‘It’s all about just learning right now,’ says Jamaican great Young Australian due to face world’s best in busy 2026 Like running fast, growing pains are something sprint lord Usain Bolt knows something about. So when he tells teenage phenomenon Gout Gout that his first steps into the world of...
Stan Moody ‘gutted’ as Wilson reels in teenage star with seven-frame surge
Youngster beaten 10-7 at Crucible after leading 7-3 Higgins beats Carter to set up possible O’Sullivan clash Stan Moody came up just short in his bid to become the first teenager to win a match at the World Snooker Championship since 2005 as he fell to a 10-7 defeat to...
West Ham earn point at Crystal Palace to relegate Wolves and widen gap to Spurs
Slowly but surely, West Ham are edging their way to safety. While this battling draw against a Crystal Palace side with their minds elsewhere proved terminal to his former club Wolves as it confirmed their relegation, Nuno EspÃrito Santo had to be satisfied with a point that may be crucial...
EFL permutations: what’s at stake in midweek for the Championship and beyond?
Leicester City, the champions of England 10 years ago, could be relegated on Tuesday, with plenty more ups and downs to be resolved in the next few days Promoted: Coventry City.Relegated: Sheffield Wednesday. Continue reading...
Premier League clubs unhappy at rising costs of Independent Football Regulator
IFR budget has risen from £10m previously projected Levy imposed on clubs will be tiny fraction of revenues Premier League clubs are increasingly unhappy at the Independent Football Regulator’s (IFR’s) rising costs and uncertainty about how much each club will be made to pay. Premier League and EFL clubs have...
Vibrating crotches, anal beads and suspicious minds: the long, strange history of chess cheats | Sean Ingle
The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport There really is, it turns out, a true story involving cheating in chess and a vibrating crotch. Only this one is a whodunnit that dates back more than...
‘I’m not the boss’: Lando Norris is articulate, open and intelligent – when he’s allowed to be
F1’s latest world champion speaks with deep candour about overcoming his insecurities but questions about Max Verstappen and regulations? Off limits There are always complications and difficulties in Formula One, as there are in life and even in this interview. On a beautiful evening at a lavish golf club in...
Zoologist, author and presenter Desmond Morris dies aged 98
Morris pursued dual passions of zoology and surrealist art, presenting TV documentaries and hosting exhibitions The zoologist Desmond Morris, perhaps best known for his book The Naked Ape and his work on the ITV programme Zoo Time, has died aged 98. Morris’s son Jason paid tribute to him after his...
Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds
Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite Traces of cocaine that pollute rivers and lakes may accumulate in the brains of salmon and disrupt their behaviour, according to researchers who warn of unknown consequences for fish populations. Juvenile Atlantic salmon...
Mythos: are fears over new AI model panic or PR? – podcast
Earlier this month the AI company Anthropic said it had created a model so powerful that, out of a sense of responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public. Anthropic says the model, Mythos Preview, excels at spotting and exploiting vulnerabilities in software, and could pose a...