The Coventry Blaze have re-signed “elite playmaker” Janne Laakkonen ahead of the 2021/22 season, with the Finn becoming the tenth player to pen a new deal with the Skydome Arena outfit. The 39-year-old winger enjoyed a fruitful season with the Blaze in 2019/20, leading the league in assists (40) and...
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The UK is opening its first testing ‘mega lab’ in Royal Leamington Spa in order to increase its daily coronavirus testing capacity.
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Alyssa Gibbons muses on the merits of the frequently overlooked genre of musical comedy.
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Naomi Osaka will not win an Olympic medal on home soil after a surprise defeat to Czech Marketa Vondrousova. The four-time Grand Slam champion lost in straight sets, with Vondrousova producing a superb display to win 6-1 6-4. Osaka is the second major scalp the Czech has claimed at the...
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Celia Bergin explains why the restrictive actions implemented within the Olympics reflect the wider and consistent oppression of Black women in sport.
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Reece Goodall finds a lot to love in Pixar's latest film, even if it isn't without its flaws.
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Tom Daley and Matty Lee continued Team GB’s Monday gold rush with a win in the 10m synchronised platform dive. The diver ended his long wait for an Olympic gold medal with a sublime display that saw Team GB pip China and the ROC to the gold, finishing with 471.81...
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Two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray has pulled out of the men’s singles competition at the Tokyo Olympics due to a thigh injury. He had been due to face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on the second day, and will now be replaced in the singles draw by Australian Max Purcell. Murray won...
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David Rosof Williams reviews the Arcola Theatre's latest production, 'Sunnymead Court', complimenting the show as a flawless portrayal of love, connection and communication in a time of total isolation.
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While masks are no longer compulsory in England, Waterstones has requested that customers continue to wear them when they visit the bookshop. This has caused controversy on social media, and Lucy Carter explores what this means for a post-lockdown world.
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Team GB finally took home some gold medals on the third day of Tokyo 2020, as a medal rush brought Britain into the medal table top five. The day kicked off strong as Adam Peaty, one of the Team’s strongest medal hopes, and it proved an easy victory. He has...
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With the world opening back up, Darla Castillo gives us a range of local food spots to try out.
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Adam Peaty made history on Day Three of the Tokyo 2020 Games, becoming the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title with a typically dominant display in the final of the men’s 100m breaststroke. Peaty put Team GB’s first gold medal on the board, storming to the win in...
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