We’ve now reached the quarter-final stage of this year’s Masters, having lost some major names along the way. Two old rivals butted heads on the fifth day, as fellow class of ’92 veterans Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams faced each other – but, of course, only one could progress to...
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Rick and Morty’s sixth season is back for its second half, and that’s very exciting news. If you’ve been following my blogs, you’ll know that I was a big fan of the inventiveness of the first half, and I particularly loved the mixture of intimate family stories and a focus...
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The fourth day of the Masters brought around the end of the first round. Six players had already advanced to the quarter-finals, and yesterday that line-up was completed. The afternoon session pitted Judd Trump against Ryan Day – the former the favourite, but we’ve already seen how little that branding...
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Undergraduate students at the University of Exeter will tutor disadvantaged students whose learning was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Hogging the Ball is back! After a hectic Christmas period, there's plenty of footie to talk about. How bad are Liverpool? Are United fans becoming optimistic again? How long has Lampard got left in the Everton dugout? All this and more in the Boar Sport's return from the holiday season.
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The third day at the Masters showcased two very intriguing matches. In the first, season form-man (and one of the tournament favourites) Mark Allen faced Barry Hawkins, before Mark Williams came up against David Gilbert, his place at the event booked after the suspension of Yan Bingtao. All big names,...
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With the number of vegans constantly on the rise, the biggest brands in the world are once again competing to attract our attention in the New Year: that’s right, I’m talking about Veganuary. Last year, more than 600 thousand people participated in the campaign — created by the British non-profit...
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FIFA has been one of the most record-breaking, revolutionary sports games of both the early and modern video game era, pioneering some of the most critical technology that would remain essential to the development of video games in general. FIFA still holds the record for the fastest-selling sports game, with...
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In a World Cup final featuring two of the game’s all-time greats in Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, few would have foreseen Emiliano Martinez as the key difference-maker ahead of kick-off. Hardly a household name (outside of Villa Park) a few months ago, the Argentina goalkeeper’s sudden rise to fame...
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Former UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong has been announced as one of two Chinese players suspended from snooker as the sport’s match-fixing investigation continues. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPSBA) announced on 3 January that Zhao and his compatriot Zhang Jiankang will both be suspended. The announcement takes...
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It’s the typical Rick and Morty midseason break, but before we leave the show for a month, there’s time for one last instalment. ‘JuRicksic Mort’ pits the scientist against seemingly peaceful dinosaurs that are smarter than him, and it’s a radical shift in tone from the previous episodes of this...
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The second day at the 2023 Masters is done, and the game’s biggest name geared up in his campaign for a record-extending eighth title. Ronnie O’Sullivan faced Luca Brecel, before two titans in the form of John Higgins and Jack Lisowski faced each other. After the shocks of the opening...
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World no. 1 Gerwyn Price was thrashed 5-1 by Gabriel Clemens in the quarter-final of the World Darts Championship on New Year’s Day. After finding himself 3-1 down, Price put on some ear defenders and swapped to earplugs in the sixth set in order to try and block out the...
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