The wheeler-dealer side of him was wonderful and he was always thinking outside the box to get the best out of people I still remember when Eddie Jordan and I met at the end of 1986 at a motorsport awards dinner. He approached me and asked if anyone had spoken...
‘Light on leadership’: Kane joins Tuchel in criticising England at Euro 2024
New head coach says Southgate’s side had ‘no identity’ Captain believes Jordan Henderson will help guide squad Thomas Tuchel has delivered a scathing assessment of England’s performance under Gareth Southgate at Euro 2024, saying that they lacked “hunger” and “identity” last summer. In a sign of his desire to make...
Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football
66% of clubs in 31 divisions have at least one betting deal Clubs are ‘getting around’ bans on front-of-shirt sponsors The prevalence of gambling money in European football has been laid bare by new research that shows two-thirds of teams across 31 top divisions have at least one sponsorship deal...
So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle
IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sports Barely an hour after Kirsty Coventry had become the most powerful figure in global sport at the relatively tender age of 41, she faced a series of verbal grenades about how she might handle...
New brain scan method could help people with drug-resistant epilepsy
Researchers develop technique that can accurately pinpoint lesions, increasing chances of successful surgery Researchers have developed ultra-powerful scans that could enable surgery for previously treatment-resistant epilepsy. Globally, about 50 million people have epilepsy. In England, epileptic seizures are the sixth most common reason for hospital admission. About 360,000 people in...
Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?
Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missions South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica. The 13-month assignment to an isolated research base on the top of a cliff edge is, as the...
AI-driven weather prediction breakthrough reported
Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systems A single researcher with a desktop computer will be able to deliver accurate weather forecasts using a new AI weather prediction approach that is tens of times faster and uses thousands of...
Sony details The Last of Us Part II remastered PC specs before April launch
The PC system requirements for The Last of Us Part II closely resemble those of the first game's PC conversion (and, oddly, Spider-Man 2's, minus the ray-tracing specifications). However, the sequel's storage requirement has increased significantly to 150 GB from the original's 100 GB, likely due to its substantially longer...
Java 24 brings new AI and crypto capabilities
Oracle's Java 24 introduces more than 20 new features including language improvements, performance advancements, and bug fixes. Complete release notes can be found here. Read Entire Article