SportLatest NewsAscona and the tidy invention that outlived its modestySeveral sources place the first standardised minigolf lanes in Ticino, where Paul Bongni’s weatherproof course helped turn a pastime into a Swiss exportJul 21, 8:02 AM
SportLatest NewsKevin Keegan dies at 75 after cancer diagnosisThe former England captain, Liverpool star and Newcastle manager leaves behind a career that drew tributes from across the game.Jul 20, 8:02 PM
SportLatest NewsA marathon on ice that refused to stay in placeTwenty-three runners from seven countries raced at the geographic North Pole, then watched the course disappear with the sea ice.Jul 19, 6:02 PM
SportLatest NewsEvenepoel wins in France as Vingegaard’s Tour collapsesThe Belgian out-sprinted Tadej Pogacar on stage 15, while Jonas Vingegaard abandoned after a crash 20 kilometres from the finish.Jul 19, 6:01 PM
SportCulture & LifestyleLatest NewsFIFA’s halftime spectacle is football’s latest flirtation with show businessA 25-minute break in New Jersey may be sold as a landmark. It also looks like the sort of idea that makes administrators feel modern while irritating everyone else.Jul 19, 12:02 PM
SportLatest NewsKerr ends a 27-year wait as London finally gets its mile recordThe Scot ran 3:42.66 at a packed Diamond League meeting, breaking Hicham El Guerrouj’s mark from 1999 and giving the London Stadium the sort of drama athletics usually promises and rarely delivers.Jul 18, 4:01 PM
SportLatest NewsA World Cup weekend that comes with a bronze medal, a ring and a smoke warningFrance and England meet in Miami for third place on Saturday before Spain and Argentina contest the final in New Jersey on Sunday, with FIFA adding championship rings and organisers watching the air.Jul 18, 8:02 AM
SportLatest NewsThe climate scandal of mega-events begins at the airportCambridge researchers say World Cups and pop tours are judged by the wrong metric: not the stage, but the swarm of fans getting there.Jul 18, 6:02 AM
SportLatest NewsArnhem turns Rubik’s Cube into a serious sport, gloves and allMore than 1,000 speedcubers from 53 countries are meeting at Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen for a European championship that mixes precision, nerves and a fair amount of theatre.Jul 17, 12:01 AM
SportPoliticsLatest NewsArgentina’s victory over England was always going to come with a political billJul 16, 12:01 AM
PoliticsLatest NewsFrance’s farm fix: a Senate vote, and the familiar pesticide quarrelThe emergency law gives Anses a narrow power to authorise two banned substances, but the political bill is already arriving.8:02 PM
PoliticsSocietyLatest NewsAmazon fires fall sharply, but the forest is not out of dangerMapBiomas recorded the smallest burned area since 1985, yet the weather and politics still leave Brazil’s Amazon exposed.6:04 PM
Culture & LifestyleLatest NewsBrussels pulls €2m from Venice Biennale as Russia row heads to appealThe Commission says EU cultural money must reflect its values; La Biennale insists the grant covered film activities, not the controversial pavilion.6:04 PM
SocietyLatest NewsAargau’s first reflex was paperwork, not protectionAs a former SVP cantonal MP faces life imprisonment over repeated alleged abuse, the canton is defending agencies that immediately turned the victims into a migration case.6:03 PM
PoliticsLatest NewsFrance Moves to Draw a Line Between Children and Social MediaParis is on course to become the first EU capital to ban social media for under-15s, while Brussels once again prefers guidance to anything that might look like authority.6:02 PM
SocietyLatest NewsBordeaux airport fire leaves two firefighters dead as France’s summer of blazes worsensA brush fire near Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport turned deadly, delayed flights and added to a season in which France is struggling to keep pace with the flames.6:02 PM
