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Opposition bloc and Netanyahu’s coalition predicted to fall short of 61 seats needed to form a government, while Palestinian parties set for big gains

• Full report: Coalition talks loom as Israel exit polls suggest Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs tied
• Analysis: Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape
• Israel election: what we know so far

One apparent loser from Tuesday’s election was far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was expected to better his party’s result of six seats from the 2022 elections.

But instead there was stunned silence at the watch party for Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) in central Israel as results from the exit polls flashed across the screen, with most channels suggesting the party would remain on just six seats.

Norwegian federation president distances self from Fifa presidency but believes governing body can be reformed

As the rain whips around Oslo’s government quarter, Lise Klaveness is shielding herself from the wind, trying to work out tactics. “Of course we cannot probably do everything alone, but we have a voice, we have the right to speak, we have the right to suggest, so let’s see,” she says. “We will at least try to be a spearhead.”

The president of the Norwegian Football Federation wants to re-engage Fifa, and other governing bodies, on the topic of remedy. A slightly arcane aspect of human rights policy in normal times, the importance of remedy became very clear in the aftermath of the World Cup in Qatar, when the families of those injured or killed in the work that led up to the tournament were left without financial compensation after Fifa chose to direct a legacy fund elsewhere.

Lancashire have moved on without him, but the 44-year-old England stalwart wants to keep going as long as his body allows

Jimmy Anderson could teach Philip Marlowe a thing or two about The Long Goodbye. England’s leading wicket-taker in Tests is of that sporting breed who have no interest in bowing out at the top. Like Andy Murray before him, he has shown little enthusiasm to bow out at all, as long as his body allows him to keep doing the thing he loves: getting opposition batsmen out.

It was little surprise, then, that when Lancashire announced this week they would not be renewing his contract after 25 years, there was no immediate retirement announcement. Instead there was an irked Instagram post, then silence, as the one-club man considered his options. One of those, apparently, was a T10 cricket tournament in Rome. And lo, it is now confirmed that Anderson will lead (and even “co-own”) the Napoli Knights for 12 days next month.

Plus: the longest home droughts, pre-Christmas goal centuries and the first official club websites

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“Justin Seven-Seven came on in the 75th minute and then scored in the 77th minute for West Brom Under-21s against Sutton United in the National League Cup. You have probably already guessed my question, but has anyone else ever scored in the same minute as their name?” wonders Peter Skilton.

Readers of a certain age may recall Didier Six, the mercurial French winger who had a brief spell at Aston Villa in 1984-85. A number of you mentioned some or all of the following sixth-minute goals, which includes two in consecutive seasons against Bordeaux:

Valenciennes 2-1 Nancy (agg: 2-3) Coupe de France quarter-final, 1975-76

Valenciennes 3-2 Bordeaux Ligue 1, 1976-77

Lens 2-0 Bordeaux Ligue 1, 1977-78

VfB Stuttgart 5-1 Karlsruher Bundesliga, 1981-82

Bundesliga 71 goals in 18 games

Champions League 18 goals in 6 games

DFB-Pokal 10 goals in 3 games

Franz Beckenbauer Supercup 2 goals in 1 game

Experts say symptoms such as dark circles under the eyes, grey skin, cracked lips and hair loss can be a warning sign – but there are other factors too

TikTok is rife with influencers warning of “ferritin face”, a term they use to describe the pallor, dark circles, dry skin, and hair loss claimed to indicate low iron stores. But is this based on fact or fiction, and when is it time to head to the GP?

Brazil’s renewed democratic confidence must now be matched by institutional and structural reforms and a willingness to build coalitions beyond the left. Recent democratic outcomes in Hungary and Serbia offer useful lessons.

Brazil’s floating exchange rate, high foreign-exchange reserves, strong commodity exports, and debt denominated predominantly in its own currency reduce its exposure to a balance-of-payments crisis. Nonetheless, continued fiscal deterioration under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will carry high domestic costs.

US President Donald Trump has not only abandoned Ukraine and America’s European allies, but has increasingly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin. To preserve their sovereignty, Europeans must remain united in the face of outside pressure, which in turn requires managing political threats from within their borders.

With the United States showing no interest in regulating AI, middle powers have an opportunity to take the lead on governance. By banding together, these countries could condition market access on meeting a common set of safety requirements and explore joint investment in technical capacity.

In attempting to disentangle the United States from the rest of the world and retreat into a seemingly controllable hemispheric stronghold, Donald Trump's Latin America strategy had fared better than the rest of his foreign policy. But following a defeat for the far right in Brazil, his project now looks dead in the water.