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Auckland FC hand Western Sydney Wanderers their first home loss this season
Goals from Jesse Randall and Lachlan Brook fired Auckland to their sixth win in nine matches to start the 2025-26 A-League Men season.

Your USB-C cables aren’t broken. This $14 tester shows what’s really going on
I have a drawer full of USB cables and every time I want to connect a device, I have to try them out. USB-C was supposed to simplify things: One cable for everything, that was the promise. In practice, it’s a different story: There are cables that can only charge....

Lots more to achieve after incredible year - McIlroy
Newly crowned Sports Personality of the Year winner Rory McIlroy says he has "a lot more I want to achieve" after an "incredible" 2025.

Beau Greaves - how far can darts' rising star go?
Rising darts star Beau Greaves begins her World Championship campaign against 22nd seed Daryl Gurney on Friday.

Head century drives England closer to Ashes defeat
England are pushed towards the precipice of the fastest Ashes series defeat in more than 100 years as a Travis Head century maintains Australia's grip on the third Test in Adelaide.

Mum 'baffled' smacking was legal as data shows no convictions since Welsh ban
A Welsh government review shows out-of-court education is preferred to prosecuting parents.

US suspends green card lottery scheme after Brown shooting
The suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entered the US via the scheme.

Watch: Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed given donations totalling £1.24m
Australia's prime minister visited Ahmed in hospital as he's treated for shooting injuries.

Pope appoints new leader of Catholic Church in England and Wales
Richard Moth becomes Bishop of Westminster, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols who is retiring.

Recap: Auckland FC 2-0 Western Sydney Wanderers
Look back at live coverage of the A-League Men round nine match.

Did Microsoft do anything right in 2025? Wins, fails, and WTF moments
Can you name one single, solitary, success Microsoft had in 2025? Think hard. It sure ain’t easy. In the years that PCWorld has catalogued Microsoft’s wins, failures, and head-scratching “WTF” moments, there’s always been a mix of high points and lows. I went through our list or stories, polled colleagues, even...

Man City links '100% speculation', says Maresca
Reports suggesting Enzo Maresca is the potential successor to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City are "100% speculation", the Chelsea boss says.

AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but adds it might not lead to mass unemployment.

Buttons bought in £40 job lot sell for £61,000
They were made by sculptor Alberto Giacometti for fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s.

WH Smith probed by regulator over accounting error
The retailer says it plans to claw back bonuses awarded to executives at its North America business as a result of the mistakes.

The masterstroke that defined the Ashes series
The masterstroke in promoting Travis Head to open has defined the Ashes series for Australia with England unable to find a solution.

Retail sales fall as Black Friday deals fail to lure shoppers
Supermarket sales fell for the fourth month in a row, while discounts did not lift Black Friday spending in November, figures suggest.

What Paul and Joshua have to gain - and lose - from their fight this weekend
BBC Sport breaks down one of the most controversial fights of the decade, as Britain's Anthony Joshua says he will not carry Jake Paul for one second longer than he has to.