6 h. ago Fantasy Football for Pope launches as fans pick top 11 – but the Vatican isn't happy

With the Cardinals heading to Vatican City to start the process of selecting the next Pope, punters are making their own 'Fantasy Football' style team of candidates

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10 h. ago Fantapapa: The fantasy football inspired game for Italians who can’t bet on the next Pope

Gambling companies are offering odds on potential successors to Pope Francis

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4 d. ago Putin launches fresh drone strikes on Ukraine during Pope’s funeral

Putin’s attacks on Ukraine did not pause as leaders sat for the Pope’s funeral

Events

8 d. ago Megyn Kelly launches blistering attack on the Pope just hours after his death

Megyn Kelly issued a scathing attack on Pope Francis just hours after the Catholic Church announced his passing.

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9 d. ago Vatican's statement in full as Pope Francis dies hours after poignant Easter homily

The Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, broke the news of Pope Francis' death inside the Vatican just hours after the Pontiff wished crowds a happy Easter

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9 d. ago He may be playing in the French second tier, but here's why Andy Farrell MUST make 36

CHRIS FOY: Whether Andy Farrell is such a fan of Lawes that he will pick him for one last Lions mission will be known on May 8.

Politics

3 w. ago The reckless fantasy of austerity as a panacea is coming for European football | Aaron Timms

The same economic forces that led to stagnation today are already in practice at the world’s biggest clubsThe problem with running a modern top-flight football club is that raising revenue is hard to do. Once you’ve grabbed your slice of league-wide media rights, made a vaguely colonial-sounding pre-season tour of the “Far East,” stitched up some sponsorship deals with a gambling company or a country’s tourism agency, and shipped as many shirts as the global merch market can handle, you hit the ceiling of your earning capacity. At that point, as a club, what do you do?You can raise ticket prices, which risks alienating fans and the local community you’re supposed to represent. You can try your hand at a few miserable little crypto or AI plug-ins to build “engagement” among supporters or become a pioneer in the nascent field of fan “activations,” with limited potential returns. You can promise to build a new 100,000-seat stadium, but that takes time and money and doesn’t solve your i...

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4 w. ago 'Gross' Blake Lively criticised as fans pick up on habit after 'PR stunt'

Blake Lively has been slammed after she was seen helping out a friend at their cafe over the weekend with some claiming that her move was 'gross'

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