24 h. ago Art can help remind US and Europe of special relationship, says director of reopening Frick Collection

After a $220m five-year renovation, the New York museum is set to showcase a trove of European masterpieces Can masterpieces of European art help smooth over the fissures between the old world and the new? It’s a hope, say officials at the Frick Collection in New York, which reopens next month after a five-year, $220m (£170m) renovation.Axel Rüger, the director of the museum, which began with a trove of European masterpieces including Rembrandt and Vermeer, hopes that its art could be a reminder of US-European ties in these turbulent political times. Continue reading...

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64 h. 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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64 h. ago Denise Lewis backs Josh Kerr to lead British hopes at home European Championships in Birmingham

Kerr will be part of a star-studded men's 1500m race

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1 week ago 'We hope it's just blah blah:' European wine producers brace for Trump tariffs

The number 200 is top of mind across wine country in France, Italy and Spain, Europe's top producers of wine

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2 w. ago Fulham boost European hopes as Tottenham suffer another blow

Spurs were denied a spot-kick in the 85th-minute after Calvin Bassey caught Lucas Bergvall and slipped to a 15th league loss of the campaign

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2 w. ago Fulham boost their European hopes after inflicting another loss on Tottenham

Spurs were denied a spot-kick in the 85th-minute after Calvin Bassey caught Lucas Bergvall and slipped to a 15th league loss of the campaign.

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2 w. ago Nørgaard wins it for Brentford to dent Bournemouth’s European hopes

A time when the clubs were old Third Division mainstays may be a distant, chintzy memory now both are upwardly mobile, model organisations but Bournemouth have still not beaten Brentford in the Premier League. For a club with now very different horizons, this was a most costly defeat.If Thomas Frank’s hopes of taking his team into Europe rely on a collision of coefficients, coincidences and collapses then Bournemouth’s fade is coming at a bad time. Andoni Iraola’s team lost their early flow to be sunk by the set-piece expertise that brought goals for Yoane Wissa and Christian Nørgaard. And a fourth defeat in six. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump hopes to speak to Putin this week as Ukraine agrees to 30

Donald Trump says he would welcome Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to White House and hopes for ‘great conversations’ Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefireFrench European Affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said the European Union could go further in its response to US tariffs, though a trade war was in no-one’s interest, Reuters reported.“We have the means to go further, if we want,” Haddad told TF1 TV. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mikel Arteta tells Arsenal players to get 'excited' about genuine challenge for Champions League trophy

European glory the last realistic hope of silverware success for Gunners this season

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2 w. ago Parents of British backpacker seized by US border guards in Trump's crackdown plead for her release after visa mix

28-year-old Becky Burke's solo travelling trip across the US and Canada turned into a nightmare when she was handcuffed while trying to cross the Canadian border on February 26.

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2 w. ago Manchester United under pressure to stay in Europe, admits Christian Eriksen

Europa League last-16 return with Sociedad is ‘massive’Backs compatriot Rasmus Højlund to end goal droughtChristian Eriksen has admitted that there is “massive pressure” on Manchester United to beat Real Sociedad on Thursday in order to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next season.United enter the Europa League last-16 second leg at Old Trafford with the tie poised at 1-1 after last week’s game at the Anoeta Stadium. After Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League United are 14th on 34 points, 11 behind Aston Villa in seventh – the last place that may earn a Europa Conference place, depending on who wins the domestic cups. United are out of both. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dame Laura Kenny appointed new Commonwealth Games England President

Kenny, 32, becomes the youngest President in the history of the organisation and the third consecutive woman to hold the role following Dame Kelly Holmes and Dame Denise Lewis.

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3 w. ago Dame Laura Kenny named president of Commonwealth Games England

The 32-year-old has become the organisation’s youngest ever president, following in the footsteps of Dame Kelly Holmes and Dame Denise Lewis.

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3 w. ago Can YOU spot the difference in Denise? Almost 25 years after her heptathlon triumph in Sydney and the Olympic star has barely changed

Twenty-five years separate these images of the Olympic gold medallist but, if anything, mother-of-four Denise Lewis looks better, stronger and more glamorous at 52.

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3 w. ago Olympic heptathlete Denise Lewis on looking younger and stronger than ever at 52: 'I feel like I'm finally back'

After retiring from athletics, gold medallist and mother of four DENISE LEWIS struggled with a loss of identity - but now she's discovered new ways to feel powerful

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3 w. ago ‘I’m a simple guy’: athlete George Mills, son of Danny, on his monastic regime

Runner hopeful of 3,000m medal at European IndoorsOf his plain diet, he says: ‘Flavour doesn’t make you fast’When George Mills is not pushing his body through 120-mile training weeks at his sparse altitude camp in Dullstroom, South Africa, he could teach Benedictine monks a thing or two about abstinence.Last summer, when he won a­­­ ­European Championships 1500m ­silver medal in Rome, his ­celebrations consisted of nothing but a kombucha followed by a lengthy run the next morning. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Voices: Donald Trump isn’t done with twisting the knife into Ukraine

By denying military aid, the US president has sent a strong signal of support to the Kremlin, dealt a hammer blow to Volodymyr Zelensky’s hopes, and fired a warning shot at former European allies – and there could be much more to come, says Mark Almond

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3 w. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen opens up on Josh Kerr rivalry and why he lost Olympic 1500m final

The Norwegian is preparing to compete over 1500m and 3000m in Apeldoorn this week at the European Athletics Indoor Championships

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3 w. ago Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid prediction, odds and betting offer

The Madrid Derby comes to the Champions League as hosts Real look to maintain their defence while Atleti hope to frustrate their rivals season on the European stage

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4 w. ago Oscars 2025: Wicked star Cynthia Erivo shocks in bold look as Felicity Jones and Raye lead the British glamour on the red carpet

Cynthia Erivo led the British glamour as she arrived at the 2025 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night.

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