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Teenager’s statistical analysis reveals Mozart’s melodic unpredictability compared to peers
An 18-year-old student in Philadelphia, Linus Chen-Plotkin, has used statistical analysis to demonstrate that Mozart’s melodies are measurably less predictable, note-by-note, than those of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. The finding offers a rare data-driven answer to a question that has long occupied musicologists: what makes Mozart’s music feel so distinctive and endlessly rewarding to hear,…
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Espí scores late as Madrid edge Elche despite shirt row
Real Madrid needed a stoppage-time winner from Carlos Espí’s own mistake-punishing counterpart… actually, Madrid’s late goal from Carlos Espí secured a nervy 3-2 win at bottom club Elche on Tuesday night, with José Mourinho’s side nearly squandering a comfortable lead. The result matters because it exposed fragility in a Madrid team that should have won…
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Maresca points to 2023 Rashford offside as City defend derby silence
Manchester City’s head coach, Enzo Maresca, has defended his club’s silence over Sunday’s controversial Manchester derby, arguing City are owed an apology of their own for a wrongly awarded goal against them in the same fixture three years earlier. He noted that in 2023 Bruno Fernandes’s equaliser stood despite Marcus Rashford being offside, a decision…
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Koumas named man-of-the-match in Liverpool victory over Tottenham
Liverpool forward Lewis Koumas has spoken of his pride at representing his boyhood club after earning the man-of-the-match award in the Carabao Cup third-round win over Tottenham, a performance that reflected the pressing intensity head coach Andoni Iraola has demanded from his forwards. The 20-year-old, who worked tirelessly to create space and chances against Spurs,…
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AI datacentre boom will triple toxic electronic waste within 25 years
A report by the environmental group Basel Action Network (BAN) warns that the global rush to build datacentres for artificial intelligence will triple the world’s annual output of toxic electronic waste within 25 years, creating enough discarded equipment to fill shipping containers that could circle the globe six times. The report highlights that there is…
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Watching Cavan Sullivan, excitement is tempered by memories of hypetrains past
Cavan Sullivan, the 16-year-old Philadelphia Union midfielder, is producing eye-catching performances that have reignited American soccer’s familiar excitement over a homegrown prodigy, though many observers remain wary given the sport’s long history of wunderkinds who failed to live up to early hype. His recent form, including spectacular goals and assists, has fuelled talk of a…
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Three Premier League teams show early troubles need not prove fatal
Coventry, Tottenham and Aston Villa have all endured troubled starts to the Premier League season, prompting fears of a difficult campaign ahead, but a look at historical precedent suggests such slumps do not necessarily doom a team’s fortunes. Coventry, back in the top flight for the first time since 2001, are the only side yet…
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Glory at 11,000ft: Cusco’s Cienciano aim to bring Peru continental success once again
Cienciano, the biggest football club in Cusco, Peru, are chasing continental success once again as they face Uruguay’s Montevideo City Torque in the Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals, 23 years after becoming the first Peruvian club to win an international trophy. The match, played at altitude in a stadium named after chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega, drew…
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When did football fans first start wearing replica kits? | The Knowledge
The Guardian’s football trivia column The Knowledge tackles a reader’s question about when fans first began wearing replica kits, tracing the murky origins of a now-ubiquitous football tradition. While there is no single definitive answer, the piece credits Leeds United and kit manufacturer Admiral with producing the first official replica kit in 1973-74, following a…
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Xhaka promises ‘fire’ from Sunderland on long-awaited return to Europe
Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka has promised an “electric” atmosphere as the club prepares to return to European football for the first time in 53 years, hosting AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League. The match is a landmark moment for the Wearside club, whose last continental outing came in the 1973 European Cup Winners’ Cup, and…