9 h. ago Controversial F1 rule scrapped for 2025 after axed driver's 'parting gift'

Formula 1 has decided to ditch one contentious rule ahead of the 2025 campaign kicking off in Australia this weekend, which saw one driver provide a "parting gift" last year

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39 h. ago Atletico Madrid suffer controversial penalty shootout heartbreak as little

Arsenal will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final after Los Blancos edged past rivals Atletico Madrid following a nail-biting penalty shootout in the Spanish capital.

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7 d. ago Jet2 axes two summer 2025 flight routes from UK only six months after announcing them

Jet2 has scrapped two of its summer 2025 flight routes from prominent UK airports to Salerno in Italy, just six months after first announcing them — but plans to add flights to another Italian destination

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9 d. ago BBC director general Tim Davie doesn’t rule out reairing controversial Gaza documentary

The BBC previously said it had ‘no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form or return it to iPlayer’

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2 w. ago Women’s Super League to consider scrapping relegation in major revamp

Proposal for more teams in new-look top flight Championship set to be rebranded as WSL2The Women’s Super League is considering abolishing relegation as part of a radical proposal to grow the sport that will be discussed by the clubs at a meeting on Friday.The Guardian has learned that the 23 WSL and Championship clubs have been called to a strategy summit by the newly formed company that runs both competitions, Women’s Professional Leagues Ltd, who will ask them to explore a range of options to increase the profile, sustainability and profitability of women’s football. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this weekBP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.The chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, is poised to tell shareholders that the oil and gas company is scrapping its target to increase renewable generation 20-fold between 2019 and 2030 to 50 gigawatts, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tour of Algarve’s opening stage is scrapped after peloton goes wrong way

Filippo Ganna’s win for Ineos Grenadiers cancelledLead car went awry at roundabout to cause chaosThe opening stage of the Tour of Algarve ended in chaos on Wednesday when most of the peloton took the wrong road just before the finish, and race organisers later cancelled the results.When the riders came through a roundabout just before the home straight, the lead car went the wrong side of the barriers and the majority of the bunch followed suit, leaving the crowd bewildered as they watched two races unfurl. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Controversial boxing rule could be reinstated despite being banned after tragedy

Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has insisted he would 'never' consider reinstating the rule of the tragic death of a fighter in 1982

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