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Everton to stage three test games at new stadium

Everton are to stage the first game at Bramley-Moore dock stadium next month in preparation for their move to the Liverpool waterfront.

Rooney horror show

Plymouth scrap documentary after manager's departure

Hagi sparks Rangers to easy derby win and leaves Celtic baffled

Celtic's job is to prove this Old Firm outcome is nowhere near as significant as Rangers would like it to be.

Fan shame Rodgers riled after Engels struck by coin at Ibrox

Celtic’s manager, Brendan Rodgers, believes Arne Engels was close to sustaining a serious eye injury after a coin thrown from the Ibrox stands towards the end of Rangers’ 3-0 Old Firm victory struck the Belgian midfielder on the head.

The sad story of Aleksey Bugaev ends with his death in war

Talented defender, who starred at Euro 2004, opted to fight in Ukraine rather than serve a long prison sentence

Arteta has nowhere to hide as sickness and injuries begin to bite

Arsenal must negotiate eight more matches this month with a 'thin squad' but started well by winning at Brentford

Swiatek has too much for battling Boulter and puts Great Britain out

Over the course of the past 18 months, by far the most rewarding period in her blossoming career, Katie Boulter has gradually established herself as one of the best players in the world.

Djokovic keeps his Monfils run going with record 20th win

Novak Djokovic extended the most dominant head-to-head record in tennis by defeating Gaël Monfils 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International.

Van Gerwen races into final with total demolition of Dobey

It was early in 2019 that Michael van Gerwen leaned forward in his chair and told us he was going to dominate darts for a decade.

'It is reaching a stage when sport is too big and too rich for mere humans'

Back in 2000 the media's finest were hit and miss with their predictions on the unfolding of sport's future

To the class of 2025 If I could offer you only one tip for the future, not looking at replies would be it

Chances are none of you have spent time looking back on my 2024 attempts to produce a column alongside esteemed journalists who actually write for a living. But through the various subjects, from set-piece coaches to VAR, from the dark arts to PSR, the one consistent theme appears to be a fortnightly mid-life crisis published straight on to your Guardian app.

Hybrid working Battle looms as big firms order staff back to their desks

The post-festive return to work in the dark days of January is never easy, but this new year is shaping up to be tougher than usual for British workers.

Will the government choose pragmatism or purism when it pulls the plug on fossil fuel cars?

The main timetable is set: no new petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold in the UK after 2030, and sales of all new hybrids will be forbidden from 2035.

EU gas prices soar after Russia supplies cut

The wholesale price of gas has risen to its highest level in more than a year after Russian supplies stopped flowing to the rest of Europe via Ukraine.

UK factory output falls at fastest rate for 11 months

UK manufacturers have cut back output at the fastest rate in 11 months, compounding the gloomy picture for the British economy, according to a closely watched survey.

Mackintosh theatre profits dip despite income rising

The producer of hit West End shows including Hamilton, Mary Poppins and Les Misérables has reported a dip in profits as cost increases more than offset a rise in revenues.

'Drab December' for high street as number of shoppers declines

High streets and other shopping destinations experienced a \"drab December\", with an annual fall in the number of visitors, fuelling fears of disappointing sales in the most important month for retailers.

Living in a box: The claustrophobic 'coffin homes' that could survive city's housing reforms

Lai Shan Sze moves quickly, bounding up the grungy, dimly lit stairwell of the unit block in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district.

Manatees not native to Florida, say scientists, but came for the warmth

Manatees, long considered among Florida's most beloved and enchanting inhabitants, are not US natives at all, and only came to the Sunshine State for warm temperatures and clear blue waters like any other visitor, researchers have found.

Ágnes Keleti, world's oldest Olympic gold champion, dies aged 103

The world's oldest Olympic gold-medallist, the Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti, who escaped the Holocaust with false identity papers and the Soviet Union's brutal clampdown on her home country by emigrating to Israel, has died aged 103.

Finnish arena shut by Russia sanctions to reopen in spring

Helsinki's main sports and entertainment arena is expected to reopen in the spring after a Russian sanctions drama left it out of action.

Italy Presses Iran to Free Reporter Held in Notorious Tehran Prison

Italy's foreign ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador and called for the immediate release of an Italian journalist being held in solitary confinement in Tehran.

Families of victims killed by the Sicilian mafia fear return of newly freed bosses

Families of victims killed by the Sicilian mafia have expressed fears that more than 20 senior mobsters released over the past three months may return to the neighbourhoods they once controlled.

Officials Urge Crackdown After Fireworks Kill Five in Germany

German officials yesterday called for a clampdown on illegally imported and homemade \"firework bombs\" after pyrotechnics claimed at least five lives on New Year's Eve.

Impeached leader vows to 'fight until end'

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has rallied his supporters in a letter, saying he will \"fight until the end\" as he faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived declaration of martial law, a lawyer said.

South Korean police raid Jeju Air and plane crash airport

Police in South Korea have raided Muan international airport, the scene of Sunday's plane crash in which 179 people died, as well as the office of the airline that operated the flight, media reports said.

'Safe zone' among areas targeted in Israeli attack killing 43 across the Gaza Strip

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, including 11 people in the sprawling al-Mawasi tent encampment designated as a humanitarian safe zone for civilians.

Clean-up 40 years after Bhopal disaster is 'greenwashing', say campaigners

Forty years after one of world's deadliest industrial disasters struck the Indian city of Bhopal, a clean-up operation has finally begun to remove hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from the site.

Italian 'colour genius' and fashion matriarch Missoni dies aged 93

Rosita Missoni, the esteemed Italian fashion designer who co-founded the eponymous knitwear brand, has died aged 93.

Twenty councillors quit Labour and say Starmer has abandoned party's values

Twenty councillors at a local authority in Nottinghamshire have quit Labour, saying the party has \"abandoned traditional Labour values\" under Keir Starmer's leadership.