8 h. ago Football coach had vile images of children and searched for pics of kids 'on leashes'

Ciaran Bright, 30 had searched for images of 'young gymnast' and 'girl cheerleaders' - police officers found a series of indecent images when they raided his Cardiff home

Sport

34 h. ago Gabon ditch Aubameyang and suspend national team after ‘disgraceful’ Afcon

Coach Thierry Mouyouma also sacked by governmentVeteran defender Bruno Ecuele Manga ditched tooGabon’s government has announced the suspension of the national football team, the sacking of their coach and the kicking of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang off the squad in the wake of three defeats at the Africa Cup of Nations finals.Gabon’s acting sports minister announced on television the suspension of the national team after they finished last in their group and were eliminated from the tournament in Morocco. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after leukemia diagnosis

Schlossberg, 35, revealed in November diagnosis of rare mutation of cancer of blood and bone marrowTatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th US president, John F Kennedy, died on Tuesday after revealing in November she had been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She was 35.Her passing was announced in a social media post by the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” the post said. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Liverpool sack coach in Arne Slot reshuffle after nightmare start to season

Liverpool have confirmed their set piece coach is leaving the club after a disastrous start to the season in which they have conceded 12 goals from set-pieces and scored only three

Politics

3 d. ago Liverpool sack staff member after Virgil van Dijk and Arne Slot air frustrations

Liverpool have decided to sack a member of Arne Slot's coaching staff after identifying a major problem that both Slot and Virgil van Dijk have recently addressed

Society

4 d. ago New Year's Honours 2026: Lionesses stars land gongs after Euros triumph with coach Sarina Wiegman handed honorary damehood as Daniel Levy is given a CBE

England women's football head coach Sarina Wiegman has been awarded an honorary damehood after leading the Lionesses to a successful defence of their Euros title.

Politics

4 d. ago Body found in search for football coach and three children after tour boat sinks

The youngest victim was just nine-years-old

Society

4 d. ago Rescuers search wreckage after football coach dies in Indonesian tour boat sinking

Rescuers found the wreckage of a boat which sank off the coast of Indonesia in the search for Spanish football coach Fernando Martin and his family.

Events

6 d. ago SSL Santa greets London Victoria visitors with a borked update

SSL Santa greets London Victoria visitors with a borked update  theregister.com

Politics

7 d. ago Parma coach Carlos Cuesta: ‘Leaving Arsenal was maybe the most difficult decision of my life’

Spaniard, who at 30 has been coaching for half his life, discusses Arteta, tactics and how to win players’ trustCarlos Cuesta, towards the end of his first major interview, briefly lets himself wonder how far his journey will take him. “Maybe one day it brings the Maldives,” he says with a laugh, the joke being football managers can quickly be banished from view, twiddling their thumbs on the beach, once their star has faded. Still, would that be so bad? “It could be better or worse, it depends when or why. If it’s because you want it, or if it’s because somebody told you to go.”If soaking up rays sounds like anathema to Cuesta it is because, in a remarkable ascent, he has barely wasted a minute. In June, shortly before turning 30, he took the reins at Parma and became the youngest head coach in Serie A since 1939. Half of his short life had been spent building up to that moment, the realisation crystallising in his late teens that no other calling would do. “I felt that I needed to...

Sport

8 d. ago The inspirational young girl who beat cancer to become world champion

After surviving a rare and deadly childhood cancer, a Bury schoolgirl is celebrating a very different kind of victory - becoming a world champion on the international martial arts stage.

Politics

9 d. ago FTSE: London stocks finish lower as hopes of a Santa rally fade

FTSE: London stocks finish lower as hopes of a Santa rally fade  Yahoo Finance UK

Politics

9 d. ago FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as investors look for Santa rally

FTSE 100 LIVE: London stocks flat as investors look for Santa rally  Yahoo Finance UK

Economics

9 d. ago UK retailers launch early Christmas discounts; no Santa rally on London stock market – business live

UK retailers launch early Christmas discounts; no Santa rally on London stock market – business live  The Guardian

Economics

1 week ago Tesla sales fall across Europe again as BYD surges; Ryanair to appeal €256m fine from Italy’s competition authority – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsStocks are sneaking up a little in London this morning, but we can’t really call it a Santa Rally yet.The FTSE 100 share index has gained 14 points, or 0.14% to 9880, back towards last Friday’s near-record closing high of 9,897 points.Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Tues, 23 Dec) instructed its lawyers to immediately appeal both the bizarre/unsound ruling and the €256m fine, unjustly levied by the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), which seeks to ignore – and overturn – the Jan 2024 Precedent Ruling of the Milan Court, which declared that Ryanair’s direct distribution model “undoubtedly benefits consumers” and leads to “competitive fares”. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Ohio University football coach allegedly fired for drinking, affair with student

His attorneys said, ‘We vigorously dispute Ohio University’s grounds for the termination for cause of Coach Brian Smith’

Society

2 w. ago Ohio football coach Brian Smith vows to fight ‘wrongful’ firing and misconduct allegations

His tenure as Ohio's head coach ends one day short of a year

Sport

2 w. ago Young man died of leukaemia 18 months after first ‘subtle’ symptoms

Jack Boles was first diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer, aged just 19 in July 2020

Events

2 w. ago England’s Sarina Wiegman named women’s coach of the year at FIFA awards

Wiegman led the Lionesses to Euros glory.

Events

2 w. ago Schoolboy dies holding mum and dad's hands after brave fight with rare cancer

Calum Rae was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in 2023 after a bout of chickenpox.

Events