6 h. ago Geraint Thomas announces details of farewell party in Cardiff with 4,000 people invited

The 39-year-old will finish his illustrious career in Cardiff on Sunday

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6 h. ago Farewell, G: Geraint Thomas, and a bygone era, set for Tour of Britain send

The Welshman will retire at the conclusion of this year’s race in his hometown Cardiff - and pass the baton to the next generation of British stars

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28 h. ago Tour of Britain 2025 dates, times, route, stage guide and contenders for Geraint Thomas swansong

Everything you need to know about Geraint Thomas’ final race

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31 h. ago Geraint Thomas preparing for final race of career at Tour of Britain

The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will be the last event of an illustrious career.

Sport

8 d. ago ‘Reinvention is the secret ingredient’: food brands harness 90s nostalgia with retro revamps

Millennial childhood staples such as Walkers and Nik Naks introduce new flavours amid pressure for brands to stay relevantNostalgia for the 1990s might have reached its peak with Oasis back on tour this summer, but several of Britain’s best-known brands are also trying to make a comeback, reinventing themselves with new flavours, packaging or names.Walkers, Nik Naks and Bacardi Breezer are among some of the brands that are adapting to try to stand out in the food and drink market. Continue reading...

Society

8 d. ago 'New era of local power': Russell Findlay to set out Conservative vision for Scotland

Russell Findlay, the Scottish Conservative leader, is due to make a speech to set out his party’s priorities for the next Holyrood term.

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2 w. ago 30 years on: how Tyson’s comeback fight after prison set the tone for pay

One of the great mismatches ended in controversy after just 89 seconds but did show what people will pay to seeIn Las Vegas, 30 years ago, prisoner 922335, not long released from the Indiana Youth Center, boxed an unknown club fighter in a bout that shattered pay-per-view records. Mike Tyson v Peter McNeeley may be, in a competitive field, the most audaciously staged mismatch in boxing history. Its global success, despite only 89 seconds of action and a farcical ending, set the tone for the sport’s development in the modern era.Promoted simply as “He’s Back”, the contest was Tyson’s return after a three-year imprisonment for rape, but the former undisputed heavyweight champion’s popularity seemed to have increased. Among those ringside at a sold-out MGM Grand sat Madonna, Nicolas Cage, Jerry Seinfeld, Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey, Pamela Anderson, Eddie Murphy and an alarmingly human-coloured Donald Trump. All in attendance to see something akin to a ritual sacrifice. Continue read...

Events

2 w. ago New Match of the Day hosts set out plans for new era after Gary Lineker exit

Gary Lineker hosted Match of the Day for the final time in May, with Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman sharing presenting duties for the new Premier League season

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take h to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take her to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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3 w. ago Oasis's UK tour will inject at least £1.1BILLION into the UK economy

Oasis's 17-gig sell-out tour is set to net Britain more than a £1billion. But the mania has prompted a massive surge in hotel prices, which could lead to an inflation heachache for the Bank of England.

Economics

4 w. ago How ‘warrior’ Mohammed Siraj set the tone to announce a new era for India

The India fast bowler delivered a deadly spell on day five, claiming three wickets, to carry the tourists over the line in a famous win at The Oval to ensure a 2-2 draw in the series against England

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