‘It’s important we attract the best’: inside the NWSL’s groundbreaking deal that abolishes the draft
Early on Thursday, the National Women’s Soccer League announced a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with its players’ association. Ratified almost two years ahead of
Rapidly urbanising Africa to have six cities with populations above 10m by 2035
Six African cities will have more than 10 million people by 2035, with the continent’s booming young population making it the world’s fastest urbanising region,
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God review – this masterpiece will make you fall back in love with life
Perhaps the most telling moment on Wild God comes about a quarter of an hour in. A track called Joy opens in a manner characteristic
‘Something is in that room’: Guillermo del Toro disturbed by ‘ghosts’ in Scottish hotel
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro has reported being disturbed by a supernatural presence while staying in a hotel in Scotland. Del Toro,
Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
Beyoncé has blocked Donald Trump from using her song Freedom, after the track – the central song for the Kamala Harris campaign – was used
Leverkusen the Bundesliga team to beat despite Bayern’s summer spree | Andy Brassell
Patrik Schick, again. The DFL Super Cup rarely provides any pointers for the forthcoming Bundesliga season, but what this year’s curtain raiser seemed to indicate
Senior Thai politician who slapped reporter to be investigated
Thailand’s parliament said it would investigate a senior politician and former army chief after he was filmed slapping a reporter as she tried to ask
Blink Twice review – Zoe Kravitz’s stylish yet scattered #MeToo thriller
For her directorial debut, Blink Twice, actor and reluctantly labelled nepo baby Zoë Kravitz has arrived at the table with a plate that’s stacked precariously
Kneecap review – Irish-language hip-hop trio in fiercely riotous Belfast romp
The Irish-language hip-hop trio Kneecap from Belfast caused much spluttering from the DUP in 2019 when, one day after William and Kate’s royal visit to
Union dispute shuts down Canadian freight rail amid fears for US trade
Both of Canada’s major rail freight companies have shut down their rail networks in the country and locked out nearly 10,000 workers after unsuccessful negotiations