Club must learn to play without fear and harness their young players, particularly Kobbie Mainoo, and regain a seat at Europe’s top table Whatever the protestations from Manchester United about the relationship between Ruben Amorim and the higher-ups not collapsing like a house of cards, clearly something was not right....
Difficult questions loom for Manchester United higher-ups after Amorim’s axing | Jamie Jackson
Fallout from a dour and unsuccessful reign will hit well-paid executives who backed the outgoing head coach Ruben Amorim’s tenure as Manchester United head coach began its final unravelling via four words uttered in Friday’s media conference to preview the weekend trip to Leeds. “You are very smart,” was Amorim’s...
Celtic’s Nancy catastrophe is another indicator of a club embroiled in turmoil | Ewan Murray
Even the return of Martin O’Neill is unlikely to placate supporters frustrated by poor performances, a lack of investment, and chaos in the boardroom Any club confirming the end of an error after eight games owes an apology to their supporters. In Celtic’s case, even the admission of an all-time...
Raducanu fails to last distance as Britain suffer bitter United Cup loss to Greece
British player ‘proud I put myself out there’ after injuries Billy Harris also loses to Tsitsipas in decisive tie Great Britain fell to a bitter 2-1 loss in their decisive United Cup tie against Greece in the round-robin group stage as Emma Raducanu fought hard to overcome her injury-ravaged preparation...
Can you solve it? Are you as smart as Spock?
Raise an eyebrow for World Logic Day UPDATE: Solution can be read here All days of the year host an annual celebration. January 14 is a day of the year. Continue reading...
Porton Down shake-up harming critical national security science, whistleblower warns
Senior insider says ‘limbo’ at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital research A shake-up of the government’s defence science powerhouse at Porton Down has severely damaged morale and harmed work on critical science that supports national security, a senior whistleblower has told the Guardian....
Smith and Head hit centuries to help Australia grind England into the dust
Fifth Ashes Test; day three: England 384. Australia 518-7 Host captain on 129 not out following Head’s 163 from 166 They do these things well here in Australia. They honoured the victims and first responders of the Bondi atrocity fittingly on the first day of this fifth Test, and on...
Nine scientific breakthroughs I’d like to see in 2026 – from earworms to procrastination | Emma Beddington
There’s nothing more uplifting than hearing about a world-shaking, life-enhancing new development. But science shouldn’t overlook the small stuff, or stop looking for new species of cute, fluffy mammals … People who greet the new year with hope, ambitious plans and optimised gut microbiomes might be obnoxiously apparent at the...
From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance
Three decades after its modest beginnings on Channel 4, the TV juggernaut now has its own channel and global subscribers Thirty-two years ago, a small group of archaeologists gathered for a weekend in Somerset to make a TV programme about a field in Athelney, the site where once, 1,200 years...
Starwatch: Here comes giant Jupiter, impossible to miss
Solar system’s biggest planet will be close enough to reveal its largest moons through a pair of modest binoculars The giant planet Jupiter reaches its closest approach to the Earth in 2026 this week. It is extremely well placed for observation and so bright that it is impossible to miss....