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James Doyle picked the right one from three choices as his bosses at Wathnan Racing topped an amazing week at Glorious Goodwood with victory in the Coral Stewards’ Cup with Evening Saigon.The win was a feather in the cap for the owners, who target this fixture with a vengeance, but perhaps more telling it was a second major handicap of the week for Qatari-born trainer Hamad Al Jehani. Having also won the Golden Mile with Archivist when Doyle picked the wrong one, Al Jehani was able to celebrate a famous victory with the whole team on this occasion. Despite higher…

Days after nostalgic MSG run, jam band provides Fenway Park with the biggest “bust out” in Phistory Fresh off a Madison Square Garden run that saw Phish performed a handful of songs live for the first time since the mid-Nineties, the jam band unleashed the biggest “bust out” in their long history Friday in Boston, playing their cover of XTC’s “Melt the Guns” live for the first time since 1987. Midway through the band’s second set at Fenway Park, Trey Anastasio plucked out the opening notes of XTC’s English Settlement anti-gun classic, which Phish transformed into a 15-minute jam odyssey:…

The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned a 29-year-old man, Oshim Daniel, before an Enugu State Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing vehicle batteries and other valuables from residents of Alulu-Nike community in Enugu State. The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday by its spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, saying the suspect was remanded in a correctional custodial centre pending the hearing and determination of the case. According to the statement, operatives attached to the Abakpa Police Division rescued the suspect from an angry mob on July 29 after he was allegedly caught stealing vehicle batteries and other valuables…

The renewed agreement ensures crude flow of 750,000 barrels per day through the Iraq-Turkiye pipeline, officials confirm.Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026Ankara and Baghdad have signed a one-year agreement to keep crude flowing through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline that stretches from Iraq to Turkiye, just days after a top-level visit to Ankara by Iraq’s prime minister.The deal – struck between Turkish state firm BOTAS and Iraq’s state oil companies SOMO and NOC on Saturday – comes days after the decades-old bilateral arrangement lapsed on Monday last week.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of listIn a post on X, Turkish…

Bennett Oghifo  Over 150 exhibitors and brands covering the entire value chain of the auto industry will gather at the Abidjan Exhibition Centre in Cote d’Ivoire from 26 to 28 November 2026 for the maiden edition of EQUIP AUTO Côte d’Ivoire. The announcement was made at a press conference held on Wednesday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos by Mr. Luc Azilinon, President of Interlinks Auto and MIWA AFRICA SARL. The event was convened by Mr. Akin Akinbola, Managing Director/CEO of Promosalons Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon, representing the organizers of EQUIP AUTO Côte d’Ivoire for Nigeria and Cameroon…

A bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was up on X for over seven hours before eventually being pulled. During that time, it reached over 5.9 million accounts and accumulated over 143,000 likes. Other accounts have reposted the leaked film, but none have lasted particularly long, as Disney now seems to be on top of issuing takedown requests.The leak is unlikely to slow down the box office juggernaut, which is already shattering records. It raked in $72 million in previews this week. The previous record holder was Avengers: Endgame, which grossed $60 million during its previews way back in 2019.…

If well implemented, Nigeria could define what credible virtual asset supervision looks like in a large emerging market, argues TOPE FASORANTI For a country whose central bank once drew a firm line between the banking system and the world of cryptocurrency, Nigeria has travelled a remarkable distance. In the span of five years, the nation has moved from restriction to measured engagement, and now to an attempt at coordinated governance of one of the era’s most consequential financial innovations. How well that attempt succeeds will matter to millions of Nigerians who already hold, trade and transact in digital assets. On…

Job hunting in the current economic climate can feel like a futile task for many early-career researchers.Credit: Amit Basu/GettyI am struggling to find job security. Over the past two years, I’ve been rejected for positions as a senior research fellow, a lecturer and a research funding manager. My initial one-year contract, which was extended to 2.5 years, officially ends in three months. Every application feels like a lottery ticket. Every rejection feels personal, even when I know it shouldn’t. It’s as if I’m no longer good enough to be in academia. The stress is building. I feel like my career…

Key eventsThat’s it from me. Billy Munday is back to take you through a big evening of athletics.ShareJudo: England have a bronze: Jemima Yeats-Brown in the women’s -70kg, beating New Zealand’s Moira de Villiers. She also won Commonwealth bronze in 2022 and all the way back in 2014.ShareWales are up in the top 10 in the medal table: see the full standings here:ShareGold for Emma Finucane in women’s 1,000m time trialCycling: Last up is New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, another Olympic champion. But she can only manage third, so it’s gold for the Welsh athlete, her third of these Games.Emma Finucane…

Linda Blair, the Exorcist star-turned-animal rescue activist, says she’s doing fine after her Southern California property was searched by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control yesterday regarding a reported kennel operation. Animal control officials, along with the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, conducted the search of the property that the officials suspected was being used as a kennel operation with more than 100 dogs present. (Subsequent reports indicate there were as many as 200 dogs on the property.) “The warrant allows us to lawfully access the property and verify compliance with County codes,” the…