2 h. ago Hong Kong in frame to host Nations Championship finals and Lions matches

Kai Tak Sports Park favourite to stage event post-2028Stadium to host Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool in JulyHong Kong has emerged as a candidate to stage future Nations Championship finals at its new Kai Tak Sports Park and would be an ideal British & Irish Lions stopover, according to a senior World Rugby executive.The inaugural Nations Championship finals – the biennial playoffs among the world’s leading international sides – is to be held in London in 2026 with Qatar lined up for 2028 but the Hong Kong stadium is an increasingly popular suggestion for subsequent editions. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Yoko Ono is now getting acclaim, but why do rock stars’ female partners get so much abuse? | Barbara Ellen

Ono was blamed for splitting the Beatles and taking John Lennon from his true calling. Let’s hope things are getting easier for women who date famous musiciansMore than 50 years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 bed-in, protesting against war, Ono finally gets her love-in. David Sheff’s biography Yoko, published last week, seeks to put the record straight about her stellar achievements as an internationally renowned conceptual artist.In recent years there have been retrospectives, including one at London’s Tate Modern. Kevin Macdonald’s docufilm, One To One: John And Yoko, is released in the UK next month. Ono, 92, is seeing reputational rehabilitation on a global scale, and all a long time coming. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK town with 'majestic' high street is one of the best places to live in 2025

Renowned for its 'deli-lovers' high street, unusual sporting events, and a world-renowned music festival, it's no surprise this quaint UK town has been branded one of the best to live in

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3 d. ago Ed Miliband 'risking power shortages' in his race to make Britain more reliant on 'intermittent renewables', MPs warn

In a 'fresh humiliation' for the Energy Secretary, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticised the time being taken on reviews of gas and electricity prices.

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4 d. ago What time is WWE SmackDown on tonight? Global live stream, start time & more for pro wrestling event in London

What time is WWE SmackDown on tonight? Global live stream, start time & more for pro wrestling event in London  Sporting News

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4 d. ago Team GB Olympics legend Dame Denise Lewis urges Britain to host more major sporting events

Birmingham will host the 2026 European Athletics Championships and Lewis, who grew up in nearby Wolverhampton, wants to see more big sporting events brought to the UK

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4 d. ago EA FC 25 Rush update – how to earn more Rush Points and packs in Ultimate Team

You can now use new player items in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team Rush events, thanks to EA Sports' latest update.

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5 d. ago Australia to hold general elections with inflation and a housing shortage major issues

Australians will go to the polls in May with high costs of living and a shortage of housing key issues likely weighing against the government

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5 d. ago The most controversial Just Stop Oil actions as climate group ceases protests

The group is know for tactics such as targeting major infrastructure, sporting events, West End productions and heritage sites.

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5 d. ago Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not holding enough major sporting events, says Katherine Grainger

Britain’s sporting calendar is looking considerably lighter after 2028

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6 d. ago Chelsea fans call for investigation into Todd Boehly’s links with ticket resale website

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust urges Premier League to actClub co-owner is director and investor in Vivid SeatsThe Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has written to the Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, calling for an investigation into the connections of the club’s co-owner Todd Boehly with the ticket exchange and resale company Vivid Seats.Boehly is a director and investor in Vivid Seats, an American site that allows users outside the United Kingdom to buy and sell tickets to concerts and sporting events, often at huge mark-ups. British fans cannot use the site or others like it because it is illegal to resell football tickets in this way in the UK. The Premier League lists Vivid Seats as an “unauthorised ticket website”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles call to stop the closure of Cardiff University's school of music

The department with a global reputation is earmarked for closure under proposed cuts

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8 d. ago Greenland's PM slams Trump's 'hostile takeover' of territory as two US planes land

Comments made by US President Donald Trump have caused friction with Greenland, as US government officials plan a visit that they claim is merely for a national sporting event

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8 d. ago UK Chinese Dragon Boat Race Festival to return to Greater Manchester as date revealed

The water sports event see teams compete in boats fitted with ornately carved dragon's heads and tails

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8 d. ago High street bakery chain with more than 100 stores that rivals Greggs at risk of going bust as taxman takes it to court

A high street bakery chain with more than 100 stores and which rivals Greggs in some parts of Britain is at risk of going bust.

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9 d. ago Track and feud: Queensland to announce third 2032 Olympic stadium plan in four years. Will this one stick?

The widely expected construction of a new 60,000-seat venue at Victoria Park will take a chunk of the largest green space near the inner cityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Patching led the construction of the largest-ever Olympic stadium. It took 30 months to finish the designs for Sydney’s 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, build it, and hold its first major event.“That’s not going to happen [in Brisbane],” Patching said. “The climate’s changed, the building environment has changed, [and] goodness knows how we’re going for resources.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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1 week ago Val Thorens: The world’s best ski resort — that was almost never built  

The resort in the Les 3 Vallée has once again been named the world’s best — but what if it had never existed? Justine Gosling delves into its rocky history and current cult status

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1 week ago Gullane gearing up for fifth hosting of top Scottish amateur event

East Lothian venue excited to be hosting one of Scottish Golf’s flagship tournaments

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1 week ago Official Tour de France announcement made as Wales to host huge sporting event

Wales will host part of the Grand Depart in 2027 for the first time, it has been confirmed

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1 week ago Event won by Nick Faldo in Scotland issues rallying call for entries

Spots available in Craigmillar Park Open, with only 40 or so submitting entries so far

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