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Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal could face a 39th game to determine qualification for Europe Sport: Premier League: Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal all face  a possible play-off to determine qualification for next season's Champions League. The three clubs, occupying third to fifth place in the Premier League, are separated by three points going into Sunday's final round of games. But their goal difference, and goals scored, are similar enough to raise the prospect of two teams finishing joint third or fourth with identical records - necessitating a one-off play-off match. However, bookmakers are clearly not convinced. Of three possible scenarios where a play-off would be required, the one with shortest odds is around 595-1. The top three teams qualify directly for the Champions League group stage, with the fourth-placed side entering at the preceding play-off round, while the fifth-placed side will enter the Europa League. How do they stand at the moment? Goals f...

House Republican Justin Amash of Michigan says it could be justification for reprimand if President Donald Trump encouraged FBI Director James Comey to end a test of previous counselor Michael Flynn. Reacting to a question, Amash said Wednesday that could be grounds, "if the charges are valid." He said that "everyone in this nation gets a reasonable trial, (regardless of whether) it's the president or any other individual." Amash turned into the main Republican official to raise the apparition of arraignment. In any case, Amash has been a steady pundit of Trump, and in addition a rival of House Republican authority and his perspectives are not generally illustrative. The New York Times was the first to cover a February notice by Comey that proposed Trump asked him to lay off Flynn. Trump later let go Comey. __ 11:35 a.m. The top Democrat on a key House oversight board says Speaker Paul Ryan "has demonstrated he has zero hunger for any examination of Preside...

The 70th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday under sunny Cote D'Azur skies and the high-wattage grins of stars including Will Smith and Marion Cotillard. In any case, a blending storm over Netflix's place at the world's most prestigious film celebration kept on taking the spotlight as Cannes provided first class hospitality. Positive thinking is high at the current year's Cannes, which highlights a lineup generally thought to be very much loaded with heavyweight movie producers, including Todd Haynes ("Wonderstruck"), Sofia Coppola ("The Beguiled"), Michael Haneke ("Happy End") and Lynne Ramsay ("You Were Never Really Here"). Be that as it may, malevolence and contention have portrayed the introduction to Cannes, and additionally its opening day. Surprisingly, Cannes chose two Netflix discharges — Bong Joon-ho's "Okja" and Noah Baumbach's "The Meyerowitz Stories" — for its Palme d'Or rivalry. Fren...