On Friday, 16 of the best horses go hoof-to-hoof for Cheltenham’s biggest prize; the Gold Cup. Can you name the 10 previous winners? Don’t be felled by our made-up names. No search engines allowed! Horsing around – yay or neigh? Can you guess which of these are the names of Gold Cup winners of the […]
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Brexit: MPs vote by a majority of 211 to seek delay to EU departure
MPs have voted by 413 to 202 – a majority of 211 – for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. It means the UK may not now leave on 29 March as previously planned. Mrs May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if […]
Volkswagen boss apologises for Nazi gaffe
The chief executive of Volkswagen has apologised for evoking a Nazi slogan to describe the importance of boosting the group’s profits. Herbert Diess used the line “Ebit macht frei” at a company event on Tuesday. The phrase echoes the maxim “Arbeit Macht Frei” – meaning “work sets you free” – which was famously emblazoned in […]
Do Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo thrive on each other’s magic?
Anything you can do, I can do better. A night after Cristiano Ronaldo recorded a magnificent hat-trick to propel Juventus past Atletico Madrid and into the Champions League quarter-finals, his old nemesis Lionel Messi followed suit with a decisive contribution of his own to send Barcelona past Lyon. In a sense, Messi even managed to […]
Matt Wallace diary day one: ‘Sawgrass is fantastic – a proper, proper golf course’
The Players Championship Venue: Players Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass Date: 14-17 March Coverage: Live text commentary and in-play highlights during the third and final rounds on Saturday and Sunday on the BBC Sport website, plus regular updates from the course on BBC Radio 5 Live Rising star Matt Wallace makes his Players Championship debut on […]