AFL calls off season opener, NRL moves game out of Brisbane as Tropical Cyclone Alfred nears | AFL

The AFL has called off its season-opening clash between Brisbane and Geelong as well as Saturday night’s match between Gold Coast and Essendon as Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to threaten the Queensland and northern NSW coast. The NRL has instead moved the Dolphins and South Sydney match out of Brisbane, with the Friday night clash … Read more

Where are you? Delia Smith no longer on Norwich’s board after takeover | Norwich City

Norfolk Holdings has completed its majority takeover of Norwich City, with Delia Smith and her husband, Michael Wynn Jones, no longer part of the club’s board. It was announced in August that Norfolk Holdings, led by the Milwaukee Brewers owner, Mark Attanasio, was set to increase its shareholding to around 85%, which would result in … Read more

‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish | Athletics

The Olympic silver ­medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the “­demeaning and abusive ­comments” received on social media by her ­daughter, Eilish, the reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion. Liz, who also won the 1991 world 10,000m title and coaches Eilish, used screenshots in a post on X to highlight comments ­attacking her daughter’s body shape … Read more

Beating PSV Eindhoven will ‘change Arsenal narrative’ insists Jurriën Timber | Arsenal

Jurriën Timber has said Arsenal have an opportunity to “change the ­narrative” of their season against PSV Eindhoven and believes they have the motivation to reach the ­Champions League quarter-finals for a second successive season. Mikel Arteta’s side face the Dutch champions in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday night having fallen … Read more

As Ballet Rethinks Its Racial Homogeneity, One ‘Swan Lake’ Ditches Tights

So Kain asked the design team: Why not bare legs? When the dancers tried it in rehearsal, she decided it not only looked striking, but it also emphasized the humanity she was going for. “It evolved into a design choice to show the dancers’ vulnerability and individuality,” Kain said. The choice wasn’t unanimously popular. While … Read more

Review: Tango Passion as Muscular Feats

The dancers in “Tango After Dark,” an Argentine production that opened a two-week run at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday, are skilled, seasoned professionals. Their biographies list the many competitions they have won and the many shows in which they have performed, most with “tango” in the title. What distinguishes “Tango After Dark” from these … Read more

In Zoe Saldaña, a Choreographer Finds His Dream Dancer

Jalet, who choreographed Luca Guadagnino’s horror movie “Suspiria,” knew Saldaña only from the movie “Avatar.” When he discovered “Center Stage,” he grasped that she would take movement seriously. “It was such an amazing relief to feel that, “Oh, she’s a dancer,” he said. In the original conception, Saldaña had just one dance scene: Rita walks … Read more