Sale 26-31 Bath Bath close to point of Prem leaders Northampton The reservoir of talent at Bath runs deep these days. The champions rested a raft of key players but still had too much class for a Sale side whose season continues to unravel at a rate of knots. An...
Leeds and Warrington thriller is fitting gift on Super League’s 30th birthday
Summer rugby league began in Paris in 1996 but for all its success, it has struggled with the business of expansion It began with an explosion of noise and a wave of excitement on the fringes of Paris in 1996, and as Super League celebrated its 30th anniversary weekend in...
New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR
Only 2% thought VAR ‘makes football more enjoyable’ 81% prefer watching games without video technology Football supporters remain thoroughly unconvinced of the merits of video assistant referees (VAR), with new research suggesting as many as 91% of them believe the game is better off without it. More than eight years...
Sinner sees off Lehecka to complete Sunshine Double without dropping a set
World No 2 seals Miami Open final 6-4, 6-4 Sinner won in Indian Wells earlier in March Jiri Lehecka entered his first Masters 1000 final at the Miami Open in the best serving form of his life. He had won every service game in the tournament, a feat achieved by...
Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be implemented
Pregnancy, contraception and menopause to be covered Groundbreaking changes an ‘incredibly welcome’ step Female athletes are to benefit from a major breakthrough in insurance cover for pregnancy, contraception, menopause and other health conditions, as part of the implementation of recommendations in the Carney review. The Women’s Football Taskforce commissioned Loughborough...
Tottenham target De Zerbi to save them from relegation after parting company with Tudor
Croat failed to win a league match during 44-day tenure Spurs hoping former Brighton manager can arrest slide Tottenham have parted company with Igor Tudor after seven games and 44 days in a desperate attempt to halt their slide towards relegation from the Premier League. According to the club, the...
Down on your luck? How behavioural neuroscience could help
The latest research suggests there’s far more to good fortune than mere accident When the founder of Panasonic, Kōnosuke Matsushita, was asked what quality he valued most in job candidates, his answer baffled everyone: whether they were lucky. Not their credentials, not their intelligence, not their experience. Luck. For years,...
Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time
Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgery Almost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body –...
Can you solve it? R y clvr ngh t rd ths sntnc?
To see or not to see, that is the question How much information does a sentence need to contain in order to be readable? That’s the idea behind today’s puzzles. Listed below are ten common phrases or sayings in the English language. Each letter is replaced by a box the...
Starwatch: Lynx constellation well placed for northern hemisphere observers
A moonless evening away from streetlights will be the best to track down this celestial feline It will require some patience to track down this faint northern constellation, but it will put another piece of celestial geography into place. Lynx is currently well placed for northern hemisphere observers, stretched high...