6 h. ago Get ready for world's longest flight where you will see two sunrises

A major airline will take air travel to the next level when it launches the first non-stop service between London and Sydney

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6 h. ago World's longest flight will see passengers witness two sunrises

A major airline is preparing to take off its most audacious project yet – connecting London and a popular tourist destination in one non-stop journey

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11 h. ago Boxing ready to offer the world an important glimpse into its future

The World Amateur Boxing Championships begin in Liverpool this week, where legends can start to be formed but a new governing body faces a mighty test

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24 h. ago Ruthless Red Roses ready to send World Cup message as Australia consider pool permutations

Australia need only a point to join a dominant England in the last eight of the tournament

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44 h. ago The Guest review – a gloriously ridiculous thriller that slips down a treat

When a cleaner starts working for a wealthy woman, she gets sucked in by a luxury mansion bursting with secrets. Get the popcorn ready for a preposterous world of locked rooms, creepy gardeners and bodiesThe writer Matthew Barry and director Ashley Way gave us one of the highlights of 2023’s television output in Men Up, a witty, moving, compassionate treat of a drama about the development of the drug that would become known as Viagra and the group of Welshmen who were among its first guinea pigs.Their new offering is a more straightforward one, and if it doesn’t achieve the same success Men Up did, they can hardly be condemned for having set their bar so high. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Six deadliest volcanoes in the world – and what would happen if they erupted

With new worries that Japan's Mount Fuji might be about to erupt, we looked at six of the deadliest volcanoes in the world that might be ready to burst, including Vesuvius, Rainier, Popocatépetl, Merapi and Yellowstone

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1 week ago Hannah Botterman: ‘I don’t want to be shy about the fact that I want to be the best loosehead prop in the world’

Interview: A try-scorer in England’s opening win over the United States, Botterman feels she is ready to take the next step at a home World Cup

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1 week ago Half the World Away...Bonehead poses in the cockpit as Oasis ready for Canada gigs

Paul Arthurs has been performing with Oasis for the first time since 1999

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1 week ago England ready to confront USA and Ilona Maher’s stardust in World Cup opener

Red Roses have lost only once to Friday’s opponents but refuse to get caught up in the hype of a home tournamentThe talking will stop and the sport get under way on Friday night when the Red Roses raise the curtain on the most anticipated women’s rugby tournament of all time. The USA are first in line at the 2025 Rugby World Cup to try to upset the world No 1 team, but if recent history is anything to go by it will be England striding to a dominant win.The two sides have played 21 times and the US have won one – the 1991 World Cup final. In 2025, the USA have played six games and won one, 31-24 against Fiji. England have played seven matches in this calendar year and have won all of them, extending their unbeaten run to 27 matches. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why the Red Roses are ready to finally crown their dominance with Rugby World Cup success

Unbeaten in their last 27 matches, the Red Roses must handle the pressure of being overwhelming favourites on home soil

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2 w. ago World’s best ready to sprinkle stardust on US Open mixed doubles | Tumaini Carayol

A revamped competition with the top singles players and held the week before the main tournament has caught attention at Flushing MeadowsA few hours after Taylor Fritz’s third-round match at the Cincinnati Open, the theme of his post-match press conference shifted from his tough victory against Lorenzo Sonego to the looming US Open mixed doubles tournament. The first question posed to him on this subject was carefully prefaced with the acknowledgment that mixed doubles was probably not his priority in the middle of one of the biggest tournaments in the world. As a grin spread across his face, Fritz quickly interjected: “It is a priority,” he said.Fritz had been asked whether he had any sympathy for the frustrated doubles specialists who had been brushed aside to make room for the transformation of this event. From his perspective, the right players were in the draw: “I’ve seen a lot of people calling it like an exhibition, or it doesn’t count. I personally think this is the stronges...

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3 w. ago Red Roses rugby ace ready for 'battle' at World Cup – 'we're about to go to war'

Meg Jones is part of John Mitchell's Red Roses England squad for the upcoming Women's Rugby World Cup 2025, which will take place on home soil

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3 w. ago The 11 biggest sporting prodigies ready to dominate the world and why you need to know about them: Lewis Hamilton's 14

Here, we list the next 10 great talents, across the globe and across sports - it's time to get to know them now, because they'll be household names before you know it.

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