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Attissogbé gives France lift-off in Six Nations with emphatic win over Wales
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France v Wales: Six Nations 2025 opener – live
Worrying times for the Welsh, worrying times for anyone who has a game coming up against this French team in the coming weeks. They started the 2025 Six Nations by beating Wales 43-0, and they did …
How will alcohol duty changes affect the price of drinks?
Tax on alcohol sold in the UK is changing from Saturday, with an increase to match inflation, a cut to duty on draught pints and a shake-up in how wine is levied. So what is changing, which drinks will be cheaper and which might cost more?
What is alcohol duty?
…Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction
The Hundred is set to deliver an eye-watering windfall for English cricket that exceeds all projections after a Silicon Valley tech consortium won the right to buy a 49% share in London Spirit for £144m in a deal that valued the club at £295m.
Though just the third portion of …
England lose series after India win fourth T20 amid substitution controversy
An appetising decider at the Wankhede on Sunday seemed likely. The hosts were 12 for three, stunned by a triple-wicket maiden by Saqib Mahmood, Jos Buttler finally on the right end of the toss. Three and a bit hours later the series belonged to India, England 3-1 down with one …
Maro Itoje calls for Six Nations to stay on free-to-air TV to grow the game
The England captain, Maro Itoje, has called for Six Nations organisers to keep the championship on free-to-air TV on the grounds that rugby union needs more exposure, amid fears the championship will disappear behind a paywall next season.
Itoje, who leads England for the first time in Saturday’s Six Nations …
Trudeau: Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to Trump tariffs
“I won’t sugarcoat it – our nation could be facing difficult times in the coming days and …
Extraordinary depth puts Willie Mullins in Dublin Racing Festival box-seat
Willie Mullins completed a clean sweep of the eight Grade One races at the Dublin Racing Festival in 2024 and Ireland’s perennial champion trainer is odds-on to win at least seven this time around, not least because Gordon Elliott, the current leader in the title race, has opted to steer …
Easterby minds Ireland’s house with a spruce-up and hat-trick on agenda
For Simon Easterby this is like house-minding. In theory he has the run of the gaff but the owner, Andy Farrell, is not far away and liable to check how things are going. By no means would that same owner be a control freak – an unusual state of affairs …
England’s eight dropped Ashes catches enough to make anyone feel sick | Geoff Lemon
We may as well start with a positive. Annabel Sutherland has for some time appeared to be a next-generation Ellyse Perry, similar not just in stature but in output and style. The resemblance comes most notably when batting in Tests, with the concentration and appetite to put away short-form games …
What a racket: neighbours object to noisy padel playing at Hampshire sports club
Padel is widely considered the
fastest growing sport in the world
– but residents of an affluent Hampshire suburb are not playing ball.The upmarket Winchester Racquets and Fitness club has informed its members it expects to be served with a noise abatement notice after complaints from …