Newcastle cannot complain that they were not warned. Eddie Howe had cautioned his players that Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang was “as good as ever” and would need to be “controlled” but, ultimately, the visitors proved powerless to prevent the 36-year-old transforming both the match and Marseille’s Champions League ambitions. While Aubameyang fulfilled...
England can’t change now: Bazball approach must be seen through to its conclusion | Taha Hashim
This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgment Travis Head’s latest masterpiece is three days old, the postmortems are complete and England supporters have done their pained vox pops in Australia. And somehow we’re still more than a week...
World Cup 2026 draw to adopt tennis-style system for the four top seeds
Spain, Argentina, France, England will be top seeds Fifa says measure will ‘ensure competitive balance’ The four highest-placed teams in Fifa’s rankings have had a pathway cleared to meet in the World Cup semi-finals after tennis-style seeding measures were introduced in the name of “ensuring competitive balance”. Spain, Argentina, France...
The shameful attacks on the Covid inquiry prove it: the right is lost in anti-science delusion | Polly Toynbee
There is nothing wrong with questioning the mighty cost of the lockdowns, but we can’t let hardline libertarians rewrite Britain’s pandemic history That number will stay fixed for ever in public memory: 23,000 people died because Boris Johnson resisted locking the country down in time. As Covid swept in, and...
Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matter
Astrophysicist Prof Tomonori Totani says research could be crucial breakthrough in search for elusive substance Nearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they named dark matter clumped around galaxies and formed a cosmic web across the universe. What dark matter is made from, and whether it...
Estêvão outshines Lamine Yamal to show why he is Chelsea’s rare diamond | Jonathan Wilson
Brazilian teenager’s goal in win against Barcelona was a classic and the winger could end up as one of the very best Everything Lamine Yamal does oozes quality. Even when he is strolling about looking dejected, which he did quite a bit at Stamford Bridge, he does it with the...
Roman amphitheatre older than Colosseum gets accessible facelift for Winter Paralympics
Verona venue to host Milano-Cortina opening ceremony Critics see changes to 2,000-year-old arena as blasphemy A 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre is to be made fully accessible to people with disabilities before the Winter Paralympic Games in Milano‑Cortina, as organisers prioritise legacy with 100 days to go. The conversion of the Arena...
Grimaldo and Schick shock understrength Manchester City in Bayer Leverkusen win
You had to go back to September 2018 for the last time Manchester City lost a Champions League group match at home, when Pep Guardiola was in the stands because of a ban, and Nabil Fekir’s winner gave Lyon a 2-1 victory. Guardiola stood down all but one of the...
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age. The...
What is prostate cancer and how is it diagnosed in the UK?
As David Cameron receives treatment and backs calls for NHS screening, we look at the disease and its treatment More than 100 MPs urge Streeting to approve prostate cancer screening David Cameron has become the latest high-profile figure to back growing calls for the NHS to start screening men, or...