Englishman Davis scores late to rescue point for Udinese and Lecce steals win at Venezia

EMPOLI, Italy (AP) — Englishman Keinan Davis scored with 14 minutes remaining for Udinese to draw at Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Monday and snap the visitor's three-game losing streak.

The former Watford and Aston Villa striker rose to head home a near-post corner with 76 minutes gone.

Pietro Pellegri put Empoli ahead midway through the first half with his third goal in three games.

The on-loan Torino striker has endured a lean season but a goal in the 1-0 win over Como was followed by another in the 1-1 draw with Lecce before the international break.

The result was the first point in four games for Udinese, after consecutive defeats to Atalanta, Juventus and Venezia, and meant that both sides retained their mid-table positions.

Udinese was ninth and Empoli 10th.

Later, Venezia missed a chance to move off the foot of the table when it went down at home to Lecce 1-0.

Venezia was dominant for most of the game, with Gaetano Oristanio and Jay Idzes hitting the woodwork and Wladimiro Falcone outstanding in the Lecce goal.

But the home side paid for its profligacy after 70 minutes.

Antonino Gallo’s sublime cross from the left was met by Patrick Dorgu at the far post and he steered the ball into the far corner to give Lecce all three points.

Lecce, which started the night only two places above bottom side Venezia, jumped into 15th place.

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Lecce's Patrick Dorgu, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Venezia and Lecce in Venice, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)

Udinese's Keinan Davis scores during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Udinese at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Udinese's Keinan Davis celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Udinese at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Empoli's Lorenzo Colombo, left, and Udinese's Jesper Karlstrom vie for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Udinese at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Empoli's Pietro Pellegri, left, celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Udinese at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

LONDON (AP) — A 45-year-old man was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's Jewish community.

Essa Suleiman was remanded into custody after appearing in Westminster Magistrates' Court to face two counts related to the attack in Golders Green. He also faces a third count of attempted murder over an incident elsewhere in the city earlier Wednesday that left a man with minor injuries.

Police have labeled the Golders Green attack an act of terrorism.

Suleiman, a Somalia-born British citizen who lives in London, did not enter a plea. His case was transferred to the Central Criminal Court for a May 15 hearing.

Prosecutor Emma Harraway said Suleiman attacked Ishmail Hussein, his friend of 20 years, in south London before taking a train to the north part of the city where he targeted Jews hours later.

Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.

“As Mr. Shine adjusted his kippah, Suleiman ran towards him and set upon him, launching a series of aggressive blows," Harraway said.

Rand was discharged from the hospital and Shine is in stable condition.

Police said Suleiman was referred in 2020 to the government’s Prevent program, which tries to steer individuals away from extremism. The police force said his file was closed later the same year, and didn’t disclose the reason for the referral.

The British government pledged to tackle antisemitism after the stabbings in an area in north London that is an epicenter of Britain’s Jewish community. The assault followed a string of arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in London in recent weeks.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government would increase security for the Jewish community and “do everything in our power to stamp this hatred out.”

Britain’s official terror threat level was raised from substantial to severe after Wednesday’s stabbing attack. Severe is the second-highest rung on a five-point scale and means intelligence agencies consider an attack highly likely in the next six months.

The government said the change was not due solely to the Golders Green attack but also due to increased danger “from Islamist and extreme right-wing terrorist threat from individuals and small groups based in the U.K.”

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, right, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, 2nd left, speak with members of the Jewish community during a visit to Golders Green, north west London, Thursday April 30, 2026, following an attack on Wednesday in which two men were stabbed. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

Police on duty outside Golders Green tube station in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Two men walk in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026, near the scene where two people were recently stabbed in the Golders Green neighbourhood, that has a large Jewish community. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

People look out of a window near the scene where two people were stabbed the previous day in the Golders Green neighbourhood, which has a large Jewish community, in London, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)