3 h. ago Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says

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8 h. ago Claudia Winkleman’s stylist reveals the fashion secrets behind the presenter’s Traitors outfits

The presenter’s stylist tells Daisy Lester the seven pieces everyone needs in their Winkleman-inspired wardrobe

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21 h. ago Claudia Winkleman’s exact outfit from episode 1 of Celebrity Traitors

The hit BBC show has returned with an all-star cast

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59 h. ago Revamped Women’s Champions League: what has changed and who will win it?

As the new league phase kicks off we look at what to expect from a tournament full of even more European club talentFour years after the introduction of a group stage to bring the Women’s Champions League in line with the men’s competition, change is afoot again with a new 18-team league phase replacing the 16-team group stage. In the new league phase, each team will play six matches against six different opponents with three at home and three away. Only the top four teams in the league will automatically reach the quarter-finals, with fifth to 12th competing in playoffs for the remaining four places. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago RFU unveils plan to boost women’s game and build on England’s World Cup win

Strategy includes back-to-back World Cup triumphsOther targets include 3 million fans and £60m in revenueThe Rugby Football Union has promised to “keep its foot on the gas” after unveiling an ambitious five-year action plan to build on the momentum of the Red Roses’ Women’s Rugby World Cup victory.The strategy, called Every Rose: Our Time, includes the goal of becoming the first England team to win back-to-back Rugby World Cups, and getting 100,000 women and girls playing the game across the country by 2030, up from the 60,000 who participate now. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago British breakthroughs and India pride as Delhi hails para athletics worlds a success

Empty seats catch the eye but history-making wins capture the imagination, with 35 world records tumblingThe headline, slightly stuffily, read “heartiest congratulations”. Underneath, an effusive Narendra Modi posted congratulations to his country’s para-athletics team. “A historic performance!”, the Indian prime minister wrote on social media, celebrating a record 22-medal haul for his country at the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi, which ended on Sunday. “I am proud of each and every member and wish them the very best for their future endeavours,” he said. “Hosting the tournament in Delhi has also been an honour for India.”This was India’s first time staging the biggest track-and-field event in disability sport, outside the Paralympic Games, and they made a suitable noise about it. After a last-minute decision that confirmed Delhi as hosts last December, the hope was that the championships might expand awareness of para-sport in India and, in the process, perhaps help ...

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3 d. ago British breakthroughs and India pride amid empty seats and controversy at para athletics worlds

History-making wins capture the imagination despite sparse crowds in Delhi, with 35 world records tumblingThe headline, slightly stuffily, read “heartiest congratulations”. Underneath, an effusive Narendra Modi posted congratulations to his country’s para-athletics team. “A historic performance!” the Indian prime minister wrote on social media, celebrating a record 22-medal haul for his country at the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi, which ended on Sunday. “I am proud of each and every member and wish them the very best for their future endeavours,” he said. “Hosting the tournament in Delhi has also been an honour for India.”This was India’s first time staging the biggest track-and-field event in disability sport, outside the Paralympic Games, and they made a suitable noise about it. After a last-minute decision that confirmed Delhi as host city last December, the hope was that the championships might expand awareness of para-sport in India and, in the process, perhaps h...

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3 d. ago I'm a fashion editor and I've just tried on 46 winter coats. Here are the 7 best for women over 50

'I need a new winter coat' Is not a phrase I was expecting to have to say this year. Possibly ever. Until recently I was the proud owner of a forever coat...

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4 d. ago Aled Davies clinches World Championship title after Paralympic heartbreak

The 34-year-old said he has more to give and is targeting the next Paralympics in Los Angeles

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5 d. ago Dan Pembroke completes miraculous recovery to win remarkable World Championship gold

Pembroke claimed an incredible F13 javelin gold in New Delhi despite tearing his hip adductor just four weeks before the event

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5 d. ago Sandberg’s superb strike denies Chelsea as Manchester United hold WSL leaders

Chelsea and Manchester United both maintained their unbeaten starts to the Women’s Super League season, although the defending champions’ 100% winning record was brought to an end by an entertaining contest between the top two.The result extended United’s agonisingly long wait for a first WSL victory over Chelsea but they will have taken great encouragement from their performance, on a night when both teams created plenty of chances to win and the home side showed they may well have the qualities to mount a serious title challenge. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Welsh shot put star Funmi Oduwaiye bags bronze at World Para Athletics Championships

Oduwaiye, 22, banked bronze in the F44 event after a personal best of 12.11m with her very first attempt proved enough for a maiden global gong

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7 d. ago Tesco worker Victoria Levitt scorches to stunning debut World Para Athletics Championships gold in New Delhi

The Mansfield athlete soared to a scintillating T44 100m triumph as British teammate and fellow debutant Bebe Jackson bagged bronze

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8 d. ago Tesco worker Victoria Levitt claims shock gold at World Para Athletics Championship

Levitt surged to T44 100m glory in New Delhi but will be returning to Tesco for pre-Christmas work in the coming months

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9 d. ago Scottish teenager Finlay Menzies seals World Championships bronze

The 19-year-old sealed a podium place with a personal best time in New Delhi

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1 week ago The three bold calls that paid off for England in Women’s World Cup win

The Red Roses secured a first World Cup crown since 2014 with victory on home soil

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1 week ago Welsh discus duo Funmi Oduwaiye and Bree Cronin revel in World Championship experience in New Delhi

Cardiff’s Oduwaiye, 22, finished fourth in the F44 event at the World Para Athletics Championships as a throw of 37.91m saw her fall short of the podium by just over a metre

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1 week ago Hannah Cockroft ‘let down’ by lack of competition as she scorches to 17th world title

Cockroft only had to overcome three other athletes as only gold and silver medals were awarded

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1 week ago ‘They have changed my life’: John Mitchell open to staying as England coach

Coach may extend contract after 2026 Six Nations‘Some parts of the day will stick in my life forever’John Mitchell has described coaching England’s World Cup-winning women’s team as a life-changing event and revealed he is open to the idea of continuing in his role beyond the 2026 Six Nations. England beat Canada 33-13 at a sold-out Twickenham, with a record 5.8 million watching on television, to lift the World Cup and extend their winning run to 33 games, an unbeaten streak that takes in the whole of Mitchell’s reign, which began in 2023. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mike Tindall congratulates England's Women's Rugby World Cup champions as he shares photo with wife Zara at the game and admits 'there will be some sore heads in the morning'

Mike Tindall was among those congratulating the England women's Red Roses team after they beat Canada to win the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday evening.

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