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Not sure comparing tea is very fair. Lipton Yellow label v the British tea universe is bound to throw up odd price differences.

And how are we defining “cheese”??

How Oleksandr Usyk became the world’s best boxer [FREE TO READ] Ahead of his heavyweight bout with Tyson Fury, the Ukrainian’s schedule is punishing — just how he likes it

Time to post this again, an afternoon with the boxing GOAT.

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I sold Hugh Grant a pair of white socks while working a single day as a temp at Ralph Lauren.

Went a few weeks back and found it thoroughly underwhelming. Everything felt rushed and chaotic, and the waiter kept saying they’d run out of this and that and that the kitchen couldn’t cope. It was 8pm on a school night. Glad you had a good time!

How Wimbledon keeps grass court tennis alive [FREE TO READ] A short playing season and high maintenance costs mean playing on turf is under threat

From funding decades of seed and soil research to financing other tournaments around the world - how Wimbledon is almost single handedly keeping grass court tennis alive.

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FA Cup final: Crystal Palace faithful look to defeat Manchester City [FREE TO READ] South London club among aspirational teams pushing back against Premier League’s Big Six

Talented and devout: Crystal Palace faithful look to make south London history and topple Manchester City giants

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FC Barcelona races to finish crucial €1.5bn stadium rebuild [FREE TO READ] As football club fights for La Liga title, delays to the Camp Nou revamp are exacerbating its precarious financial position

FC Barcelona executives hope a €1.5bn stadium revamp will help the club escape its financial purgatory. But construction delays and looming debt repayments risk making things even worse.

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My mum answers most messages with “Ok…” which I find very confusing tbh

I liked it 🙃

‘Fish hippy’ minnows from the Arctic Circle hope to take down Spurs [FREE TO READ] A giant-killing run to a European semi-final puts Norwegian town and former Nato base host Bodø on map

A budget of €20mn. A staff of 20. Yet Norway’s fearless “fish hippies” have beaten some of Europe’s biggest clubs on the way to tonight’s Europa League semi final against Spurs.

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One had an incredible night at the York Jazz Bar there. Spoke to a local poet for three hours via Google translate.

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Wonder how Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense is feeling about its Club World Cup sponsorship today.

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Have been rewatching it recently. I didn’t notice the first time how it’s just one endless male fantasy. Betty an intriguing character that they then don’t know what to do with. Women all suffer endlessly. I enjoyed some of the business stuff, but it soon gets dull, repetitive and unrewarding.

I saw Horses for Slaughter play the main stage at Reading in 1999.

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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.

Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025 The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos

Superb obit here of my friend and former colleague Gwen Robinson by @edwardluce.bsky.social - she was one of a kind. Probably had the widest network of contacts of any journo I have known. Lost far too soon. www.ft.com/content/ec0b...

Donald Trump says US must gain control of Greenland

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Am reliably informed that locals have been leaving jars of marmalade on the bench in tribute.

Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first electoral test for Trump [FREE TO READ] The race has become a proxy battle between those who love and hate the president

Anecdotal but still instructive.

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Holy moly

Indeed, who needs Waitrose when you have two M&S Foodhalls!

Does the Olympic business model still work? [FREE TO READ] As it chooses a new president, the world’s biggest sporting event is facing an exodus of major sponsors and a fast-changing media landscape

Sponsors are quitting, the TV market is in flux, and cash strapped sporting federations are struggling. Meanwhile the IOC is spending large sums on surging headcount and its own pet projects.

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Does the Olympic business model still work?

FT comments are different. This under a piece about female influencers in F1.

Does the Olympic business model still work? [FREE TO READ] As it chooses a new president, the world’s biggest sporting event is facing an exodus of major sponsors and a fast-changing media landscape

Sponsors are quitting, the TV market is in flux, and cash strapped sporting federations are struggling. Meanwhile the IOC is spending large sums on surging headcount and its own pet projects.

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Does the Olympic business model still work?

Manchester United reveals plans for 100,000-seater stadium [FREE TO READ] New ground expected to cost at least £2bn and be ‘centrepiece’ of regeneration of surrounding area

A lengthy press release. An hour of presentations. Yet absolutely zero mention of the people who actually own the club.

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Manchester to London on a Sunday. Standing room for 3+ hours and no functioning toilet. British infrastructure at its finest.

French fight tests limits of football’s hottest investment trend [FREE TO READ] Olympique Lyonnais owner John Textor at odds with regulators over team finances and multiclub ownership model

The US owner, the local auditor and the French regulator of Olympique Lyonnais are at loggerheads over whether other team’s players count as “shared assets”. The fight is setting the limits of what multiclub ownership is about.

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