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Harry Brook keeps feet on ground after Joe Root rates him ‘best in world’
England got a bit of grief in India earlier this year when Ben Duckett suggested their aggressive style may have influenced Yashasvi Jaiswal’s hot streak. Harry Brook was wise enough not to go there again this week but there was still an element of game recognises game while taking in …
$1 for a ticket to watch the New York Giants suddenly seems a little overpriced
A $1 ticket for an NFL game – or nearly any professional sporting event for that matter – sounds like a phenomenal deal. But most bargains come with a catch and Sunday’s was no exception: you had to
watch the New York Giants play football
.Still, mere …
We must educate sporting leaders to look beyond toxic win-at-all-costs approaches | Cath Bishop
South Korea president banned from leaving country as ruling party accused of ‘second coup’
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been banned from leaving the country, as opposition politicians accused his party of staging a “second coup” by refusing to impeach him over his botched declaration of martial law last week.
Bae Sang-up, an immigration services commissioner at the justice ministry, confirmed during …
Can you solve it? That Sally Rooney hat puzzle
Midway though the new Sally Rooney novel, Intermezzo, two of the characters discuss a puzzle about hats. I thought it would make a perfect puzzle for this column, so here it is.
A liar who always lies says “All my hats are green.”
Can we conclude that …
GMB union ‘riddled with misogyny and cronyism’, says former regional chief
GMB must release former female staff members from confidentiality clauses that prevent them speaking publicly about their treatment, a former regional president of the trade union has said.
Cath Pinder, who was suspended from the union for failing to respond to an email and subsequently expelled earlier this year, said …
Luke Littler named on six-strong Sports Personality of the Year shortlist
Luke Littler will have a shot at becoming the youngest winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award for more than 60 years, after being named on a six-strong shortlist headed by the Paris 2024 Olympics stars Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Yee.
The England footballer Jude Bellingham, the …
Monday briefing: How the decade-long war in Syria ended almost overnight
Good morning. It’s been only twelve days since rebel groups in Syria seized 15 villages in Aleppo province under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Yesterday, after an astonishing blitzkrieg campaign that has left the leading group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), commanding seven times as much territory as when …
UK ‘needs to play catch-up’ in global race to rewire electricity grids
The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the world’s power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cables needed to connect them to the grid and consumers, according to a new report.
For every pound the UK has spent on …
Starwatch: Game of patience as Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak
It is the week of the Geminid meteor shower. Active between 4 and 20 December, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 14-15 December. The chart shows the view looking east from London at 22.00 GMT.
Watching meteors is a game of patience. It is best to …