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Tanak: Surprise Sardinia WRC win “really cruel” on Ogier

Tanak took a surprise victory by 0.2s from eight-time world champion Ogier after the Toyota driver picked up a puncture three kilometres from completing the new 16-stage shorter 266.12km rally.

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WRC Rally Sardinia: Tanak snatches stunning win from Ogier in final stage thriller

Hyundai’s Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja were involved in rally-long battle with Toyota’s Ogier and Vincent Landais, as the WRC trialled a new shorter 48-hour format for the first time on Sardinia’s rough gravel roads.

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Toyota: Evans "thinking too much" about WRC title race

Evans has cut a frustrated figure throughout this week’s Rally Sardinia, having been unable to find the confidence to extract the ultimate pace from his Toyota GR Yaris on the gravel stages.

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WRC Rally Sardinia: Ogier reclaims lead as team order slows Tanak

Tanak headed into the afternoon stages with a 3.5s lead over part-time driver Ogier, but ended the day trailing the eight-time world champion by 17.1s.

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Solberg out of WRC Rally Sardinia on medical grounds

The WRC2 title contender had been set to tackle the 16-stage gravel rally, although the Swede was not registered to score championship points. However, Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson have been forced out of the rally before the opening stage. Solberg is understood to be suffering from an allergic reaction…

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How to watch WRC's Rally Sardinia: Schedule, line-up and more

Sebastien Ogier claimed a record-breaking sixth Rally Portugal victory last time out, but it was Thierry Neuville who left the weekend with the biggest laugh.

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Gravel Notes Podcast: Analysing Lancia’s comeback and WRC’s Sardinia sprint

On Monday, Lancia announced that it will return to rally having committed to creating a Rally4 version of its new Ypsilon hatchback. The marque is synonymous with rallying having racked up a record 10 World Rally Championship titles, with its last arriving in 1992.

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How will the WRC’s sprint rally trial work?

The WRC and the FIA are keen to offer more varied event formats going forward, which could see more compact sprint events and longer endurance rallies become part of future championship calendars. Flexibility of event formats was among a raft of proposals tabled by the FIA as part of its…

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Explained: How the WRC's sprint rally trial will work in Sardinia

The WRC and the FIA are keen to offer more varied event formats going forward, which could see more compact sprint events and longer endurance rallies become part of future championship calendars. The flexibility of event formats was among a raft of proposals tabled by the FIA as part of…

Motorsport

The Iris Affair: cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

The Iris Affair is an edge-of-your-seat thriller set in Sardinia and stars Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander.

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Evans feels “new ideas” are required after WRC Portugal struggles

The Toyota driver felt that “everything he touched went wrong” last weekend as he witnessed his six-point deficit to championship leader Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville balloon to 24 points.

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WRC Sardinia schedule sheds light on part-time driver programmes

The Italian gravel rally, which hosts the sixth round of the championship, has confirmed an eight-car Rally 1 field primed to tackle the event’s new 48-hour sprint format from 31 May – 2 June.

Motorsport

Why are echelons never a factor at the Giro d'Italia?

The lack of windy conditions in Italy means flat stages destined for breaks and bunch sprints

Cycling News

No US rounds on compact 2024-2025 Cyclocross World Cup calendar

UCI adds round in Sardinia, 'protected event' status for races outside Belgium, Netherlands

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The Guardian - UK

Beat the heat: eight Mediterranean adventures for off-peak travellers

Go at the right time of year, and these destinations promise alfresco adventure and cultural immersion – without stifling temperatures

The Guardian - UK

Sardinia elects leftwing president, in blow to Giorgia Meloni

Alessandra Todde of the Five Star Movement, backed by the Democratic party, is the Italian island’s first female president

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Luigi Riva obituary

One of Italy’s greatest forwards and the star of the Sardinian side Cagliari when it won the 1970 league title

Evening Standard

Silvio Berlusconi's island villa where he entertained Blair and Putin up for sale for £428 million

The 68-room Sardinian villa where late Italian prime minister hosted heads of state has a price tag of half a billion euros

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The Guardian - UK

Mafia boss who escaped prison using bedsheets recaptured in France

Marco Raduano broke out of high-security wing of a prison in Sardinia in February 2023

The Independent UK

Silvio Berlusconi’s luxury mansions to be sold for up to £685m – but not his ‘bunga bunga’ sex party villa

Villa where Italian tycoon hosted Vladimir Putin and Tony Blair is among the properties to be sold by his family

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas gift from Sardinia: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for candied orange and almond balls, or s’aranzada

The honeyed orange peel and almond shards in these festive sweets call to mind a toffee-brittle marmalade

The Guardian - UK

Domo, Sheffield: ‘They’re determined to show you a good time, and they do’ – restaurant review

This endearingly goofy place takes the fine classics of Sardinian cuisine and adds a new twist which is superbly Sheffield

LiveScience

Scuba diver discovers 30,000 astonishingly well-preserved Roman coins off Italian coast

The well-preserved bronze coins found off the coast of Sardinia could be linked to a shipwreck.

The Times of India

Sardinia: Thousands of ancient coins found under sea, could be from a shipwreck!

There is excitement in the world of archaeologists and explorers with this big news coming in from Sardinia, Italy. Reportedly, more than 30,000 ancient coins have been found underwater in Sardinia; as per the research, these coins are from the first half of the 4th century, making it a much-treasured…

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands of ancient coins have been found off the coast of Sardinia. Now the hunt is on for a shipwreck

A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins

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