Court filing claims project leader took money days before collapse Grand Slam Track filed for bankruptcy owing up to $50m Michael Johnson has been accused of paying himself $500,000 (£372,000) eight days before his Grand Slam Track project collapsed before the final event in Los Angeles, leaving athletes and creditors...
Igor Tudor says he was protecting Kinsky with Spurs substitution at Atlético
Goalkeeper replaced in 17th minute of defeat by Atlético ‘It was necessary to preserve the guy, preserve the team’ Igor Tudor insisted that giving the 22-year-old Antonin Kinsky just his second start of the season and then taking him off again in the 17th minute of Tottenham’s humiliating 5-2 defeat...
Cheltenham festival day two: L’Eau Du Sud can edge Majborough in Champion Chase
Memories of Majborough’s poor Cheltenham display 12 months ago leave Dan Skelton’s refreshed grey a live contender at around 9-2 The key question before the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday is which version of Majborough will turn up. If it is the Majborough that powered 19 lengths...
‘We’re Real Madrid, we shouldn’t feel inferior’: Arbeloa ready for familiar foe
Coach says his club are always favourites as he prepares to cross swords with Manchester City in the Champions League knockout stages for fifth year in a row This is Real Madrid. We know this because Álvaro Arbeloa keeps saying so. At the start of another press conference, his 25th...
Debate over Arsenal’s style masks an undeniable march toward greatness | Barney Ronay
Team’s path to a quadruple appears manageable – give Mikel Arteta and co serious credit for getting to this position Cruyff’s Ajax, Messi’s Barcelona, Rice’s Arsenal. Stein, Michels, Ferguson, Arteta. The Dark Side of the Moon, The Very Best of The Beatles, Arsenal 2025-26 highlights DVD. Total Football, tiki-taka, hugging...
Pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn
UK’s GSK is leading the way in research but AstraZeneca is not involved in the area, report finds The pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs remains “worryingly thin” and has shrunk by 35% in the last five years, experts have said, predicting the annual number of deaths linked to...
Ultrasound repellers could keep hedgehogs off roads, scientists hope
Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths Hedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that they could be deterred from dangerous roads with ultrasound repellers. Vehicles are estimated to kill up to one in three hedgehogs, a...
Parts of giant Nasa satellite to crash to Earth, posing low risk
The 600kg Van Allen probe A will re-enter Tuesday evening, with most of it burning before reaching Earth’s surface Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Parts of a giant Nasa satellite will crash to Earth on Tuesday evening, the US space...
Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas
Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US The annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers announced...
Short films made from brain activity of mice aim to show how they see world
Scientists hope results analysed after the mice watched video footage will help them understand their perceptions Scientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to lift the veil on how animals perceive the world. The brief movie clips are...