Wück’s team defended with bravery but Spain playmaker’s individual brilliance trumped power of collective It took just one moment. One clever movement into space, one cutting through pass and one brilliant finish for Spain to finally undo a resilient German defence. When Aitana Bonmatí angled home a shot from a...
Starters v bench: the big selection decisions facing England in Euro 2025 final | Suzanne Wrack
From Lauren James’ injury doubt to whether to start Michelle Agyemang, Sarina Wiegman faces a dilemma England’s performances at Euro 2025 have not always been pretty but a third successive major tournament final for the team and a fifth for the manager, Sarina Wiegman, is a phenomenal feat, and one that...
Jess Carter thanks ‘incredible’ England fans for support in wake of racism
‘It’s been pretty tough … racism is still going on’ Carter brought off bench in semi-final win against Italy Jess Carter has thanked England fans for their “unbelievable support” after revealing she had been racially abused on social media at Euro 2025. The Lionesses defender said if her decision to...
Liam Dawson conjures one great moment on his big return to Test cricket | Simon Burnton
There is a pleasing air of certainty about England’s 35-year-old spinner – a quality Shubman Gill could only admire enviously Liam Dawson stood at his mark, ball cradled in his hands, forearms level to the ground, elbows splayed, sunglasses – completely unnecessarily – in place. There was nothing bright about...
‘Horrendous blisters’: Retired UK banker, 65, attempts to run 200 marathons in 200 days
Steve James, from Devon, hits halfway mark in coastline challenge as scientists monitor impact of extreme feat The first fortnight was tough – terrible blisters, a flare of gout that needed a visit to A&E and the rapid realisation that running 200 marathons in 200 days around the coast of...
Why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not a simply linear process. Instead, recent research appears to show that we age in three accelerated bursts; at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. To find out what might be going on, Ian Sample hears from Prof Michael Snyder, the...
Owen Farrell named on bench for Lions’ second Test against Australia
Tuipulotu to miss hometown Test due to tight hamstring Porter in for Genge, Chessum replaces injured McCarthy Sione Tuipulotu has been left out of the British & Irish Lions side to face Australia on Saturday with Bundee Aki coming in at inside centre and Owen Farrell named on the bench....
About 700m years ago, the Earth froze over entirely – now we may know why
Researchers believe huge volcanic eruptions, and the absence of plants, turned our planet into one giant snowball It’s hard to believe, but about 700m years ago it’s thought that our planet completely froze over with little to no liquid ocean or lakes exposed to the atmosphere, even in the tropics....
Earth’s underground networks of fungi need urgent protection, say researchers
Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas The underground networks of fungi that underpin the planet’s ecosystems needs urgent conservation action by politicians, a research organisation has said. Scientists from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (Spun) have created the first...
‘Long-lived and lucky’ ship wrecked off Orkney was at siege of Quebec, experts find
Archaeologists and volunteers identify Sanday timbers as from 18th-century Royal Navy frigate turned whaler When a schoolboy running on a beach on the island of Sanday in Orkney last year came across the timbers of a shipwreck that had been exposed after a storm, local people knew the ship might...