Injured Exeter winger Ridl to miss most of season
Injured Exeter winger Ridl to miss most of season. Exeter winger Campbell Ridl is set to miss much of the season after suffering a knee ligament injury.
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Skip to content Azerbaijan GP 2026: Saturday race, dates, schedule, Baku weather, UK start time and how to watch or stream F1 live on Sky Sports Find out the race-week schedule, weather and how to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend in Baku; watch every session from September 24-26 with a Saturday race, live on Sky Sports F1 Friday 18 September 2026 06:41, UK Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Look back at some of the most dramatic moments to have taken place around the Baku City Circuit Formula 1 will race in Azerbaijan on a Saturday as the sport returns to the Baku City Circuit for what often proves one of the season's most incident-filled events.
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian US tech editor, Blake Montgomery Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian. com Listen to the latest season of Black Box Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersExplore more on these topicsAI (artificial intelligence)Politics Weekly AmericaDonald TrumpUS politicsComputingMost viewedMost viewed "'I've wanted to be in the NBA since I was six years old'Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Centre Deane Williams was among the standout players in the London Lions' quadruple-winning seasons The Lions want to become one of world basketball's most recognisable clubs.
There was an errorCoventry's poor start to the Premier League season continues after they're thrashed 5-0 at home to Brighton, having played most of the second half with ten men after having Taiwo Awoniyi sent off at the CBS Arena. Azerbaijan is three hours ahead of the UK so the sessions are slightly earlier than they were during the European season, with Qualifying at 1pm and the Grand Prix at midday. The race ran under the European Grand Prix title in that first year, before taking the country's name from the following season, and is one of the breed of the sport's faster street tracks.
4-mile long main straight – the longest of the whole season – with slipstreaming and overtaking opportunities aplenty as cars go up to three abreast.
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7-mile track heads into the twister ancient part of the city, including the narrowest piece of track of the whole season. The F1 season continues live on Sky Sports F1 as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix kicks off a triple-header of races from September 24-26, with the Baku race taking place on a Saturday. Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime Around Sky Upgrade to get all of Sky Sports, including 1500 live football matches this season Not got Sky?
But why is President Trump unmoved by the doomsday predictions, dismissing them as a ‘hoax’? Image source, Super League BasketballImage caption, London Lions are the defending champions of all four domestic men's Super League Basketball competitions ByJonty ColmanBBC Sport journalistPublished17 September 2026"I've been involved for 30 years now and it's definitely the most competitive it's been, pretty much in all those 30 years," Newcastle Eagles owner Paul Blake said. Excitement is building as British men's top-flight basketball prepares for a new season – with champions London Lions gearing up for a prestigious friendly against NBA opposition in Portland Trail Blazers next month.
Before that, though, the third season of the men's Super League Basketball – launched in 2024 after the British Basketball League folded – begins on Friday, as the Lions head to Bristol Flyers. Last season, the Lions completed a domestic quadruple by winning the SLB Championship, SLB Playoffs, SLB Cup and SLB Trophy – and will be amining for more success when the campaign concludes in May.
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This season, there will be 10 teams – up from nine – following the addition of Liverpool Basketball. SLBW, the women's competition, starts on Saturday, 3 October. 'The quality is pretty much the highest it's been'Image source, Super League BasketballImage caption, The Newcastle Eagles reached the final of the SLB Trophy last season, losing 74-68 to the London lionsFor many SLB clubs, there is optimism going into the new campaign – given some fine recent results and performances.
Bristol Flyers, meanwhile, will again compete in the European North Basketball League (ENBL), a competition in which Manchester finished runners-up last season. The Lions are back in the EuroCup for a second straight season, EuroLeague's second-tier European club basketball competition – and are in good spirits after beating EuroLeague outfit Paris Basketball in pre-season earlier this month. "The league is just getting more and more competitive all the time, so we know we'll be in for a fight again this season," Eagles owner Blake, who is also an SLB director, told BBC Sport.
"As well as looking to defend a domestic quadruple, the Lions will hope to improve on last season's EuroCup campaign. "It's going to be tough, but these are some of the best players in the world – and I think most people in London and the UK recognise the level of competition that they're playing. "'Fans want to connect with the athletes'Image source, Super League BasketballImage caption, As a player, Stef Collins featured at the 2012 Olympics and won medals at both the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth GamesJust 15 days after the SLB season tips off, SLBW will do the same.
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"It was the most-attended World Cup in the modern era with over 230,000 fans in attendance," she said. In 2025, WNBA clips gained more than one billion views on Instagram, making it the most-followed women's sports league on that platform, which Collins feels can help SLBW on its path for development. He said his company had recently delayed the release of its most recent AI model, Muse, “for several months to focus on safety and security”. Zuckerberg stressed: “[AI] labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well. ”Explore more on these topicsAnthropicJD VanceAI (artificial intelligence)ComputingSilicon ValleyOpenAISam AltmannewsShareReuse this contentMore on this storyMore on this storyOpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot momentTrump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifiesFull StoryAI isn’t going to end humanity. . . right? – Full Story podcastCould AI really wipe out humanity – six experts spell out the risksEurope must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s LagardeAI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ developmentOpenAI urges UK lawmakers to rein in technology amid growing safety fears OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI developmentMost viewedMost viewed
The first round of a flyaway triple header before trips to Malaysia and Singapore, the Baku race weekend starts a day earlier than normal meaning Practice is on Thursday, Qualifying is on Friday and the Grand Prix is on the Saturday. Kimi Antonelli leads the world championship by 81 points after consecutive wins in Monza and Madrid and time is running out for his would-be title challengers to put a run together to rival him with a scheduled eight rounds left after Baku.
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