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The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has submitted a preliminary bid to host the Women’s Champions League final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in 2029. Dublin was put forward as a potential host city in an expression of interest by the FAI to Uefa in October. The FAI said …

American downhill skier Lindsey Vonn says she has ruptured one of her anterior cruciate ligaments but still hopes to compete at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The 41-year-old was airlifted to hospital in Switzerland on Friday after crashing in the final World Cup race before the Games. The former Olympic …

Deadline day for the Premier League and all EFL clubs is set at 19:00 GMT on Monday, 2 February. This is the same deadline for France, Italy and Germany. If a move fails to materialise after the window has closed, players and clubs will still have a few options available. …

WASHINGTON — The FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections hub on Wednesday, seeking records related to the 2020 election, according to the county. The FBI told NBC News that “conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity” at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, while the FBI’s …

The London Marathon became the first marathon to award equal prize money to wheelchair and non-disabled elite athletes in 2024. Hug, the course record holder in London, said: “For me, it is more than a race. It is an organisation that has done so much to put wheelchair racing and …

Australian Jay Vine won the Tour Down Under – despite being knocked off his bike in a crash caused by a kangaroo. Britain’s Matthew Brennan took the fifth and final stage of the race in Australia, on a day dominated by drama in the peloton. The kangaroo ran across the …

Italian Molinari meanwhile put together a remarkable run of seven birdies in eight holes between the seventh and the 14th on his way to firing a seven-under 65. The 2018 Open champion, now ranked 418th in the world rankings, posted one further birdie in his round, with a solitary bogey …

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈    After productive talks with NATO, the threat of tariffs on European countries who opposed Donald Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland is being dropped by the US president. It followed Donald Trump entering the lion’s den in Davos, Switzerland. In a keynote …

US President Donald Trump took to the stage in Davos, Switzerland to speak at the annual World Economic Forum, and gave a speech featuring topics ranging from Europe’s green policies to Greenland. Trump told the room he would not use force in Greenland – but also launched a long argument …

Attacks by Donald Trump against his NATO allies over Greenland, the Chagos islands and the future of global security have sidelined critical plans to secure new support for Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, was expected to attend a gathering of world leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos …

Britain’s Sam Watson won the opening stage prologue of the Santos Tour Down Under for Ineos Grenadiers ahead of compatriot Ethan Vernon. British road race champion Watson, 24, beat Vernon by just half a second on the 3.6km race against the clock in Adelaide, South Australia – the first race …

A series of text exchanges between Donald Trump and European leaders about ownership of Greenland have sensationally been released. The US president has pledged to tell European leaders at this week’s forum in Davos, Switzerland, that “we will have to have” Greenland. Messages released on Monday between Trump and Norway’s …

Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim has dislocated her shoulder just a month before the start of the Winter Games in Milan. Kim, 25, is aiming to become the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the halfpipe. The USA athlete will have an MRI scan on Friday …

Former Tottenham and England forward Martin Chivers has died at the age of 80. During his eight years in north London, the striker scored 174 goals in 367 outings to help the club win the League Cup twice, as well as the Uefa Cup. He also scored 14 goals in …

Skiers formed a heart shape on the slopes of Crans-Montana, days after 40 people were killed in a fire at the Swiss ski resort town. BBC News

The bodies of 16 more victims of a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have been identified by police. The youngest person was a Swiss girl aged 14, with nine aged under 18. The group includes people of Swiss, Italian, Romanian, Turkish and French nationalities, police said. …

Police have identified the first four bodies of people who were killed in a fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort on New Year’s Eve. The bodies of two Swiss women aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men aged 18 and 16 have been returned to their …

Punkt, the Switzerland-based, privacy-focused phone maker, is trying the whole “smartphone” thing again. The MC03 improves on some of the disappointing features of its previous effort, the MC02, while maintaining its security focus. Likewise, its software still comes with a subscription fee: the first year is included free, but it’s …

Wawrinka, who turned pro in 2002, has won 16 tour-level trophies during his career, including a Masters 1000 title at Monte Carlo in 2014. He also secured gold for Switzerland in doubles at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing partnering Roger Federer. Known for his one-handed backhand, Wawrinka beat the …

On Wednesday evening, OpenAI launched an App Directory to browse all the tools currently available and opened its SDK for developers to build new interactive experiences that operate within the bot’s UI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last month that “We are planning to build the obvious features that you …