4 hours ago Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career | Kieran Pender

After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandableConflicting national allegiances in sport are no simple thing. It is hardly unreasonable for someone with more than one national background to feel competing tugs when it comes to flying the flag on the international stage. Emotion and pragmatism collide to force hard decisions.Australia is a deeply multicultural nation – more than one in four Australians were born overseas, while millions more have parents born elsewhere. We are a nation of complex sporting allegiances. I have dual nationalities; if it wasn’t for the fact that I have all the sporting talent of a gnat, I might have to consider which country to represent. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Backlash against Miss Universe Victoria Kjær Theilvig as viral video shows her using N word

Newly crowned Miss Universe Victoria Kjaer Theilvig is facing intense criticism after a TikTok video surfaced showing her using a racial slur.

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9 hours ago Charity considers legal action over gypsy and traveller 'dispersal' in city centre

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11 hours ago Liverpool’s contract dance with Mo Salah was always going to be complicated

Big changes after Jürgen Klopp’s exit didn’t help and now time is short for club to make their talisman feel wanted againMohamed Salah’s admission that he is “more out than in” at Liverpool creates a tremor in an otherwise serene debut season for Arne Slot. The Liverpool head coach can take comfort in the fact there is zero evidence to support Salah’s claim on the pitch and, while he and sporting director Richard Hughes are new to the club, contract posturing by the Anfield superstar is not.Salah rarely stops to give post-match interviews but what happened at Southampton on Sunday was not unusual in many respects. There was the removal of the shirt following a match‑winning goal that invited a yellow card but also revealed a chiselled physique. Just in case anyone is still wondering wha...

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11 hours ago Liverpool’s contract dance with Salah was always going to be complicated

Revamp after Jürgen Klopp’s exit didn’t help and now time is short for club to make their talisman feel wanted againMohamed Salah’s admission that he is “more out than in” at Liverpool creates a tremor in an otherwise serene debut season for Arne Slot. The Liverpool head coach can take comfort in the fact there is zero evidence to support Salah’s claim on the pitch and, while he and sporting director Richard Hughes are new to the club, contract posturing by the Anfield superstar is not.Salah rarely stops to give post-match interviews but what happened at Southampton on Sunday was not unusual in many respects. There was the removal of the shirt following a match‑winning goal that invited a yellow card but also revealed a chiselled physique. Just in case anyone is still wondering what con...

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12 hours ago ‘If you survive this, you somehow must share it’: reliving the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

A harrowing docuseries looks back at the deadly Boxing Day tsunami that killed over 225,000, speaking to survivorsOn Christmas day, 2004, Chris Xaver arrived in Phuket, a popular tourist destination on the south-west coast of Thailand, for a brief holiday. It was already dark by the time she and her then husband, Scott, got to the hotel; she couldn’t see the ocean, but could smell the saltwater of a beach vacation. The next morning, she had just stepped out of the shower when water started flooding their sea-level bungalow. Thinking the water main had broken, they called the front desk. No answer. Outside the bungalow, they saw the remnants of what they assumed was a rogue wave. “The lexicon, the word tsunami, was not in our brain,” Xaver recalled.Twenty years on, she remembers standing...

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13 hours ago Gen Z are twice as likely to feel guilty about eating meat than the over 65s

Gen Z are twice as likely to feel guilty about eating meat than the over 65s, according to research.

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14 hours ago Rebekah Vardy's bitter feud with Iain Lee in full as private texts reveal shock U

Rebekah Vardy has been caught up in new bullying claims after ex-I'm A Celeb contestant Iain Lee slammed her for making him feel 'miserable' during their time on the show

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15 hours ago Meghan Markle tells Americans to 'open their arms' to welcome new people this Thanksgiving

In an interview with Marie Claire , Meghan who lives in Montecito, California , was asked how Americans can make women in similar circumstances to her guests feel more at ease in the United States.

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