38 h. ago At 21, Coco Gauff has enjoyed hanging out with emerging teens at Australian Open

Coco Gauff wants those people posing questions about what advice she'd give the teenagers breaking through at the Australian Open to remember one thing: She’s 21

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53 h. ago SNP’s ‘utter hypocrisy’ exposed after enjoying bookie’s horse race day freebie – despite railing AGAINST gambling 

AN SNP minister has been branded a “hypocrite” after railing against gambling — then flaunting a bookie’s horse racing freebie gift. Graeme Dey enjoyed a £375 hospitality package at the Ayr Gold Cup paid for by betting giant Ladbrokes. He was chauffeured to the town’s racecourse in a ministerial car last September and flaunted his...

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3 d. ago Best of British engineering powering skeleton star's bid for gold in 'F1 on ice'

Matt Weston heads to the Winter Olympics as red-hot favourite in the men’s skeleton, having clinched back-to-back World Championship titles and more recently scooped World Cup gold.

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3 d. ago Having synaesthesia is a lot like being a twin – we don’t know any different

Identical twins Helen Besgrove, a marketing executive, and Kirsty Neal, a GP, share their different experiences perceiving the world Helen Besgrove: My twin sister, Kirsty, and I have a very similar experience of synaesthesia in that our experiences of sounds, tastes, smells, words, noises and motion is very visual. Whether it’s a name, a personality, a sound or a smell – everything has a colour and a texture in our mind’s eye.What’s interesting is that the colours and the textures Kirsty and I see can be very different. When I drink a glass of chardonnay, I get these swirls of custardy oil but Kirsty might describe the same wine as fuzzy or blobby. It’s the same with people’s personalities, which we both see as a coloured and textured aura around that person. My best friend Jenn’s personality is poo brown, which she hates. For Kirsty, Jenn’s personality is yellow and blue with a brown stripe in the middle. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US teenage sensation Iva Jovic pulls off stunning Australian Open upset

Iva Jovic claimed the biggest win of her career to reach the last 16 at the Australian Open

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3 d. ago Teenagers Victoria Mboko and Iva Jovic see off seeds at Australian Open

Mboko defeated Clara Tauson to reach the fourth round while Jovic knocked out Jasmine Paolini.

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6 d. ago Teenage backpacker may have been 'killed by dingoes' on remote Australian island

A teenager has been found dead on an Australian beach, with police attempting to piece together how she was killed as if life were imitating an episode of TV's Death In Paradise.

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1 week ago Canada’s ‘Camp Poutine’ kickstarts a World Cup year with a long

A January camp for domestic players allows Jesse Marsch to boost a development system that will outlast his tenureMen have stood broken on her piers. It can be a desolate place, too, especially in winter, which is of course when the lobster boats do the bulk of their fishing. But the weather had improved by the time Canadian men’s national team head coach Jesse Marsch ferried his squad from around the world to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a training camp ahead of last summer’s Gold Cup. It was the first time the men’s national team had visited the province.But it was not Marsch’s first time in town, having previously kicked off a cross-country coaching clinic – a whirlwind tour meant to share with local soccer communities what he’d done with the national team at Copa América in 2024 – at a local hotel and convention centre. He’d promised, and pitched a vision, to make the national team truly national in a way no coach had before him. And he was delivering, having also made similar coac...

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2 w. ago Coronation Street newcomer makes 'secret' admission as fans question Jodie's 'story'

Actress Oliva Frances Brown appears relieved to have her new role confirmed as Jodie continues to appear in the ITV soap

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3 w. ago USA’s Summer Britcher boosts Olympic luge bid with another World Cup gold

Britcher rallies in Sigulda for second win of seasonAmerican leads World Cup singles despite missing raceUSA Luge star can capture historic overall crownUSA Luge’s Summer Britcher is flying into the Olympics.Britcher got her second women’s singles luge win of the season on Sunday, moving her atop the World Cup standings and further cementing her status as a medal contender for the Milan Cortina Olympics next month. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Australian teenage sensation Indra Brown continues stunning rise with World Cup gold

15-year-old closes on Winter Olympics spot in freeski halfpipeValentino Guseli wins snowboard halfpipe event in CalgaryFifteen-year-old rookie Indra Brown and comeback kid Valentino Guseli have given Australia a timely golden double with impressive World Cup victories as the Winter Olympics loom large.Brown maintained her dramatic progression in her first three World Cup career starts, following a bronze medal at Secret Garden in China and silver at Copper Mountain in the US, as Saturday’s freeski halfpipe victory in Calgary, Canada, made her the youngest Australian to win a World Cup event. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago No Drama This End brings back glory days for Nicholls – and it’s Cheltenham next

Hot favourite makes all in Grade One Challow HurdleMinella Yoga doubles up on sparkling day for trainerDays like these were once almost a weekly experience for Paul Nicholls, as he strung together one title-winning season after another, so the 14-time champion will have taken particular pleasure from his double here on Monday as No Drama This End, in the Grade One Challow Hurdle, and Minella Yoga both emerged as contenders for the Cheltenham festival in March.The Challow has often been an early proving ground for future stars over fences, and No Drama This End, Nicholls’s seventh winner of the race, joined former champions from the yard including Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, and Bravemansgame, the 2022 King George VI Chase winner, on the roll of honour. Sent off at 4-9, the five-year-old made all the running under Harry Cobden and needed little encouragement to maintain a one-and-a-quarter length lead to the line. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Affordale Fury holds off Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree winners to take Savills Chase

Seven-year-old makes Leopardstown breakthroughGalopin Des Champs and I Am Maximus beatenThe two most recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup were among the 11 runners for the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday but neither could match the strength and resilience of a resurgent Affordale Fury, as Noel Meade’s seven-year-old made his breakthrough at the highest level after an injury-plagued career to date.Affordale Fury was the 150-1 runner-up in the three-mile Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle at Cheltenham in March 2023, but his career since has included breaks of 438 and 241 days and Sunday’s race was just his fifth chase start outside novice company. Continue reading...

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