Marjorie Carpréaux admitted she was a little anxious despite Belgium’s victory over Turkey, but said she never truly doubted the Cats’ ability to respond after a tight first half. “Douté, non. J’étais un peu anxieuse vu la première mi-temps qui était quand même assez partagée, puisque la Turquie est quand même repassée à plus un
After more than two decades in the music business, experience has not made the nerves disappear. Before going on stage, Girls in Hawaii still feel that familiar pressure, including the fear of making a mistake. Within the group, Bryan, the drummer, is said to be the one who gets the most stressed. But the break
Lise Klaveness was calling out Gianni Infantino before it was fashionable. The president of Norway’s football federation has long been a thorn in the side of FIFA’s president, pressing loudly for more transparent governance at the top of world football. Her concerns, which date back to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the questions
The Belgian Cats opened their World Cup campaign with an 89-75 win over Turkey in Group C, bouncing back strongly after a difficult first half to take control in the third quarter. Turkey began aggressively and unsettled Mike Thibault’s side, who were not ideally prepared coming into the tournament. Belgium were behind at the interval,
Monaco beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in Ligue 1’s third round, with Stanis Idumbo scoring the winner at the Stade Louis-II on Saturday. After two draws, PSG slipped to their first defeat of the season, while Monaco moved top of the table on nine points. PSG are 12th on two points and are still waiting for
Club Brugge bounced back from Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at La Gantoise by securing a narrow Pro League victory at Lommel on Friday in the fifth round of fixtures. Against a promising promoted side that has now collected seven points from 15, Ivan Leko’s men were not at their most fluent in attack, but they went
A study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), an environmental NGO, highlights “a significant and rapidly widening gap between real-world CO2 emissions and those measured in type-approval tests” for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) registered between 2021 and 2023. In concrete terms, average real-world CO2 emissions were 3.5 times higher than the approved figures
Freddie Mercury’s private life, Oasis 2027 rumours and Måneskin’s return Mary Austin has spoken publicly about her life with Freddie Mercury as the Queen singer would have turned 80 on Saturday 5 September. In the lead-up to what would have been Mercury’s 80th birthday, Austin emerged from her long silence on the publication of Freddie
Roger Daltrey, the singer of The Who, has confirmed that Zak Starkey has recently rehearsed with the band, raising the prospect of a possible reunion tour more than a year after the drummer’s departure. Starkey, the son of Ringo Starr, joined The Who in 1996 and spent nearly three decades as their touring drummer. His
Five British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – when Emmanuel Macron first confirmed that France would return the Bayeux tapestry to Britain after 1,000 years, he told an audience at Sandhurst and Theresa May – the No 10 seat-warmer of the day – that when it came to France and Britain there
