues to evolve. Barclays has disclosed a 48% increase in its holdings of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, while Citigroup has also expanded its exposure. The filings arrive as Bitcoin struggles to recover its momentum, raising an important question: could institutional positioning help support the next BTC price recovery? According […]

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Finance

Burberry returns to profit as sales soar, from £85 socks to £9,000 coats

CEO says ‘democratic approach’ has helped brand outperform tough market, with big rises in China and US Burberry has returned to profit as its back-to-basics strategy drove strong sales of the British brand’s coats, jackets and handbags over the summer. Joshua Schulman, the chief executive, said the luxury brand had outperformed a “challenging luxury market” to achieve sales growth of 6%, helped by strong online and wholesale sales particularly in China and the US. “Our strategy is working,” he said. Continue reading...

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Entertainment

Blackhaine: Saints in the Wethouse review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(XL Recordings) His Playboi Carti collabs may have dragged Tom Heyes out of the underground, but this bracing debut remains far from the mainstream, full of garbled barks and walls of noise On the second track on his debut album, Tom Heyes accuses lesser artists of copying him. “What the fuck you even take me for?” he barks on Northside Needs Me, over a grinding, distorted bassline that comes punctuated with stammering, rave-y vocal samples. “Too much noise shit, replicating what I played before.” Of course, charging that others are merely imitating what you did previously is a venerable rap t

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