4 h. ago Livingston boss named Championship manager of the month after unbeaten February

The Lions picked up 11 points from a possible 15 under David Martindale in a hectic period

Politics

27 h. ago Hibs manager David Gray named as contender for English Championship vacancy

Impressive form

Politics

3 d. ago Robin van Persie brutally mocked with rude chant after taking Feyenoord job

Robin van Persie became manager of boyhood club Feyenoord last month, choosing to quit fellow Eredivisie side Heerenveen, who'd given the former striker his first managerial role

Politics

7 d. ago Trump and California don’t see eye to eye, but critique of high

Dream of going from LA to San Francisco in three hours is past deadline, over budget, and after 16 years, incompleteCalifornians know their state is a punching bag for Donald Trump’s administration, a “paradise lost” that the president intends to wrest back from the “radical left lunatics”. But when Trump took aim at the state’s much-delayed high-speed rail project earlier this month, saying it was “the worst managed project” he’d ever seen, some of those leftwingers – and more moderate voters – found themselves in the unusual position of conceding he might have a point.California’s beautiful dream of a bullet train whisking passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours has been more than 16 years in the making, approved by voters but dogged by so many delays, broken deadlines and cost overruns that it has only just reached the initial stages of laying down track. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Snooker's Jimmy White legally changed his name by deed poll but it only lasted for a week

Snooker icon Jimmy White made a splash by agreeing a major sponsorship deal that saw the six-time World Championship finalist legally change his name ahead of the Masters in 2005

Events

9 d. ago Thomas Tuchel makes feelings clear on England star with repeat phone calls

Thomas Tuchel is set to choose his first squad as England manager next month and West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen is set to be involved after speaking with the new Three Lions boss

Politics

1 week ago Shakhtar Donetsk accuse Fifa of failing to support Ukrainian football during war

Chief executive reflects on the three years since invasion‘Fifa forgot about us their door is always closed’Shakhtar Donetsk’s chief executive, Serhii Palkin, has accused Fifa of failing to support Ukrainian football in the three years since Russia undertook its full-scale invasion of the country.Ukraine’s domestic league has managed to play on after an initial six-month pause but resources are scarce and the long-term outlook remains uncertain. Palkin claimed the world governing body had kept its doors “closed to us” and he repeated previous entreaties for the creation of a fund to help maintain a sport that has endured severe physical and financial damage. He also urged Fifa and Uefa to hold firm on their commitment to bar Russian teams from international competitions amid an increasingly precarious geopolitical climate. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Football manager's son leads walkout at funeral over 'disrespect' as family feud boils over

Former Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood died aged 69 last month after battling dementia and was laid to rest on Tuesday, but his funeral saw his son lead a walkout amid a conflict in the family

Society

2 w. ago The Face Magazine: Culture Shift review – rebellious fashion photography with a raucous sense of fun

National Portrait Gallery, LondonThe style monthly was loud, left-field and unabashedly British. The 200 images from 50 photographers on show reflect its furious energy and explosive creative couplings SPEED SEX GORE AGGRO promised a 1998 cover of the Face. The cover star was Alexander McQueen, looking like a revenant with blanched white skin and blood-red eyes. “He wanted to express the idea of the burning rage felt by Joan of Arc being burned at the stake,” the photographer Nick Knight recalls.In its initial run between 1980 and 2004, the cult style magazine served this kind of madness every month to its avid young readers. The Face even managed to make David Beckham dirty, with soy sauce and coffee dribbling down his abs. This exhibition is suitably splashy, and with more than 200 photographs by 80 photographers it convincingly demonstrates the publication’s influence and audacity. It is a riotous romp through two decades of British fashion, from New Romantics to Gothic Romantics...

Culture

2 w. ago The Steven Gerrard Rangers board demand as Ibrox chiefs 'kick can down the road' with Philippe Clement

The Liverpool icon has been tipped with a quick-fire return to management after leaving Al-Ettifaq last month

Politics

2 w. ago David Martindale eyed by Cambridge as Livingston boss a target for EFL gig

The Livingston manager is one of the names being discussed by the English League One strugglers

Events

2 w. ago Thomas Tuchel's private agreement with FA as new England boss 'works from home'

Thomas Tuchel will take charge of his first two games as England manager next month after starting the role in January, although the German has spent plenty of time back in his home country

Economics