A history lesson for TNT Sports ahead of the Champions League semi-finals second leg. Twenty three years ago, Arsenal brought in Japanese international Junichi Inamoto on loan from Gamba Osaka. His, it transpired, was not a significant contribution to Arsenal’s cause. In a double-winning season he made just four appearances in total, none in the Premier League. But that did not stop a couple of dozen Japanese reporters following his every move, turning up at the Emirates to study him intently as
Italy's Defence Minister said on Monday economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto told daily Il Messaggero that the West had wrongly believed its sanctions could stop Russia's aggression, but it had overestimated its economic influence in the world.
Jelly Roll paid tribute to Toby Keith and shouted out Memphis rap legends during his set at RiverBeat Music Festival.