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Skelton’s Grey Dawning has talent to light up Kempton in wide-open race
There have been many renewals of the King George VI Chase in recent years which revolved around a clear market leader but there is no obvious starting point for weighing up this year’s race at Kempton on Thursday, as nine of the 11 runners already have at least one Grade …
The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother
Maye Musk is a busy woman. As well as being the mother of the world’s richest man, she has been jetting between various glamorous events – many of them in China. In December alone, she attended a gala dinner in Hangzhou, walked the red carpet for a cosmetics company in …
‘They call me LinkedIn’: the Brazilian musical sensation named after Gary Lineker
The house lights were dimmed in one of Rio’s top music venues and, as the star of the show prepared to take the stage, thousands of enraptured fans cried out their idol’s name in the darkness: “Liniker! Liniker! Liniker! Liniker!”
It was not, however, the England striker turned Match of …
Wednesday briefing: Celebrity lookalike contests, brat everything and 36 more things to leave behind in 2024
Good morning. In the long history of the First Edition Compendium of Things That Annoyed Me From The Previous 12 Months, also known as FECOTTAMFTP12M, also known as the Thingies, people have often asked me: you seem like such an easygoing guy, Arch. Why the rage? Where’s it coming from? …
Paris was the Dude: 2024 Olympics were right Games at perfect time
India to play Champions Trophy games in Dubai after refusal to visit Pakistan
India’s matches at the 2025 Champions Trophy will be held in Dubai, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday.
Pakistan, the tournament hosts, selected the United Arab Emirates as a neutral venue for India’s fixtures with the team not able to play matches in Pakistan due to political …
Passenger forced to run along London platform with hand trapped in doors of moving train
An investigation has been launched after a rail passenger was forced to run several metres along the platform with his hand trapped inside the doors of a moving train in west London.
The passenger, who was trying to board an Elizabeth line service just after midnight, had his hand caught …
Grey Dawning bids to follow in Desert Orchid tradition for King George glory
A bold-jumping grey in the King George at Kempton: for a dozen years from the mid‑1980s, it was a Boxing Day tradition as Desert Orchid, One Man and Teeton Mill racked up seven wins from nine appearances between them. And as Robert Kirkland, a racehorse owner for nearly 40 years, …
The Breakdown awards: best rugby matches, players and quotes of 2024
Players of the year
1
Antoine Dupont (France, Toulouse, France sevens)2
Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)3
Pieter-Steph du Toit (SA), Ox Nché (SA), Wallace Sititi (New Zealand), Ellie Kildunne (England)
Head coaches of the year
1
Rassie Erasmus (SA)2
Joe Schmidt (Australia)3
Franco Smith (Glasgow Warriors)
Most memorable games attended
1
…The NFL’s rushing renaissance: how running backs reclaimed the narrative
If you’re remotely familiar with the National Football League these days, you know what people say about both modern offenses and the value of running backs within them. Over the last two decades, with the increase in having multiple receivers on the field, and the decreasing value of running backs …