It’s no secret that Arizona is worried about its water. The Colorado River is drying up, in part due to climate change, and groundwater aquifers are running dry. Some of the state’s biggest industries are suffering as a result: Many farmers have been forced to rip up their cotton and...
Football’s converging moral panics hold up a mirror to our fractured world | Jonathan Liew
From grappling at corners to VAR, the endless list of complaints reflects a wider sense of dislocation from ‘the product’ A terrible boredom stalks the land. Across the nation’s television studios and podcast armchairs, wearied men grizzle accursedly with forked tongues into branded microphones: entombed by a game they despise...
Harry Brook backs ‘awesome’ England to find a way past India into T20 World Cup final
Captain hails team ‘unity’ before Mumbai semi-final Jamie Overton expected to return to England XI England have abandoned their pursuit of perfection as they plot a path to victory over India and a place in the T20 World Cup final but Harry Brook remains confident they can beat any opponent....
Finn Allen’s record ton blasts New Zealand past South Africa into T20 World Cup final
New Zealand, 173-1, bt South Africa, 169-8, by 9 wkts Black Caps opener Allen blasts 100 not out from 33 balls South Africa won every match they could afford to lose in this tournament and then lost the first one that they had to win. They were completely marmalised by...
Curling stones worth £750 stolen from Cortina venue before Winter Paralympics
Theft of two stones in Italy being investigated Mixed doubles wheelchair event started on Wednesday The theft of two curling stones due to be used at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics is being investigated, World Curling has confirmed. Action in Italy got under way on Wednesday night with the round...
Iran v Australia: Women’s Asian Cup 2026 – live
Updates from the Matildas Group A game on the Gold Coast Kick-off time at Robina Stadium is 7pm local/8pm AEDT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Joe Montemurro said he wants the focus before his Australia women’s team’s Asian Cup match against Iran on Thursday to be on...
Aston Martin reveal fears over nerve damage will prevent F1 team from finishing Australian GP
Vibration from Honda engine causing issue with drivers’ fingers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will be unable to complete race Aston Martin have admitted that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will not be able to complete even half race distance at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend for fear...
João Pedro hat-trick fires Chelsea to emphatic comeback win at Aston Villa
As these teams emerged for kick-off, the Holte End displayed a tifo proudly flaunting Aston Villa’s deck of cards, chiefly an ace of clubs. By the end, however, their upper hand in the race for the Champions League felt rather hollow, if not diminished. Chelsea had dismantled Unai Emery’s side...
Osula wonder goal for 10-man Newcastle ends Carrick’s unbeaten Manchester United start
Eddie Howe accepts his Newcastle side are at their best when they create chaos and no one in black and white is better at conjuring it than Will Osula. The maverick Denmark Under-21 striker is, to say the least, unpredictable. No one, least of all Osula himself, ever seems quite...
Anderson saves draw for Nottingham Forest as Manchester City slip back
“Vamos, vamos!” screamed Rodri in his native Spanish following a 62nd-minute header that seemed to grab a precious victory for Manchester City. But the title chasers’ 2-1 lead lasted only 14 minutes as Phil Foden allowed Elliot Anderson to run off him and the Nottingham Forest midfielder, from range, curled...