19 h. ago Can a nepo baby be an underdog? The remarkable rise of Shedeur Sanders

The quarterback was seen as living off his father’s name when he entered the NFL. But he has slowly started to prove himself at the Cleveland BrownsIt seems the goalposts are always moving on Shedeur Sanders, the Cleveland Browns’ rookie quarterback who keeps throwing people off.He excelled at two colleges to establish himself as a top NFL prospect, only to wind up getting picked in the fifth round of this year’s NFL draft in one of the most dramatic stock crashes in league history. He then distinguished himself in training camp, only to wind up as the back-up to the back-up. When Sanders was finally pressed into injury relief duty last month and led the Browns to just their third win of the season, the caveat was that his breakthrough had come at the expense of the even-worse Las Vegas Raiders. Last week against the struggling Tennessee Titans, Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns and rush for another score in the same ga...

Politics

32 h. ago The 1% Club player makes show history by winning £100k prize – but would you have known the answer?

A PLAYER on The 1% Club Rollover has made history by winning the show's £100K prize, after breezing through a final question that had everyone else scratching their heads. The Rollover show is a spin-off of the Lee Mack-fronted quiz, where those who make it through to the one per cent question can play again the...

Economics

33 h. ago Erling Haaland becomes most lethal goalscorer in Champions League history as Real Madrid winner takes him to 50 in total

ERLING HAALAND has scored more goals in his first 50 Champions League starts than any player in history. The Manchester City superstar reached the landmark appearance as he lined up against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Haaland marked the occasion by scoring the winner from the penalty spot at the Bernabeu as City prevailed...

Sport

34 h. ago Arsenal player ratings vs Club Brugge: 9/10 steals the show in key victory

Arsenal kept their winning run in the Champions League going at the expense of Club Brugge as Mikel Arteta's injury-hit team bounced back to form

Sport

34 h. ago Arsenal player ratings vs Club Brugge: Noni Madueke electric as Gabriel Martinelli makes history

David Raya also impressed as Arsenal returned to winning ways on Wedensday night

Sport

39 h. ago The truth about Jamie Carragher and his 'challenging' relationship with Liverpool: The secret summit between him and the club and why Mo Salah isn't the only Reds player who dislikes him

Back in the days when Jamie Carragher was transitioning from footballer to pundit, he was given some advice from another sportsman in that space that he perhaps hasn't forgotten.

Society

44 h. ago World Darts Championship Odds 2026: Here are the 10 players tipped to win the PDC title

These are the players who are in the running to win the biggest prize in darts history.

Sport

44 h. ago Liverpool players will not try to influence Salah on his future, says Szoboszlai

‘It’s going to be the club’s and his decision,’ midfielder saysCurtis Jones insists squad firmly behind Arne SlotDominik Szoboszlai has said the Liverpool dressing room will have no influence over Mohamed Salah’s next move because only the player and the club can decide how their standoff ends.Salah missed Liverpool’s valuable Champions League win at Inter on Tuesday having been left out of Arne Slot’s squad in response to his highly critical interview at Leeds. The 33-year-old could also be absent when Liverpool host Brighton on Saturday. He is due to report for Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt on Monday. Continue reading...

Sport

51 h. ago Man Utd news: Paul Scholes demands transfer as star's agent speaks out on TV

Manchester United may not expect many new arrivals during the January transfer window, but one club legend has predicted one player is bound for the departure lounge

Politics

61 h. ago ‘He’ll be embarrassed and hurt’: Alan Shearer weighs in on Mo Salah’s Liverpool fallout

Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge also hopes the club and player can ‘repair the relationship’

Politics

3 d. ago Emile Heskey: ‘Gone are the times when you just ignore abuse. No. Why should we?’

The former England striker on stepping up to tackle racism, protecting his sons and Liverpool’s woesEmile Heskey was about 14 years old when he was chased from Leicester City’s old Filbert Street stadium all the way into town by a man shouting racist abuse. He was a Leicester fan who had no idea he was abusing a player who would go on to help his club win promotion to the Premier League and two League Cups before a move to Liverpool for what, at the time, was the club’s record transfer fee.“Fast forward three years that same guy would’ve been chanting my name in the stadium,” Heskey says now. “This is our reality.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 16, set to make history AGAIN if he wins Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes after landing nod as his incredible award season continues

Adolescence star Owen Cooper could be set to make history once again at the 2026 Golden Globes , just months after becoming the youngest-ever male Emmy winner.

Culture

3 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham avoids any mention of his family as he details Christmas plans after missing dad David's history

Brooklyn, 26, took to Instagram to share what gifts he was buying, but specified they were for his 'friends' and not family members, amid his ongoing rift with his parents and siblings.

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4 d. ago I'm A Celeb star Tom Read Wilson devours a fermented duck egg whole for the first time in the show's history during gruesome eating trial as the finalists win 12 stars for epic banquet

The television personality, 39, and his fellow finalists, Shona McGarty and AngryGinge managed to scoop all 12 stars for an epic Jungle Banquet.

Sport

6 d. ago Top winter sun destination that’s warm in December and a popular Hollywood filming location

With a flight time of just over three hours from the UK, this European holiday destination has so much history and culture to offer, plus warm weather during the winter months

Culture

6 d. ago Beautiful European holiday destination three hours from UK and still 17ºC in December

Seeking some winter sun? With balmy temperatures even in December and a fascinating history and culture to explore, Malta ticks all the boxes, as our writer discovered

Politics

6 d. ago Former Olympic athlete coughing up blood after landlord 'left him living with black mould for years'

Marcus Adam is one of just 128 athletes in history to have competed in both the Winter and Summer Olympics

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7 d. ago Ruben Amorim receives clear message on 'special' Man Utd transfer target as rivals circle

Man Utd's head coach has been urged to beat the club's rivals to the signature of a highly-rated player

Events

8 d. ago New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds

Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five yearsThe US region called New England is widely known for its colonial history, maple syrup and frigid, snow-bound winters. Many of these norms are in the process of being upended, however, by a rapidly altering climate, with new research finding the area is heating up faster than almost anywhere else on Earth.The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area of the US, bar the Alaskan Arctic, and the pace of its temperature rise has apparently increased in the past five years, according to the study. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White

Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her mother should never have been sanctioned by the stateBritain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home Office’s latest actions show little has changed. After the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, a tropical cyclone that made landfall across the Greater Antilles area in late October, eight-year-old Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown was left destitute in Jamaica. But after her UK-resident parents appealed for the Home Office to expedite her visa application, officials rejected it and Lati-Yana has been left to sleep on the floor of her elderly grandmother’s destroyed home.But the rejection rested on factual errors, according to Lati-Yana’s mother, Kerrian Bigby. Dawn Butler, her MP, shared a letter with me raising concerns about “misrepresentations” in the decision notice, including the claim that Bigby does not have full parental...

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