40 m. ago Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with awardFifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prizeThere is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”Since then, the US has launched airstrikes across Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them to the US, where he was put in jail. Maduro appeared in court on 5 January, pleading not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narco-terrorism” charges. Trump has also threatened to invade Greenland because he said the US needs the territory “very badly”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'We know': Glasgow Warriors fully aware of prize at stake as Scotland pair face off

Darge relishing battle with Christie in the back row

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42 h. ago Franco Smith lays down clear Glasgow Warriors transfer message to Scottish Rugby after another exit

Head coach urges union to look abroad for Jones and Hastings replacements

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4 d. ago Nero book awards: Benjamin Wood and Sarah Perry among prize winners

Wood wins the award for fiction for his ‘utterly immersive’ novel Seascraper while Perry picks up the nonfiction prize for her memoir Death of an Ordinary ManBooker-longlisted author Benjamin Wood has won this year’s Nero book award for fiction for his novel Seascraper.Meanwhile, Claire Lynch won the debut fiction category for A Family Matter, and Sarah Perry’s Death of an Ordinary Man took the nonfiction prize. Jamila Gavin was awarded the children’s fiction prize for My Soul, A Shining Tree. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Glasgow Warriors lose another Scotland top dog as Huw Jones follows Adam Hastings to France

Toulon hail signing of Scotland centre

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5 d. ago Bolton ‘always worried’ Trump would take Teddy Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize from White House

President has publicly obsessed with not winning the prize, awarded last year to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

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6 d. ago Glasgow Warriors eye new No 10 as Adam Hastings' Montpellier switch announced

Scotland stand-off remains ‘fully committed’ to Scotstoun club

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6 d. ago Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby in control of Champions Cup destiny

What Scottish sides need on final weekend of pool-phase matches

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7 d. ago Glasgow Warriors underline Champions Cup credentials with famous win as Huw Jones excels on return

Warriors claim bonus point victory away to Clermont Auverge

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8 d. ago Franco Smith coy on Glasgow Warriors' Champions Cup prospects as talks underway with key player

Glasgow look for another statement win from trip to France

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1 week ago John Barclay makes bold Glasgow Warriors prediction ahead of Investec Champions Cup clash

Warriors have two wins from two ahead of the next round of pool matches, which begins with an away trip to Clermont Auvergne on Saturday

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2 w. ago Luke Littler doesn't make ultimate darts rich list as £11.5m star leads the way

Luke Littler has won the biggest prize amount ever awarded in darts history - but it still isn't enough to put him in the same realm as the sport's all-time highest earner

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2 w. ago Glasgow Warriors stalwart set for emotional last hurrah as Adam Hastings speculation addressed

Veteran fly-half set to make final Glasgow appearance against Zebre

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2 w. ago Bellen d'Or 2025 nominees as Alexander Isak, Jake Paul and Eni Aluko fight for prat award

The fifth annual Bellen d'Or awards sees 13 candidates fight it out for Daily Star Sport's 2025 prize idiot award as we nominates the sportsmen and women who made fools of themselves this year

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2 w. ago Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after Netanyahu meeting

Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-LagoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Glasgow Warriors background players 'ready to step up' amid punishing new year schedule

No break after 1872 Cup but Fagerson backs squad to cope

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2 w. ago Nine points and gave them nothing: Glasgow Warriors skipper enjoys landmark game as dad flies in

Only frustration for Edinburgh in Murrayfield defeat

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3 w. ago Glasgow Warriors tighten grip on Scottish rugby after Christmas pudding of match at Murrayfield

Edinburgh slayed once again by their derby rivals

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3 w. ago Glasgow Warriors ring 1872 Cup changes and deploy bomb squad as Edinburgh get timely boost

Smith puts faith in group as hosts welcome back key centre

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3 w. ago Linlithgow business picks up top prize at recent UK Style and Apparel Awards

Styled by Macs has won the Best Family-Run Clothing Boutique – Scotland category in these prestigious awards which celebrate exceptional creativity in the realm of luxury.

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