In almost every sport, what ‘the data’ tells you to do is be more attacking, more aggressive, take more risks, than the received wisdom tells you to. Despite the non-thinking assumption that it will do the opposite

Pro-tips of the day:  #1 Clean your air filter  #2 Know that when somebody writes up a manual like Project 2025, they plan on using it

Ali Martin Across Test history there's zero correlation with number of FC warmup matches and success in opening Tests, even for away teams

Interesting thread on working in sports analytics

Can rugby not afford a split-screen replay for the TMO? 🤣🤣🤣

'He's lying on a scale that's almost impossible to compute... it's extraordinary.' James O'Brien highlights the 'deeply concerning' reality that Donald Trump is 'peddling pro-Putin propaganda.'

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Now Guardian do all your big names . Class wise. Go on... .theguardian.com/culture/2025/f…

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

I seem to remember rather a lot of coffins being unloaded at Wootton Bassett during that war we never fought

This is what Yarden Bibas, husband of Shiri, father of Kfir and Ariel, wrote today on his Facebook page, after Netanyahu's decision to renew the war. I hope all the Jewish organizations that posted online endlessly with images of this family, will honor his words and take action.

Chalo now we have gotten all our losses out of the way. Ab winning streak.

Over the past 10 years, the PSL has been home to some iconic stars who have helped build our league. Players like: Darren Sammy, Shane Watson, Colin Munro, Rilee Rossouw and many more. But we need to ask ourselves: Can we keep attracting players of this calibre for the next

How can you look at children and not think of Gaza? How can you look at our country and not think of complicity?

On September 27 I'm riding 220 miles in a day in memory of Bethan for Crohn's & Colitis UK 2wish Cymru Cricketers’ Trust Please support if you can gofund.me/2ba65d3a

Everyone in the US should follow James Marriott . He’s an absolutely brilliant Times columnist, covering society, ideas and culture. This article explores the surge in UK GenZers converting Christianity, esp. young men.

Four million men looking a bit like this helped Britain in WW2.

A new chapter begins in the Knight Riders’ story 📖✍

This is the tenth one of these ads I keep getting. Whoever is taking your money to post these, I don’t think the Berkshire, England vote is going to tip things your way. And if I could vote for ZM I would anyway, regardless of your multiple racist missives