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Italian World Cup-winning legend Beppe Dossena has warned Rangers that Napoli are completely unplayable at the moment, ahead of tonight's Champions League showdown.

Amy, has apologised “unequivocally” for a string of social media posts that some have interpreted as anti-Semitic.The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who has also directed the documentary films Senna and Diego Maradona, has been removed as a patron of the Grierson Trust in response to the controversy, a post he was only appointed to on Wednesday (October 9).The Trust is a charity that celebrates documentary and factual filmmaking from Britain and around the world, and said in a statement on Friday (October 11) that they were “not aware of these posts” when he was named as a patron. “We are sorry that our due diligence was not thorough enough,” they added.In a statement to BBC News, Kapadia has said he was “mortified by the hurt and offence” that his posts have caused.“I now understand that they will be seen by many as anti-Semitic, or in the case of one even justifying violence.

By now, you must know Academy Award, BAFTA, and Grammy-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, known for “Senna,” “Diego Maradona,” and “Amy” about the late singer Amy Winehouse that won the Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. And his latest film, “2073,” sounds like it will test some boundaries.

As European minnows Georgia prepare for their Euro 2024 clash with Spain, it could be one of their former players trending on social media ahead of their current crop.

Amy Winehouse, Amy – will be pleased to hear he’s returning to the genre soon with a new project.Kapadia is known for his forensic, archive-heavy films about global stars including racing driver Ayrton Senna, Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona and Winehouse, but he has veered away from that approach recently. His latest show about tennis superstar Roger Federer’s final days before retirement uses precious little archive material, and when he has reverted to type it has been for streaming series such as Disney+’s Camden and 1971: The Year That Changed Everything on Apple TV+.

Andrew Barker Senior Features Writer In his classic 1994 essay “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart,” David Foster Wallace pondered why so many athlete memoirs — and tennis player memoirs in particular — fail to provide sports fans with what they really want to know. What does it feel like to fail in front of millions of people? How does a human being handle such intense pressure? What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation? Maybe, Wallace eventually concludes, the answer to that last question is “nothing much at all,” and “the real secret behind top athletes’ genius may be as esoteric and obvious and dull and profound as silence itself.” In his two previous sports documentaries, “Senna” and “Diego Maradona,” filmmaker Asif Kapadia has gone a great distance toward disproving Wallace’s thesis, using ingeniously edited archival footage to probe the psyches of Formula One champion Ayrton Senna and soccer god Maradona in all their noisy complexity.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia has revealed that he uses the skillset he previously perfected making commercials to get his feature-length projects across the line.

The first Muslim International Film Festival (MIFF) ended this weekend in London with Amjad Al Rasheed’s debut feature Inshallah A Boy taking the best feature gong while veteran documentarian Asif Kapadia picked up the festival’s honorary Trailblazer Award. 

Naman Ramachandran Animation studio Toonz Media Group has unveiled an eclectic slate for the Cannes Film Market. Drawing stories from popular Indian ancient fables and retelling them with a contemporary flavor, “Return of the Jungle” is set in present-day India and revolves around a group of classmates from junior school who must outwit the biggest, meanest bully in the school. A cool and loveable grandpa by their side peps the fourth graders with inspiring stories from the jungle.

Oscar-winner Asif Kapadia is helming a Prime Video doc about the latter days of tennis legend Roger Federer‘s career, which was originally intended as a home movie.

“In 2002, I was playing for Independiente and knew that Manchester United were interested in me; we had arranged a meeting. Then Middlesbrough approached my agent, they wanted to see me before United.

Hearts star Cammy Devlin has the missing Lionel Messi piece from a collection that’s about to go for a whopping £8million.

Yamila Rodríguez has been facing a tough week. The 25 year old Argentine player that plays for Boca Juniors club has shared on Instagram some of the struggles she’s faced when occupying such a public sphere, particularly after a photo of her went viral following Argentina’s debut match where they lost against Italy. When, where, and how to watch the 2023 Women’s World CupLinda Caicedo: Meet the Colombian soccer star playing tonightBrazil’s Marta is playing her last World Cup; she’s out for gloryControversy began when a photo of the tattoos on her legs began circulating the media.

Gerard Piqué, Shakira’s ex and retired footballer, was recently spotted with his two kids, Sasha and Milan, at an Italian restaurant called La Leggenda Pizzeria in Miami Beach. The ex-Barcelona defender, currently in the United States to spend quality time with his children, has a soft spot for this authentic pizzeria that serves traditional Neapolitan pizza.La Leggenda Pizzeria is run by Master Pizzaiolo and Pizza World Champion Giovanni Gagliardi.

It's a debate that has raged for years but for many it took just 120 minutes - plus penalties - to finally be put to bed. Lionel Messi's incredible World Cup final heroics for Argentina in an epic final against France, which capped a superb Qatar 2022 tournament was, for many, the end of the argument over who is the greatest player of all time.

Lionel Messi survived a stunning comeback from Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe - who became the first player since Geoff Hurst to score a hat trick in the final - to lead Argentina to World Cup glory in a dramatic Qatar 2022 final with a penalty shoot-out win.

Disgraced former tennis champion Boris Becker is to be profiled and interviewed in an Apple TV+ two-part doc from Oscar winners Alex Gibney and John Battsek.

Under the clear Arabian nights of the Qatari deserts, you don’t need a telescope to see the full majesty of the heavens above.

The ball from England's 1986 World Cup defeat to Argentina is being put up for sale for £3 million. The quarter-final game at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico ended England's chances of World Cup glory and is remembered for Diego Maradona's Hand of God goal which gave the South American side the lead before it finished 2-1 - the game's referee 78-year-old Ali Bin Nasser kept hold of the ball and is now planning to sell it at auction in London. According to The Sun, Adam Gascoigne of Graham Budd Auctions - the company running the sale - said: "Unlike today where you have a multi-ball system at games, this was the only one used in the match from start to finish.

passed away on Tuesday (September 13) at the age of 91.Now, his long-time legal adviser, Patrick Jeanneret, has confirmed that the director died by assisted suicide, having suffered from “multiple disabling pathologies”.“He could not live like you and me, so he decided with a great lucidity, as he had all his life, to say, ‘Now, it’s enough,’” Jeanneret told The New York Times, noting that assisted suicide is both legal and tightly regulated in Switzerland.He went on to explain that Godard wanted to die with dignity, and “that was exactly what he did”.The Franco-Swiss director was known for movies such as Breathless (1960) and Contempt (1963), which pushed cinematic boundaries.His films showcased handheld camera work, jump cuts and existential dialogue that revolutionised French cinema and filmmaking in the 1960s.Also known for his witticisms, Godard famously once observed that “a film consists of a beginning, a middle and an end, though not necessarily in that order.”Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs director Quentin Tarantino was said to be heavily influenced by the late filmmaker, having been initiated by Godard and his Paris-based contemporaries.Other filmmakers have since taken to social media to pay tribute to Godard, with Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver) recently describing him as “one of the most influential, iconoclastic film-makers of them all”.“It was ironic that he himself revered the Hollywood studio film-making system, as perhaps no other director inspired as many people to just pick up a camera and start shooting,” he wrote.Director Asif Kapadia, who has helmed films and documentaries including Senna, Amy and Diego Maradona, also paid tribute to the late filmmaker, simply writing: “The King is Dead.”

Manori Ravindran International Editor Neon, Double Agent and the U.K.’s Film4 are partnering on the documentary “2073,” from “Amy” director Asif Kapadia. A vague description of the film indicates that it will “tackle some of the biggest challenges imperiling our future.” The synopsis continues: “Kapadia’s decision to create a genre-bending thriller set in a dystopian future was inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette ‘La Jetée’ about a time traveler who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity.” The companies will co-finance and executive produce the project with Kapadia and George Chignell producing. Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, and Jonathan Silberberg will act as executive producers for Concordia Studio alongside Riz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films.

wrote that the card was “in my estimation the finest known example in the world,” noting its perfect centering and color, with only the “slightest evidence of paper toning.”The auction house had predicted the card would fetch more than $10 million.Chris Ivy, Heritage’s director of sports auctions, wrote in a July statement that the piece of memorabilia’s exceptional SGC grade, “plus the fact it has documented provenance from the most storied find in hobby history, puts this card in a category of its own.“The card more than lives up to Rosen’s claim when viewed in person,” Ivy said.Mantle, who died in 1995, was a switch-hitter with the New York Yankees for all of his 18-year career. He helped the Bronx Bombers win seven World Series titles and was a three-time American League MVP, making it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Netflix have announced a tell-all Robbie Williams documentary that will explore his addictions, affairs and his reunions with former band Take That. The multi-part series will be released in 2023 and will be an honest exploration of all the highs and lows of his 30-year career. It was announced that the series will cover how Robbie dealt with the media scrutiny, addictions, affairs, recoveries and moreThe impact fame had on his mental health and relationships will also be explored in the upcoming series.

Netflix has put a doc series about British pop superstar Robbie Williams into production, as its UK original series chief Anne Mensah doubled down on the streamer’s commitment to the UK despite the coming cost of living crisis and concerns over share price drop impacts.

Naman Ramachandran Lorton Entertainment, whose credits include documentaries, Asif Kapadia’s Cannes title “Diego Maradona” and Matt Smith’s Amazon Prime Video film “Rooney,” has launched a content fund.The Lorton Media Fund, which will invest in drama and documentary across film and television, is a Jersey-based vehicle, which is administered by Oakbridge Fund Services (Jersey) Limited. It will be one of the largest private investment funds focused on U.K.

K.J. Yossman Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning guest curator for 2022’s Sheffield DocFest, has unveiled his program A Documentary Journey with Asif Kapadia.Kapadia, who is best known for his documentaries ‘Amy,’ about Amy Winehouse, and ‘Senna’ about Brazilian motor-racing champion Ayrton Senna, opened the last in-person iteration of Sheffield DocFest in 2019 with his feature about legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona.The festival, now in its 29th year, was digital only in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.Featuring “films that have had significant impact for him, inspiring his own style and creative choices as a filmmaker,” Kapadia has selected eight documentaries for the series, including “When We Were Kings” about Muhammad Ali (pictured above).

Ex-Rangers star Trevor Steven joked a rich Scot has coughed up £4m for Diego Maradona’s ' Hand of God ' shirt as it goes on sale at auction.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has dropped a hint over transfer plans for Harry Kane amid the long-standing interest from Manchester United and Manchester City. Either side of his Euro 2020 exploits last summer, the England captain was priced out of a move to the Etihad Stadium.

Paolo Sorrentino won the Foreign Language Oscar, as it was known then, in 2014 with his film The Great Beauty. He returns to the frame this year with The Hand of God, perhaps his most personal picture, which is nominated for Best International Feature. This lightly fictionalized tale of Sorrentino’s own youth in Naples, as he grappled with family tragedy, celebrated Diego Maradona’s arrival at his local football team, and took his first steps into his love of cinema, stars newcomer Filippo Scotti as Fabi Schisa, a teenager struggling to find his place in the world.

The little town of Calchin is lost in the vastness of the Pampas, the great grasslands that feeds the people of Argentina’s cities.

Manchester City know they already have one thing in their favour as they enter the race for Julian Alvarez.

By any yardstick, Paolo Sorrentino has had a lot of good luck in his directing career. His first film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2001 and the next six competed at Cannes, a residency that brought an Oscar nomination for 2013’s The Great Beauty. But Sorrentino does not take his good fortune for granted. In Netflix’s The Hand of God he reflects on the twist of fate that saved his life as a teenager in the 1980s, when a freak accident claimed the lives of both his parents. Starring Filippo Scotti as Fabietto, the film is a lightly fictionalized account of the artist as an introspective young man, with a Sony Walkman on his hip and an obsession with S.S.C. Napoli footballer Diego Maradona…

Antonio Cassano claims he received an angry text from Cristiano Ronaldo demanding respect after he criticised the Portuguese superstar.

Paolo Sorrentino returns to the Oscar fray eight years after he bagged the International Feature prize for The Great Beauty. His latest film, The Hand of God, has been one of the buzz films of the fall festivals, taking home the Venice Grand Jury Prize and also playing at Telluride and London.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentPaolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” kicked off its theatrical rollout with a gala event Tuesday evening in the director’s native Naples, the city to which he returned after 20 years to shoot his most personal film.“I am as excited as I was at my wedding,” said Sorrentino ahead of the red carpet screening in the central Cinema Metropolitan attended by some 400 guests including Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini and players from the 1980s SSC Napoli soccer team, once led by late great champ Diego Maradona who, as the film reveals, involuntarily saved Sorrentino’s life.Sorrentino underlined that he was particularly pleased, and also anxious, about the Naples premiere — which was followed by

By Frank Pingue(Reuters) - A year after Diego Maradona died from heart failure, Spotify said on Tuesday it will launch a six-episode podcast exploring the final days of the Argentine soccer great, whose passing raised questions about his medical treatment. Featuring never-before-heard interviews with those who were closest to the captain of the 1986 World Cup-winning Argentina team, "The Last Days of Maradona" will be released on Nov.