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JUVENTUS stewards rubbed salt into Manchester City fans' wounds - by forcing them to stay until the bitter end of their latest defeat in Turin. Pep Guardiola's side were comprehensively beaten 2-0 in northern Italy as their horror run of form continued. And, as City's near 2,000 away fans considered making an early exit during the second half the Allianz Stadium's PA announcer told them otherwise. This game – played in the shadow of the Alps - showed just how far they have fallen since the end of October. And City supporters were kept from sneaking into the comfort of their hotels, after being forced to stay behind and watch the home side gloat. A journalist in the stadium wrote on X: "Man City fans trying to leave the Juventus Stadium have just been told over loudspeaker that they have to stay until they're allowed out. Brutal." READ MORE FOOTBALL NEWS But it is common practice for away fans to be kept back for a while to prevent any fan disturbances, with that unspoken rule particularly prevalent in Italian fixtures. Yet the City team and manager have more pressing issues at hand as they stand on the brink of Champions League elimination. It's just eight points from six games in Europe this season, with Guardiola's side dropping from 17th to 22nd in the standings - with the top 24 go through. They've lost SEVEN of their last 1O games in all competitions, with Manchester United travelling to the Etihad in the Prem on Sunday. Most read in Football FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS Wednesday night's loss makes it the club's worse run since the days of Stuart Pearce in 2009. City have two European games remaining to get themselves through against Paris Saint-Germain and Club Brugge at home. Dusan Vlahovic 's header opened the scoring for Juventus as City failed to clear in the 53rd minute. While former Prem loanee with Leeds Weston McKennie 's volley doubled their advantage on the break in the 75 minute. City host fierce rivals United, who play in the Europa League tomorrow, in the Manchester derby on Sunday. What happens next? Those in ninth to 24th enter a round of two-legged play-offs in February, with the winners taking the other eight spots in the last 16. Those who finish ninth to 16th will be seeded for the play-offs, so will have the second leg at home. Those from 17th to 24th will be unseeded, so have the first leg at home. Teams that finish anywhere from 25th to 36th will be eliminated from this season's competition, with no access to the Europa League.
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White Jingting Takes On Role as Salomon Outdoor Fashion Ambassador, Leading the Trend with a Breath of Fresh AirGLASTONBURY fans are crossing their fingers that a massive rock band will play a secret set at the mega music festival. Supporters of the English rock band Muse are convinced they will take to the stage when the festival returns in June next year. Advertisement 7 Glastonbury fans think they have worked out who might play a secret set next year Credit: Getty 7 It is hoped Muse might do a 'ChurnUps' style set Credit: PA:Press Association 7 Muse is fronted by Matt Bellamy Credit: PA:Press Association Muse fans are hoping for another 'ChurnUps' type billing, with the group being revealed as the mystery set. Last year, US rock band the Foo Fighters made a surprise appearance as the Friday night headline act. The band, fronted by Dave Grohl , was only named as The ChurnUps on the billing beforehand, so their set came as a huge shock. Piecing together clues, music fans are now hoping Muse - fronted Matt Bellamy - might pull the identical stunt next summer. Advertisement READ MORE ON GLASTONBURY Glasto my gosh Glastonbury fans convinced reformed noughties rockers will play festival One wrote on Reddit: "A secret ChurnUps type set? They've gotta play somewhere, right. "Doing a bunch of EU festivals, with nothing announced for the UK yet. "Most other major festivals all announced their line-ups already. Either they're at Glasto or they're just not playing in the UK!" Chiming in, someone else said: "Well we had Coldplay this year, Arctic Monkeys last year so it’s definitely Muse’s turn again next year before it goes back around to Arctic Monkeys again for the next one." Advertisement Most read in Music I'M SHAKIN' Major US rock star announces huge Scottish show RIDE WIT ME US rap star announces Scots show with major hip hop special guests SCOT MY FIRST RODEO! Popular music festival coming to three Scots cities for first time RUNNING FREE Iron Maiden star quits band after 42 years - replacement hinted amid farewell And a third added: "It seems probable. If you see their social media they share a lot of their Glastonbury performances videos." Rumours are flying left, right and centre about next year's Glastonbury Festival line-up. Olivia Rodrigo set to headline Glastonbury 2025 as bookmakers halt bets There has also been chat that rock group Creed may play the festival for the first time, while whispers are rife that Olivia Rodrigo could headline. Olivia is already set to headline BST Hyde Park on June 27 - which puts her in the country at the same time as Glastonbury. Advertisement "That's our Saturday Pyramid headliner then," one convinced fan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Sir Rod Stewart WILL be taking to the stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset next year. Rod, 79, said he will perform in the Sunday Legends slot. Confirming the news on social media, he said: "I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I’ll be playing @glastofest 2025! Advertisement "After all these years, I’m proud and ready and more than able to take the stage again to pleasure and titillate my friends at Glastonbury in June. I’ll see you there!" Glastonbury 2025 - rumoured acts THE Glastonbury line-up hasn't been confirmed - despite the fact tickets for the 2025 event sold out in minutes. Here are some rumoured acts. Basement Jaxx sparked speculation they will be playing at Worthy Fam after leaving a "Glastonbury shaped gap" in their latest tour schedule. It came after the hit duo announced their first live shows in 10 years - with gig-goers calling out a key "clue" in the order of their concert dates. Yet acts including Olivia Rodrigo , Harry Styles, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Eminem are rumoured to be in the mix. Canadian songstress Alanis Morrisette and Simple Minds have also been tipped to take to the stage. The event will run from Wednesday, June 25 to Sunday June 29 for 2025. Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis also shared her delight at the news. She said: "Bringing Sir Rod Stewart back for the Sunday afternoon slot on the Pyramid Stage is everything we could wish for. "What a way to bow out with the final legends slot before we take a fallow year. We cannot wait." Advertisement Rod's daughter Ruby has now sparked rumours that he could be joined by two of his fellow legendary musicians on stage. Read more on the Scottish Sun WHITE XMAS Scots to wake up to 60cm of snow on Christmas as blizzard to blanket country 'vicious circle' I live in Scotland's benefits hotspot -I've only worked 4 years of my life In a recent picture shared to Rod's Instagram, he was smiling alongside Rolling Stones musician Ronnie Wood and The Small Faces and The Who drummer Kenney Jones. Commenting below, Ruby sparked the Glastonbury trio rumour as she wrote: "Glasto reunion?" 7 The Foo Fighters had been billed as The ChurnUps when they made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury 2023 Credit: PA Advertisement 7 Sir Rod Stewart has confirmed he will be performing in the Legends slot next year 7 It has been rumoured that rock group Creed might reform 7 Olivia Rodrego has also sparked whispers as she will be in London at the same time as Glastonbury Festival
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups. The changes announced by the world's biggest retailer on Monday followed a string of legal victories by conservative groups that have filed an onslaught of lawsuits challenging corporate and federal programs aimed at elevating minority and women-owned businesses and employees. The retreat from such programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Trump's incoming deputy chief of policy will be his former adviser Stephen Miller , who leads a group called America First Legal that has aggressively challenged corporate DEI policies. “There has been a lot of reassessment of risk looking at programs that could be deemed to constitute reverse discrimination,” said Allan Schweyer, principal researcher at the Human Capital Center at the Conference Board. “This is another domino to fall and it is a rather large domino,” he added. Among other changes, Walmart said it will no longer give priority treatment to suppliers owned by women or minorities. The company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. And it pulled out of a prominent gay rights index . Schweyer said the biggest trigger for companies making such changes is simply a reassessment of their legal risk exposure, which began after U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2023 that ended affirmative action in college admissions. Since then, conservative groups using similar arguments have secured court victories against various diversity programs, especially those that steer contracts to minority or women-owned businesses. Most recently, the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty won a victory in a case against the U.S. Department of Transportation over its use of a program that gives priority to minority-owned businesses when it awards contracts. Companies are seeing a big legal risk in continuing with DEI efforts, said Dan Lennington, a deputy counsel at the institute. His organization says it has identified more than 60 programs in the federal government that it considers discriminatory, he said. “We have a legal landscape within the entire federal government, all three branches -- the U.S. Supreme Court, the Congress and the President -- are all now firmly pointed in the direction towards equality of individuals and individualized treatment of all Americans, instead of diversity, equity and inclusion treating people as members of racial groups,” Lennington said. The Trump administration is also likely to take direct aim at DEI initiatives through executive orders and other policies that affect private companies, especially federal contractors. “The impact of the election on DEI policies is huge. It can’t be overstated,” said Jason Schwartz, co-chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group at law firm Gibson Dunn. With Miller returning to the White House, rolling back DEI initiatives is likely to be a priority, Schwartz said. “Companies are trying to strike the right balance to make clear they’ve got an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome, and they want to get the best talent, while at the same time trying not to alienate various parts of their employees and customer base who might feel one way or the other. It’s a virtually impossible dilemma,” Schwartz said. A recent survey by Pew Research Center showed that workers are divided on the merits of DEI policies. While still broadly popular, the share of workers who said focusing on workplace diversity was mostly a good thing fell to 52% in the October survey, compared to 56% in a similar survey in February 2023. Rachel Minkin, a research associate at Pew, called it a small but significant shift in short amount of time. There will be more companies pulling back from their DEI policies, but it likely won’t be a retreat across the board, said David Glasgow, executive director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at New York University. “There are vastly more companies that are sticking with DEI," Glasgow said. "The only reason you don’t hear about it is most of them are doing it by stealth. They’re putting their heads down and doing DEI work and hoping not to attract attention.” Glasgow advises organizations to stick to their own core values, because attitudes toward the topic can change quickly in the span of four years. “It’s going to leave them looking a little bit weak if there’s a kind of flip-flopping, depending on whichever direction the political winds are blowing,” he said. One reason DEI programs exist is because without those programs, companies may be vulnerable to lawsuits for traditional discrimination. “Really think carefully about the risks in all directions on this topic,” Glasgow said. Walmart confirmed will no longer consider race and gender as a litmus test to improve diversity when it offers supplier contracts. Walmart says its U.S. businesses sourced more than $13 billion in goods and services from diverse suppliers in fiscal year 2024, including businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans. It was unclear how its relationships with such business would change going forward. Organizations that have partnered with Walmart on its diversity initiatives offered a cautious response. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, a non-profit that last year named Walmart one of America's top corporation for women-owned enterprises, said it was still evaluating the impact of Walmart's announcement. Pamela Prince-Eason, the president and CEO of the organization, said she hoped Walmart's need to cater to its diverse customer base will continue to drive contracts to women-owned suppliers even if the company has no explicit dollar goals. “I suspect Walmart will continue to have one of the most inclusive supply chains in the World,” Prince-Eason wrote. “Any retailer's ability to serve the communities they operate in will continue to value understanding their customers, (many of which are women), in order to better provide products and services desired and no one understands customers better than Walmart." Walmart's announcement came after the company spoke directly with conservative political commentator and activist Robby Starbuck, who has been going after corporate DEI policies, calling out individual companies on the social media platform X. Several of those companies have subsequently announced that they are pulling back their initiatives, including Ford , Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s and Tractor Supply . Walmart confirmed to The Associated Press that it will better monitor its third-party marketplace items to make sure they don’t feature sexual and transgender products aimed at minors. The company also will stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual benchmark index that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. A Walmart spokesperson added that some of the changes were already in progress and not as a result of conversations that it had with Starbuck. RaShawn “Shawnie” Hawkins, senior director of the HRC Foundation’s Workplace Equality Program, said companies that “abandon” their commitments workplace inclusion policies “are shirking their responsibility to their employees, consumers, and shareholders.” She said the buying power of LGBTQ customers is powerful and noted that the index will have record participation of more than 1,400 companies in 2025.