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Battling Svitolina outlasts Kasatkina to make French Open quarter-finals | French Open 2023

As Elina Svitolina stepped up to the baseline to contest her second match point 20 minutes after squandering her first, she sprinted on the...

Manchester United exposed at Wembley as a club stuck in neutral … and the past | Manchester United

One of the funniest things José Mourinho did in his early days at Chelsea, back when his toxic vibe still felt light and fun...

St Helens revive Super League hopes with Magic Weekend future in balance | Super League

The curtain has fallen on Super League’s Magic Weekend: potentially for the final time. In the coming weeks IMG will make a definitive decision...

Poland: hundreds of thousands march against rightwing populist government | Poland

Hundreds of thousands of people have marched through central Warsaw to protest against Poland’s rightwing populist government before a delicately poised election due in...

Rodri ready for Manchester City’s final exam with Champions League in sight | Manchester City

Rodri has the gleaming gold of an FA Cup winners’ medal around his neck and the lettering on his dark Manchester City T-shirt frames...

Burna Boy review – historic gig is a swaggering, star-studded triumph | Burna Boy

Burna Boy makes history here, becoming the first African artist to headline a UK stadium. The Grammy award-winning, Nigeria-born artist has popularised Afro-fusion –...

Search of Nicola Sturgeon’s home ‘proportionate and necessary’, says police chief | Scotland

Scotland’s chief constable, Sir Iain Livingstone, has said the decision to raid Nicola Sturgeon’s home in April and erect a large tent across the...

‘What sprocket left that bike there?’ My life as a pedestrian in badly behaved Britain | Cycling

The album is called Lime Slime. Sixty photos on my phone of e-bikes dumped in the middle of the pavement, blocking street crossings and...

Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy figures on Tiananmen Square anniversary | Hong Kong

Hong Kong police have detained several pro-democracy figures attempting to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in China.For years, Hongkongers...

Keira Walsh assumes central stage as Barcelona conquer Europe again | Women’s Champions League

Keira Walsh gets caught up in a conga line going past the waiting press, trophy at the front, singing loud. She eventually hauls herself...

Larry Sultan’s painterly photographs of swimmers | Photography

Growing up in the suburban Sherman Oaks district of Los Angeles, Larry Sultan lived close to a public swimming pool. His regular visits there...

French Open 2023: Novak Djokovic, Elise Mertens and Alcaraz in action – live | French Open 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureKhachanov wins the second set! I’ve no idea what, why or how, as...

The week in theatre: Aspects of Love; Rose; The Shape of Things – review | Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Aspects of Love was first performed in 1989 and is based on a second-rate novel by David Garnett, published in...

The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review | Television

Succession (Sky Atlantic/Now)The Gallows Pole (BBC Two) | iPlayerChanging Ends (ITVX)University Challenge (BBC Two) | iPlayerThe good news is that Succession didn’t choke. The...

Russia-Ukraine war live: girl, 2, killed in Dnipro blast as Kyiv fends off air attack | Ukraine

Girl, 2, killed in Dnipro airstrike – officialsA two-year-old girl was killed and 22 people injured when an airstrike hit a residential district in...

Record number of young in the UK ‘at risk of exploitation’ this summer | Children

A record number of children are at risk of sexual and criminal exploitation this summer as the cost of living crisis leaves the majority...

Kylie Minogue at 55: why we just can’t get the singer out of our heads | Kylie Minogue

One of the great unwritten rules of showbusiness could be: never write off La Minogue. As she turns 55, Kylie Minogue is back at...

‘Roast and Ride’: Republican primary revs up with bikers, BBQs and a Trump-shaped hole | US elections 2024

There were hay bales and Harley-Davidsons. There was sliced pork and campaign paraphernalia. There were earnest speeches about defeating Democrats winning back the White...

Hard to bare: Noosa’s nude beach crackdown reveals uncomfortable trend for nation’s naturists | Queensland

When Queensland police fined people for taking their clothes off at a well-known nude beach last month, they “poked the bear” that is the...

The moment I knew: We lived in different cities but even in the same room, I missed him | Australian lifestyle

I didn’t know when I’d see Magnus again. The thought made me feel slightly ill, even though I was in denial. I would be...

Biden signs debt ceiling bill after months-long standoff, avoiding default | Joe Biden

Joe Biden signed a bill on Saturday to suspend the US debt ceiling, ending a months-long standoff with the Republican House speaker, Kevin McCarthy,...

‘One more to go’: Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City to seal historic treble | FA Cup

Pep Guardiola has urged his Manchester City team to go and win next Saturday’s Champions League final and complete the treble as they may...

Sunak under fire as ‘stupid’ Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be focus of Covid inquiry | Eat out to help out

Rishi Sunak is facing a barrage of criticism in the run-up to the official Covid-19 inquiry as a leading scientist attacks his “spectacularly stupid”...

Celtic sweep Inverness aside in Scottish Cup final to secure domestic treble | Scottish Cup

If, as seems highly likely, this was farewell it was low key in nature. Ange Postecoglou refused to directly address speculation he will be...

Fan arrested at Wembley for wearing shirt referencing Hillsborough disaster | Hillsborough disaster

A man has been arrested at Wembley after a picture emerged of a football fan wearing a jersey with what appeared to be a...

Richard Wakeling, crime boss extradited to UK from Thailand, starts jail sentence | Drugs trade

An organised crime boss described as a most wanted fugitive after going on the run in 2018 has been jailed after his extradition to...

New drug combination offers ovarian cancer breakthrough | Cancer research

Thousands of women with ovarian cancer could benefit from a revolutionary drug combination after it was shown to significantly shrink tumours in almost half...

‘Wailing for help’: passengers and bystanders tell of India train crash horror | Train crashes

The carriages from three trains sat piled high in an entangled wreck. Some lay sideways, others had been thrown so high into the air...

Celtic v Inverness Caledonian Thistle: Scottish Cup final 2023 – live | Scottish Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnge Postecoglou: “The club has had a lot of success recently, including trebles....

‘We’re crap at capitalism. We need something different’: the battle for economic revival in the Welsh valleys | Economic recovery

Driving up the bigger of the two Rhondda valleys, it is hard to believe that not so long ago it was part of one...

Barcelona v Wolfsburg: Women’s Champions League final 2023 – live | Women’s Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature10 min: Hendrich is able to continue and there was nothing in the...

Manchester City v Manchester United: FA Cup final 2023 – live | FA Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTeam news: Bernardo and Fred startNo big surprises on either side. Pep Guardiola...

The Derby 2023: Dettori seeks farewell triumph as 19 arrests made – live | The Derby

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOne thing for certain today … it’s quick ground out there …Diomed Stakes...

‘We will succeed’: Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive | Ukraine

Ukraine’s president declared his country’s military was now ready to launch a long-awaited counteroffensive and expressed concern about the possibility of Donald Trump retaking...

‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster | CNN

The CNN chief executive, Chris Licht, wanted the network’s New Hampshire town hall with Donald Trump last month to be “extra Trumpy”, according to...

Yotam Ottolenghi’s picnic and camping recipes | Picnics

Camping, festivals, picnics: people love to make out that such activities are super-relaxed, chilled and sort of happen all by themselves. It’s a ruse,...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive – report | Ukraine

Zelenskiy says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive – reportUkraine is ready to launch its long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in...

Imran Khan’s political games leave him isolated as Pakistan army destroys party | Imran Khan

In recent days, Imran Khan has cut an increasingly isolated figure. Since Pakistan’s former prime minister was released from jail, after a brief but...

‘Time of new hope’: Optimism is high for Bangkok Pride after Thai elections | Thailand

When rainbow colours cover one of Bangkok’s main thoroughfares on Sunday, crowds joining the city’s pride celebrations may feel a little more optimistic about...

Talking Horses: Dubai Mile can break Johnston’s Epsom hoodoo | The Oaks

There is an old theory in racing that the best trial of all for the Derby is the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, and while...

UK shoppers warned of delivery app markup on supermarket goods | Supermarkets

Ordering a basket of groceries via a delivery app can cost more than a third extra than buying direct from a supermarket – even...

Pep Guardiola urges City fans to have ‘right portion of beer’ and behave | Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola has told Manchester City fans to be on their best behaviour at Wembley on Saturday when the club play Manchester United in...

Frankie Dettori relishes chance to ride Arrest in Epsom Derby swansong | Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori cannot even recall where he finished in his first Derby in 1992, but the one clear memory he retains from his debut...

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 Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.The...

Narrative overload: FA Cup final is a domestic finale ripe with storylines | FA Cup

Now for the big series-ender. You have to hand it to the FA Cup. Football’s grand old patrician knockout pot may have grown a...

London Irish crisis deepens after HMRC issue winding-up petition against club | Rugby union

London Irish have been pushed closer to the brink after being hit with a winding-up petition by HMRC with the government on Friday also...

An ‘unbelievable deal’? The $200m mansion reportedly bought by Beyoncé and Jay Z | The super-rich

With its steep green cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Malibu is a top contender in America’s ultra-luxury real estate market. Its rise in the...

Aryna Sabalenka opts out of media duties for sake of her ‘mental health’ | French Open 2023

Aryna Sabalenka opted out of a post-match press conference after her third-round win over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday following a number of tense exchanges...

FA Cup final: how local rivalry turned into global battle for brand supremacy | FA Cup

It will be a mighty convoy, perhaps not visible from space but certainly from the verges of the M6. A minimum of 60 coaches,...

Fatigue and frayed nerves grip Kyiv as city shelters from nightly Russian raids | Kyiv

When the air raid alarms go off at around 3am, the first things exhausted Kyvians do is reach for their mobile phones, check the...