Fachie said: “In some ways it’s a bit of a surprise, given that I thought my cycling career might be over, but the lure of another Commonwealth Games in Scotland was pretty strong. “I’m both excited and a little nervous about getting back into race shape and being on that …
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and wider threats to the UK and its allies share “a lot of similarities” with the three-year run-up to the Second World War, the armed forces minister has said. Al Carns, a former special forces colonel in the Royal Marines, said Ukraine is on the frontline …
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Boxing greats Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have agreed a professional rematch in September. Pacquiao, 47, and Mayweather, 48, will fight at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, 19 September, with the bout live on Netflix. Former world champion Mayweather announced he would come out of retirement for a fourth …
Read More »Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 24 #519
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[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with mental illness who use AI chatbots risk experiencing a worsening of their condition. This is shown by a new study published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. The researchers screened electronic health records from nearly 54,000 patients with mental illness and found several …
Read More »Apple Could Launch at Least Five New Products, Including iPhone 17E, Next Week
Apple could announce at least five new products over a three-day event in early March that would include a low-cost MacBook, an iPhone 17E, new iPad Air and new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptop models and possibly more, according to a Bloomberg report. As opposed to an Apple “Event” …
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Milan and Cortina were selected as host cities in 2019 and while existing facilities have largely been used, new venues have been created for ice hockey and the sliding sports. A year out from the Games starting, the Cortina Sliding Centre – rebuilt on a century-old track at a cost …
Read More »Josh Hazlewood: Australia fast bowler ruled out of T20 World Cup by injury
Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the men’s T20 World Cup as he continues his recovery from injury. The 35-year-old has not played since mid-November having missed the Ashes against England with a combination of hamstring and Achillies tendon problems. Australia had initially named him in their …
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Harry Styles delighted fans by announcing on Instagram he would be playing one night at Co-op live. BBC News
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Documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal plan for Jeffrey Epstein to own a majority stake in Sarah Ferguson’s women’s empowerment brand after his child sex offence conviction. In 2009, Sarah Ferguson began a year-long effort to launch Mothers Army, a company and personal brand with the mission …
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Anthropic’s “smartest model” is getting a major boost, the company said in a blog post announcing Claude Opus 4.6. It called the new model a “direct upgrade” from its predecessor in a release, noting that it can better take on complex, multi-step tasks and get “much closer to production-ready quality …
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Having recently replaced Peter Lawwell – who stood down as Celtic chairman at the end of December, citing “abuse and threats” – Wilson accepts “there hasn’t been as much engagement [with the fans] as I would’ve liked” in the past month. Wilson says that has mainly been down to the …
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Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor says injuries are to blame for her side’s decline this season. Back-to-back defeats by Arsenal and Manchester City have left the defending champions, who have won the Women’s Super League for the past six seasons, 12 points behind the leaders with eight games left. After 5-1 …
Read More »Reece Prescod: Enhanced Games athlete to ‘push his body to the limits’
Former Great Britain athlete Reece Prescod tells BBC sports editor Dan Roan he is competing at the Enhanced Games to help himself get back into a “sub-10” shape and to “push his body to the limits”, and would be open to enhancements if he feels they could take his body …
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The ecocide bill would allow for people to be jailed for up to 20 years for damaging the environment. BBC News
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World Anti-Doping Agency chiefs will investigate claims male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance, if a complaint is made. In January, German newspaper Bild, external reported that jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid before being measured for their suits. Hyaluronic acid, …
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Property firm Ediston say the proposal would only involve minimal structural alterations to the building. BBC News
Read More »Healey meets Leonardo boss amid Yeovil closure threat | Money News
John Healey, the defence secretary, has held urgent talks with the boss of Leonardo, the Italian defence contractor, amid fears for thousands of jobs at a military helicopter factory in Somerset. Sky News has learnt that Mr Healey met Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo’s chief executive, on Friday for talks about an …
Read More »Housing trans prisoners based on sex at birth risks safety, court told
Lawyers for the Scottish government said moving trans woman prisoners to male-only jails would create an ‘unacceptable risk of suicide’. BBC News
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