45 h. ago Lioness Jess Carter felt 'relief' when black teammate wasn't only player who missed Euros penalty

Lioness Jess Carter was targeted by vile racist trolls during the Women's Euros in Switzerland last month, forcing her to hand over her social media accounts to a dedicated team

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67 h. ago Mikey Moore: Tottenham confirm new contract for highly rated young star

Young Tottenham star Mikey Moore has signed a new long-term contract with the club.

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4 d. ago Lioness Ella Toone reveals engagement to football player with romantic snaps

Lioness Ella Toone has announced her engagement to football player Joe Bunney in a heartfelt post on social media.

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6 d. ago Man Utd suffer Carlos Baleba transfer blow as rivals eye up £104m Brighton star

Manchester United are keen on Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba but the highly-rated Cameroon star is also being courted by Manchester City after a stellar 2024-25 season

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6 d. ago The £43 mattress topper shoppers say is like 'sleeping on a cloud'

It's been rated with over 400 five star reviews

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1 week ago Sale offers £75 off Antler cabin bag that 'fits Ryanair luggage restrictions perfectly'

Antler's 4.9 out of 5-star rated cabin bag that meets Ryanair, EasyJet and Jet2 luggage restrictions is currently part of the brand's huge summer sale with a whopping £75 discount

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1 week ago From Zooey Deschanel to Captain Kirk doing Dylan: the best songs by actors, ranked!

As Margaret Qualley moves into music, we rate 20 tracks by stars of film and TV, with Ryan Gosling doing ghost-rock and Jamie Foxx bringing the funkIt perhaps stretches the definition of “actor”: Parker starred in a soap opera, but was better known as pornographic actor Wade Nichols. However, Like an Eagle is incredible, a soaring, euphoric mid-tempo disco epic produced by his then-partner, Jacques Morali – and infinitely cooler than Morali’s biggest successes with Village People – so let’s bend the rules. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Today's rugby news as Lions call up another player over night and England match halted

These are your rugby morning headlines for Sunday, July 20.

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3 w. ago Lions player ratings as two stars now under threat but Jac Morgan faces shut

There were plenty of strong performances but also a lot of room for improvement

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3 w. ago EA FC 25 Futties Team 2 revealed with 99 Lionel Messi – every 'Best Of' Batch 2 player in packs

EA FC 25 Futties Team 2 has been released, and alongside the new 'Best Of' Batch 2, it could be better than Team 1.

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3 w. ago Strimmer given five stars by hundreds of gardeners no 26% off on Amazon

Amazon has a deal on a strimmer that hundreds of gardeners have rated five stars.

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3 w. ago Strimmer given five stars by hundreds of gardeners now 26% off on Amazon

Amazon has a deal on a strimmer that hundreds of gardeners have rated five stars.

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3 w. ago Sports quiz of the week: Lions, the Open, the Tour and the first £1m player

Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, golf, cycling, boxing and rugby union? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lionesses celebrate dramatic penalty shootout win as heroic Hannah Hampton hailed

England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was the player of the match as the Lionesses came from 2-0 down to beat Sweden in a dramatic penalty shoot-out in the Women's Euros

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3 w. ago Welsh wipeout in Lions squad for first time since 1896 reflects sorry decline

There will not be a single Welsh player in Saturday’s Lions squad for the first time since 1896, a huge downturn from eras pastWhen the British & Irish Lions last won a Test series in 2013, Leigh Halfpenny scored a record 49 points and fellow Wales international Sam Warburton captained the side to glory in Australia with Warren Gatland coaching. Twelve years on, for the first time since 1896, not a single Welsh player will be represented in the Lions’ matchday squad for Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane.Jac Morgan’s omission is a sign of rugby’s decline in Wales in recent years, a far cry from the glorious 1970s when household names like Gareth Edwards, Barry John and JPR Williams were indispensable figures. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Make it happen when it matters’ – Andy Farrell urges Lions to embrace pressure

Powerful Lions side named to face Australia in first TestTom Curry starts in back row, no Welsh player in 23Andy Farrell has urged his British & Irish Lions players to embrace the pressure of their billing as heavy favourites to beat Australia in the series opener on Saturday.The Lions will go into Saturday’s match as odds-on favourites after Farrell named a powerful side featuring Tom Curry at openside flanker and Sione Tuipulotu at inside-centre to face a Wallabies team missing Will Skelton, Rob Valetini and Taniela Tupou. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The Itoje legacy: Nigerian roots shaped the Lions captain who has inspired a new generation

Maro Itoje’s rise to the very top of his sport brings both pride and idolisation from the British-Nigerian communityIt is 2017 and Maro Itoje has just been selected as the youngest member of the British & Irish Lions squad. He is asked for his favourite Lions memory and his response is illuminating. “Ugo Monye scoring his try in the third Test [against South Africa in 2009]. When you’re young and growing up, you look at players that look like you. And, by that, I don’t mean eyes, ears, nose, I mean who have the same skin colour, who you can identify with. Ugo is one I could identify with, as we’re both of Nigerian descent. To see him score that amazing try resonated with me.”On Saturday, when the Lions begin their series against Australia, Itoje will win his 100th Test cap. He is England captain, the first black captain of the Lions and the country’s most prominent rugby player. And you cannot help but wonder to what extent he himself has passed the torch. For there can be littl...

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4 w. ago Teenage pregnancy rates are a barometer of Britain’s progress. The tale they now tell is not reassuring | Polly Toynbee

Years of austerity have destroyed the web of services that tackled this complex problem. Compared to our European neighbours, we are failingIt takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism. Think where we would be now had the Tories not dismantled the social programmes they inherited from New Labour, with so many showing rapid progress. Those watching the statistics had a jolt last week when figures from the Office for National Statistics for 2022 seemed to show the second annual rise in teenage pregnancies in England and Wales, after a decade of falling rates.This may turn out to be the result of pandemic distortions in the previous year, when numbers dropped due to teens not meeting. The next figures may return to the previous trajectory, but that’s still a sluggish rate of falling teenage conceptions and it throws into stark perspective how far Britain lags behind similar countries. The UK now has the 22nd-lowest teenage pregnancy rate ...

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4 w. ago Teenage vaping has ‘turned a corner’ in Australia, says Mark Butler, as data shows falling rates

Report finds vaping rate among children aged 14-17 years has declined, with some describing embarrassment about being a ‘vaper’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government believes dangerous vaping rates among younger Australians may have turned a corner after years of rapid growth, with new research showing take-up could have peaked among teenagers and high school-age children.Data released by the health minister, Mark Butler, on Wednesday showed that vaping rates fell from 17.5% at the start of 2023 to 14.6% in April this year among children aged 14-17 years.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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