Carabao CupFulham edge Everton on penalties to earn historic Carabao Cup semi placeFulham reached the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in their history as Marco Silva, and penalty shootouts, returned to torment Everton yet again. The former Everton manager has won all three visits to Goodison Park since being sacked in 2019 and the latest, courtesy of the finest of margins, condemned his old club to a fourth exit on penalties in six seasons.

GuatemalaObituaryGeneral Romeo Lucas GarcíaBloodthirsty military dictator of Guatemala responsible for more than 300 massacresIn the long league table of Guatemalan military villains, General Romeo Lucas García, who has died of respiratory failure aged 81, was outdone in infamy only by Efraín Ríos Montt, the retired general who replaced him as the country's dictator after a coup in March 1982. "Elected" president in 1978, in a typically fraudulent poll, Lucas was allegedly responsible for an average of 200 murders and "

TV reviewTelevisionReviewIn the new series of Dominic Savage’s searingly truthful dramas, Suranne Jones plays a mother trying to do it all … and hurtling towards a meltdown Two years ago, Channel 4 gave us the novel – not unprecedented, but still novel – series I Am … It comprised three dramas created, written and directed by Dominic Savage, who devised the stories with three female actors. I Am Nicola starred Vicky McClure as a woman realising she is in a coercively controlling relationship and trying to find a way out.

The ObserverNile RodgersReviewThe Chic co-founder and legendary producer's life story is a fascinating romp through the great days of disco, New York, and American counter-culture"There are no second acts in American lives," said F Scott Fitzgerald. Clearly, Nile Rodgers did not get the memo. As co-founder of Chic, he soundtracked the glamorous, decadent days of disco with hits including "Good Times", "Everybody Dance" and "Le Freak". After disco burned out, he went on to produce a staggering list of pop's biggest stars, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Prince and Mick Jagger.

Taylor SwiftIn 2015, the singer’s career looked shaky as the media and public turned on her. But after the battle for her masters, her intimate lockdown records and the all-conquering Eras tour, she’s reclaimed her crown – and is now immune to hate Last month, Taylor Swift wrapped up the first leg of the Eras tour – a career-spanning, three-hours-plus stadium spectacular that’s proved to be the year’s single most significant pop culture phenomenon, Barbenheimer be damned.