There has never been a European final with finalists so low in the table But this is by design, as the removal of CL clubs from EL was an “insurance policy” for crisis seasons like United/Spurs The most desperate final ever throws up wider issues independent.co.uk/sport/football…

I’ve a new-found respect for Soccer Aid after sitting through this.

Beyond actual parody.

Thirty-three professional football clubs are being investigated by HMRC amid claims that they exploited a tax scheme to wrongly claim more than £17 million in public money, The Times can reveal. thetimes.com/sport/football…

Qatar win the European Cup. An absurd sentence, but a farce of a match, that was an exhibition of superior power - in multiple senses The record scoreline symbolised the scale of football's issues You can be happy for Luis Enrique and concerned for this independent.co.uk/sport/football…

Why won't Israel allow international journalists into Gaza?

The fact Chelsea have the most PSR headroom is... I think it's time to pack the sport up it's done.

Beautiful clip of Brian Wilson and George Martin discussing ‘God Only Knows’. I love Brian’s enthusiasm when he thinks George is making the song better. ‘I can’t believe this is happening!’

Hundreds of pandemic fraud cases are at risk of collapsing because the investigating officials were gathering evidence without the legal right to do so. An FOI shows officials at Thurrock Council based Natis were not correctly certified to do this work. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Humans saw this and still decided to invent adjusted EBITDA

40% of all corporation tax owed by small businesses isn't paid. How has this happened, without anyone noticing or caring? Because nobody wants to talk about it. These reactions to the latest HMRC tax gap figures are typical:

What a quote.

Kebab king’s SME outfit ‘lobbies for big tobacco’ Weekend read on SME4Labour's extraordinary hotline granting businesses access to Labour’s top table and how clients include Imperial Brands With James Hurley thetimes.com/business-money…

The long-serving chief executive of AstraZeneca, Britain’s most valuable public company, would like to move the stock market listing to the United States, according to multiple sources thetimes.com/business-money…

incredible grift. i love reading a tear-down of the tyranny of twee observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Guys, you've invented "holidays"

the dumbest person you know is being told "You're absolutely right!" by ChatGPT

Thousands of investors are owed more than £200 million by 79th Group, the collapsed investment scheme, whose board included a former senior HM Revenue & Customs official From James Hurley thetimes.com/article/f228db…