The British tennis star is seeking stability with familiar faces after her world was transformed by US Open success “I am very independent and I think now I’m actually just listening to myself and my intuition more,” says Emma Raducanu, smiling, from one of the few quiet corners of the...
Geraint Thomas: ‘It’s been up and down. You remember the good times’
Tour de France winner in 2018 is building for a final assault on the great race before a farewell in Cardiff “Bike racing is all I have ever known,” says Geraint Thomas of the 19-year professional career that will end this summer with one final Tour de France and a...
‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup taskforce dismisses fears but warns visitors
Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup taskforce President hails windfall despite questions over readiness US president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup taskforce on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from...
Simone Inzaghi hails Inter for beating ‘best two sides in Europe’ on way to final
Inter defeat Barcelona after seeing off Bayern in quarters Inzaghi: ‘Arsenal or PSG, it’s going to be a great final’ Simone Inzaghi claimed that his Inter team had beaten “the best two sides in Europe” on their way to the club’s seventh European Cup final. Inter beat Barcelona 4-3 in...
Trajectory, vibe, a sense of progress: why Arsenal can’t afford a Paris mismatch | Barney Ronay
There is a fair chance Mikel Arteta’s team won’t beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. If they must lose, lose right Is this thing … still on? After last week’s strangely enervated first-leg performance against Paris Saint-Germain at the Emirates Stadium it has been tempting to get a bit...
Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn
Advocacy groups say gutting EPA’s scientific research arm would turn it into a purely political agency Americans’ health is being put at risk after new cuts were announced by Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce staffing to 1980s levels and gut its scientific research arm, experts and advocacy...
‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts
Exclusive: doctors and patients forced to make decisions in ‘vacuum of evidence’ as women under-represented in data Health experts are calling for more UK clinical trials to focus on finding new treatments for women, as “concerning” data reveals they are severely under-represented, with 67% more male-only studies than female-only. Details...
GM mosquitoes: inside the lab breeding six-legged agents in the war on malaria
A British company is producing mosquitoes that carry a ‘self-limiting’ gene that kills off female offspring, limiting the spread of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever In an unassuming building on an industrial estate outside Oxford, Michal Bilski sits in a windowless room with electric fly swatters and sticky...
X-ray reveals ancient Greek author of charred first century BC Vesuvius scroll
Ink traces show text is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, burned during AD79 volcano eruption A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa that was buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been identified as the influential work of an ancient Greek philosopher....
Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists
British team says new study ‘radically transforms’ understanding of bronze age trade networks In about 1300BC, the major civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean made a cultural and technological leap forward when they began using bronze much more widely for weapons, tools and jewellery. While a form of the metal had...