After you smashed our Champions League top scorers quiz, we thought we’d mark the return of Europe’s premier club competition by testing you on appearances.
For this week’s big Tuesday quiz we want you to name every player who has played in at least 100 Champions League matches.
How many can you get? Good luck!
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16/10/2025 – 11:19 GMT+2
In the global trade storm unleashed since US President Donald Trump’s return to power, Italian pasta producers are feeling very much alone — while their case is a special one.
On 4 September, the US Department of Commerce announced preliminary tariffs of 91.74% on 13 pasta brands.
If upheld, the tariffs would take effect in January 2026, delivering a significant blow to Italy, which exported nearly €700 million worth of pasta to the United States in 2024.
Admittedly, the case is not new. It originated in 1996, when US pasta producers accused Italian manufacturers of dumping — selling their products in the American market at prices lower than those in Italy.
Since then, Italian producers have been regularly subject to tariffs, but never of the magnitude now decided by the Trump administration.
Combined with the 15% duties that now apply to EU imports into the US, the total tariff burden would reach 106.74% if implemented. The pasta makers say this is brutal.
“It’s unfair, it’s a protectionist action of the US against Italian pasta,” Margherita Mastromauro, president of Unione Italiana Food, the largest association of food producers in Italy, told Euronews.
“We need help, because a large part of our companies are involved. With a duty so high, it means that all these companies will not export until the new review will be done.”
The investigation concerned the period between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024, Italian producers hope the review of the year 2025 will bring them some relief. But for now, the future remains uncertain.
The companies have been scrambling to get these tariffs lifted since September.
Two of them, Garofalo and La Molisana, have taken legal action against the decision.
The Italian government and the European Commission have begun to get involved. However, room for manoeuvre remains limited in what is, according to the president of Unione Italiana Food, more a “legal” than a “political” matter.
The Italian Foreign Ministry has said the duties were “disproportionate” and has joined the case as an “interested party” to weigh in favour of this key sector of Italy’s economy.
On its side, the Commission told Euronews that the issue could be raised within the framework of the new dialogue initiated with the Trump administration on tariffs, since the agreement reached in July ended weeks of discord between the two sides of the Atlantic.
But an EU official also conceded that, unlike the unilateral tariffs imposed on other European products — which violate rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) — the US anti-dumping action against pasta appears to be done traditionally, as a trade defence mechanism allowed by the WTO, which regulates international trade between its member countries.
“We are closely monitoring the case, and if there are flaws in the investigation, we will question it and we will raise the issue with the WTO,” the official told Euronews.
If that were the case, it could lead to retaliatory measures from the EU.
Socialist Italian MEP Brando Benifei, who leads the parliamentary delegation for relations with the US, condemned the US action that he considers “clearly discriminatory”.
“This has to be solved and we urge the Commission to act through,” Benifei told Euronews.
LOVE foreplay but have a lazy partner? Then Christmas has come early — ahem.
Meet The Poet by Smile Makers. Made with clever air-suction technology, this toy is no ordinary vibrator.
The Poet, £79.95 £55.95 from Smile Makers
It’s designed for earth-shattering clitoral orgasms. Add a bit of lube, and it practically mimics real oral sex — a godsend for those of us whose partners skip foreplay… or are single.
As a devoted fan of oral, I like to make it the main course — who needs guys anyway?
Its silky-smooth silicone material feels amazing against the skin, and with three interchangeable heads, you can find your perfect fit.
It’s already racking up glowing reviews and boasts a 4.7-star rating online — so guys, consider yourselves warned!
How much is The Whisperer? It’s a bit pricey at £79.95, though it’s cheaper than some alternatives. And it’s currently on sale for just £55.95.
Who’s it best for? It’s been designed specifically for women, though you can use the clever tip on your partner’s nipples if you fancy spicing things up — trust me, men love it! That said, this toy really shines for women, solo play and anyone who loves oral sex.
What I loved: All Smile Makers products are made from silky-smooth silicone that moulds to your body. The clitoral suction vibrator comes with three interchangeable heads, so you can find your perfect fit for maximum pleasure. Plus, the clever air-suction technology keeps it whisper-quiet — ideal if you’re heading home for Christmas or staying with the in-laws.
What I didn’t: Honestly? It’s hard to find a flaw with this product. If anything, the packaging could be a little sexier — though perhaps that’s a clever marketing move to make it look more discreet.
The Poet, £79.95 £55.95 from Smile Makers
As The Sun’s Sexpert, I’ve tried my fair share of vibrators over the years — you can read my round-up of the best sex toys for women.
Where possible, I test the toys by myself, and then my partner is usually roped in for a test drive (not that he ever minds!).
Okay, so the packaging could be a little more enticing, but once opened, the toy itself is very pretty and female-friendly.
Its purple-rose design is elegant enough to sit on your bedside table — no need to hide it away in a drawer.
The instructions are simple to follow, and the toy is easy to use.
The Poet, £79.95 £55.95 from Smile Makers
As someone who loves oral sex, I can honestly say this is one of the best air-suction toys I’ve tried.
I actually prefer it to toys from Womanizer, one of the first brands to use this kind of clitoral stimulation technology.
It’s more comfortable to use, gentler yet somehow more powerful, and much prettier too.
Add plenty of lube and it really can feel as good — if not better — than the real thing.
It really can feel as good — if not better — than the real thing.
And yes, lads, you might want to be a little worried about that!
It’s also waterproof, so you can elevate your bathroom game with a cheeky solo session in the shower or bath.
Plus, it’s rechargeable (no more faffing about with batteries) and comes with a cute satin bag to tuck it away in.
At £79.95, it’s cheaper than its racy rival, the Womanizer, as well as Lelo’s Sona 2, which, until trying this, was the best I’d tried.
Plus, it’s currently on sale for £55.95.
Lelo’s Sona 2 is pricier at £100.62 (currently on sale).
So, while this toy is a little up there in price, it’s still more affordable than many other premium brands — and it comes with a two-year guarantee.
Orgasms that are insured — what’s not to love?
Thanks to the sale, the best place to buy The Poet is probably the Smile Makers website.
But, it’s also available from retailers like SheSpot and Cult Beauty.
It’s worth shopping around, as different sites often run their own discounts.
At the premium end of the market, the Womanizer Next retails at £189 – almost £100 more than The Poet.
Both use air-tech suction, are whisper-quiet, waterproof, and made from soft silicone.
But I find the Womanizer a bit more rigid and less comfortable to hold and use than The Poet.
At the budget end, there’s LoveHoney’s Clitoral Rose Suction, which is super cute and very reasonably priced at £54.99.
It also uses clever air-tech suction technology and is waterproof, but it’s not as comfortable to hold as The Poet, which seems to mould perfectly to the body.
Then, bang in the middle, there’s Lelo’s Sona 2.
Like the Womanizer, it specialises in air-suction clitoral stimulation and is one of my favourite toys.
But The Poet is cliterally the best — and cheaper.
If you love oral sex and either have a lazy partner or are happily single, this is the toy for you.
Perfect for solo play, it’s actually better — dare I say it — than the real thing!
No nagging required: just press a button, lie back, and let it do all the work.
Plus, it makes the perfect XXXmas stocking filler — super small, super quiet and super subtle.
So when you sneak off for your post-lunch festive ‘nap’, no one will ever suspect a thing…
July 15 (UPI) — Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream products made with real milk by the end of 2027, the U.S. dairy manufacturing and marketing trade association said.
Announced Monday by the International Dairy Foods Association, the companies have agreed to remove certified artificial colors Red No. 3, Red No. 40, Green No. 3, Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 from their frozen dairy products by 2028.
According to the dairy trade association, the commitment is from companies that together make more than 90% of the ice cream sold in the United States.
“Americans are passionate about their ice cream, and the IDFA Ice Cream Commitment will ensure wholesome, indulgent ice cream products made with real milk from American dairy farmers remain a special part of our lives as state and federal policies evolve,” Michael Dykes, president and CEO of IDFA, said in a statement.
The announcement comes as the Food and Drug Administration has been seeking to remove artificial food colorings from the U.S. market.
During the final days of the previous Biden administration, the FDA announced it had revoked authorization for the use of synthetic food dye Red No. 3 after a linkage to cancer was found in animal studies, with its use to be phased out by 2028.
Under the Trump administration, the FDA announced in April plans to phase out petroleum-based dyes, including those U.S. ice cream makers pledged Monday to eliminate from their products.
“These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers to our children’s health and development,” Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement making the announcement. “That era is coming to an end.”
While phasing out artificial color dyes, the FDA has been approving natural color additives, announcing the authorization of galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate, in May.
The FDA also approved the use of a new blue color additive from the gardenia fruit on Monday.
The IDFA said the Monday commitment from U.S. ice cream makers only applies to products made with real milk sold at food retail and does not apply to products made with non-dairy ingredients or those made in-house by small ice cream shops or restaurants.
On Friday, the Consumer Brands Association announced a voluntary commitment to encourage U.S. food and beverage makers to remove certified Food, Drug and Cosmetic colors from products served in schools nationwide by the start of the 2026-27 school year.
June 5 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday against a lawsuit filed by Mexico that accuses seven American gun manufacturers and one wholesaler of unlawful sale practices, and arming drug dealers.
“The question presented is whether Mexico’s complaint plausibly pleads that conduct. We conclude it does not,” wrote Justice Elena Kagan in the opinion of the court.
Mexico filed suit in March against a group of companies that includes Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Colt and Glock, alleging that the defendants violated the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, which can allow for some lawsuits against the makers and sellers of firearms.
As stated in the case document, Mexico purports the accused companies “aided and abetted unlawful gun sales that routed firearms to Mexican drug cartels,” and failed to exercise “reasonable care” to keep their guns from being trafficked into Mexico.
Kagan explained that it falls on the plaintiff in this case to properly show that the defendant companies directly committed violations of PLCAA, or otherwise “the predicate violation opens a path to making a gun manufacturer civilly liable for the way a third party has used the weapon it made.”
Kagan did include that “Mexico has a severe gun violence problem, which its government views as coming from north of the border.” She added that the country has only a single gun store, which is slightly inaccurate as Mexico currently has two, but in regard of the one store she mentioned, Kagan claimed that it “issues fewer than 50 gun permits each year.”
She also purported gun traffickers can purchase weaponry in the United States, often illegally, and then take those guns to drug cartels in Mexico. Kagan further noted that as per the Mexican government, “as many as 90% of the guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico originated in the United States.”
Nonetheless, the court ruled “that Mexico has not plausibly alleged aiding and abetting on the manufacturers’ part.” This is why, Kagan explained, that the defendant companies are immune under the PLCAA.
In a concurring statement, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court’s opinion hasn’t resolved what exactly a future plaintiff will have to show to prove a defendant has committed a PLCAA violation, and that Mexico hadn’t “adequately pleaded its theory of the case.”
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also included a concurring statement that Congress passed PLCAA in order to decide “which duties to impose on the firearms industry,” and that ignoring PLCAA’s set reasons that do “authorize lawsuits like the one Mexico filed here” would twist PLCAA’s main purpose.
WASHINGTON — Mexico has a severe problem with gun violence, which originates north of the border, the Supreme Court acknowledged Thursday.
“The country has only a single gun store, and issues fewer than 50 gun permits each year. But gun traffickers can purchase firearms in the United States—often in illegal transactions—and deliver them to drug cartels in Mexico,” the court said. These weapons are used to “commit serious crimes — drug dealing, kidnapping, murder, and others.”
Nonetheless, the justices in an unanimous decision threw out Mexico’s lawsuit against the U.S. gun industry, ruling that federal law shields gun makers from nearly all liability.
Justice Elena Kagan said Congress enacted the law in 2005 to prevent gun companies from being held sued for harms “caused by the misuse of firearms by third parties, including criminals,” she said.
The law has one narrow exception, she said, that would allow suits if the gun companies had knowingly and deliberately helped criminals buy guns to be sent into Mexico.
But she said the Mexico’s lawsuit did not cite evidence for claim.
“Mexico’s complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers’ unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers,” she wrote. “We have little doubt that, as the complaint asserts, some such sales take place.— and that the manufacturers know they do. But still, Mexico has not adequately pleaded what it needs to: that the manufacturers ‘participate in’ those sales “as in something that [they] wish[] to bring about.”
US electronic design automation software makers were told via letters to stop supplies to China, the FT reported.
United States President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US firms that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, the Financial Times has reported, citing people familiar with the move.
Electronic design automation software makers, which include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, were told via letters from the US Commerce Department to stop supplying their tech, the report, which was published on Wednesday, said.
A spokesperson for the Commerce Department declined to comment on the letters but said it is reviewing exports of strategic significance to China, while noting that, “in some cases, Commerce has suspended existing export licenses or imposed additional license requirements while the review is pending”.
Shares of Cadence, which declined to comment, closed down by 10.7 percent, while shares of Synopsys fell by 9.6 percent.
Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi said in a call with analysts that the company had not received a letter, nor had it heard from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry (BIS) and Security, which enforces export controls.
“We are aware of the reporting and speculations, but Synopsys has not received a notice from BIS. So, our guidance that we are reiterating for the full year, reflects our current understanding of BIS export restrictions as well as our expectations for year-over-year decline in China. We have not received a letter,” Ghazi said.
After the market closed, Synopsys reaffirmed its revenue forecast for 2025. Its shares and those of Cadence bounced back 3.5 percent in trading after the close.
Siemens EDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The software of these firms is used to design both high-end processors as well as simpler products.
While the scope of the policy change described in the report was not immediately clear, any move to strip the software makers of their Chinese customers could deal a blow to their bottom line and to their Chinese chip design customers, which heavily rely on top-of-the-line US software.
“They are the true choke point,” said a former Commerce Department official, who added that rules restricting the export of EDA tools to China have been under consideration since the first Trump administration, but were ruled out as too aggressive.
Synopsys relies on China for about 16 percent of its annual revenue, while China accounts for about 12 percent of annual revenue for Cadence.
Synopsys, which partners with chip companies such as Nvidia, Qualcomm and Intel, provides software and hardware used for designing advanced processors.