Thomas Frank faces the most pivotal game of his Tottenham tenure on Saturday. A home defeat against relegation-threatened London rivals West Ham, who are 18th and are on a 10-game Premier League winless run, would be simply unthinkable for Frank. And with West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo also under huge pressure, it is a…
Welcome to week 22 of The Athletic’s Premier League predictions challenge, where it’s time to talk about goalless draws. Nobody likes a nil-nil, do they? A former editor of mine once went apoplectic because we carried a report on a 0-0 match on the back page of the newspaper. He never really did understand football,…
Leehyun Choi,Seouland Kelly Ng Getty Images This verdict comes more than a year after Yoon’s short-lived martial law decree South Korea’s beleaguered ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of abuse of power, falsifying documents and obstructing justice when he tried and failed to impose martial law in the country in 2024. He has…
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell A political leader demanding questionable policy from the central bank and testing the legal limits to get it – to Martin Redrado, sitting in Argentina, Donald Trump’s stand-off with the Federal Reserve feels surprisingly familiar. Redrado was fired as head…
Jake Kwon,Seoul correspondentand Leehyun Choi,Seoul EPA/Shutterstock Yoon was impeached in 2024 for his martial law attempt South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be jailed for five years over abuse of power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents in relation to his failed martial law bid in 2024. This is the first of the verdicts…
Home » EUROPE » UK to France in 2026: The Revolutionary Pet Travel Rules You Can’t Afford to Miss — Your Pet’s Passport to Paris! Published on January 16, 2026 For many pet owners, bringing their furry friends along on holiday is a part of the travel experience. However, UK tourists planning to take their…
Football and the ‘pezzotto’ TV: it’s the black market of fandom, the jungle of those who break the rules. A phenomenon that negatively affects the quality and appeal of the Italian football league, which remains – in any case – the national sport of the Boot. ‘Rules must be respected, and a…
Benedict Garman, Emma Pengellyand Matt Murphy,BBC Verify BBC Israel has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark its post-ceasefire line of control deeper into Gaza in several places, sowing confusion among Palestinians. Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the…
Hong Kong’s security chief has defended police’s “difficult decision” to shoot a man who brandished a knife and took a woman hostage in a shopping centre, praising their bravery and decisiveness in saving lives. After police fatally shot the 34-year-old man on Thursday, Security Secretary Chris Tang Ping-keung revealed the suspect was mentally unstable at…
Ottawa and Beijing are forging a new strategic partnership which will yield “historic” gains for both nations, Canada‘s Prime Minister Mark Carney told China‘s President Xi Jinping on Friday. Carney made the comments in Beijing while on a visit to rebuild ties with its second-largest trading partner after the United States. “It is important to start this…