Manchester City in advanced talks over £65m winger Bournemouth winger has release clause in January Manchester City are in pole position to sign Antoine Semenyo after Chelsea cooled their interest in the Bournemouth winger. Liverpool and Manchester United have also been pushing for Semenyo, whose contract contains a £65m release...
Arrizabalaga is Arsenal’s shootout hero at expense of Lacroix and Crystal Palace
This competition may not be Mikel Arteta or Oliver Glasner’s top priority this season but that didn’t stop their sides from producing a spectacle full of blood and thunder. It was one-way traffic for Arsenal in the first half but they found Crystal Palace’s second-string goalkeeper Walter BenÃtez in an...
Wounded England must salvage more than pride in MCG Boxing Day Ashes Test
Can McCullum’s ‘horse-whispering’ still register against a rampant Australia hungry for a series whitewash? The world famous Boxing Day Test awaits England’s beaten cricketers and we are about to discover whether the mighty coliseum that is the Melbourne Cricket Ground becomes their arena of the unwell; whether pride can be...
Scientists create replica human womb lining and implant early-stage embryos
Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage Researchers have created the lining of a womb in a dish, which promises to shed light on the mysterious early stages of human pregnancy and the glitches that...
Crayfish, weevils and fungi released in UK to tackle invasive species such as Japanese knotweed
Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife Crayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to tackle invasive species across Britain. Scientists working for the government have been breeding species in labs to set them loose...