26 h. ago Zoe Atkin crowns stellar season with world freeski halfpipe gold

British skier surpasses silver won in 2023 competitionAtkin: ‘I’m going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have’Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin reached the crowning moment of her stellar season with a maiden world title on the final day of the freeski halfpipe championships in Engadin, Switzerland, on Sunday. It was third time lucky for the 22-year-old, who won bronze at the event in 2021 and silver in 2023.“I feel amazing, I’m world champion,” Atkin said. “I’m going to go celebrate, I’m going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have in my bedroom. I’m going to have a drink out on the patio. I’m just so excited.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Amie Gray’s widow describes how her loss will ‘haunt’ her forever

In a victim impact statement read to Winchester Crown Court, Sian Gray said her ‘world has fallen from beneath our feet’.

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3 d. ago Man City: Pep Guardiola offers fresh Rodri injury update with verdict on Club World Cup involvement

City will attempt to defend their Club World Cup crown in the United States when the tournament starts on June 14

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6 d. ago They say Manchester's skyline is one of the world's most beautiful

Manchester has made the list of most beautiful skylines in the world alongside New York, Dubai, Chicago, Hong Kong and Melbourne

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6 d. ago Manchester skyline crowned one of world's 'most beautiful' amongst New York City and Dubai

A new study has ranked the city's landscape against some of the world's most famous skylines

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7 d. ago Two Scottish record shops crowned among 'greatest in the world'

Music fans will likely know the spots that made the prestigious list

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7 d. ago McLaren teammates Norris and Piastri ‘nervous and excited’ by F1 title duel

McLaren pair had 1-2 finish in Chinese GP on SundayNorris: ‘We’re two competitors who both want to win’Lando Norris says his McLaren team will be “nervous” about the prospect of him going head-to-head with his teammate, Oscar Piastri, for the F1 title. Norris and Piastri have one victory each after the opening two rounds of the Formula One season.The British team, seeking their first world champion since Lewis Hamilton claimed his maiden crown in 2008, have said their drivers are free to race each other. Although Norris has claimed McLaren are prepared for an intra-team duel, he acknowledged there could be bumps along the road. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago World's hottest erotic festivals you never knew existed until now, ranked

A new study has revealed the most popular sex festivals around the world, with Finland's summer sex festival taking the crown as the most popular erotically charged event

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1 week ago Why a more competitive Women’s Six Nations would benefit dominant England

The Red Roses are gunning for a seventh straight Women’s Six Nations crown but their World Cup hopes may hinge on finally being genuinely pushed by their rivals

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1 week ago Breathtaking photos of the world's happiest country showcase its incredible beauty

Finland has been crowned the world's happiest country for eight consecutive years. Dive into these spectacular images of the Nordic country and let us know if you'd be happy there...

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1 week ago Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year

Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contestIt was once crowned the “world’s ugliest animal” and now the disgruntled-looking gelatinous blobfish has a new gong to its name: New Zealand’s fish of the year.The winning species of blobfish, Psychrolutes marcidus, lives in the highly pressurised depths off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia and has developed a unique anatomy to exist. Blobfish do not have a swim bladder, a full skeleton, muscles or scales. Instead, their bodies are made up of blobby tissue with a lower density than water that allows them to float above the seafloor. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago MotoGP title race will be a Márquez family feud, says Marc after Argentina win

‘Alex is the main opponent for championship,’ says MarcBrothers finished first and second in Argentina GPMarc Márquez expects his younger brother Alex to be his main rival as he chases a seventh MotoGP world championship crown and is convinced it is just a matter of time before the Gresini Racing rider wins his first race in the premier class.Alex, who is four years younger than 32-year-old Marc, has won the Moto2 plus Moto3 world championship and has seven MotoGP podiums to his name. He came close to winning his first MotoGP race at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix and in Argentina on Sunday but was denied by an in-form Marc on both occasions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swedish royals bundle up in warm clothes as they join Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and his wife to watch Nordic World Ski Championships

The two families put on an animated display as they joined hundreds of spectators to watch the Women's 50km mass start cross country race in Trondheim, Norway.

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3 w. ago Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev scorecards revealed as Brazilian loses UFC title

The Russian sensation edged Pereira in the main event at UFC 313 to be crowned the new undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world

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3 w. ago Tropical Scottish island beach crowned one of 'best in the world'

A Scottish island beach with a "tropical feel" has ranked among the top across the globe

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3 w. ago Five bars that show off London’s status as ‘wine capital of the world’

Places to drink fine wines from the world’s top 250 wine and champagne houses – if you can afford itThis week, London was crowned “wine capital of the world”. It’s worth noting, perhaps, that this shiny new title comes from the annual Knight Frank Wealth Report, and is based on how many restaurants serve fine wines from the world’s top 250 wine and champagne houses. If this is what matters to you when looking at a wine list, this would put London’s wine offering ahead of New York, and even Paris.Below, the Guardian’s resident wine expert Hannah Crosbie lists a few old and new wine bars that you can walk into and order a bottle anytime. You don’t have to be rich to drink here (but I’m sure it helps). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina

A bucktoothed llama that spends its days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world’s oldest llama in captivity

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3 w. ago Elon Musk crowned world’s 'sexiest entrepreneur' by UK women as Donald Trump makes list

The tech tycoon-turned-politician has controversially been crowned the world’s sexiest entrepreneur by a group of UK women, as part of a list including Donald Trump

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4 w. ago The Oscars were an exhilarating triumph for Anora and newly minted star Mikey Madison

Political metaphors were the dark undercurrent in this year’s crop, from Anora’s toxic masculinity to the revolutionary defiance of I’m Still HereSo, as Conan O’Brien pointed out, the Oscars went to a film about someone standing up to a Russian, and maybe recent events mean we have to probe its political metaphor even further. Sean Baker’s cacophonous, crazy non-love story Anora won five Academy Awards including best actress for that rather amazing and newly born star Mikey Madison, playing the tough, smart, beautiful New York lap dancer who gets a Vegas quickie marriage to the spoilt and pusillanimous son of a Russian oligarch and then has to stand up to his parents. Madison embodies Anora’s complex courage: not exactly romantic, not exactly in love, but certainly believing in the wedding contract, in her own status as a legally married woman and in the possibility of happiness which is no more remote for her than for anyone else. She is the thoroughly modern, thoroughly 21st-centu...

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4 w. ago Terrifying moment Crown Princess cruise ship flung about in rough seas as 16 injured

The footage from inside the huge Crown Princess cruise ship - with capacity to hold 3090 people - showed the chaos that ensued on board as the ship began to tilt

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