2 h. ago Daughter’s school sports day led to man’s heartbreaking incurable diagnosis

The 44-year-old hopes to travel to Mexico in May for intense chemotherapy treatment after a defeat at his daughter’s sports day raised alarm

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6 h. ago Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’

The NCAA has ruled only women assigned female at birth can compete in college sports. We spoke to some of those affected by the banOn 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move marked yet another aggressive shift of his legislative agenda, as he doubled down on anti-trans rhetoric, in which he has vowed to eliminate what he calls “transgender insanity”.The next day college sports’ main governing body, the NCAA, said only women assigned female at birth would be able to participate under its umbrella. The organization oversees more than 500,000 athletes. Last year the NCAA’s president, Charlie Baker, said he knew of only 10 transgender athletes competing in the organization. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Isle of Skye dad came last in parents' sports day race and 'knew something was wrong'

James Coull also lost control of his legs while walking home

Sport

52 h. ago Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United need to ‘demand more’ after Everton draw

Fernandes sparked a comeback from 2-0 down by scoring a free-kick and sending over another that led to Manuel Ugarte’s equaliser.

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52 h. ago Schmeichel review – amazing saves but too few insights into the great Dane

This by-numbers documentary of a glittering goalkeeping career only really kicks off when the footballer and his father get talkingIn Denmark it’s actually pronounced “Schmy-shell” — but that’s the extent of the stunning revelations provided by Owen Davies’s worshipful and rote sports doc about the former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, now 61. Footage of all his amazing saves – the ones that won Euro 92 for the Danish national side, or led Man U to the treble in ’99 – impressively affirm the Great Dane’s greatness. The question though is how? And why?At 6ft 4in tall, his imposing physicality obviously had something to do with it (“The span was like an aeroplane!” marvels Sir Alex Ferguson). Schmeichel’s competitive edge and total inability to abide weakness are attributed to the parenting of a tough, Polish-born father who was orphaned at a young age by the second world war; their story of estrangement and reconciliation is worthy of soap opera. But it’s the insights that the Schmeich...

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3 d. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with Wellington to Auckland ride

Australian cyclist breaks record by covering 648km from New Zealand’s capital to its biggest city in less than a dayThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand and ending 18 and a half hours later in Auckland. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand capital to its biggest city in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Wellington to Auckland ride in less than a day

Australian cyclist’s day began at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand, and ended 18-and-a-half hours later in AucklandThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Wellington, New Zealand and ending 18 and a half hours later in Auckland. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand capital to its biggest city in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Auckland to Wellington ride in less than a day

Australian cyclist’s day began at 4.09am in Auckland, New Zealand, and ended 18-and-a-half hours later in WellingtonThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no single day has compared to an effort last month, beginning at 4.09am in Auckland, New Zealand, and ending 18-and-a-half hours later in Wellington. Covering the 648km from the New Zealand’s biggest city to its capital in less than a day, the Australian cyclist made history. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mastermind of raid that led to PC Sharon Beshenivsky’s murder dies in prison

He was jailed less than a year ago

Events

4 d. ago Mum's heartbreak finding 'vibrant' teen daughter dead hours after doing hair for school

Grace Billows, 15, was found unconscious on her bedroom floor by her mum Lisa after the pair had left the house that morning so her younger sister could go to hospital

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5 d. ago Organiser of £1.4million watch heist that led luxury store manager to kill himself is found guilty of plotting the robbery

Oliver 'Oli' White , 27, was restrained with cable ties during the heist at 247 Kettles store in Richmond, west London, in May last year.

Events

5 d. ago Man guilty over £1.38m watch heist before jewellery store manager took own life

Mannix Pedro has been been found guilty of conspiring to commit a £1.38 million watch robbery which a court heard led jewellery store manager Oliver White to take his own life

Economics

6 d. ago Furious mum confronts daughter's 'bully' in school and shouts 'I'll slit your throat'

A 31-year-old woman was filmed furiously telling a teenage pupil in the classroom of an Adelaide school that she would 'slit her throat' in a foul-mouthed attack

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7 d. ago Jury given majority direction over robbery that ‘led man to kill himself’

Judge Philip Shorrock told the jury of 11 on Tuesday afternoon that a majority verdict would now be accepted.

Events

7 d. ago 'Emotional' Myleene Klass admits 'my throat is closing' over huge family change

Loose Women panellist Myleene Klass is preparing to adjust a major family life change as eldest daughter Ava, 17, heads towards her final school year

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7 d. ago Inside Matt Sherratt's first day as Wales head coach as Dewi Lake trains

The coaches and players convened for the first time on February 17

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8 d. ago A new start after 60: I got divorced, became a lawyer – and began fighting for other women

After a spell as Isabella Rossellini’s hand model, Elizabeth Barbour went to law school at 54. Now, she is working on 50 domestic violence cases and says her career is a privilege, not a jobElizabeth Barbour didn’t start studying law until she was 54 and had a school-age daughter. “But once I decide to do something, I’m hard to stop,” she says.Law is an atypical later-life career choice. It certainly bore no connection to Barbour’s first and second vocations, as a hand model and then a real-estate developer. “Law school was hard. It was disheartening,” she says. “I was literally everybody’s mother’s age. I didn’t have a cohort of friends. I was like a foreigner. I felt really isolated. But three years of being pummelled with all this information really did expand my bandwidth.” Continue reading...

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