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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureLast night’s action …Easy wins for Spain and Belgium, battling victories for Wales and Northern Ireland, Germany lost their first World Cup qualifier away from home against Slovakia and Poland came from behind courtesy of a Matty Cash thunderbolt to take a point and dent Dutch hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. Read on …Aston Villa full-back Matty Cash (centre) was the unlikely hero when Poland came from behind to rescue a point against the Netherlands in Rotterdam. Photograph: Marcel van Dorst/DeFodi Images/ShutterstockRecently acquired Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade…

The human body is a powerful machine, and nothing exemplifies it more than sports and athletic achievements. Every year, athletes are getting faster, stronger and fitter, smashing long-established world records and raising the bar for generations to come. They are the definition of ‘impossible is nothing’ and a constant source of inspiration for millions of people worldwide.Our question is, how much do you know about some of the greatest athletic achievements of all time? This quiz will help you find out whether your knowledge of sports records is up to scratch.Below, you will find 10 questions related to different aspects…

Tuscany, Italy“There will be wolves,” was all the incentive needed to stir enthusiasm in my perma-wired boys, aged 10 and 13, for a few nights at Oasyhotel, a new collection of sixteen Scandinavian-inspired wooden lodges perched 3,600 feet up a mountain in the Tuscan Apennines. As we sat around a campfire on our first evening, mesmerized by the crystal-clear sky, the wolves felt tantalizingly close, even if seeing these elusive animals in daylight is rare. Wolves spotted: zero, but the deep nature immersion had a magnetic pull regardless. The entire site is a World Wide Fund for Nature reserve, with regenerative principles at its core, so…

NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, said Thursday he has heard the recent talk about how some people are starting to believe that China will land humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program. “We had testimony that said NASA will not beat China to the Moon,” Duffy remarked during an all-hands meeting with NASA employees. “That was shade thrown on all of NASA. I heard it, and I gotta tell you what, maybe I am competitive, I was angry about it. I can tell you what, I’ll be damned if that is the story that…

Errors in diagnostic machines mean at least 55,000 people will need further blood tests

Ian YoungsCulture reporter andSam Harrison & Helena WilkinsonBBC NewsPA MediaGraham Linehan has pleaded not guilty to harassment and criminal damageGraham Linehan has told a court his life has been “made hell” by transgender activists, including one who he is accused of harassing.Giving evidence on the second day of his trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, Mr Linehan said: “Trans activists have spent the last 10 years demonising anyone who stands up to them.”The prosecution alleges Mr Linehan “relentlessly” posted abusive comments about Sophia Brooks, 18, on social media last October, before throwing her phone in a road.The Father Ted…

Football legends George Weah and Didier Drogba are among the high-profile names appointed to a new Fifa panel of 16 ex-players which aims to bolster efforts to tackle racism in the game.The sport’s global governing body originally announced the creation of a players’ voice panel at its annual congress in Thailand in May 2024.Former AC Milan striker Weah and ex-Chelsea forward Drogba have now been named as part of the group which includes players – both men and women – from 14 countries.The panel will advise on anti-racism strategies, participate in educational programmes and contribute to reforms across football.”Football brings…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For once, there’s an exciting story out of the Sunshine State that isn’t about a Florida man (or pythons). Instead, it’s a Florida bird—a very, very rare bird, because it doesn’t actually belong there.  Small-billed elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) are small, greyish birds that live in South America. Unlike most animals we report on here, the tiny flier is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. But that doesn’t mean it’s everywhere. In fact, a Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) ornithologist spotted…

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Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire if he hits targets set by Tesla, under a scheme disclosed by the electric car company he runs and in which he is the largest shareholder.Tesla outlined the terms of the incentive package, unprecedented in corporate history, in a section of its latest stock market update that began: “Yes, you read that correctly.”Musk, the company said, will have to increase the value of Tesla from just over $1tn now to $8.5tn over 10 years.If he presides over growth on that scale, the 54-year-old will receive new shares that would push his stake…