Guests at a wedding in Jiangsu province watched the bride guide her new husband through a calculation that looked ordinary on paper. The sum ran 520 times 10 plus 1,314 minus 514 minus 619 plus 666 minus 957 and landed exactly on 5090. In Chinese online shorthand those figures carry familiar meanings: 520 sounds close […]
Four decades after Walter Röhrl and Markku Alén drove Lancia’s Rally 037 to the 1983 World Rally Championship, a small Italian workshop in Cuneo has given that last rear-drive title winner a second life. Kimera Automobili, run by former rally driver Luca Betti from Villa Kimera about 100 kilometers south of Turin, limited the EVO37 […]
Mark Joyce faces the world’s finest in Cheltenham (Picture: WST) Mark Joyce got a late call-up to replace Ronnie O’Sullivan at the British Open and has won his way into the last 16 where he faces world number one Zhao Xintong. The 43-year-old was only confirmed as an entrant in Cheltenham on Friday after the […]
Judd Trump won the non-ranking Shanghai Masters earlier this season (Picture: Getty Images) Snooker’s ranking system has come under fire from former world number one Judd Trump, who reckons the upper echelons do not reward consistency enough. The Ace in the Pack has just had a two-year spell as world number one but was usurped […]
Zhao Xintong and Judd Trump are battling it out at the top of the world rankings (Pictures: Getty) Judd Trump is fighting to hold onto his world number one spot, but three challengers are now within touching distance of dethroning him. The Ace in the Pack has been top of the charts for two years […]
3m ago UAE says Iran attacked two vessels in Strait of Hormuz The United Arab Emirates on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two vessels linked to its state-owned oil company as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait, frequently attacking commercial […]
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Judd Trump has been beaten early at the China Open (Picture: Getty Images) Judd Trump looks set to lose his world number one spot this month after a shock first round defeat to Noppon Saengkham at the China Open. The Thai star downed the former world champion 6-3 in Taiyuan on Sunday, with Trump failing […]