Paul Mason
Fifa arrests: why they’ll worry big corporations
When US prosecutors say Fifa’s execs have “corrupted global football”, that will ring alarm bells in every global brand associated with football.
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Caitlyn Jenner: a ‘pivotal moment’ for transgender people?
In a glamorous photoshoot for Vanity Fair, Caitlyn Jenner announces herself to the world in what has been hailed as a “pivotal moment” in the perception of transgender people.
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Taxi drivers hold protest, claiming business is being eroded
Streets in London were choked with black cabs as drivers protested over claims that the authorities are allowing some minicabs and taxi firms to operate illegally.
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Can Boris Johnson go all the way to Number 10?
An unexpected parliamentary majority has given David Cameron his second term as PM. But with Boris Johnson returning to the Commons, the London mayor is already being touted as his successor.
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Baku’s European Games – spectacle or gimmick?
Azerbaijan hosts the first European Games in June. With Team GB sending 153 athletes, including Olympic gold medallists, could this be a new major sporting event – or a propaganda vehicle for Baku?
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Argentina helicopter crash: 10 killed
Ten people, including three French sports stars, are killed in a helicopter crash in Argentina during filming for a reality television show.
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Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow
US President Barack Obama condemns the “brutal murder” of Boris Nemtsov, the most prominent opposition figure of Vladimir Putin’s 15-year rule, who was found shot dead outside the Kremlin.
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A Christmas World Cup? The key questions
A Fifa task force recommends playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November and December, with the prospect of a 23 December final.
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Fifa panel wants shorter Qatar World Cup – in winter
The controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar receives a makeover from a task force at football’s world governing body Fifa, which recommends playing the tournament in November and December.
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Late risers: slow off the mark but first to finish line
Can the time you wake up really affect your sporting performance – even making the difference between winning or losing an Olympic medal? Research from the University of Birmingham says it can.
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Swimming numbers sinking fast despite Olympic ambitions
Despite being the country’s most popular sport, swimming in England has seen participation numbers plummet, with almost a quarter of a million fewer people heading for the pool in the last year.
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We’ve come Back to the Future: so where are the flying cars?
Cult movie Back to the Future II sees Marty McFly flung to a future 80s kids could only dream of: the year 2015. So where are all the amazing gadgets the film and other fiction promised us?
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Geoff White
Kerching! The tech battle for your wallet
Tech giants hope to consign the grubby leather wallet/purse to the dustbin of history. The US is leading the charge and it’s a three-way fight.
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Milonov: ‘Ban Apple chief from Russia for being gay’
Apple boss Tim Cook should be “banned for life” from Russia after coming out as gay and poses threats of “Ebola, Aids and gonorrhoea”, says Vitaly Milonov, one of Russia’s most prominent politicians.
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Pistorius gets five years – but may serve less than one
Oscar Pistorius is given five years in prison in a sentence the judge hoped was “fair and just both to society and the accused”. But legal experts say he may serve just 10 or 20 months in jail.
