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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble Chelsea have played 49 matches in all competitions this season and just two have ended goalless. The first was against Everton three days before Christmas, a result which ended an eight-game winning streak and sparked a decline in fortunes. Enzo … Read more
The Science Quiz: Entities that lie at the edge of physics 1 / 6 | Name the man in the picture. The mass of a subatomic particle named for him is very close to a figure that, if that had been the actual mass, could have destroyed the universe as we know it. Credit: Bengt … Read more
Eni Aluko has apologised to Ian Wright for her comments over his involvement as a pundit in women’s football. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this week, the former England forward discussed the risk of men blocking opportunities for female broadcasters in women’s football. When asked by the presenter Clare McDonnell whether Wright was … Read more
The 45th running of the London Marathon gets under way in Greenwich on Sunday morning, a diverse multitude of elite athletes, costumed fun-runners, wheelchair competitors, the capital’s streets thronging with supporters over 26.2 miles, all cheering home the biggest field – 56,000 souls – to take part in this celebrated event. Central London’s traffic may … Read more
Back in his pomp as an era-defining, generational dog-torturer, the great Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did an interesting experiment with shapes. This involved showing a dog called Vampire a combination of circles and ovals. Circles meant he was about to be fed. Ovals meant no food and possibly, maybe, at a push, being electrocuted. Before … Read more
There are occasional sightings of him around the city. A face is glimpsed; perhaps climbing out of a car, perhaps stepping into a mosque. A phone is surreptitiously brandished. The rumour spreads like fire. Pretty quickly these sightings take on the status of urban myths; brief brushes with the divine. There was the time he … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Welcome to matchday live! Good morning! Welcome to our brand new live blog running on Saturdays and Sundays that will signpost the football matches and stories to look out for each day. Coming up on a stacked Saturday we’ll be talking … Read more
Former ISRO chairman Dr. K Kasturirangan passed away in Bengaluru on April 25, 2025. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Dr. K. Kasturirangan passed away in Bengaluru on April 25, 2025. He was 84 years old. The former space scientist’s health had been deteriorating for a week … Read more
Tiffany Saine, the mother of Derrick Harmon, died shortly after the Pittsburgh Steelers selected her son with the 21st pick of the NFL draft. Harmon was visibly emotional as he was picked, and the ESPN broadcast showed a video in which the defensive tackle spoke about his mother’s health issues and paid tribute to the … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain’s hopes of becoming the first side to complete a Ligue 1 season unbeaten came crashing down at the Parc des Princes on Friday when Nice handed them their first defeat of the league campaign, winning 3-1 to boost their own Champions League ambitions. Having already secured the title earlier this month, PSG still … Read more