
Saudi Pro League tries to move on from era of ageing megastar but big names still loom
As Ronaldo heads towards 1,000 career goals, the league plans to lift the standard of Saudi Arabian football, not just the clubs
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As Ronaldo heads towards 1,000 career goals, the league plans to lift the standard of Saudi Arabian football, not just the clubs

Clacton's parliamentary race has it all: Nigel Farage, a man dressed as a trash can, a Union Jack bikini, white nationalist conspiracy theories, and 34 candidates on the ballot.

Satirical candidates are a long-standing tradition in British politics, but few have made as much of an impression as Count Binface. TIME speaks to the novelty candidate ahead of the Clacton by-election.

Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends due to a lack of support from the Tata Sons board.

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It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

A twentysomething Scottish couple care for their autistic son in the bleak follow-up to Only Here, Only Now

Moderates scored a win in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary as David Crowley bested democratic socialist Francesca Hong.

Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning contains poppy seeds which are banned in both countries.

The 81-year-old singer has been advised by doctors to recuperate for the next four weeks.

ESPN ranks the top 30 men's managers in the European club game. Who is going to be No. 1? Mikel Arteta, Xabi Alonso, Luis Enrique?

Russell Martin’s new-look Leicester look set to challenge for promotion, while it could be a tough campaign for Notts County and AFC Wimbledon

Plus: players whose names appear in their clubs, big leaps and the top tier short of title-winning managers

The vessel is said to have overturned after being hit by strong waves.

The appointment of Cambridge’s youngest black professor made global headlines. Then questions about Jason Arday’s meteoric rise began to snowball. Lanre Bakare reports

There are more votes in tolerance and decency than in toxic division. It doesn’t take a great leap of political courage to fight back against Reform, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

It might seem an unlikely way to stop overheating, but many owners have found the tech a lifeline in hot weather

This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 300 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie Smith