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Almost 10,000 images of tennis balls plunge up to 90% in value as Australian Open appears to ditch NFTs
Nearly 10,000 images of balls have plunged up to 90% in value after Tennis Australia appears to have walked away from its non-fungible token (NFT) program three years after it began selling the artworks to punters.
Launched at the peak of hype around NFTs, the Australian Open’s Artball program allowed …
Mystery surrounds Caleb Ewan’s future after top cyclist erased from team roster
He is among Australia’s greatest sprinters – winner of five Tour de France stages and half a dozen other grand tour stage wins. But at the moment, Caleb Ewan is nowhere to be found.
Last week, Ewan’s profile was featured on the team page of his World Tour outfit, Australia-registered …
Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal
The film star Dirk Bogarde was “clearly disturbed” and “troubled” after MI5 warned him that his name had been given to the KGB as a “practising homosexual” and he risked being compromised in a sting operation, newly declassified intelligence files show.
Bogarde, who died in 1999 and never came out …
MI5 files suggest queen was not briefed on spy in royal household for nine years
The late Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost 10 years that Anthony Blunt, a surveyor of the queen’s pictures and a member of the royal household, had confessed to being a Soviet double agent, previously secret security files suggest.
Declassified MI5 documents throw intriguing new light on how …
Pope Francis inherited box of documents from predecessor relating to scandals
Pope Francis has said he inherited a “large white box” full of documents related to various scandals faced by the Catholic Church when he took over from his predecessor.
The pontiff makes the revelation in his much-anticipated autobiography, Spera (Hope), which is published on Tuesday.
Francis became pope in 2013 …
Warren Gatland still up for Wales test as Mee and Edwards receive Six Nations call-ups
Warren Gatland, the Six Nations’ longest-serving head coach, insists he is still up for the challenge of reviving Welsh rugby fortunes after naming two uncapped players, the Ospreys fly-half Dan Edwards and the Scarlets wing Ellis Mee, in a reshuffled 34‑man squad for the 2025 tournament which commences on 31 …
Joe Marler to lead talks with RFU and clubs on England players’ welfare
Joe Marler has revealed he has been appointed to lead discussions with the Rugby Football Union and the Premiership clubs over the welfare of England players, claiming that Test stars were previously “not looked after”.
Marler, who brought an end to his England career during the autumn internationals before
Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents
Spain has announced plans to impose a tax of up to 100% on real estate bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK, in an aim to tackle the country’s housing crisis.
The measure was one of a dozen unveiled Monday by the country’s prime minister, …
Ronnie O’Sullivan says he ‘lost the plot’ before pulling out of Masters defence
No 10 backs Rachel Reeves to remain in post for rest of parliament
Rachel Reeves will remain as chancellor until the next general election, Keir Starmer has insisted, as he warned the Treasury would be “ruthless” over public spending cuts to help meet the government’s fiscal rules.
The Treasury is looking for billions of pounds of savings from departmental budgets to balance the …