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Euro 2024 qualifyingKieffer Moore header helps Wales sink Latvia after Gareth Bale farewellSo far, so good. Wales built on their draw in Croatia by claiming their first Euro 2024 qualifying win courtesy of Kieffer Moore’s first-half header against Latvia. This was Wales’s first game in Cardiff since their group-stage exit at the World Cup and a sold-out crowd gave Gareth Bale, the most-capped Wales male player and surely the greatest in their history, a fitting send-off.

Northern Ireland This article is more than 8 months oldNorthern Ireland council elections: all the latest resultsThis article is more than 8 months oldFind out which parties have won seats to Northern Ireland’s 11 local council areas after Thursday’s elections On Thursday 18 May people across Northern Ireland voted to elect new local councils, two weeks after many voters in England did the same. There are 11 local council areas in Northern Ireland, from Derry City and Strabane in the west to Belfast in the east.

Old musicThe SmithsOld music: The Smiths – Miserable LieMorrissey knew that windswept mystical air. It meant he'd like to seize your underwearWith typical self-loathing, Morrissey's lyric on this early Smiths song – a version was recorded for their first Peel session, in May 1983, and another appeared on their debut album – offers insights into bodily embarrassment and pessimistic views of love and romance: "I look at yours/ You laugh at mine,"

Raptor arms in the Ralph Lauren Icons eyewear campaign. Photograph: Ralph LaurenRaptor arms in the Ralph Lauren Icons eyewear campaign. Photograph: Ralph LaurenRed carpet fashionFashionRaptor applause: the new red-carpet poseThe teapot pose is 10 years old. Even if you don’t know what that means, you’ve seen it. High time we had a new pose? Then meet the raptor arm The teapot arm is 10 years old, more or less. That’s ten years of turning one arm into a handle and one into a spout, and 10 years of looking great not stout.

The forgotten story of...SoccerAlex Villaplane said captaining France was ‘the happiest day of his life’. Fourteen years later he was shot dead for being a traitor These days when we say a footballer went from hero to villain we tend to mean that he scored a goal and then, say, gave away a penalty. So that cliche seems a trifle inadequate when referring to Alex Villaplane, as you'll gather from even the starkest summary of his life:

The ObserverMichael JacksonThe whole world in his handsSuch is the state of Michael Jackson's career 25 years after the glittering success of Thriller that even Neverland's future is in doubt. But with plans for a new album and tour, could the former King of Pop be on the verge of the comeback to end them all?· Have your say at the Observer Music Monthly blog It is hard to remember, now, a time when Michael Jackson existed as anything other than a spectacle.

Crystal Palace This article is more than 1 month oldCrystal Palace fear Cheick Doucouré is out for season with achilles injuryThis article is more than 1 month oldMali midfielder taken off on a stretcher in loss to LutonYannick Bolasie signs two-month deal with SwanseaCrystal Palace fear that Cheick Doucouré could miss the rest of the season after injuring his achilles during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Luton that also saw Eberechi Eze suffer an injury setback.

MoviesReviewComedy caper deserves credit for fighting the corner of the city’s cinema in the face of the mainland film behemoth Hoping to sustain a recent mini-resurgence of Hong Kong films through to lunar new year, Ying Chi-wen’s second feature is a silly, initially laboured but increasingly endearing comedy mashup. A remake of 2021 Taiwanese gangster film Treat or Trick, which is itself a do-over of 2004 Korean horror-comedy To Catch a Virgin Ghost, it manages to hit virtually every branch on the genre tree on the way down: Bad Boys buddy action comedy, dead wet girl Asian horror, knockabout Beijing opera farce, wuxia parody.

Tulisa Contostavlos This article is more than 11 years oldEx factor: Tulisa Contostavlos wins court apology over sex tapeThis article is more than 11 years oldSinger and talent show judge says ex-boyfriend 'messed with the wrong woman' when he posted sex tape onlineTulisa Contostavlos said ex-boyfriend Justin Edwards "messed with the wrong woman" after she won an apology from him over a sex tape which appeared on the internet. The singer and TV talent show judge – who turns 24 on Friday – was at the high court in London to accept the "