Did you know both the chess masters - Romanovsky and Rabinovich - called in their moves by telephone to coordinators on site, and the latter used megaphones to command the human chess pieces.

May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the most important and ...

He had been picked in 1961 to stabilize the Kirov Ballet in his home city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) amid the fallout after ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defected in Paris during a Kirov tour.

There are some eye-popping items included in the royal 'gift lists' released by Buckingham Palace yesterday, albeit amid hundreds of far more mundane items like baseball caps and socks.

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According to the publication, before signing a contract with the Russian army, Mironchik lived in the village of Taitsy (Gatchinsky district, Leningrad region). The man served in the "Storm V" unit, ...

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If you're one for the royals, a stop at the Palace of Holyroodhouse is a must. The palace is the official Scottish residence of the king and has housed many other notable royal figures throughout ...

I've gone for Dean Henderson as the goalkeeper in my underrated XI because he capped a quietly reliable season with a standout performance in Crystal Palace's historic FA Cup win. He was not a ...

Palace Museum, the house of the nation's cultural treasures, also known as Forbidden City, is again in trouble. Less than two months after nine exhibits were stolen in May, a slew of misdoings by ...

So this season that meant sixth place in the Premier League and Crystal Palace after their Wembley success against Man City. It is also how Manchester United claimed a place in the 24/25 Europa ...