83 minutes ago Oleksandr Usyk wins heavyweight rematch to silence Tyson Fury in Riyadh

Ukrainian wins 116-112 on all three scorecardsBriton shakes his head and leaves ring speechlessOleksandr Usyk remains the shining king of boxing’s dark and chaotic world. The great Ukrainian retained his three titles as the heavyweight champion of the world when he defeated Tyson Fury on points in a defining contest in the early hours of Sunday morning in Riyadh. Usyk boxed with clinical authority to win clearly by a score of 116-112 on all three cards.The pace was unrelenting and, ultimately, Usyk was just too fast, too smart and too skilled for Fury. His movement, accuracy and precision of punching were simply too much for Fury, who tried valiantly and had his moments of success. But Fury flagged and he looked exhausted at key moments of the bout as Usyk pulled away to secure his ­comprehensive victory. Continue reading...

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91 minutes ago Full list of supermarkets and shops closed on Boxing Day 2024 from Aldi to Next

Here is a handy guide on what supermarkets and shops will be keeping closed on Boxing Day this year.

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3 hours ago Luis Díaz returns to Spurs hoping for luck to change and drought to end

Colombian famously denied a goal at Tottenham in 2023 by the officials as league leaders look to strengthen positionLuis Díaz rarely needs a reminder that relying on others can be a futile experience but a return to Tottenham on Sunday offers the opportunity to right a glaring injustice. In north London in September last year, the winger thought he had given Liverpool the lead, only for the assistant to flag incorrectly for offside before the video assistant referee failed to overturn the mistake through incompetent communication in a match Liverpool went on to lose 2-1.The officials made the headlines that day but Díaz has taken plenty of the limelight since. With a competitive cohort, Arne Slot has shown faith in Díaz, starting the Colombian in key fixtures with Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Aston Villa to help Liverpool reach the top of the table and ensure they fear no one. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Princess Beatrice to spend Christmas at Sandringham after changing plans

The King’s niece has received medical advice and been guided not to travel long distances.

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3 hours ago Princess Beatrice to spend Christmas at Sandringham after last minute change

Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will now be spending Christmas at Sandringham after a last minute change of plans for the royal due to advice from doctors

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4 hours ago Scott Brown hails Ayr United after Livingston win completes big festive week

The Honest Men have found their form again and were winners on the road today.

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4 hours ago Raymond van Barneveld suffers Ally Pally walk on malfunction as Dutchman has his tune changed on way to the oche

It comes after Romeo Grbavac was accused of nicking Barney's signature Eye of the Tiger entrance theme

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4 hours ago OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company

Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 NovemberSuchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He had been well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI’s strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago What does the Winter Solstice mean for your star sign? From 'party animal' Geminis to 'secretive' Scorpios

As the sun in the UK creeps up bit by bit, it signals changes to come in the cosmos - but what does that mean for your star sign?

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5 hours ago Jesús Navas: ‘I’m stopping because I have to. I’m happy with what I’ve achieved’

On Sunday, aged 39, Sevilla’s Jesús Navas brings down the curtain on Spanish football’s most glittering careerA little after 9am in Montequinto, Seville, and Jesús Navas walks past the Jesús Navas Stadium and up the little slope in the sunshine, gym to the left, training pitch to the right. The first to arrive and he’s moving OK this morning, which isn’t something he can say every day, but still he comes. Soon, too soon, he won’t. “It’s my life,” he says, “what I’ve always done, who I am.” The stand bearing his name wasn’t here when he first turned up, a quarter of a century ago. Most of this wasn’t; the trophies at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, three miles north, certainly weren’t. Everything changes, except him. “I’m the same as the first day,” he says.That day, Navas was 15, a small, skinny, shy boy from Los Palacios, 15 minutes south. It was 2000 and he has been coming almost every morning since, apart from four seasons in Manchester which he enjoyed more even than you migh...

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