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Manchester United are rooted in the Premier League relegation zone despite a dramatic late rally to rescue a 4-4 draw against Aston Villa.
Manchester United are rooted in the Premier League relegation zone despite a dramatic late rally to rescue a 4-4 draw against Aston Villa.
Read moreManchester United came from two goals down – twice – to salvage a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford
Manchester United came from two goals down – twice – to salvage a 4-4 draw with Aston Villa at Old Trafford
Read moreFrance says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.
France says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.
Read moreAustralian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1981 and had 12 grand prix victories “The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that year’s Formula One world champion. This came during his third season with the Williams Grand Prix team, after making a promising showing the year before with four race victories. Jones, who has died aged 80 of cancer, had taken full advantage of the aerodynamic excellence of the new Williams FW07 ca
Australian driver who was the Formula One champion with the Williams team in 1981 and had 12 grand prix victories “The championship? You take it any way it comes,” said Alan Jones, with typical unsentimental pithiness, after winning a tense Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 1980 that made him that year’s Formula One world champion. This came during his third season with the Williams Grand Prix team, after making a promising showing the year before with four race victories. Jones, who has died aged 80 of cancer, had taken full advantage of the aerodynamic excellence of the new Williams FW07 ca
Read moreA lot can change in five‑and‑a‑half months, but as an early winter chill descended on Wearside last week – both meteorologically and metaphorically – Sunderland were determined that some things should remain the same. Just as they had beaten Chelsea on the final day of last season to ensure European qualification for the first time in 53 years, they did so again on Sunday to lift themselves off the bottom of the Premier League. The Sunderland performance was certainly familiar to their head coach, Régis Le Bris – “the identity, the intensity, the togetherness, the way we managed the game” – o
A lot can change in five‑and‑a‑half months, but as an early winter chill descended on Wearside last week – both meteorologically and metaphorically – Sunderland were determined that some things should remain the same. Just as they had beaten Chelsea on the final day of last season to ensure European qualification for the first time in 53 years, they did so again on Sunday to lift themselves off the bottom of the Premier League. The Sunderland performance was certainly familiar to their head coach, Régis Le Bris – “the identity, the intensity, the togetherness, the way we managed the game” – o
Read moreLetters: Readers respond to an editorial commenting on the Republicans’ rout in the US midterm elections
Letters: Readers respond to an editorial commenting on the Republicans’ rout in the US midterm elections
Read moreTeammates choke back tears, fans chant his name and his family are promised support by the club at the memorial service.
Teammates choke back tears, fans chant his name and his family are promised support by the club at the memorial service.
Read moreTeammates choke back tears, fans chant his name and his family are promised support by the club at the memorial service.
Read moreLuc Corlouër made ‘deal’ with Prix Goncourt winner Philippe Jaenada over his research into model Louise Cansot, murdered in Paris in 1949 For almost eight decades the artists’ model Louise Cansot, the subject of the novel winning France’s most prestigious literary prize this year, was one of Paris’s forgotten murder victims. After her body was found near the Seine in September 1949, city police wrote off the young woman, immortalised as “the girl of 100 portraits”, as loose, libertine and – worse – an unmarried mother. They closed their investigation after just four months having made little e
Luc Corlouër made ‘deal’ with Prix Goncourt winner Philippe Jaenada over his research into model Louise Cansot, murdered in Paris in 1949 For almost eight decades the artists’ model Louise Cansot, the subject of the novel winning France’s most prestigious literary prize this year, was one of Paris’s forgotten murder victims. After her body was found near the Seine in September 1949, city police wrote off the young woman, immortalised as “the girl of 100 portraits”, as loose, libertine and – worse – an unmarried mother. They closed their investigation after just four months having made little e
Read moreRybakina pulled out on the eve of the Indian Wells tournament, with Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk replacing the top seed.
Rybakina pulled out on the eve of the Indian Wells tournament, with Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk replacing the top seed.
Read moreRybakina pulled out on the eve of the Indian Wells tournament, with Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk replacing the top seed.
Read moreThe legendary country singer says he did everything wrong. Yet now, at 93, he’s music’s last man standing. What’s the secret of his longevity? • Read an exclusive extract from Willie Nelson’s memoir here Before the interview, Willie Nelson’s publicist warns me that there’s only one thing the 93-year-old country music legend doesn’t like to discuss: the past. Which rules out talking about the 150-plus albums he’s made; the Highwaymen, the supergroup he formed with Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings; writing On the Road Again on an aeroplane sick bag. It also rules out talking a
The legendary country singer says he did everything wrong. Yet now, at 93, he’s music’s last man standing. What’s the secret of his longevity? • Read an exclusive extract from Willie Nelson’s memoir here Before the interview, Willie Nelson’s publicist warns me that there’s only one thing the 93-year-old country music legend doesn’t like to discuss: the past. Which rules out talking about the 150-plus albums he’s made; the Highwaymen, the supergroup he formed with Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings; writing On the Road Again on an aeroplane sick bag. It also rules out talking a
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