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Soccer is just like any other sport when it comes to being a better player. It takes determination and practice. It also involves a set of skills that can only be gained by actually playing the game. This article offers Read more
It’s the antihero antidote to the BBC’s saccharine Sports Personality of the Year awards, a selection of our favourite cheats, heels, villains and sore losers from 2021. Vlastimil Voracek“I use mouthwash myself several times a day during the coronavirus pandemic, Read more
New results from a long-term epidemiologic study reveal that one of the oldest racially based diagnostic formulas in medicine is no better than a race-neutral equation, which suggests the formula used to diagnose lung disease should be changed. The study, Read more
The French government has proposed former European Central Bank official Benoit Coeure as the new head of the French antitrust agency, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement on Thursday. Since 2020, Coeure, 52, has headed the Innovation Hub Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing new rules for emergency alerts to make them more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing. The agency said in a news release that the proposal is part of a Read more
A mum believes her mouldy home has caused her two young daughters to get ill – and a doctor has told them to move out in order for them to get better. Josie Higgins’s toddlers – Shiylah, 2, and Shenayah, Read more
1) After playing superbly to finish runner-up in the UK Open, Luca Brecel continued his rich vein of form by thrashing John Higgins in the final of the Scottish Open. He features in this roundup of the best shots of Read more
Minjae Yoon, M.D., from Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues conducted a nationwide, retrospective cohort study involving 62,286 participants aged 65 years or older without preexisting dementia who had health checkup data available from January Read more
A Russian businessman on a U.S. sanctions list claimed victory over Google (GOOGL.O) in a court case on Thursday and said the U.S. tech giant now faced a potentially heavy fine. Alphabet’s Google had appealed a Russian court order that Read more
Ubisoft announced that a remake of the original Splinter Cell is in the works, and it’s promising to both keep the stealthy spirit of the 2002 game while making it comfortable to play for modern gamers. It’s being developed by Read more