The Grand National, Masters, Paris-Roubaix and Champions League put it ahead of even July’s mighty trifecta The thought struck me on the last rattler back from the Grand National, as Avanti’s wifi faltered somewhere outside Crewe and the Masters stream on my phone froze yet again. I was watching the...
Sponsorship revenue for Uefa’s club competitions set to break €1bn barrier
Sponsorship income due to rise by more than 40% Champions League clubs to benefit from the growth Uefa is poised to bring in more than €1bn (£870m) a year in commercial revenues from club competitions from next year, with two more global sponsorship deals close to being agreed. Uefa’s commercial...
‘A shocking decision’: Carrick fumes over Martínez’s red card for hair pulling
‘It is not aggressive, there is no jolt,’ says United coach Daniel Farke hails ‘amazing’ league win at Old Trafford Michael Carrick branded Lisandro Martínez’s red card for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair as “shocking” and said Manchester United may appeal as the defender faces a three-match ban. If the sending...
Arne Slot backs Liverpool to produce ‘great performance’ to beat PSG
Slot: ‘There is a belief we can do special things’ Luis Enrique tells his players to beware ‘pitfalls’ Arne Slot has said Liverpool do not face an impossible task against Paris Saint-Germain but must produce the perfect performance to overcome the European champions in the quarter-finals of the Champions League....
Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight
A skull fragment found in a tray of unsorted fossils collected more than a century ago leads to discovery Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A prehistoric fossil, hiding in plain sight in museum storage for...
African scientists hail mushrooming global interest in conserving fungi
Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, mycologists seek greater recognition of the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna Madagascar has long been celebrated for its remarkable wildlife, with the vast majority of its species – from ring-tailed lemurs to certain...
Hate small talk? You may enjoy that ‘dull’ chat more than you think, say researchers
Participants reported enjoying the human connection regardless of whether they thought the topic was dull The human aversion to dull experiences was nailed by the author Paulo Coelho when he declared: “I can stand defeats, pain, anger. But I can’t stand boredom.” But the natural desire to avoid boring conversations...
AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug
PhenMap tool could spare thousands of patients from treatment that would be ineffective for them A new AI-driven way of identifying how patients with advanced bowel cancer will respond to a drug that was recently introduced by the NHS has been announced. Researchers at London’s Institute of Cancer Research and...
‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds
Researchers examined trends in 10 global cities, with Sydney’s summer growing at two-and-a-half times the average Scientist Ted Scott could feel that summers in his home state of Minnesota were not what they used to be. With the climate crisis accelerating, Scott could feel and see the seasons changing from...
Taking Tylenol during pregnancy has no link to autism, new study finds
Trump has pushed unfounded claims of Tylenol use in pregnancy being tied to ‘a very increased risk of autism’ Taking acetaminophen – known in the US by the brand name Tylenol – during pregnancy has no effect on later autism diagnoses, according to a sweeping new study from Denmark published...