After cutting his managerial teeth with Real Sociedad’s reserve team, Alonso moved to Germany and broke Bayern Munich’s 11-year stranglehold on the Bundesliga. Leading Leverkusen to their first league title convinced Real president Florentino Perez that Alonso – who made 236 appearances for Los Blancos between 2009 and 2014 – is ready to return and...
Alex de Waal Africa analyst AFP/Getty Images More than half of Sudan’s 45 million people have been wrenched from their homes Sudan’s war is in strategic stalemate. Each side stakes its hopes on a new offensive, a new delivery of weapons, a new political alliance, but neither can gain a decisive advantage. The losers are...
Bar someone going on to reach three figures and beyond, Brook could not have asked much more of his rejigged top seven. Jamie Smith, dropped on one, was aggressive for 37 in his first innings as a one-day opener. Duckett, arguably the world’s premier all-format opener, made 60. Root was typically unfussy for his 57....
Seven of the 13 points Rangers have recovered from losing positions have come in the former captain’s short tenure, which highlights the character he has instilled. But the fact his side are consistently giving themselves a mountain to climb is a fundamental reason why they have won just three of Ferguson’s six league games. And...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. “We provide the electricity for millions of homes, businesses, and institutions across the U.S., create thousands...