TP Mazembe pull off Champions League shock as search for fanfare continues | Moving the Goalposts

Congolese club claimed glory in Africa’s premier women’s club competition but tournament struggled for crowds This certainly wasn’t on my bingo card. Coming into the fourth edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League, expectations were that the continental title would be retained by Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa or regained...

Manchester United raise member ticket prices to £66 and remove concessions

Seats had started at £40 for adults and £25 for children Supporters’ trust fears big price rise next season Manchester United have raised the cost of tickets for members to £66 and removed concession prices. The decision has been greeted with dismay by the supporters’ trust, which fears this is...

Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship

Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences A leading scientist at the University of Oxford has resigned from the UK’s national academy of sciences over concerns about Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship. Prof Dorothy Bishop, emeritus professor of developmental neuropsychology...

Trump pick for US health agency proposed ‘herd immunity’ during Covid

Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies Jay Bhattacharya, an unofficial Covid adviser in Trump’s first administration, has been selected as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the leading biomedical research institutions in the world. The choice...

4,000-year-old canals used for fishing by Maya predecessors discovered in Belize

New research revealed canals used for about 1,000 years to channel and catch freshwater fish on the Yucatán peninsula Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatán peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network...