Is Bayer Leverkusen’s Bundesliga title an ominous sign for Europe’s super clubs?
Bayer Leverkusen ended Bayern Munich’s long reign as Bundesliga champion, but is its season merely a fluke or a sign of growing parity in European soccer?
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No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent
As the soundscape of the natural world began to disappear over 30 years, one man was listening and recording it all Read more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts The tale starts 30 years ago, when Bernie Krause made his first audio clip in Sugarloaf Ridge state park, 20 minutes’…
Study for portrait Winston Churchill disliked goes on show at his old home
Painting by Graham Sutherland is being displayed at Blenheim Palace before being auctioned in June An intimate study of Winston Churchill that has been in private hands for seven decades has gone on show in the room at Blenheim Palace in which Britain’s most famous prime minister was born, before being auctioned in June. It…
The killer whale trainers who still defend captivity: ‘I’m an endangered species myself’
The 2013 documentary Blackfish turned orca trainers into pariahs in the US. Now some are hitting it big in China Some people spend a long time deciding what they want to do in life. Hazel McBride feels lucky that she’s always known. As a child in Scotland, she watched a VHS tape of Free Willy…
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists Read more: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action…
Nigel Slater’s recipe for aubergine, mint and cucumber yoghurt
A particularly bright and zingy way with roast veg for spring Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Remove the stems from 2 large aubergines or 3 medium ones (about 600g total in weight), then cut each one in half, then in half again and then into short lengths (about 4-5cm). Put the aubergine wedges…
‘It really motivated me’: Trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum inspires Chicago White Sox and ACE players
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Colten Jones made his way through the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on April 6, sporting a Chicago American Giants cap. An outfielder in the Chicago White Sox Amateur City Elite (ACE) youth program, Jones listened intently as museum President Bob Kendrick shared tales of Andrew “Rube” Foster, James Thomas “Cool Papa”…
Samuel Eto’o claims he is victim of Caf campaign before match-fixing hearing
Cameroon FA president’s lawyers lodge complaint with FifaThey claim Caf general secretary has breached Fifa ethics code Samuel Eto’o has accused the Confederation of African Football’s general secretary of several breaches of Fifa’s code of ethics during the investigation into allegations that he was involved in match-fixing. The Guardian understands that Eto’o’s lawyers have lodged…