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Local protest group launches legal action over Wimbledon expansion plans
A local campaign group is taking legal action to stop the expansion of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC), as the row over the future of Wimbledon reignited on Monday.
Save Wimbledon Park (SWP) said it has made submissions to the Greater London Authority arguing for a judicial …
Ascot leads racing’s ‘Premier League’ tracks in exploiting overseas markets
Having gone into the busy holiday schedule amid talk of plummeting betting turnover and a black hole on the sport’s balance sheet, there is at least a smattering of reasons to be cheerful as racing sets off into 2025.
The domestic Christmas programme delivered on every level, with Constitution Hill, …
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first artificial intelligence agents may start working for organisations this year, wrote Sam Altman, as AI firms push for uses that generate returns on substantial investment in the technology.
Microsoft, …
Cruz Hewitt takes expectation and Nick Kyrgios jokes in his stride ahead of Australian Open debut
The teenager long ago outgrew his legendary father, has been prominent at the Davis Cup, and has already sparked an off-court controversy with Nick Kyrgios. Yet Cruz Hewitt hasn’t yet made his formal Australian Open debut.
The son of Lleyton and Bec Hewitt is just 16, but at 1.88m already …
‘We can’t just have one superstar’: Ilona Maher wants greater focus on others to grow rugby
Bristol Bears’ new high-profile recruit Ilona Maher says while she loves being a superstar, rugby needs much more than solely her presence for the sport to continue to grow.
Maher, who is the most followed rugby player on social media, made her debut for Premiership Women’s Rugby club Bristol in …
Radical plan may result in two England-Australia Ashes series every three years
England and Australia could play two Ashes series every three years from 2027 onwards under a radical two division plan being considered for Test cricket.
, Australia, England and India, plus Jay Shah, the new chair of the International Cricket …Teenager Mia Brookes emulates Luke Littler to seal world snowboarding title
Mia Brookes, at just two days older than Luke Littler, became the second British teenager in two days to claim a world sporting title when she produced another incredible display of big air snowboarding on Sunday.
The 17-year-old Briton sealed back-to-back World Cup victories after December’s triumph in Beijing with …
Aldi celebrates ‘best Christmas ever’ with sales of £1.6bn
Aldi has reported its “best Christmas ever” after Britain’s fourth-biggest grocer said it made sales of more than £1.6bn in the four weeks to Christmas Eve, thanks in part to shoppers trading up to its premium range.
The supermarket chain said total sales for the crucial holiday period increased by …
The NFL’s bogus playoff seeding system penalizes the more deserving
The injustice of the NFL’s playoff seeding system rears its ugly head once again
Now that we know how the 2024 NFL playoffs are seeded from top to bottom, it’s time once again to complain about the league’s ugly secret: Its system for awarding playoff position, and thus which teams …