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Karen Carney review demands overhaul of women’s football to transform future | Women’s football

A landmark review of women’s football in England has called for wholesale change across the game; from enhancing minimum standards for professionals to “rapid...

Pistoletto sculpture destroyed in suspected arson attack in Naples | Italy

One of the most famous works by Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venus of the Rags, has been burnt to cinders in a suspected...

Secret Invasion recap episode four – hell hath no Fury like a scorned spouse | Episode recaps

This article contains spoilers for Secret Invasion on Disney+. Do not read ahead unless you have seen episodes one to four …That’s settled, thenWell...

Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides part 19: USA | 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...

Wife of Huw Edwards names him as BBC presenter at centre of allegations | BBC

Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter suspended over allegations he paid for explicit images, after a media scandal that has rocked...

Wimbledon revels in past but Alcaraz and Rune showcase a dazzling future | Wimbledon 2023

At times this Wimbledon fortnight has felt a bit like a grand, Pimm’s‑sozzled Viking funeral. Here we have the ghost of Roger, reincarnated as...

Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony | Global development

The Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been accused of sponsoring violence and abusing critics in harrowing testimony filed before...

Wray calls conspiracy theories of FBI involvement in January 6 ‘ludicrous’ – live | FBI

Wray calls conspiracy theories of FBI involvement in January 6 'ludicrous'In his testimony to the House judiciary committee, the FBI director, Christopher Wray, decried...

England level Women’s Ashes as Knight steers dramatic ODI win over Australia | Women’s Ashes

England moved a step closer to regaining the Ashes on Wednesday in a nerve-shredding two-wicket win at Bristol, brought up with 11 balls to...

Huw Edwards’ wife says BBC presenter in hospital for mental health care after allegations in the Sun – live | BBC

Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter at centre of scandalHuw Edwards has been named by his wife, Vicky Flind, as the BBC presenter facing...

Wimbledon quarter-finals: Alcaraz v Rune, Medvedev edges out Eubanks – live | Wimbledon 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature“Hebrew speaker here with two pedantic points,” says Jonathan Ginzburg. “The Hebrew word...

Home Office had murals for children removed at second asylum centre | Home Office

The Home Office ordered the removal of child-friendly murals from the controversial Manston detention camp near Ramsgate, as well as a separate reception centre,...

Women’s Ashes first ODI: England chasing 264 to beat Australia – live | Women’s Ashes

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureEngland will need 264 to winGeoff LemonInteresting day. It felt like England were...

Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says | Food security

The number of people going hungry in the world has risen by 122 million to 735 million since 2019 because of the Covid-19 pandemic...

US extreme weather: excessive heat warnings extended to Florida and Texas as south swelters – live updates | Extreme weather

Dangerous heat conditions predicted across southern USFor the southern half of the US, the National Weather Service is predicting dangerous heat and oppressive conditions...

Tour de France 2023: stage 11 updates on road from Clermont Ferrand to Moulins – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature148km to go: Matîs Louvel is the highest ranked rider in today’s breakaway...

It’s harder than ever to play the games of our past – but there’s one way to save your old faves | Games

Grim news heralded in a report published this week by the Video Game History Foundation, which claims that 87% of video games released before...

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94 | Milan Kundera

Czech writer Milan Kundera, who explored being and betrayal over half a century in poems, plays, essays and novels including The Unbearable Lightness of...

Rishi Sunak to host Tory MPs at No 10 after missing PMQs for second week in a row – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsRishi Sunak and Volodymyr Zelensky met earlier for a bilateral on the fringes of the Nato summit in Vilnius.The prime minister suggested the...

Pleasure and pliés: the ballet bonkbusters handling dance’s hot button issues | Ballet

Where would you expect to read the latest on the politics of the ballet world? A broadsheet’s arts pages, Twitter, #ballettok – or a...

Bank of England warns rising interest rates causing stress among indebted firms and consumers – business live | Business

Key eventsHigher interest rates are also increasing pressure on UK landlords with buy-to-let mortgages. The report said: Higher interest rates, together with other factors,...

TV tonight: Johnny Vegas and Griff Rhys Jones take a deadly coach trip | Television

Murder on the Blackpool Express9pm, BBC TwoAiring on a network channel for the first time (it debuted on Gold in 2017), this caper about...

Moderation or total abstinence? Adrian Chiles and John Robins talk honestly about their drinking | Alcohol

Adrian Chiles, author, broadcaster, columnist, and for these purposes, longtime dispenser of searching but practical thoughts on booze, met comedian John Robins when they...

Heavy metal: how Janine Wiedel captured the filth and glory of Britain’s industrial 70s | Photography

One day in 1978, Janine Wiedel found hell a few streets south of Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham. “The noise was deafening. The heat was...

Geological mystery in California as homes slowly slide into canyon | California

Three days after a landslide destroyed a dozen hillside homes in southern California, the cause of the disaster is still unclear, even as the...

I did my PhD in Hollywood action films – here’s why Mission: Impossible is the best | Mission: Impossible

Everyone knows Leo Tolstoy’s line about unhappy families, but few are familiar with his lesser known first draft: every insane PhD student goes insane...

Ladbrokes adverts banned for attracting under-18s with football managers | Ladbrokes

The advertising watchdog has banned two adverts run by the sports betting business Ladbrokes for appealing to under-18s by featuring well-known Premier League managers...

No extra money for public sector pay rises, Jeremy Hunt tells ministers | Public sector pay

Jeremy Hunt has told ministers there will be no extra money to give millions of public sector workers an average 6% pay rise, potentially...

California man charged with femicide in deaths of three women in Mexico | Mexico

US authorities have arrested a California man accused of killing three women in the Mexican border city of Tijuana and crossing back and forth...

Novak Djokovic blows away Andrey Rublev to extend epic Centre Court run | Wimbledon 2023

When Novak Djokovic stepped on to Centre Court on Tuesday afternoon, he had not lost on its grass in just over 10 years; 43...

Cross-border aid to Syria blocked in ‘act of utter cruelty’ by Russia at UN vote | Syria

Russia has been accused of “an act of utter cruelty” after it used its veto at the UN security council to block a nine-month...

Elina Svitolina stuns top seed Iga Swiatek as wildcard reaches semi-final | Wimbledon 2023

Nearly two hours into her second quarter-final in as many majors back after maternity leave, Elina Svitolina had done everything she could. Faced with...

Zelenskiy fails in effort to secure invitation to join Nato at Vilnius summit | Nato

Volodymyr Zelenskiy failed in a last-ditch effort to secure an invitation for Ukraine to join Nato after leaders of the 31 countries signed off...

Cut out the middlemouse: how Disney pop stars took control of their careers | Music

When Disney Channel star Hilary Duff released her debut album Metamorphosis in 2003, it marked a key shift in pop. Before her, the corporation’s...

‘It’s amazing to see’: trusses for Notre Dame’s new roof arrive by barge | Notre Dame

In April 2019, the world watched as Notre Dame Cathedral burned and flames fuelled by the ribbed roof – made of hundreds of oak...

BBC: boss admits incident is ‘clearly damaging’ but defends delay in putting allegations to presenter – live | BBC

Tim Davie has 'questions about what can be learned from whole process'Tim Davie, the director general of the BBC, has praised the corporate investigation...

Dürer painted himself at centre of Renaissance altarpiece in revenge, research finds | Art

The Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer took revenge on his patron after a bitter row over pay by placing his own self-portrait in a 1500s...

Tour de France 2023: stage 10 updates on road from Vulcania to Issoire – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature149km to go: Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Sepp Kuss, Romain Bardet, Simon Yates...

Wimbledon quarter-finals: Swiatek v Svitolina, Rublev v Djokovic, and more – live | Wimbledon 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureJessica Pegula is having a fine time at the moment, and she will...

Illegal migration bill returns to the Commons heavily amended after Lords defeat – UK politics live | Immigration and asylum

Illegal migration bill returns to Commons as PM heads to ViliniusAs Rishi Sunak set off for Lithuania for the crunch two-day Nato summit in...

Spiralling costs tear though notion of sport as a communal force for good | Sport

Hold your nerve. Stick to the plan. We’re all in this together. Your rent is going through the roof and your bills are turning...

‘We have no time to heal’: floods followed by earthquake heap more trauma on Haiti | Global development

People living in Grand’Anse felt the impact of last month’s earthquake instantly. In a matter of minutes, the 5.5 magnitude quake that hit Haiti’s...

Sarah Lee visits All England Club for Wimbledon 2023 – photo essay | Wimbledon 2023

It was the sense of order that first struck me arriving at Wimbledon last Monday. The queue is the most well run and efficient....

‘Heaviest rain ever’ causes deadly floods and landslides in Japan | Japan

Six people died and three others were missing after the “heaviest rain ever” triggered floods and landslides in south-west Japan.The Japan meteorological agency warned...

‘Uncharted territory’: UN declares first week of July world’s hottest ever recorded | Environment

The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet as a whole, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This year...

Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides part 15: England | 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...

‘I love a rebuild’: Ange Postecoglou warms to Tottenham challenge | Tottenham Hotspur

Ange Postecoglou lost the sweepstake. Truth be told, the new Tottenham manager lost it by a distance. He and his coaches had speculated on...