2 h. ago Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Tour title despite defeat in final event

Norway’s world No 1, 35, lost 0.5-1.5 to the US veteran Levon Aronian, 43, in Cape Town but was already sure of overall victory and a prize of around $500kNorway’s world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, was shocked by a 0.5-1.5 loss to the US veteran Levon Aronian in Thursday’s final of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour in Cape Town, but still finished the overall winner of the five-event Tour.Freestyle chess is also known as Fischer Random and Chess 960. Pieces start randomly placed on the two back rows, thus drastically limiting opening preparation. Its 2025 season, with a Tour financed mainly by a $12m investment from the venture firm Left Lane Capital, has featured tournaments in Weissenhaus, Karlsruhe, Paris and Las Vegas before the final in South Africa. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘I live for playing cops and robbers!’ Martin Compston on love, Las Vegas and the new Line of Duty

He’ll soon be going back on the hunt for bent coppers – but not before a wild revenge tale of divorcees going rogue. The star talks feeling inferior to Meera Syal, his life in the US and why he’s thrilled to be typecastWhile we embark on the inhumanly long wait for the new season of Line of Duty, which starts shooting in January, you’ll see Martin Compston – the show’s hero and true north – a number of times. Twice as you’ve never seen him before, and once, in Red Eye, in the form that you’ve come to know and love him: brisk and taciturn, brave and speedy, the man you’d trust to save the world while the dopes all around him can’t even see it needs saving.But first, The Revenge Club, in which he is a revelation. The setting is a support group for divorcees, a ragtag gang united by nothing but the fact that they’ve been summarily dismissed by their spouses. “There’s no other reason for these characters to be in each other’s lives,” Compston says from his home in Las Vegas (more on tha...

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21 h. ago Can a nepo baby be an underdog? The remarkable rise of Shedeur Sanders

The quarterback was seen as living off his father’s name when he entered the NFL. But he has slowly started to prove himself at the Cleveland BrownsIt seems the goalposts are always moving on Shedeur Sanders, the Cleveland Browns’ rookie quarterback who keeps throwing people off.He excelled at two colleges to establish himself as a top NFL prospect, only to wind up getting picked in the fifth round of this year’s NFL draft in one of the most dramatic stock crashes in league history. He then distinguished himself in training camp, only to wind up as the back-up to the back-up. When Sanders was finally pressed into injury relief duty last month and led the Browns to just their third win of the season, the caveat was that his breakthrough had come at the expense of the even-worse Las Vegas Raiders. Last week against the struggling Tennessee Titans, Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns and rush for another score in the same ga...

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46 h. ago A'ja Wilson wins AP Female Athlete of the Year following historic 4th WNBA MVP

A’ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons

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6 d. ago Oasis REJECT big money offer to play at iconic venue after sell out reunion tour

NOEL and Liam Gallagher are currently wading through offers for performances across the world. But I’m told there is one place Oasis won’t be popping up in the future – and that’s The Sphere in Las Vegas. I’m told the brothers have been put off the venue by their pal Bono, who had a residency...

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7 d. ago One of London’s Best Restaurants Just Opened Its First U.S. Location in Las Vegas

One of London’s Best Restaurants Just Opened Its First U.S. Location in Las Vegas  Travel + Leisure

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7 d. ago One of London’s Best Restaurants Just Opened Its First U.S. Location in Las Vegas—and It's the First of Its Kind on the Strip

One of London’s Best Restaurants Just Opened Its First U.S. Location in Las Vegas—and It's the First of Its Kind on the Strip  Travel + Leisure

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8 d. ago ‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show

As the band celebrate their 60th anniversary, a California exhibition draws attention to the unique psychedelic artwork that has long told their storyArtist Bill Walker is one of those guys who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Having met Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist and avant-garde classical composer, as a student at Nevada Southern University (now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Walker was invited in 1967 to make an album cover for the band’s second album, Anthem of the Sun. This experience led to an epic LSD and ayahuasca trip in the Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas over New Year’s Eve and when Walker returned to San Francisco, he painted Anthem of the Sun, complete with figures he came across in the desert.The Anthem of the Sun painting visually demonstrates the intense innovation that happened in the psychedelic revolution, when music was electrified and LSD became central to the burst of culture that defined the 1960s. The Grateful Dead enc...

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8 d. ago Las Vegas tourist wins £850,000 with just an £18 bet during festive holiday

A holidaymaker has kicked off the festive season with a huge win while playing the slots on the Las Vegas Strip.

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8 d. ago Alexa Grasso out of UFC 324 with Rose Namajunas handed Natalia Silva test

The clash of former champions has reportedly fallen apart, with Silva due to step up in Las Vegas

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8 d. ago All she wants for Christmas is...a full house! Mariah Carey's holiday residency in Las Vegas struggles to fill seats despite her reign as the queen of yuletide hits

Mariah Carey has kicked off her 'Christmastime in Las Vegas' residency - complete with a candy cane gown and the holiday classics she has been milking every December.

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8 d. ago Terence Crawford dethroned over $300k fee, handing Britain’s Sheeraz title shot

Crawford stripped of WBC belt in sanctioning-fee rowBritain’s Hamzah Sheeraz to fight Mbilli for vacant titleUnpaid fees end brief reign as undisputed championTerence Crawford has been stripped of his World Boxing Council super-middleweight world title after a dispute over unpaid sanctioning fees, a decision that puts Britain’s Hamzah Sheeraz in line to fight for the vacant belt.The WBC announced on Wednesday that it had removed the American star as its champion, three months after he shocked Canelo Álvarez in Las Vegas to become undisputed at 168lb. The organization said Crawford had not paid its required fees from that victory or from his previous bout in 2024, despite “multiple” attempts to contact him and his team. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stunning video footage showed Brad Pitt 'collapse' at F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Brad Pitt was spotted 'fainting' on the track at the Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix

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1 week ago Mariah Carey, 56, puts on a leggy display in a sequin mini dress as she takes to the stage on the opening night of her Christmas show in Las Vegas

Mariah Carey looked nothing short of sensational on the opening night of her Christmas Time In Las Vegas show at the Park MGM in Sin City on Friday evening.

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1 week ago Mariah Carey, 56, puts on a leggy display in a gold sequin mini dress and thigh

The songstress, 56, showcased her jaw-dropping figure as she took to the stage in a skimpy gold sequinned mini dress and matching thigh-high boots.

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1 week ago Looking for Lando: My crash course at the track where F1 star Norris learned to drive

It may not be as glamorous as Monaco, but it was on the raceway where a seven-year-old Norris first caught the eye of motor sport trainersMonaco, Las Vegas, Singapore. The list of pitstops on Lando Norris’ road to the top of Formula One is like a luxury travel agent’s catalogue.So when I was asked to trace the young man’s journey ahead of a weekend in which he could become the first British champion driver since Lewis Hamilton, my hopes were high. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Assistant principal and his brother plotted to kill ICE agents and police officers in Las Vegas, Feds say

Mark Bennett was allegedly planning to travel to Las Vegas to obtain weapons which could carry explosive rounds

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2 w. ago Lando Norris insists nothing has changed in title fight after Vegas shambles

Leader lost valuable points after disqualificationMcLaren team insist did not take ‘excessive risk’Lando Norris has insisted nothing has changed in terms of his focus on sealing his first Formula One world championship after both he and his McLaren teammate were disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a result which catapulted Red Bull’s Max Verstappen back into contention for the title. McLaren’s team principal Andrea Stella however has denied the team took “excessive risks” with their car in Las Vegas.The race in Nevada last weekend was won by Verstappen but Norris took a strong second and Piastri fourth. However, four hours afterwards, following an investigation by the FIA, both were disqualified after the skid blocks on the floor of their cars were found to have been worn down below the 9mm limit defined in the rules. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oscar Piastri says ‘the answer is no’ over aiding Lando Norris’ title bid

Norris heads both Max Verstappen and Piastri by 24 points with 58 to play for across the final two rounds.

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2 w. ago McLaren explain Las Vegas GP disqualifications as chances of repeat in Qatar rated

McLaren have finally announced the reasoning behind the double disqualification at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and have assured fans ahead of the penultimate race of the season in Qatar

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