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Australia v Argentina: Rugby Championship 2023 – live | Rugby Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe Pumas have provided stern opposition for the Wallabies in recent years, and...

Shake, rattle and write: why the music memoir is booming | Autobiography and memoir

By her own admission, Miki Berenyi was not a woman itching to write a memoir. Even if she had been, she says, why would...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv’s troops forcing Russians out of positions in south, says general | Ukraine

Kyiv's troops forcing Russians out of southern positions, says UkraineA top Ukrainian general has reported new progress on the war’s southern front, saying his...

‘Every morning, I curse Putin’: Ukrainian village’s sole resident defiant amid the ruins | Ukraine

Every morning, when Vira Chernukha wakes up amid the rubble of what is left of the Ukrainian village of Dementiivka after seven months of...

Man whose mother-in-law’s blue and black dress went viral charged with trying to kill wife | Scotland

A man who found fame after a dress worn by his mother-in-law at his wedding went viral due to its unusual colour properties has...

Shaun Udal: ‘Shane Warne seemed invincible. I can’t get my head around the fact he’s gone’ | Vitality Blast T20

Shaun Udal has mixed memories of the T20 Blast, then known as the Twenty20 Cup. On 13 June 2003, he played in the very...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the war in Ukraine, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and...

Footballers need more support with addiction and mental health, PFA told | PFA

The Professional Footballers’ Association has been urged to do more to prevent addictions and mental health problems from escalating after Dele Alli, the Everton...

Alcaraz demolishes Medvedev to set up dream Wimbledon final with Djokovic | Wimbledon 2023

Since the very moment that Carlos Alcaraz began his first Wimbledon as the No 1 player in the world, he has consistently made his...

Ons Jabeur seeks Wimbledon catharsis after painful near misses | Wimbledon 2023

When Ons Jabeur made her transition on to the lowest rungs of professional tennis 12 years ago, her target seemed difficult enough. For so...

Noa-Lynn van Leuven: ‘I think darts is helping me to be the best of myself’ | Darts

Before everything that happened, before the desolation and the despair, before life changed for ever, there was a set of darts. Her parents gave...

Alas Jordan Henderson, a familiar face caught in a haze of moral contradiction | Saudi Pro League

It has been a big week for learnings, for moralisings, for herd-panic over the private affairs of men who appear regularly on television. In...

Talking Horses: Hollie Doyle wins on Nashwa and ‘Super Saturday’ looms | Horse racing

Hollie Doyle was not entirely sure what her career total of Group One wins had just increased to after her easy success on Nashwa,...

‘You really can’t make a living any more’: Hollywood actors join writers in strike | US actors’ strike 2023

It’s been a hot, frustrating summer on the picket lines in Los Angeles, where film and TV writers have been striking for more than...

Wife and care worker jailed for 11 years each for enslaving disabled husband | UK news

A wife and a live-in care worker have been jailed for 11 years each for enslaving her vulnerable disabled husband in what is believed...

Putin says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny | Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin has said that he sought and failed to have Yevgeny Prigozhin replaced as the leader of Wagner’s fighters in Ukraine after the...

Severe US weather: California heat puts firefighters on high alert for wildfires; one person confirmed dead in Vermont floods – latest | Extreme weather

Vermont governor confirms one person died in floodingVermont governor Phil Scott, speaking at a press briefing on Friday, said the state had confirmed its...

Women’s World Cup football kits proving a runway success | Women’s shirts

The football at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will probably see all manner of style and finesse, with organisers expecting...

Better than a doughnut? Delia Smith dishes up a deep-fried jam sandwich | Delia Smith

She is known as the no-nonsense celebrity chef who gives sensible advice on improving staple dishes.But Delia Smith showed her taste for the adventurous...

Miss Saigon review – slick machine of a musical rather than a radical rewrite | Theatre

Last autumn, a theatre company of British east and south-east Asian artists voiced its objection to the staging of Boublil and Schönberg’s Vietnam war...

Wimbledon semi-finals: Jannik Sinner v Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz v Daniil Medvedev – live | Wimbledon 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRegular readers will, no doubt, be wondering where on earth Coach Calvin Betton...

Tour de France 2023: stage 13 heads for summit finish on Grand Colombier – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAny thoughts on today’s stage? You can email me or tweet. Allez!Ion Izagirre...

‘Unreasonable’ doctors should accept pay offer and not try to ‘chase’ inflation, minister says – UK politics live | Politics

Doctors being 'unreasonable' and should accept 6% pay offer - cabinet ministerGood morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog.We start the day...

Matildas v France: 2023 Women’s World Cup warm-up – live updates | Matildas

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureBy the same token, I’d like to see France play a composed, slow...

UN agency calls for ‘debt-poverty pause’ to help poorer countries – business live | Business

UN agency calls for debt pause option as poverty rates riseGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and...

Nothing Phone 2 review: novel mobile is more than just flashing lights | Smartphones

The Phone 2 is the latest Android smartphone from Nothing, a London-based company that specialises in good value devices with a novel transparent aesthetic.Costing...

TV tonight: the BBC Proms kicks off with a world premiere | Television

BBC Proms 20237pm, BBC TwoIntroducing the next eight weeks of Proms, this opening-night concert in the Royal Albert Hall is led by Dalia Stasevska,...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Wagner not supporting Russian combat operations ‘in any significant capacity’ says Pentagon | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWagner has played a crucial combat role in Ukraine, especially in the grinding...

Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides part 21: Brazil | Women’s World Cup 2023: Guardian Experts’ Network

This article is part of the Guardian’s Women’s World Cup 2023 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the...

Indigenous renaissance: Māori hope Matariki holiday will help cement status of local knowledge | New Zealand

In the hours before dawn on Friday’s crisp winter morning, thousands of New Zealanders rose in the dark, donned woollen hats and scarves and...

Hollywood actors are going on strike. Here’s what that means | Film

After negotiations between studio representatives the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the US actors’ union Sag-Aftra (Screen Actors Guild–American Federation...

Dele Alli was always synonymous with bravery. He has upped the ante | Dele Alli

Dele Alli smiles, his features soften and there is a nervous little laugh. He does this a lot. It is one of his defence...

Vingegaard insists he is unfazed by Pogacar as Grand Colombier looms | Tour de France 2023

The rivalry between the defending Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard, and his closest rival, Tadej Pogacar, is set to reach boiling point on...

Hungarian bookstore fined for selling LGBTQ+ novel in youth section | LGBTQ+ rights

A government office in Hungary has levied a hefty fine against a national bookseller over a LGBTQ+ graphic novel series, saying it violated a...

Ons Jabeur digs deep to battle past Aryna Sabalenka into Wimbledon final | Wimbledon 2023

Earlier this year, long after her unforgettable trailblazing run to her maiden grand slam final, Ons Jabeur was forced to relive the joy, hope...

Chris Froome not ‘value for money’, claims Israel-Premier Tech team owner | Chris Froome

Chris Froome’s relationship with his current sponsor, the Israel-Premier Tech team, appears to be deteriorating, after the team owner, Sylvan Adams, said the four-time...

Russians emerge as Wimbledon winners after charm offensive as ‘neutrals’ | Wimbledon 2023

It’s been a bounce-back tournament for Wimbledon: the crowds have returned, there’s a buzz around the grounds. The tennis has been engaging too, with...

Stomping ground: bursts of brilliance at London’s flamenco festival | Flamenco

Since the annual flamenco festival was first staged at Sadler’s Wells in 2003 the idea of what flamenco is has been stretched, ruptured and...

British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor | Books

The British Library has acquired a “virtually unobtainable” cricket book after a mysterious donor funded the sale of the copy that once belonged to...

‘It was like in world war one’: the foreign volunteers fighting in Ukraine | Ukraine

Standing on a steep grassy hill, a figure in uniform took aim with a rifle. Several shots pinged into a pile of tyres. Nearby,...

Tour de France 2023: stage 12 updates from Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature161km to go: The early leaders are reeled in by the bunch. Thwarted...

Dining across the divide: ‘He supports removing the charitable status of private schools – but I think it needs a more nuanced view’ |...

Steve, 68, WorcesterOccupation Retired; recently qualified to be a therapeutic counsellorVoting record Always LabourAmuse bouche Once met Boris Johnson in Austria in 2005, a...

Some anorexia patients want the right to die. A few doctors are willing to listen | Anorexia

“Mom, I want to go to Oregon.”Jennifer Hesketh Aviles knew her daughter, Heather Thompson, wasn’t asking to finally visit Portland, or hike along the...

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk: streetwise graffiti gangs paint the city wild | Games

As a teenager growing up in Laren, a town of a little over 10,000 people in North Holland, Dion Koster didn’t have much to...

Longest doctors’ strike in NHS history begins as Sunak warned over pay – UK politics live | Politics

Junior doctors begin five days of strikesGood morning. Junior doctors are beginning a five-day strike in England today.It is being described as the longest...

Review of women’s football is sharp and thorough: we must ensure it is heeded | Women’s football

It was with some trepidation I opened the 128-page report from the Review of Women’s Football chaired by the former England international Karen Carney....

UK GDP: economy shrank by 0.1% in May as Coronation bank holiday hits activity – business live | Business

ONS: Factories and builders blame Coronation for reduced outputA range of manufacturing industries and construction businesses cited the additional bank holiday for the Coronation...

Russia-Ukraine war live: person killed in ‘massive’ overnight strikes on Kyiv; Zelenskiy welcomes ‘good result’ from Nato summit | Ukraine

Person killed in ‘massive’ overnight strikes on KyivA Russian drone strike on Kyiv killed one person and wounded at least four others, authorities said...

Turmoil at the BBC: what the papers say as Huw Edwards is named as presenter at heart of story | UK news

The front pages of UK newspapers are dominated by the revelation that Huw Edwards, one of Britain’s most familiar and well regarded newsreaders, is...