#theguardian.com. × #Feb.28.2026 × Six great reads: Gisèle Pelicot, Olympic politics and European dating tips. Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days
#Politics #Sport × #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.27.2026 × Hornby sells slot car racing brand Scalextric for £20m. Purbeck Capital Partners seals deal for business and property rights of toy with model railway maker
#Sport × #United Kingdom #Europe × #auto racing
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.25.2026 × Outrage in Austria after man ordered to pay female footballers €625 each for secretly filming dressing room. A man has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence and fined €1,200 after being found guilty of taking secret videos
#Sport × #football #Austria #American football #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 × Unlicensed gambling firms could be barred from sponsoring Premier League clubs. Top clubs agree not to have gambling sponsors on front of shirts, but government is consulting on total ban
#Sport × #United Kingdom #football #Europe × #Premier League
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 × BBC presenting duties to be shared for World Cup – but who will host the final?. Corporation says there are ‘no favourites’ among MOTD hosts Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan
#Sport × #United Kingdom #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 × Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal table. Norway has once again topped the Winter Olympics medal table, surpassing countries with far larger populations
#Sport × #Norway #USA #Europe × #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 × Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds. Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports
#Education #Sport × #United Kingdom #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 × Swansea Ospreys fans dismayed as club faces axe amid crisis in Welsh rugby. Welsh Rugby Union is to cut number of professional teams from four to three, with Ospreys the likely choice
#Sport × #United Kingdom #Europe × #rugby
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × ‘The costs could rise’: Austria manslaughter ruling could alter climbing in Europe. Amateur climber’s conviction over girlfriend’s death could put people off activity, say experts
#Sport × #Austria #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × Asos co-founder dies in fall from 18-storey building in Thailand. Police in Pattaya confirm autopsy on body of British retail entrepreneur Quentin Griffiths found no signs of foul play
#Sport × #bodybuilding #United Kingdom #Europe × #Asia #Thailand
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 × Hosts Italy voice ‘absolute opposition’ to Russia flag flying at Winter Paralympics. Italy, the Winter Paralympics hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under national flags
#Sport × #Russia #Belarus #athlete #Italy #Europe × #athletics
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 × Austrian mountaineer ‘endlessly sorry’ for girlfriend’s death but denies criminal wrongdoing. Thomas P gives evidence on first day of trial in case that could shape standards for mountain sports
#Sport × #Austria #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 × Italian broadcaster’s sports chief resigns after gaffe-strewn Olympic commentary. Paolo Petrecca, director of Rai Sport, prompted widespread criticism and protests from journalists at network
#Business #Sport × #director #Italy #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.18.2026 × Third British skier dies as another avalanche hits French Alps. Death of Briton along with Polish citizen near La Grave comes four days after fatal avalanche at Val d’Isère
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom #Poland #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 × Rhode Island ice rink shooting may have been tied to ‘family dispute’, officials say. Shooting at hockey game in Pawtucket that left three dead and three injured may have also been a ‘targeted event’
#Sport × #Iceland #ice hockey #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2026 × Two British skiers killed in French Alps named. Stuart Leslie, 46, and Shaun Overy, 51, died while skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère amid red avalanche alert
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2026 × Shooting at Rhode Island ice rink leaves at least two people dead. Police confirm suspect is one of dead in incident at boys’ hockey game that injured four in Pawtucket
#Sport × #Iceland #ice hockey #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.14.2026 × ‘A whole lost culture’: the Irishman reviving the forgotten sport of stone lifting. For centuries in Ireland lifting huge boulders was a way to test strength and bond communities, says Instagram sensation Indiana Stones
#Sport × #Tech #Instagram #Republic of Ireland #Europe × #weightlifting
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 × Two Britons among three dead after avalanche in French Alps. A skier from France is also killed with manslaughter investigation to be carried out by mountain rescue police
#Sport × #skiing #France #United Kingdom #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 × Penisgate 2: Italian Olympic coverage takes Leonardo da Vinci’s genitals away. State broadcaster accused of censorship over opening titles that use altered version of Vitruvian Man, with organs removed
#Sport × #Italy #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 × ‘A great wee place’: the small Scottish factory crafting Olympic curling stones. All stones in Cortina are made from granite found on tiny island in Firth of Clyde and crafted in East Ayrshire
#Sport × #Iceland #Italy #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 × River Thames spot among 13 sites shortlisted for swimming status. Choice could prove difficult for Thames Water, which is trying to push through a water recycling scheme nearby
#Sport × #United Kingdom #swimming #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.11.2026 × French biathlete guilty of fraud wins Olympic gold while scammed teammate comes 80th. Julia Simon, who was convicted of committing credit card fraud against one of her national teammates, has won an Olympic gold medal for France in the women’s 15km biathlon, beating her victim to do it
#Sport × #France #Europe ×
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.09.2026 × Italian reporters to protest over boss’s gaffe-filled Olympic commentary. Director of state broadcaster Rai Sport welcomed viewers to wrong stadium and mistook Italian actor for Mariah Carey
#Business #Showbiz #Sport × #director #actress #actor #Italy #Europe ×
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