3 d. ago Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win reactions equivalent to small earthquake

Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory When Scotland qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years, supporters were propelled into wild celebration – and even made the earth move in the process.According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), when Kenny McLean scored from the halfway line to seal a breathtaking 4-2 win over Denmark, which are ranked 18 places higher in the world than Scotland, the reaction at Hampden Park was equivalent to a very small earthquake. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Australia on top chasing 205 runs to win first Ashes Test

England set Australia a target of 205 runs to win the first Test

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4 d. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: Jack Osbourne and Martin Kemp grotesque task scores big win

Reality TV veteran complained he felt sidelined by model and ‘Celebs Go Dating’ star

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4 d. ago Mexican president celebrates Fátima Bosch's Miss Universe 2025 win

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is celebrating Fátima Bosch Fernández's victory as Miss Universe 2025

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4 d. ago Edinburgh baker Jasmine Mitchell on Scotland, surviving Great British Bake Off 2025 and her plans after win

The Edinburgh-born baker set a new record with her 2025 Bake Off win - all while she was sitting her medical exams.

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6 d. ago Scotland’s wild World Cup moment was built by collective will and individual brilliance | Ewan Murray

Steve Clarke’s history-making team has a ferocious work ethic that should typify what Scotland stands forIt was not a time for calm reflection. Kenny McLean had just lobbed Kasper Schmeichel from the halfway line. Limbs. Unbridled, unfiltered joy.On one outrageous Hampden Park night McLean, Kieran Tierney and Scott McTominay relegated Archie Gemmill’s stupendous solo effort against the Netherlands in 1978 to merely the fourth best Scotland goal of all time. Zinedine Zidane’s volley for Real Madrid in Hampden’s Champions League final of 2002? A mere tap-in by comparison. What was produced by McTominay, Tierney and McLean will live long in the memories of the children and grandchildren of anybody who was in attendance on Tuesday night. They call McLean “the Mayor of Norwich”. He may as well now be the mayor of Nairn, North Berwick and Newtongrange. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Alan Carr’s Celebrity Traitors win among moments captured in Beano review of 2025

Carr joined by Katy Perry, Taylor Swift in 2025’s Beanofy Unwrapped

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7 d. ago Meta wins major US antitrust case and won’t have to break off WhatsApp or Instagram

Challenge to Meta could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, but judge ruled company did not hold social networking monopolyMeta defeated a major challenge to its business on Tuesday when a US judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.The case, brought by the US Federal Trade Commission, could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, with the former FTC chair accusing the company of operating a “buy or bury” scheme against nascent competitors. The tech giant bought WhatsApp for $19bn in 2014. Losing either the image-based social network, which generates an estimated half of Meta’s revenue, or the world’s most popular messaging app could have done existential damage to Meta’s empire. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Why Australia will win v why England can win: two Guardian cricket writers make their Ashes cases

No 1-ranked Australia are favourites on home soil but through a forest of caveats for England, there is still a path to the urnEven the greats of the Ashes have been weighed down by 143 years of shared history, tradition and controversy. For keen observers of Australia and England, Ashes anxiety can cloud judgments, hopes and dreams. Personally, a heart still bearing the scars from more than a decade spent living behind enemy lines as a once all-conquering Australia failed to tie – let alone win – an Ashes series in England, now insists on managing expectations. But as the ICC’s top two-ranked men’s Test teams prepare for a contest set to be shaped as much by endurance as execution, the head is ready to rule with a quiet confidence that Australia will triumph in a fourth straight Ashes as hosts. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Jannik Sinner sees off Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets to defend ATP Finals title

Italian wins 7-6 (4), 7-5 in Turin finalSinner finishes year with six titlesOn his favourite surface and before a rowdy home crowd, Jannik Sinner closed out his immense season with a statement victory against his great rival Carlos Alcaraz, putting together a supreme performance to defeat the Spaniard 7-6 (4), 7-5 and successfully defend his title at the ATP Finals in Turin.Despite his season being slightly abbreviated because of his three‑month doping ban, and Alcaraz seizing the year-end No 1 ranking with a legendary year of his own, Sinner finishes 2025 with six titles, a 58-6 win-loss record and three of the five biggest titles in the year. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Brazilian skier makes history with country’s first World Cup win: ‘Difference is a superpower’

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins season opener25-year-old switched allegiance from NorwayLucas Pinheiro Braathen made skiing history as he delivered Brazil’s first-ever World Cup victory in a thrilling season-opening race at Levi on Sunday.Pinheiro Braathen, who switched allegiance from Norway to Brazil last year, held a commanding 0.41-seconds lead from the first run and weaved his way down through the gates again in an ice-cool second run to claim the landmark win. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Who is the favourite to win I’m a Celeb 2025? Series 25 odds for ITV reality show

I’m a Celeb already has a frontrunner - even before it starts! 🌴📺

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1 week ago Sinner extends indoor dominance with win over De Minaur to reach ATP World Tour final

Sinner wins 7-5, 6-2 to reach final for third year in rowDefending champion chasing his sixth ATP title of seasonJannik Sinner continued his total dominance of the indoor season as he held off an admirable early challenge from Alex de Minaur before bulldozing his path into the ATP Finals for a third consecutive year with a supreme 7-5, 6-2 victory, extending his winning record against the Australian to 13-0.Sinner continues to perform at an astounding level that has allowed him to rapidly rise the list of all-time great’s. In a season that included a three-month doping ban between February and May, Sinner will attempt to win his sixth ATP title of the year in his 10th final. The 24-year-old has won 30 consecutive indoor hard court matches and 14 matches in a row after his recent triumphs at the Vienna Open and Paris Masters. He has also won 18 consecutive sets at the ATP Finals. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz to cross swords in ATP World Tour final

Sinner beats Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-2 to reach final for third year in rowAlcaraz reaches first final after victory over Felix Auger-AliassimeThe 2025 ATP season will conclude with a final showdown between the two best male tennis players in the world after Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz reached the final of the ATP Finals on Saturday.Sinner continued his total dominance of the indoor season as he held off an admirable early challenge from Alex de Minaur before bulldozing his path into the ATP Finals for a third consecutive year with a supreme 7-5, 6-2 win, a victory that extended his winning record against the Australian to 13-0. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz win to set up clash in ATP Finals’ climax

Sinner beats De Minaur 7-5, 6-2 to reach third final in a rowAlcaraz sinks Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-4 to make first finalThe 2025 men’s tennis season will conclude with a final showdown between the two best players in the world after Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz reached the final of the ATP Finals.Sinner continued his total dominance of the indoor season as the Italian held off an admirable early challenge from Alex de Minaur before bulldozing his path into the tournament’s final for a third consecutive year with a supreme 7-5, 6-2 win, a victory that extended his winning record against the Australian to 13-0. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ruthless Shiffrin storms to record 102nd win as Olympic slalom season begins

Shiffrin wins by 1.66sec in dominant displayAmerican’s 102nd World Cup win overallAlbanian teenager Lara Colturi takes secondAmerican Mikaela Shiffrin laid down a marker for the Olympic season ahead by obliterating her rivals to easily win the opening Alpine Ski World Cup slalom race on Saturday.The 30-year-old was in a class of her own, going quickest on both her runs to win by 1.66 seconds for her ninth career win in Levi and a record-extending 102nd World Cup victory. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Narendra Modi’s alliance wins key state election by a landslide

Bihar victory bolstering prime minister and his Hindu nationalist party after a reduced mandate in last year’s national election

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1 week ago South Lanarkshire College hails ‘Best Apprentice Plumber 2025’ win

Taylor White is a fourth-year plumbing and heating engineer apprentice and scooped the prestigious national prize.

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1 week ago Bihar polls: Modi’s alliance on course for sweeping win in key Indian state

Strong leads in the key Hindi-belt state signal renewed momentum for the ruling coalition

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1 week ago Alan Carr’s Traitors makeover unveiled at Madame Tussauds London

The star – whose instantly iconic ‘Endgame’ win became the BBC’s biggest TV moment of 2025 – has been restyled in the franchise’s signature dark-green hooded robe

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