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One of the most dynamic periods of the WNBA offseason is coming to an end as free agents are signing contrasts with their teams at the start of February. This year was particularly exciting as a huge crop of the league’s stars – including Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, Jewell Loyd, …

In the town of Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the

Outer Hebrides

In a tournament with no room for a warm-up, where you just hop into the blocks and hope to explode out of them, home games are a mixed blessing. If the getaway isn’t clean then the boost to the away side can be turbo stuff. Which poses a dilemma: how …

The world is becoming a more dangerous place. It’s an often-heard sentiment these days, but is it really true? Historical comparisons are of limited help.

Last week’s 80th anniversary of the

liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau

Steve Borthwick has blamed England’s continuing poor results on his team’s relative lack of experience but says he was proud of his players for fighting back to earn a late losing bonus point. England have been beaten in seven of their last nine Tests and must now face an in-form …

Maro Itoje was installed as England captain, primarily for two reasons. Firstly to give England a more abrasive, harder edge. Secondly, to help Steve Borthwick’s side close out matches, to steer them home in the second half, with the clock ticking down and the pressure turning up a few notches. …

Ireland

Hugo Keenan

Exceptional covering tackle on Tommy Freeman in the first half, and joined in the attack with intelligent support lines as usual.

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Mack Hansen

Big hit on Cadan Murley in the opening seconds was impressive and he bounced back well …

Slow and steady rarely wins the Six Nations race. More often than not the old championship suits a strong frontrunner and the defending champions Ireland are up and running again. A much-improved second-half saw them overcome a 10-5 half-time deficit and left England to wonder what might have been had …

US banking giant JPMorgan plans to deliver $4bn of gold bullion weighing more than 937 tons to New York this month, before an anticipated escalation of Donald Trump’s trade-rebalancing-tariff moves planned for Saturday.

The US bank, the world’s biggest bullion dealer, said it would deliver the hefty raw material, weighed …

Everyone agreed it was the best camp they’d ever been to. The most fun. There was an interpretive dance class. Successful jump drills were met with high-fives all around. On the day of the Chinese new year, the kids all went out for hot pot. And parents and coaches, regardless …