Lewis Hamilton ‘motivated’ for rest of season after tough start with Ferrari

  • Hamilton has not had a podium finish this year

  • ‘I just want to get back to enjoying it’

Lewis Hamilton is determined to reignite his joy of racing in the second half of the Formula One season after bringing the first 14 races of the year to a close on a disconsolate and downbeat note.

Speaking before this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, the 40-year-old said he was as fired up as ever to wrestle the maximum from the remaining 10 races and, most importantly, enjoy himself in the process having endured a torrid start to his new career with Ferrari.

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US Open tennis 2025: Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner and Naomi Osaka in action on day five – live

Goffin has broken back against Musetti and they’re now 4-4 in set one. On Grandstand, Rublev is giving Boyer all he can handle, forcing break points that he can’t quite convert. Oh, and Swiatek survives break point to lead Lamens 3-0, I don’t imagine this match will detain us all that long.

Also a set up are Sakkari, 6-3 against Bondar; Alexandrova, 6-2 1-1 against Wang; and Kalinskaya, 6-1 1-1 against Putitnseva. Meanwhile, Swiatek breaks Lamens for 2-0, already looking monstrous; it’ll take something significant to beat her here, but both Gauff, her potential semi-final opponent, and Sabalenka, the defending champ and no 1 seed, are capable of that.

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Israeli forces raid former air-defence base near Syrian capital

Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest in Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last year

Israeli forces raided a former air-defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.

The airbase, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was previously a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule.

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Champions League draw: 2025-26 group phase fixtures revealed – live

Hosts Pedro Pinto and Reshmin Chowdhury welcome Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin on to the stage in Monaco. Their first job is to award Chelsea a special plaque celebrating their achievement of winning every Uefa competition, culminating, of course, with their triumph in the Europa Conference League in May.

We’ll start with the easy bit. Four pots of nine teams each, according to Uefa coefficient.

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How the campus became the new catwalk

Students are tastemakers, and brands are fighting for their hand in shaping college culture

It’s almost September, which means “back to school” season is in full swing. But this year it’s not just British schoolgoers being bombarded with uniform reminders and lunchbox ideas. The classroom comeback now extends to university students. Welcome to a new era of the commodification of the campus.

Previously, it was easy to differentiate between UK and US campus culture. US students had frat parties, drank from plastic red cups and slept in shared dorm rooms. Meanwhile, UK freshers had house parties, drank cans on the bus and congregated in communal kitchens. But thanks to social media the lines are becoming more blurred. Algorithms have influenced everyone to dress the same and now this is affecting campus culture. Social media is peppered with US and UK students doing room makeover tours and library fit checks, and the only difference between them is their accents and labels. Now, as the illusion of campus life becomes more powerful than the reality of it, brands are attempting to monetise it.

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Swallowing correctly can save your life – are you doing it right?

The natural movement may be different for everyone, and being mindful could help prevent, or resolve, dysphagia

People often assume swallowing is automatic and infallible, but I’ve learned it isn’t.

When my daughter was two months old, she caught RSV and stopped gaining weight. When she tried to feed, she coughed and sputtered, sometimes arching her back. She was soon diagnosed with dysphagia – a swallowing disorder.

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