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World Cup triumph would be only half the story for England’s wheelchair rugby league squad

England go into Friday’s final against France hopeful of retaining their title – and inspiring more to take up their fast-growing, compelling sport Sport in Britain is so often judged on various key metrics. Attendances, TV viewing figures, revenue and, arguably the most important one of all, trophies. On Friday morning, a group of men will represent England in a World Cup final against France, hoping to retain the trophy they won in 2022 while still playing for something far more important. The captain of England’s rugby league wheelchair team, Lewis King, remembers what things used to be lik

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World Cup triumph would be only half the story for England’s wheelchair rugby league squad

England go into Friday’s final against France hopeful of retaining their title – and inspiring more to take up their fast-growing, compelling sport Sport in Britain is so often judged on various key metrics. Attendances, TV viewing figures, revenue and, arguably the most important one of all, trophies. On Friday morning, a group of men will represent England in a World Cup final against France, hoping to retain the trophy they won in 2022 while still playing for something far more important. The captain of England’s rugby league wheelchair team, Lewis King, remembers what things used to be lik

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Billions lost and markets roiled by one man’s indiscretion. Isn’t it now clear that these tech bros are too powerful? | Aditya Chakrabortty

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair must be the costliest fling in human history – and a preview of what awaits when the tech bubble bursts One thing we all know about the tech billionaires is they are super-smart. We know this largely because they never stop telling us. The “cognitive elite”, to use their favoured phrase, are entitled to shape our future without our say-so. When Elon Musk goes hiring, he wants “super-high-IQ small-government revolutionaries”. Long before they got private jets, what fuelled these boys was faith in their own brainpower. As a teenager, Jensen Huang wooed his future

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Billions lost and markets roiled by one man’s indiscretion. Isn’t it now clear that these tech bros are too powerful? | Aditya Chakrabortty

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair must be the costliest fling in human history – and a preview of what awaits when the tech bubble bursts One thing we all know about the tech billionaires is they are super-smart. We know this largely because they never stop telling us. The “cognitive elite”, to use their favoured phrase, are entitled to shape our future without our say-so. When Elon Musk goes hiring, he wants “super-high-IQ small-government revolutionaries”. Long before they got private jets, what fuelled these boys was faith in their own brainpower. As a teenager, Jensen Huang wooed his future

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NHS England deletes ‘misleading’ claim 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools

Exclusive: The Guardian revealed 29 hospital trusts were not or hardly using the controversial patient data tech NHS England has deleted a claim from its website stating 137 hospital trusts are benefiting from Palantir’s AI health data system after the Guardian revealed 29 of them were not using all or most of the controversial technology. Health bosses had published a list of all the NHS bodies “live” with and “realising benefits” from the AI-powered federated data platform (FDP), a system set up to improve patient outcomes, boost operating theatre efficiency and speed up bed discharges. But

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NHS England deletes ‘misleading’ claim 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools

Exclusive: The Guardian revealed 29 hospital trusts were not or hardly using the controversial patient data tech NHS England has deleted a claim from its website stating 137 hospital trusts are benefiting from Palantir’s AI health data system after the Guardian revealed 29 of them were not using all or most of the controversial technology. Health bosses had published a list of all the NHS bodies “live” with and “realising benefits” from the AI-powered federated data platform (FDP), a system set up to improve patient outcomes, boost operating theatre efficiency and speed up bed discharges. But

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Water industry bonus ban to be tightened as Ofwat warns of ‘damage to public trust’

Regulator to hasten review over concerns that firms are ‘undermining’ rules to make large payments to bosses Business live – latest updates The water company bonus ban is set to be tightened after the regulator accused the industry of a risk of “damaging public trust” with large payments to bosses that appeared to get around the rules. Anglian Water was singled out for particular criticism over “retention payments” worth up to £800,000 for its chief executive, Mark Thurston, despite the bonus ban. Anglian will face increased monitoring of its governance arrangements because of the controversia

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Water industry bonus ban to be tightened as Ofwat warns of ‘damage to public trust’

Regulator to hasten review over concerns that firms are ‘undermining’ rules to make large payments to bosses Business live – latest updates The water company bonus ban is set to be tightened after the regulator accused the industry of a risk of “damaging public trust” with large payments to bosses that appeared to get around the rules. Anglian Water was singled out for particular criticism over “retention payments” worth up to £800,000 for its chief executive, Mark Thurston, despite the bonus ban. Anglian will face increased monitoring of its governance arrangements because of the controversia

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Fizzle of Shoaib Bashir’s algorithmic magic echoes wider decline of Test spin | Jonathan Liew

Left out of squad to tour South Africa, spin bowler’s exclusion points to a sport reshaped by the needs of T20 and hard data During the summer, Sky Sports would frequently run an advert for one of English cricket’s blue-chip financial sponsors. I forget its exact name – something like WXYZ Tradify or Crypto Max 301 or Wealth Centaur would be my guess. But I remember there was a mind-shreddingly banal male voiceover (“diversify your forex contingents and start making your money bleed today”), to which England players like Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell were depicted engaging in various feats of

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Fizzle of Shoaib Bashir’s algorithmic magic echoes wider decline of Test spin | Jonathan Liew

Left out of squad to tour South Africa, spin bowler’s exclusion points to a sport reshaped by the needs of T20 and hard data During the summer, Sky Sports would frequently run an advert for one of English cricket’s blue-chip financial sponsors. I forget its exact name – something like WXYZ Tradify or Crypto Max 301 or Wealth Centaur would be my guess. But I remember there was a mind-shreddingly banal male voiceover (“diversify your forex contingents and start making your money bleed today”), to which England players like Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell were depicted engaging in various feats of

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Less drama, more listening, but is Kozo Tashima the candidate to topple Infantino?

Japan FA honorary president is hoping a calmer approach that makes fewer unwelcome headlines for Fifa will be welcomed by football Not many remember Japan’s bid for the 2022 World Cup, when the country finished the race with only two of the final 22 votes. Kozo Tashima was involved then, and now the honorary president of the Japan Football Association is going it alone in the hope of ousting Gianni Infantino. The 68-year-old Tashima is an unlikely insurgent and an unlikely challenger to Infantino. He is, however, a familiar and respected figure in Asian and global football politics, and ready

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Less drama, more listening, but is Kozo Tashima the candidate to topple Infantino?

Japan FA honorary president is hoping a calmer approach that makes fewer unwelcome headlines for Fifa will be welcomed by football Not many remember Japan’s bid for the 2022 World Cup, when the country finished the race with only two of the final 22 votes. Kozo Tashima was involved then, and now the honorary president of the Japan Football Association is going it alone in the hope of ousting Gianni Infantino. The 68-year-old Tashima is an unlikely insurgent and an unlikely challenger to Infantino. He is, however, a familiar and respected figure in Asian and global football politics, and ready

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Marsh dodges Khawaja claims as Cummins vows to 'respond properly'

Mitchell Marsh persistently refuses to speak about Australia's ball-tampering saga at a press conference but captain Pat Cummins vows to "respond properly".

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Promises and pride: Scott Colom rejoices with young and old on historic night in Mississippi

When he finally arrived at his victory party, Colom walked out to T.I.’s Let ‘Em Know. The audience, still galvanized even after hours of standing, roared

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It is time for a change of leadership in the Democratic Party in the US

The Democrats need to deliver on an ambitious agenda, and they need new energy and new voices to do so.

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Teenager in critical condition after likely ‘train surfing’ on Sydney Harbour Bridge, police say

‘You just don’t mess or play with a 400-tonne train’, Sydney trains says as 17-year-old suffers multiple injuries to head, chest and pelvis

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