12 h. ago Chess: Magnus Carlsen back in World Rapid and Blitz as Fide signals jeansgate peace

The Norwegian world No 1 will compete at Doha next week, a year after he was penalised for wearing jeans in New YorkOne year ago, the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, and the global chess body, Fide, were at loggerheads after the Norwegian was penalised for wearing jeans at the World Rapid in New York. The 35-year-old also agreed to share the World Blitz crown despite a rule requiring an outright winner.Relations worsened further when Fide opposed Carlsen’s wish for the new Freestyle circuit winner to be called a world champion, he announced that he was “done” with Fide. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Veteran diver's harrowing final moments deep underwater trying to recover the dead

In 2005, a double tragedy unfolded at Bushman's Hole in South Africa when veteran diver Dave Shaw died attempting to recover the body of Deon Dreyer from one of the world's deepest freshwater caves

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3 d. ago Dembélé and Bonmatí crowned at Fifa Best 2025 as Wiegman and Hampton win awards

Four England, seven Spain players in women’s world XIDonnarumma is men’s goalkeeper of the yearThe France forward Ousmane Dembélé and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí were crowned the Fifa Best men’s and women’s players of 2025 respectively at the world governing body’s awards ceremony in Doha.Paris Saint-Germain’s Dembélé won the trophy for the first time after his club’s maiden Champions League triumph, while Barcelona’s Bonmati won for the third consecutive year, after her club reached a Champions League final and Spain were Euro 2025 runners-up. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Premier League news, reaction to Arsenal drama and Salah’s return, WSL buildup and more – matchday live

⚽ Latest news pre-match buildup ⚽ Fixtures | Tables | Read Football Daily | Mail usFootball Association to pass on fan anger over World Cup ticket pricesThe Football Association will pass on England supporters’ concerns about high 2026 World Cup ticket prices to Fifa. However, despite the growing outrage, it is understood none of the international federations expect world football’s governing body to change its policy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Body found in search for missing schoolboy, 14, last seen riding bike through town

Gardai have sadly stood down the search for a missing teenage boy in Co Meath following the discovery of a body on Saturday morning, after a major operation along the River Boyne

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7 d. ago 'Human Barbie's' body will be exhumed after family suspects grim murder

Barbara Jankavski Marquez, 31, was found dead at the home of lawyer Renato Campos Pinto De Vitto near Sao Paulo, Brazil, with her family claiming she was killed

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7 d. ago Football Association to pass on fan anger over World Cup ticket prices

Prices 10 times those promised in initial bidFifa not expected to change policy for 2026The Football Association will pass on England supporters’ concerns about high 2026 World Cup ticket prices to Fifa. However, despite the growing outrage, it is understood none of the international federations expect world football’s governing body to change its policy.Anger among supporter groups continued on Friday after it emerged that the cheapest tickets will cost 10 times the price promised in the original bid for the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the tournament. For England fans it will mean having to pay at least $220 (£165) for group games – when the bid document’s ticket model stated the cheapest seats should be $21 (£15.70). Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Michael van Gerwen, 36, reveals stunning body transformation after shedding THREE STONE but insists: I’m no Brad Pitt

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has undergone a stunning body transformation ahead of this year's World Darts Championship. The Dutchman is aiming to become a four-time PDC world champion. He will certainly feel better about himself having lost more than three stones. But that's not where it stops as he has his sights set on shedding more...

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7 d. ago Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game | Marina Hyde

In World Cup parlance, Qatar was Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s qualifier. Now it’s the big time for Trump’s dictator-curious protegeI used to think Fifa’s recent practice of holding the World Cup in autocracies was because it made it easier for world football’s governing body to do the things it loved: spend untold billions of other people’s money and siphon the profits without having to worry about boring little things like human rights or public opinion. Which, let’s face it, really piss around with your bottom line.But for a while now, that view has seemed ridiculously naive, a bit like assuming Recep Erdoğan followed Vladimir Putin’s election-hollowing gameplan just because hey, he’s an interested guy who likes to read around a lot of subjects. So no: Fifa president Gianni Infantino hasn’t spent recent tournaments cosying up to authoritarians because it made his life easier. He’s done it to learn from the best. And his latest decree this week simply confirms Fifa is now a fu...

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7 d. ago Michael van Gerwen undergoes dramatic body transformation ahead of World Darts Championship

Three-time darts world champion Michael van Gerwen made it to last year's final and is set to debut a new look as he goes in search for another Ally Pally title

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7 d. ago Body found in search for missing OAP last seen getting off bus

While formal identification is yet to take place, police believe the deceased to be 85-year-old Glenda Keal.

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8 d. ago Body found in search for missing British woman who vanished from Spanish holiday home three months ago

Geraldine Ann is reported to have left her home late at night wearing only her pyjamas and flip-flops

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8 d. ago Toddler's body found buried in back garden after child disappeared but was never reported missing

The remains of an 18-month-old boy were found buried in a back garden by police investigating a disappearance. The body had been buried for over a decade, according to the force

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9 d. ago Body found in search for missing Brit woman who 'left home in pjs after row'

A body believed to be that of a 73-year-old British woman has been found near a motorway in Spain after a massive search operation - it is understood she left her home in pjs and flip-flops

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9 d. ago Russian woman sells her 'premium' body to 'rich Arabs' in Dubai

Natasha, who is armed with a medical degree, has opened up on why she became a sex worker in Dubai, why she can charge up to £2,000 a night and what she does with the money she earns

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1 week ago Village destroyed after headless body found in river sees angry mob torch buildings

The grim discovery of a woman's headless body has sparked huge disorder and widespread arson as an angry mob invaded the murder suspect's village and torched around 50 homes.

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1 week ago News anchor slams body shaming trolls in the best possible way

The reporter receives both body shaming and suggestive comments about her appearance on air

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1 week ago 'Worst death imaginable' as criminals have body parts slowly removed until they die

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT This killing method was used in China for executing criminals until it was eventually banned - but the details of the slow and painful death are more gruesome than you could imagine

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2 w. ago Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize

Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committeeIt was the timing that set off the first alarm bells. With Donald Trump brooding over missing out on the Nobel peace prize, and shortly before Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body, Fifa, was due to meet the US president in Miami, an announcement was made.In a press release and a post on his personal Instagram account last month, Infantino said Fifa would launch its very own peace prize, to be awarded each year to “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mum's headless body discovered in forest linked to dismembered hands and baby dumped at monastery

Severed hands found weeks ago, dumped by a motorway, have been confirmed to belong to the dismembered corpse, after her baby was reportedly found in a pram abandoned yet unharmed

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