Perhaps it was inevitable that Brentford’s first away win of the season would come in the Premier League’s unhappiest and least intimidating ground. The many West Ham fans who displayed their displeasure with the board by boycotting this fixture had the right idea. They could celebrate their decision not to...
Australia’s Scott Boland shuts out noise from former England players before Ashes
Fast bowler says he and teammates are focused on their own game Stuart Broad and Mike Atherton had delivered recent barbs Scott Boland may be required to bowl in all five Ashes Tests this summer, a workload that will test his mental fortitude and physical stamina. But in promotion ahead...
‘My Netflix title would be white collar to world champion’: Fabio Wardley on his boxing journey | Donald McRae
Former Ipswich academy footballer fights Joseph Parker hoping victory will earn him a world title shot at Oleksandr Usyk, who he once went to Ukraine to spar with “Joseph Parker was a world heavyweight champion in 2016 when I was still having white collar fights,” Fabio Wardley says of the...
UK government ‘deeply saddened’ as Maccabi Tel Aviv decline any Aston Villa tickets
Government claims game weaponised to stoke fear ‘Wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount,’ club say The UK government has said it is “deeply saddened” by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s decision to decline any tickets offered to their fans for the Europa League match at Villa Park. The local safety...
Mind the gap: surge from Verstappen piles pressure on McLaren and echoes 2007 | Giles Richards
Champion could snatch drivers’ title away from the leading constructors just as Kimi Räikkönen did 18 years ago A few short months ago Max Verstappen’s world championship defence appeared to be over. But when he took the flag in the US Grand Prix on Sunday it heralded the most remarkable...
Low participation in medical trials puts millions of young people at risk
Exclusive: Data shows gen Z could miss out on new treatments because so few sign up for trials and studies in England ‘I wish I took part sooner’: how a medical trial transformed a young person’s life Millions of young people risk missing out on new treatments for health conditions...
The seed bank storing the planet’s future – podcast
As biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more important. The Millennium seed bank in Wakehurst, West Sussex, has been doing just that for 25 years, collecting and storing seeds and keeping them in trust for countries all over the world should they ever be needed....
Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the decade, according to...
Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say
Unrelated cases mark first time clade I of disease formerly known as monkeypox has spread within US, officials say Three California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time this type of mpox has...
Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight
Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with device An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness. Doctors who implanted...