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Chess: national solving championship 2025 open to entries from Britain
Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be £1,500, and the winner qualifies for the world solving championship This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which Guardian readers traditionally perform strongly and in considerable numbers. White in the diagram, playing as usual...
Hull hail Sezer on 250th appearance after emphatic Super League win at Leigh
Leigh 12-26 Hull FC Hull score 26 unanswered points in the first half John Cartwright has already enjoyed some wonderful moments as Hull FC coach and transformed the club’s fortunes in just three months in charge, but this win at Leigh could well turn out to be his finest victory...
Lewis Hamilton ‘to make three new films’ but Verstappen snubs F1 screening
Briton’s production company working on ‘three concepts’ Verstappen misses Monaco screening of F1: The Movie Lewis Hamilton has revealed his film production company is working with screenwriters to produce three films in the future. The seven-time world champion was speaking after a private screening of the forthcoming film F1: The...
All aboard for glory? Bath hope their trophy buses are finally on schedule
Under Johann van Graan’s philosophy the West Country giants believe they are on the cusp of a return to the top Trophies. They are like bloody buses. Or at least that is what Bath fans must be hoping. They wait 17 years for one, and along come … We are...
Alessia Russo has hit another level – but will it be enough against Barça?
Arsenal’s No 9, who is described as hard-working and humble by her coach, knows she won’t get many chances in the Champions League final on Saturday Arsenal step on to the pitch at the Estádio José Alvalade on Saturday to face the most almighty challenge in their first Champions League...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the final day of the season
Chelsea braced for City Ground cauldron, Rodri back on the scene and party vibes all round at Anfield • Golden Boot: how the leading scorers stand Bournemouth’s hopes of European football were vanquished after defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday but the Cherries, 11th on 53 points, could still achieve...
Manchester United face urgent dilemma: ditch Amorim or revamp the squad | Jonathan Wilson
Not many at Old Trafford are suited to the manager’s trusty 3-4-2-1 but replacing them will cost hundreds of millions Everything always seems clearer in the morning, and in the cold grey light of Thursday, the prognosis for Manchester United is bleak. While Tottenham face an awkward calculation – weighing...
After the glory and the afterparty Levy faces Postecoglou crunch time
No one left Spurs’ club celebrations when the lights went on at 3am but will the lights go out on the manager’s tenure? The Tottenham afterparty was in full swing at the Hotel Carlton in Bilbao; players, management and family members just surrendering to the moment. Many of the players...
‘I’m the right man’: Zak Crawley ignores pressure with century against Zimbabwe
‘I’ve been made a better player by people around me’ Crawley’s place thought to be under threat from Bethell If Zak Crawley showed little sign of the pressure he was under as he became one of three English centurions on the opening day against Zimbabwe, it is possibly because he...