World Sevens Football are in talks with leading clubs about a new seven-a-side women’s football series that is scheduled to start in May. Games in the new “revolutionary grand slam series” will be played on a field half the size of a typical football pitch and involve two 15-minute halves, with extra time for tie-breakers....
A report released by the World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday found that not only was 2024 the warmest year in a 175-year observational period, reaching a global surface temperature of roughly 1.55°C above the preindustrial average for the first time, but each of the past 10 years were also individually the 10 warmest on record....
Cameroon were held to a shock draw away to unfancied Eswatini as African qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup resumed on Wednesday. Bryan Mbeumo came closest to breaking the deadlock for the Indomitable Lions when the Brentford forward hit the woodwork with a curling effort from distance in the first half. Eswatini are ranked...
It means he will not follow in the footsteps of his father Gianluigi, who was part of the Italy side that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Buffon Sr played a major part in that success as part of a stellar 28-year professional career which saw him win 176 senior international caps, 10 Serie...
Some of the groups will not be finalised until after the Nations League quarter-finals in March. Group A: Germany/Italy (winner), Slovakia, NORTHERN IRELAND, Luxembourg. Group B: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo. Group C: Portugal/Denmark (loser), Greece, SCOTLAND, Belarus. Group D: France/Croatia (winner), Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan. Group E: Spain/Netherlands (winner), Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria. Group F: Portugal/Denmark (winner),...
A six year old girl from Plymouth is channelling her energies into qualifying for the Kickboxing Youth World Championships in August 2026. Ivanna started kickboxing at three-and-a-half years old and trains four or five times a week at her dad’s studio. After coming second in the National Kickboxing Championships in Nottingham, she now must compete...
Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation between government and the tech sector. His book is,...
The outrages are raining down one after another: Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine is responsible for the war with Russia, which thus blames Ukraine for the deaths of its own people and implicitly supports Putin’s use of unrestrained military force. Trump’s proposal to forcefully relocate Palestinians from Gaza, which functions as an extension of ethnic cleansing....
The Republic of Ireland have confirmed summer friendlies against Senegal and Luxembourg. Heimir Hallgrimsson’s side take on Bulgaria in a two-legged Nations League play-off this week before attention turns to the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup. The Republic of Ireland will host Senegal, who are 17th in the Fifa world rankings, at the...
Day matches begin at 04:30 GMT and day/night matches at 11:00 Wednesday, 9 April – Pakistan v Ireland (day, Gaddafi Stadium) West Indies v Scotland – (day, LCCA) Thursday, 10 April – Thailand v Bangladesh (day, LCCA) Friday, 11 April – Pakistan v Scotland (day, LCCA) Ireland v West Indies (day, Gaddafi Stadium) Sunday, 13...
Visit Exeter is set to celebrate its eighth Birthday this month, in a year which sees the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 come to the city and more visitors to Exeter. Launched during English Tourism Week in 2017, Visit Exeter has since grown in those eight years, championing businesses in Exeter and beyond. Funded through...
There are 722,000 golfers affiliated to England Golf through clubs and the number is continuing to rise. Since November 2020, 38m handicap scores have been submitted to the federation’s central database, with 10m in the last year alone. Players do not have to be a member of a club to gain a handicap, and the...
At its recreational level the post-covid boom is being sustained. More people are playing, ‘influencers’ are attracting dedicated followings and the latest season of a behind the scenes docu-series is about to drop on Netflix. What’s not to like? Tiger Woods makes his latest comeback this week at Torrey Pines and we are edging ever...
Rory McIlroy hits a three-under-par 69 to win the season-ending DP World Tour Championship and clinch his sixth Race to Dubai title. Source link...