
Darnold’s Super Bowl win – the ultimate redemption story?
Sam Darnold leading the Seattle Seahawks to Super Bowl glory could just be the greatest redemption story ever in the NFL. We take a closer look.
WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2026, 13:42

Sam Darnold leading the Seattle Seahawks to Super Bowl glory could just be the greatest redemption story ever in the NFL. We take a closer look.

The video appeal comes as a deadline looms to pay the people believed to be holding the TV hosts’s mum.

The call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign is a defining moment in Sarwar’s leadership of Scottish Labour.

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Trevor and Jenni Hicks, whose daughters died at Hillsborough, want court records to be corrected.

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American great Serena Williams is eligible to return to competition on 22 February when she will have completed the reinstatement process.

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