29 minutes ago IPL auction records tumble as Rishabh Pant and Jofra Archer snapped up

Shreyas Iyer sets new bidding mark before being eclipsedEngland captain Jos Buttler snapped up by Gujarat TitansRishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history when he sold for a record $3.2m (£2.54m) on Sunday, as teams splashed out on world-class players for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.A total of 577 players are up for grabs at the two-day auction in Jeddah, with Pant, the England veteran Jimmy Anderson and the New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the top names. Continue reading...

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54 minutes ago People are fleeing Elon Musk’s X in droves. What’s happening on Threads and Bluesky?

The social network formerly known as Twitter is rapidly bleeding users. But if you’re among them, will you feel more at home on Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon?

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68 minutes ago Erling Haaland's record since Man City star told Mikel Arteta to 'stay humble'

Erling Haaland's poor run in front of goal - by his standards -includes five from 11 games in all competitions to coincide with City's loss of form and confidence following their 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham - their fifth straight defeat.

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1 hour ago Still hanging on to your old diaries and teenage photos? Chuck them out – and start to live | Nell Frizzell

I’m moving house, which means coming face to face with a lifetime of mementos. I feel a burden lifting with each item I bin, donate or recycleThere is a particular sort of box that lurks in every home, full of “memorabilia” or “mementos”. Baby teeth, divorce certificates, spare keys for locks unknown, your granny’s old Padre Pio fridge magnet, the tenancy agreement for your last flat: the whole thing is rank with association, emotion, nostalgia and pain. That box is my nemesis. That box is doom.Because I decided that turning 40, being pregnant and training for a second career wasn’t enough to be getting on with in a single month, I am also in the lucky position of moving house. Which means opening various drawers, boxes, cupboards and ring binders, only to discover a pit of painful sent...

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1 hour ago When we see others in distress we can suffer too. How do we heal from this collective trauma? | Sara Mussa

The more we identify with those suffering, the more vicarious trauma we may feel. But we can recover and even grow from this experienceThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workAs I stepped into my office and checked my client list for the day, I was surprised to see a name pop up that hadn’t been there for a while. It was Kareem, a young father of two who had recently arrived to Australia from war-torn Iraq. During our session, he described that he thought his symptoms were under control and he was recovering well. But suddenly he was transported back to the blast that left him with a traumatic brain injury and months of rehabilitation. “What was the thing that took you back there?” I asked him. He said it was “hearing a song”, ...

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2 hours ago Ruben Amorim risks repeating Erik ten Hag transfer mistake as he eyes first Man Utd deal

Ruben Amorim is reportedly targeting a move for his former Sporting Lisbon left-back Nuno Mendes, carrying on a trait from Erik ten Hag's reign after the Dutchman brought a number of his old players to Manchester United

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2 hours ago Gordon Ramsay makes feelings clear on Max Verstappen row after F1 star's sarcastic remark

Max Verstappen is currently celebrating a fourth Formula One world championship, but the Red Bull ace may still be unhappy with one punishment he received

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2 hours ago The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’

Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas’s Spiegelworld turned it into a circus havenFrom 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: a huddle of lush eucalyptus trees in an otherwise impossibly vast, barren expanse of the California desert.From closer up, the place still feels dream-like. Old west-style buildings, including the Nipton Trading Post and a five-bed hotel built in the early 1900s, dot the community but are shuttered to the public. Other than the freight trains that regularly slice through the edge of town, Nipton is often completely silent. The unincorporated area is home to only about a dozen people, depending on the season, and spans just 80 acres. (“Blink and you’ll miss it,” one of the town’s caretakers says.) Cont...

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2 hours ago Pete Wicks makes his feelings clear as he pens smitten comment on Maura Higgins' latest Instagram post

The TV personality, 36, is thought to be dating the former Love Islander, 33, but she has since insisted that she is single, and said a romance in the jungle is likely to be off the cards.

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3 hours ago Who is Godwill Kukonki? Man United wonderkid in line for Ruben Amorim's Ipswich Town squad

Manchester United have welcomed a new face to first-team training this week as Ruben Amorim gets a feel for the youngsters breaking through

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