Under Tom Brady and Bill Belichick New England were ruthless winners. But new head coach Mike Vrabel has transformed the narrative around the team There used to be a simple rule: Anybody but the New England Patriots. From 2001 through 2019, the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick dynasty totaled six Super Bowl...
Six Nations 2026 predictions: our writers on who will win and why
England have the squad depth, but France have a returning hero and hosting duties for the potentially decisive finale What are you most looking forward to? Let’s hope it stops raining at some stage. Because if Matthieu Jalibert, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Henry Arundell, Manny Feyi-Waboso, Louis Rees-Zammit et al have a...
Newcastle’s Saudi vision is shrouded in bleak suspicion and unfulfilled promises | Jonathan Liew
Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of bureaucracy, economics and geopolitics Layer two: Nick Woltemade, signed for £69m in the hot madness of summer, has stopped scoring. Anthony Elanga, a £55m winger, has struggled for game time and goals. Malick Thiaw,...
Pep Guardiola questions rule that will keep Marc Guéhi out of Carabao Cup final
Cup rules state new signings must arrive before semi-final first leg City will ask EFL to clarify rule: ‘Hopefully they can change it’ Pep Guardiola has questioned the rule which means Marc Guéhi cannot play in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal in March, though the Manchester City manager has...
‘I would call it a miracle’: Italy’s motley crew prepare for T20 Cricket World Cup
Team of pizza-makers and teachers brought together by a passion for the sport hope to win hearts back at home In a basement office in the north of Rome, Riccardo Maggio is unpacking boxes of blue jerseys with “Italia” written on them. He sighs when the landline phone rings again,...
Heated rivalries and curling couples: 10 things to look out for at the Winter Olympics
Stars could align for USA and Canada in ice hockey, while hosts Italy are getting their downhill hopes up All eyes are on the, ah, essentials of the Norwegian men’s ski jump team as they try to recover from one of the great botched crotch stitch switch scandals of 2025....
Wegovy and Ozempic maker forecasts sharp drop in revenue for 2026
Novo Nordisk share price plunges after blaming lower US drug prices, patent protection issues and rising competition The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has predicted a sharp drop in revenues this year owing to what its boss described as a “painful” push by Donald Trump to lower US...
Survival horror classic ‘Alone in the Dark’ trilogy is free on GOG for a limited time
The package, available for free until Thursday morning, includes Alone in the Dark 1, 2, and 3 – all emulated through DOSBox. Like most titles sold on GOG, the DRM-free downloads come with digital manuals, soundtracks, and other supplementary materials. Because the trilogy is part of GOG's preservation program, the......
Kingpin of dark web-based drug marketplace “Incognito Market” sentenced to 30 years
Clayton described Lin as one of the world's most prolific online narcotics traffickers. For at least four years, the Taiwan-born man managed a massive volume of e-commerce transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Lin launched the Incognito Market website in October 2020, exploiting the Tor browser's anonymous network in......
Plasma engines are emerging as the next frontier in deep-space propulsion
Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the plasma to extreme velocities, generating thrust. Read Entire Article