Coco Gauff named as Team USA Olympic flagbearer alongside LeBron James
Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the US Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning US
Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN
Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the highest number of people experiencing hunger in the world by 2030, the UN has predicted. In
Chariots of Fire review – classic British take on 1924 Paris Olympics is superbly watchable
In honour of both the imminent Paris Olympics and the centenary of the 1924 Olympics, also in Paris, here is a rerelease of this superbly
Labour rebel suggests she is victim of a ‘macho virility test’ after suspension over two-child benefit cap – UK politics live
Keir Starmer faces the Commons at PMQs for the first time as prime minister. He does so after responding to the first challenge to his
Labour rebel says she ‘slept well knowing I took a stand’ over two-child benefit cap
A Labour MP said she “slept well” after being suspended by the party on Tuesday night over a Commons rebellion on the two-child benefit cap.
EasyJet forecasts record-breaking summer as profits jump
The budget airline easyJet is predicting a record-breaking summer of travel after profits jumped 16% in its most recent quarter of trading. The bumper figures
Death Wish at 50: a reactionary and repugnant revenge thriller
We denizens of the present like to presume a higher degree of moral clarity over the past, but some things don’t require the benefit of
Family of Allan Marshall to sue prison service in Scotland over 2015 death in custody
The family of a man who died in custody after he was restrained by 17 officers will sue the Scottish Prison Service, police and Crown
Kent soldier stabbing: man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a soldier was stabbed in Kent, reportedly while wearing his uniform. The victim, in
The Knowledge | Who are football’s most expensive uncapped players?
“I seem incapable of forgetting that Dean Richards’s 2001 transfer from Southampton to Spurs was the highest fee paid for a player as yet uncapped