The 125th edition – the calm before the 2026 storm – begins on Friday with notable names headlining the cast list The cut of the grass, the shine of a boot, the sigh of a drop, the joy of a catch, the crunch of a four, the hope of the...
Grand National 2025: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners
Last year’s winner I Am Maximus heads to Aintree on Saturday bidding to make history. Here is a look through the chances of all 34 contenders There was a lot going on in the spring of 1974. Abba won Eurovision, Manchester United were relegated and Red Rum became the most...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Curtis Jones is not a long-term fix at right-back for Liverpool, Tyler Dibling is a wanted man and Arsenal are depleted When Arsenal next visit Merseyside on 11 May their first act may be to form a guard of honour for Liverpool, who could by then be newly crowned Premier...
Ear and loathing: Ange Postecoglou’s bond with Spurs fans is finally broken | Jacob Steinberg
Tottenham manager chiding his own fans during defeat at Chelsea was an act of self-indulgence that backfired In fairness to Ange Postecoglou it will go down as one of the great managerial ear-cuppings. It was bitter, it was undignified and, rather than an act of defiance, it is probably going...
Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch
Archaeologists say ‘catastrophic military event’ took place at site where 129 bodies have been found so far As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a football pitch in Vienna last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: a heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to...
Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025
Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis Voting is now open! Vote for your favourite here “We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last...
Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans
Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests. The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string...