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  'The best manager in the world?' Why Simeone and Atletico are the perfect fit Ten years ago on Thursday, Atletico Madrid took a gamble by appointing one of their former players as manager. It was a time of instability for the Rojiblancos, who had been through five managers in less than three years and seen young stars Sergio Aguero and David de Gea depart for the Premier League. The team were struggling, 10th in La Liga after losing four of their past five games. So faith was tentatively placed in the relatively untested boss whose only previous managerial experience in Europe was a brief spell with Italian minnows Catania. His name? Diego Simeone. From mid-table to title glory From those unpromising beginnings, Simeone quickly formed a competitive team. His priority was to establish a solid defence based on teenage Chelsea loanee goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and tough Uruguay centre-back Diego Godin, and that approach quickly bore fruit as Simeone's first six games delive...

  Liam McBurney Three patients and a relative of a patient were involved. Gareth   Milner SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER PUBLISHED   Thursday 23 December 2021 - 22:26 Three patients and one visitor have sustained minor injuries after part of a ceiling in a hospital emergency department collapsed. The incident happened on Wednesday night at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald. Three patients and a relative of a patient were involved. The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust said all were assessed by medics but none needed treatment. A trust spokeswoman said: “Regrettably a small section of a suspended ceiling collapsed last night in the ED of the Ulster Hospital, causing minor injuries to three patients and one relative. “Everyone who was affected was assessed by the medical and nursing teams immediately and no-one required treatment. “The area has now been repaired and has reopened.”

  Mike Egerton The new regulations will be gradually implemented starting on Friday. Gareth   Milner SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER PUBLISHED   Thursday 23 December 2021 - 22:15 Italy has again tightened Covid-19 restrictions, focusing on the unvaccinated and on New Year’s Eve celebrations as the new Omicron variant pushed recorded infections to the country’s highest one-day total ever. Under the new rules, people who have not been vaccinated will be barred from entering museums, exhibitions, amusement parks, bingo parlours and betting halls – places that until now they could access with a negative test. Already forbidden seating in restaurants, their dining options have now been completely shut down as they can no longer be served standing at a bar. “It is important that we present a series of measures to respond to the growth of cases that we see in the last days, due to the arrival in our country in a significant way of the Omicron variant,” health minister Roberto Speranza t...

  death' Play Video Officials predict the Omicron variant will become the dominant strain in the United States ‘in the coming weeks’ Carl   Bennett SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER PUBLISHED   Friday 17 December 2021 - 18:16 LAST UPDATED   Friday 17 December 2021 - 18:19 The Head of the White House’s Covid-19 Response Team has warned unvaccinated residents in the US to expect ‘a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves’ as the Omicron strain continues to spread across the country. Speaking at a White House briefing, Jeff Zients said the hospitals ‘may soon overwhelm’. "For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families in the hospitals, you may soon overwhelm." Premier League managers to discuss Covid-19 crisis at Monday meeting Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky confirmed the Omicron variant is “increasing rapidly” and is expected to become the dominant strain ...