Lovely to see 'The Women's Cricket Revolution,' our Financial Times documentary on how #India can revolutionise women's cricket with the launch of an #IPL -style women's league, published two months before #WPL 1, nominated on the global Top 10 of the AIPS MEDIA Awards
aipsmedia.com/aips/pages/art…

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Nearly Half of China’s Swimming Team Tested Positive for a Banned Drug Before Being Secretly Cleared to Win Gold at The Tokyo Olympics 💉 🏊‍♀️ 🥇

In-depth investigation with ⁦Michael S. Schmidt⁩ into how China was allowed to explain away positives nytimes.com/2024/04/20/wor…

Online videos portraying squabbling families censored in China to encourage people to have more babies - Sky News news.sky.com/story/online-v…

With 100 days to go before the Paris Olympics, France needs to overcome its Gallic grumpiness via Financial Times
on.ft.com/3Q6V0cZ

Wrote something about the Avanti Problem and why businesses, passengers and regional leaders are running out of patience with both the operator and the government:

on.ft.com/43Z4wEu

All 20 PL clubs have published their accounts 🔑totals
⚽️Revenue £6.1bn ⬆️11%
⚽️Wages £4.0bn⬆️11%
⚽️Median weekly wage £70,800 ⬆️12%
⚽️Op losses £1.23bn ⬆️44%
⚽️Player purchases £3.0bn ⬆️57%
⚽️Player sales £979m ⬆️17%
⚽️Squad purchase cost £9.4bn ⬆️12%
⚽️Transfer debt £3bn ⬆️62%

If you’re hoping House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson are planning to put Ukraine aid on the floor next week

Here’s what is more important to Republicans:

DILLER, on $DJT:

“WHY are you even talking about this? It’s a scam. Just like everything he’s ever been involved in ..”

CNBC Squawk Box

My most millennial trait is big purchases must happen in big laptop screen

Wait until she sees the Team GB London 2012 kit…

Scoop: US regulators push insurers to cut exposure to Everton bidder 777 Partners - on.ft.com/3TFTf7x

With Dan McCrum and Ian Smith
James Fontanella-Khan and Harriet Clarfelt

Where are the workers?

Chinese smartphone/ consumer electronics company Xiaomi launches SU7 EV with 435+ mile range, with its body made in a fully automated hyperfactory every 76 seconds and cars starting for equivalent of £23k…

I wrote about what the Tories have done to the place
newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

If you give the impression that you think Britain’s biggest success story is a dystopian crime-ridden hellscape inhabited by an out-of-touch elite and people afraid to leave their homes, there’s always a risk of an, um, electoral disconnect

Two weeks ago, Italian police raided the offices of AC Milan to investigate claims that Elliott’s €1.2bn sale of the club in 2022 never really happened.

So what’s going on? Team FT tries to make sense of it all. on.ft.com/4cyuOBr

Today’s front page.

One year.

#IStandWithEvan

A UK news organisation tweeting out a video of someone being brutally stabbed just so they can score culture war points. Profoundly depressing.

Here's this week's cartoon for Guardian sport
theguardian.com/football/pictu…

“We think your city is an unliveable shithole” is at least an original campaign slogan.

Private equity run children's care homes are bleeding councils dry to pay off vast debt piles and make investors super rich.

There really isn't a bigger ongoing scandal in Britain.