Figures spell out the highs and lows of a force of personality who could swung games in team’s favour He swept Nathan Smith for six on an acid-trip of an afternoon, his last on the field as a Test cricketer. He nearly shredded Will O’Rourke’s fingers with a straight drive...
Canale and Gill the heroes as Paraguay hand Germany first World Cup shootout defeat
Germany exited the World Cup in Boston not with a whimper or even a cry of pain, just an extended wrestle into the dust at the hands of a thrillingly dogged Paraguay, followed by the most extraordinary of penalty shootouts. Not only did Germany lose their first shootout since the...
Morocco edge wild last-32 penalty shootout as Netherlands pay heavy price for misses
Morocco’s players set off in pursuit of Ismael Saibari and, once they had caught up, lost one another in a pile of exhilarated bodies. Maybe they are about to do it all again and make a heavy dent in the latter stages of a World Cup. This was certainly a...
World Cup 2026: Netherlands and Germany crash out, plus Côte d’Ivoire v Norway buildup – live
Paraguay stun Germany, Morocco send Dutch home Email us | Bracketology | Golden Boot standings Our graphics boffins have produced this neat little playable guide to the penalties in yesterday’s Germany v Paraguay shootout, a handy pointer to what type of kicks succeed and fail, which I fully intend to...
Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know – podcast
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April when President Trump vowed to have it renovated, and painted ‘American flag blue’ by 4 July. Despite the pool being stripped, cleaned, coated and refilled, within days the algae that has plagued it...
Tiny Antarctic sea creature could be key to treating melanoma, researchers say
Underwater expedition by Florida-based team supports possible therapeutic use of bacterial toxins from sea squirts Researchers at a Florida university say bacterial toxins produced by tiny marine organisms they have studied in Antarctica could become an effective treatment for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. A team from the...