China won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay Sunday, ending the United States’ undefeated record in the race at the Olympics and closing a swimming program in which Chinese swimmers have faced questions about a doping scandal from the Tokyo Games three years ago. Pan Zhanle, on his 20th birthday, swam the…

HBO This article contains spoilers for the “House of the Dragon” season 2 finale. Remember the good old days of TV, when you had enough episodes to really get to know a cast of characters, the shows could get weird and experimental, and you didn’t have to wait…

A Sky News reporter giving a live report on a developing stand-off between far-right thugs and locals in Birmingham was interrupted by a protester on a motorbike who swore and made rude gestures at the camera. Masked groups have turned out in the Alum Rock and Bordesley Green areas after rumours circulated in a far-right…

The flight from Chicago to Honolulu is roughly 10 hours and covers more than 4,000 miles. Brian Polian, the former special teams coordinator at Notre Dame, estimates he took that trip as many as 18 times from 2007 to early 2009. “I was on the same flight most weeks and would see the (same) crew…

Dogwoof When David Lynch revealed late last year in an interview that he’d been diagnosed with emphysema, it was hard not to prepare for the inevitable. The filmmaker’s longtime affection for cigarettes had at long last irrevocably damaged his health, which would likely curtail his creative pursuits. The…

Australia has joined a list of countries issuing safety warnings to their citizens over Britain’s anti-immigration protests and riots.  It comes after Nigeria, Malaysia and Indonesia all advised their nationals living in or visiting the UK to avoid far-right demonstrations.  Violent protests have rocked Britain this week after misinformation about the identity of a man…

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler said it, and meant it, and paired it with that look he often gives. That, sorry, bud, this is all I got gaze, along with a Charlie Brown shoulder shrug. It was Thursday at the Olympic Games and Scheffler had just wrapped a no-frills opening-round 67. The 4-under-par day was…

Jay Maidment/20th Century Studios It was another downright ridiculous weekend for “Deadpool & Wolverine” at the box office. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller “Trap” entered the marketplace with an opening weekend just shy of $16 million, but that wasn’t nearly enough to challenge Marvel’s latest for the top…

A thief who brazenly wore an NFL legend’s ‘priceless’ Hall of Fame ring while trying to flog it to jewellery stores has been jailed for more than two years. Former wide receiver Andre Reed’s ring was stolen from his London hotel room last October. Gary Towsey, 39, casually wore the ring – emblazoned with Reed’s…

In the scorching heat of Inter Miami’s training base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the final moments of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ morning training session are playing out. “We are 1-0 up at the Emirates, two minutes to go, keep going,” urges the Wolves head coach Gary O’Neil. Wolves begin their Premier League season away at Arsenal’s Emirates…