Kostyuk beats Paolini in straight setsNoskova defeats Elise Mertens 6-3, 7-5A lot has been made of how open the women’s draw at Wimbledon is this year, even before the defending champion Iga Swiatek and the world’s top two, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, all fell in the first week. But sometimes it pays to be…

Russia banned since full-scale invasion of UkraineMany national associations opposed to reintegrationUefa is prepared to block the return of Russian teams to international football after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally lifted the country’s suspension from global competition.Fifa has indicated…

Italian designer brings sculptural silhouettes and playful palettes to the storied house, while it is hats off to Giorgio’s niece at her second Armani Privé couture showThe house of Balenciaga takes haute couture very seriously indeed. Cristóbal Balenciaga was so horrified by the rise of mass-produced clothes…

Australian director Natalie Erika James demonstrates the power of movies as vessels for cultural commentary in this intoxicatingly creepy productionThe body horror genre has been around for a long time, nibbling at the edges of the zeitgeist, but it seems to be having a moment, or about to. Every new title – recent…

Johnson reprises his role from the original animation and has fine rapport with his young co-star Catherine Laga’aia, but the whole enterprise feels cynical and pointlessDisney’s animated super-hit Moana from 2016 – having been followed up by a dull sequel two years ago – now gets a competent but basically…

They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?The two great existential threats of our time – the climate crisis and AI – come hurtling together in the explosion of datacentres across Australia and around the world.You can hardly avoid…