Eagles, ice & pyro - inside rugby's biggest show

The biggest annual club rugby fixture in the world is a gamble that paid off spectacularly and a constant hunt for new fans.

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They lived through the ice age. Can the mighty musk ox survive the heat?

Rising temperatures are pushing these Arctic mammals ever farther into Greenland’s north. But eventually there will be nowhere left for them to go. . Built like a small bison, weighing as much as a ...
The Guardian - 2d
Ukraine war shows NATO's biggest problem isn't its strategy, think tank argues

Yahoo News - 1d
Loss of Antarctic Sea Ice Giving Rise to More Frequent Storms

Yahoo News - 1d
Young Canadians ditch ice hockey for football and basketball

High costs and scandals undermine appeal of the country’s national sport
Financial Times - 2d
Inside the unconventional growth of Victor Wembanyama's game

Wembanyama doesn't want to be limited by conventional wisdom, so he's letting it fly from deep this season.
ESPN - 2d
White Christmas forecast: Where snow, ice is expected

Nine states from Virginia to Maine are under snow alerts on Christmas Eve morning as a band of snow moves through the Northeast, bringing treacherous driving conditions.
ABC News - 3d
The Breakdown awards: best rugby matches, players and quotes of 2024

The best and worst of the last 12 months and hopes for 2025 in our review of the year in rugby union. 1 Antoine Dupont (France, Toulouse, France sevens) 2 Eben Etzebeth (South Africa) 3 ...
The Guardian - 3d
Skiing, wool baubles, ice-cream: how Antarctic scientists celebrate Christmas

From the Flask glacier to King George Island, intrepid researchers expect good cheer, snow and penguins. Many of us will not get a white Christmas this year, but a group of scientists are ...
The Guardian - 3d
On patrol with Kenyan forces inside Haiti's gang warzone

The BBC goes on patrol with the Kenyan officers sent to quell violence in gang-ravaged Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
BBC News - 4d