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Gamblers complain to Bet365 over outage during Champions League matches
The online gambling company Bet365 has been flooded with complaints after it suffered an outage during one of the busiest nights of European football this season.
Customers claimed to have lost out on thousands of pounds owing to what the company called “issues with our service” during the second half …
Let’s face it, Australia could pick people from the crowd and still beat England | Geoff Lemon
Five hours before the Women’s Ashes Test started at the MCG, a different match was happening a couple of kilometres down the road in St Kilda. The Afghanistan women’s team, made up of nationally contracted players who had to escape their home country in fear of their lives when the …
Australia’s King spins web that beguiles England’s batters in women’s Ashes Test
And so it finally arrived: the first day of women’s Test cricket at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground since 1949. Long-planned by Cricket Australia, there was a crackle of history in the air, as Alyssa Healy (ruled fit to play at the 11th hour) wore the legendary Betty Wilson’s green …
Evil toilets, terror food and billionaire Squishmallows: my eye-popping day at the UK’s giant toy fair
A chubby baby dinosaur waddles down a pink carpeted aisle, narrowly avoiding an army of Care Bears tramping in the other direction. Nearby, a sales rep shows off a collection of insect-breeding habitats, just as Pikachu scampers around the corner, bumping into her neat display. Across the hall, inventors show …
Allen v Jackson for MVP and a breathtaking play: NFL end of season awards
MVP
Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills.
Take your pick between transcendent quarterbacks: Allen or Lamar Jackson. Neither answer is wrong. I edge towards Allen here, for the sole reason that he hasn’t won the award before. That’s not right; it’s not fair. But it’s the only way to split …How FA mindset guru’s four questions provide building blocks to sporting glory
Headlines regularly report the latest outburst on court, a striker’s unexplained goal drought or a coach’s touchline rant. We search to understand how the best teams make game-winning decisions, communicate almost telepathically, recover from failure and deliver breathtaking performances when it matters most. It’s a confusing world of belief systems …
Dupont’s return heralds fizzing new era for what could be a spectacular Six Nations | Robert Kitson
Every now and again it is useful to be reminded of rugby union’s place in the grand scheme of things. “So, what’s next for you?” a non‑sporty friend asked the other day. He must have spotted my raised eyebrow. “Oh, yes, um, it’s the Six Nations, isn’t it?” Even on …
Thursday briefing: Search underway after catastrophic mid-air collision over Potomac river
Good morning. Late last night near Washington DC, a jet carrying 64 people collided with a US army helicopter above the Potomac river. A frantic rescue operation got underway quickly and was still continuing a few minutes ago, with the precise number of fatalities unclear but multiple bodies seen being …
Sydney to host 2027 Rugby World Cup final as Melbourne settles for last-16 games
The eyes of the rugby world will again fall on Sydney after it was chosen to host the 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup final, 24 years after the Wallabies’ heartbreaking defeat to England at the city’s Olympic Stadium.
Accor Stadium at Homebush, with a capacity of 82,000, will again host …
Beaumont defends RFU’s Sweeney and takes aim at ‘personal attack’ on CEO
The Rugby Football Union’s interim chairman Bill Beaumont has come out fighting on behalf of the embattled chief executive, Bill Sweeney, writing a letter to urge the governing body’s members to vote against a resolution to remove Sweeney and taking aim at the “personal attack on one individual”.
Beaumont, who …