As W.H. Wong hugged his family goodbye before leaving for work on a quiet morning this spring, he felt a lump in his throat. He was headed more than 2,500 miles away, to an Indonesian island so remote that locals say it’s one of the places where spirits go to...
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Carlos Sainz hits out at F1 broadcasters’ coverage of ‘celebrities and girlfriends’
Driver’s girlfriend featured prominently in Singapore GP ‘They didn’t show any of the four of five overtakes I did’ Carlos Sainz believes Formula One is “going overboard” by placing too much focus on the reactions of drivers’ girlfriends and celebrities during live broadcasts, obscuring the drama of grand prix racing....
Darnold, Mayfield and Sagapolutele: who will be the NFL’s next first-time MVP?
Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen have former an axis of excellence. But which player will break that cycle? There has been a trend in recent NFL seasons. Around Week 8, the MVP race starts to follow a predictable script: Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson (if the...
Wirtz, Durán and different career paths: what happened to Next Generation 2020?
We look at how the 80 players we picked five years ago have been faring for club and country Five years ago the Covid-19 pandemic was spreading, causing untold pain – mental and physical – that we are still feeling the effects of. Football, like every other aspect of life,...
Ratcliffe says Ruben Amorim has three years to prove himself at Manchester United
Minority owner moves to clarify coach’s future ‘You can’t run a club like United on kneejerk reactions’ Sir Jim Ratcliffe insists he will not take a “kneejerk” decision to sack Ruben Amorim and has indicated he will afford the head coach three years to demonstrate his capabilities at Manchester United....
Andrew Flintoff leaves Northern Superchargers after being ‘undervalued’ by Indian owners
Head coach terms could not be agreed with Sun Group ‘You’ll be missed. I wasn’t expecting that,’ says Adil Rashid Andrew Flintoff has walked away from his role as Northern Superchargers head coach, suggesting the team’s new Indian owners made him feel undervalued, offering him a salary about 25% of...
Senior rugby figures believe rebel R360 league all but dead after unions’ statement
Players who sign up would be ineligible for national sides Proposed event yet to be sanctioned by World Rugby Senior global rugby figures believe the rebel R360 venture is all but dead unless it can find a way to appease the world’s top nations. In a dramatic move the leading...
Le Tissier realises WCL dream to earn Manchester United win against Vålerenga
It was hardly thrilling and it was not the entertaining opening to life in the Women’s Champions League that Manchester United might have hoped for but, more important than that, the English side got up and running with three points as they beat Vålerenga in a low-key affair in Leigh....
Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains
Fred Ramsdell’s wife switched on her phone and screamed – it was full of messages congratulating her husband Out on a digital detox in the western US backcountry, scientist Fred Ramsdell was startled when his wife let out a yell. He feared she had spotted a grizzly bear, only to...