Let the Games begin. Join our writers for news and updates as Milano Cortina 2026 delivers its opening ceremony late on Friday ...

The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further ...

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Deputy director of Russia’s military intelligence agency shot several times outside his apartment ...

Property prices in January rose 0.7%, the fastest rate since November 2024 increase of 1.1% ...

With 13 clubs punished, Chengdu are the only Super League top six side that will start the upcoming new season on zero points, but China’s U23s and provincial sides are lifting spirits ...

In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward ...

The duo from Tashkent took first and second prizes at the traditional Netherlands New Year tournament, while the favourites from India ended up near the bottom ...

Prime minister will meet with Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto to sign Australia-Indonesia Treaty on Common Security, announced in November ...

Five years after a fire destroyed most of the cathedral, the artist explains how her designs will give the landmark a modern makeover and the ‘contemporary gesture’ Emmanuel Macron promised ...

With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact on its fragile ecosystem ...

Lisa McGee’s follow-up to Derry Girls is beautifully sweet and sharp, while Ryan Murphy looks at the glamorous whirlwind romance between 90s It Girl Carolyn Bessette and John F Kennedy Jr ...