22 m. ago Ryder Cup rejection causes Sergio Garcia to withdraw from Irish Open

Garcia, the highest-scoring Ryder Cup player in history, wasn’t selected by Luke Donald to be part of Team Europe at Bethpage Black this month

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41 m. ago From dynasty to soap opera: how Jerry Jones traded Dallas Cowboys glory for ‘365 days of sizzle’

Thirty years after their last Super Bowl, the Cowboys open the season in their rivals’ shadow. It’s a story of how Jerry Jones built a brand that thrives on drama but not titlesOn Thursday night in Philadelphia, the Dallas Cowboys will stand on the sideline, helmets under their arms, while the Eagles raise a championship banner for the second time in seven years. It will be a ritual drenched in green and silver, an occasion of sweeping civic pride for one of the Cowboys’ fiercest rivals. For Dallas, it will be a reminder in 50ft letters: three decades have passed since America’s Team last won a Super Bowl.And the contrast could not be sharper. For while the Eagles bask in another triumph and project the stability of an organization built for long-term success, the Cowboys stumble into the season diminished – having just traded away the one player who seemed capable of bridging the chasm between their glorious past and uncertain present. Continue reading...

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44 m. ago Thunderstorm warning for London as Met Office issues 'damage to buildings' and travel chaos alert

Met Office yellow weather alert set to kick in at 11am on Wednesday and run through to 8pm

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46 m. ago Coldplay's Chris Martin accused of 'dehumanising' Israeli fans onstage at Wembley concert

The singer, 48, invited two Israeli women to join him during a concert in London on Sunday evening after noticing their sign

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89 m. ago WTM London 2025 Set to Break Records with Major Expansion, New Cultural Programs, and Influential Global Participation

WTM London 2025 Set to Break Records with Major Expansion, New Cultural Programs, and Influential Global Participation  Travel And Tour World

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1 hour ago What do proposed changes to the Cleaner Vehicle Discount mean for Londoners? Experts discuss the road ahead

The Cleaner Vehicle Discount for London’s Congestion Charge Zone may be ending in December. Key figures in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, who are all part of the newly formed Electric London coalition, discussed the implications of potential changes to the CVD at The Standard’s roundtable event in July

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1 hour ago Phil Spencer: rumoured reforms to stamp duty and capital gains tax would be catastrophic for London

It’s difficult to exaggerate the disruption and distortion that would take place in the lead up to any changes, half of London would be on the market

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1 hour ago Sting faces £1.5m lawsuit from former The Police bandmates over royalties

Guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never got songwriting credit

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2 h. ago Premier League team's fans warn club could 'die' as they plan boycott for next fixture

West Ham United have endured a dire start to the new season under Graham Potter with a fan group now set to take action to get the Hammers back on track under their current ownership

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2 h. ago Bakkavor cautions over rising costs ahead of £1.2 billion takeover

The fresh food supplier said cost inflation was being driven by price hikes for ingredients and a rising wage bill.

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2 h. ago London weather: Heavy rain hits rush hour as Met Office issues flood warning

The Met Office has warned that heavy rain could cause flooding in parts of the country

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2 h. ago Watches of Switzerland shrugs off tariffs impact as US demand steady

The London-listed retailer said trading had been strong over the 18 weeks to the end of August, particularly in the US.

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2 h. ago Brendan Rodgers 'doesn't look right' at Celtic as worrying Daizen Maeda claim endorsed by a Rangers icon

Alan Brazil surveyed the wreckage of a chastening fortnight for the team he loves and is worried sick

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2 h. ago From Bravo to Donnarumma: Manchester City’s goalkeeping evolution under Guardiola | John Brewin

Italian may lack skills Pep Guardiola has expected from goalkeepers but he is still a match winner in his own rightSigning a goalkeeper with a reputation as lofty as Gianluigi Donnarumma would usually register as a powerful statement of intent but Manchester City’s addition of Italy’s Euro 2020 hero, the keeper whose saves guided Paris Saint-Germain to a first Champions League last season, has been met with a rather mixed reaction.City’s troubled start to the season adds confusion, so too Pep Guardiola’s case history with goalkeepers. Ederson was beloved by City fans for being a maverick and played a key role in the team’s serial title wins. Just 32, relatively young for players in his position, a dalliance with a move to Saudi Arabia last year and the interest of Fenerbahce – the club he has joined – hastened his exit. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer

London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer  The Japan Times

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3 h. ago ‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the showAnna May Wong is everywhere these days. The chic Chinese-American actor who first made a splash in the silent era has been fictionalised in films and TV shows, including Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood and Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, and an excellent novel, Amanda Lee Koe’s Delayed Rays of a Star. She has her face on the quarter, the first Asian-American to be honoured in that way, and she is the subject of a page-turner of a biography, Not Your China Doll by Katie Gee Salisbury. But what about the films? This month, BFI Southbank in London hosts a retrospective of this remarkable star’s career, titled Anna May Wong: the Art of Reinvention.Wong was born in Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese parents in 1905. At the very beginning of her film career in 1921, she self-consciously told a movie magazine that she was “a considerable spot of ye...

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3 h. ago Man Utd example Liverpool must now avoid after breaking British transfer record TWICE

Liverpool have spent more than £400million this summer, breaking the Premier League transfer record twice, but there is never a guarantee that big spending brings on-field success

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3 h. ago Mum told family she was going on holiday before text confirmed tragic death

Maureen Slough, 58, never told her children how much she was suffering. She only confided in a friend, whom she only met on TikTok, in her final hours.

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4 h. ago I watched a musical about William Wallace over a pint in Scotland

Musical Ballad Lines has secured a London run.

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4 h. ago ‘A gilded temple to the new world order’: inside the former US embassy that is now a super

Even the cheap rooms cost £1,400 a night at London’s bling-heavy hangout for high net worth individuals. From mega-basement spa to gaudy rooftop bar, our writer takes a tourRumours have long swirled about what lies beneath the great 1960s fortress of the former US embassy on Grosvenor Square. There have been lurid fables of cold war bunkers, secret service shooting ranges, CIA interrogation chambers and even escape tunnels to Hyde Park. But none of these fictional fantasies quite compare to the underground lair that has now been excavated below the imposing block, in its new incarnation as one of the fanciest hotels in London.Owned by the royal family of Qatar, and operated by an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands, belonging to one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest dynasties, this former outpost of US imperialism has become a gilded temple to the new global order. Reborn as the Chancery Rosewood, it is a beacon of luxury designed to attract the cream of the world’s ul...

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