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Chess: World No 11, Anish Giri, leads She Plays to Win women to unlikely victory

Newly promoted SPTW were expected to be outclassed in the top division of the 4NCL British League, but proved a revelation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

Bus crash in Canada leaves 3 dead and 19 people injured, police say

Authorities say three people were killed and 19 injured in a fiery, mid-day chain reaction crash on a busy north end street that left two Calgary transit buses on fire

The Independent UK · Oct 16

Chess: Uzbek pair share narrow half-point lead as Wijk aan Zee reaches final weekend

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 14-man field, but their closest rivals are all only half a point behind with two rounds to go

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30

Floodlights review: Harrowing drama on the lives wrecked by the darkest side of football

The abuse of talented player Andy Woodward by paedophile coach Barry Bennell is the focus of this chilling dramatisation of a true story

The Independent UK · May 17, 2022

Floodlights review – this harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football is so, so valuable

The story of Andy Woodward – whose Guardian interview led to the jailing of youth coach Barry Bennell – is terrifically acted, full of dark resonance and breaks the silence and shame around male rape

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022

TV tonight: footballer Andy Woodward’s brutal story about abuse

A brutal dramatisation of football coach Barry Bennell’s sexual abuse of teenagers is powerful viewing. Plus: Don’t try this at the home – the finale of Wim Hof’s Freeze the Fear. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2022

‘Secrets kill’: the harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football

Barry Bennell was Britain’s best coach. But why did he keep a puma – and other exotic pets – in his house? We speak to the team behind Floodlights, an exceptional drama about the endemic abuse at the heart of the national game

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

Bradley Wiggins alleges he was sexually groomed by a coach when he was about 13: expert explains safeguarding in sport and what more needs to be done

Former professional cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins, a Tour de France winner and multiple Olympic gold medallist, has told Men’s Health magazine that he was sexually groomed by a coach when he was around 13 years old.

The Conversation · Apr 25, 2022

World Cup playoffs riding to the rescue in this international break

In today’s Fiver: Filling space and passing time with nothing much happening

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022