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A mysterious image has been posted on the Fallout London Patreon page, and fans are now hard at work deciphering it, in case it reveals the release date. Bethesda is planning to release Fallout 5 at some point, but not until after they’ve launched a Skyrim sequel, which recent reports say is now in an early playable build. Unfortunately, that means fans of the former will have to wait a number of years to play the next chapter in the post-apocalyptic story. Luckily, there are a number of Fallout fan mods to fill the void, either just released, like the…

France has refused to lift a ban preventing its athletes from wearing a hijab at the upcoming Olympics in Paris. The host nation has faced intense pressure from human rights and sporting organisations since announcing the ruling in April. But despite heavy criticism from campaigners who have called for the decision to be reversed, French ministers have refused to back down. Australian Muslim boxer Tina Rahimi, who wears a full hijab during bouts has slammed the ban, which only applies to French athletes. ‘Thankfully I’m still able to participate in my hijab, which I’m so grateful for,’ she said in…

Andy Murray doesn’t have long left in professional tennis before he officially enters retirement and hangs up his racket. The British sporting legend, a two-time Wimbledon champion and double Olympic gold medallist, is featuring on the Paris clay at the Games this summer. On July 23, Andy Murray posted on X: ‘Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics competing for [Great Britain]. ‘[It has] been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!’ What did Andy Murray say about retirement at Wimbledon 2024? Andy Murray…

Netherlands team boss Pieter van den Hoogenband has defended the decision to take convicted rapist Steven van de Velde to the Paris Olympics. Van de Velde, who was selected in the Dutch volleyball team, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19. He resumed his volleyball career after serving 12 months of a four-year sentence and was named in the Netherlands’ Olympic squad in June. Van den Hoogenband, a three-time Olympic champion and former world record holder, says ‘measures’ have been taken to facilitate Van de Velde’s…

Team GB legend Charlotte Dujardin has been provisionally suspended for six months after a video emerged showing her ‘engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’. Equestrian star Dujardin, Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, pulled out of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday afternoon, just days away from the start of competition in the French capital. The 39-year-old announced her decision to withdraw after a video, taken four years ago, emerged in which she made an ‘error of judgement’. The International Federation for Equestrian Sports [FEI] has now confirmed they received the footage on Monday, immediately launching an investigation…

Team GB are hoping for a top five finish at theParis 2024 Olympics, and if all goes as predicted they’ll achieve that and then some. We’re just days away from the start of this summer’s games, with Britain’s top athletes already in the French capital after the short trip across the English Channel. After finishing third in the medal table at London 2012 and then second at Rio 2016, fourth at Tokyo 2020 was an ever so slight disappointment, yet they still managed to win an incredible 64 medals including 22 Golds. And they’ve been tipped to do even better…

Charlotte Dujardin has been forced to withdraw from Team GB for the upcoming Olympics after a video came to light which showed her repeatedly whipping a horse on the legs. The 39-year-old, who is Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian and was just days away from featuring at her fourth Games in Paris, has now been banned for six months by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). In her statement, Dujardin claimed she made an ‘error of judgement’ during a coaching session four years ago and is ‘deeply ashamed’ of her actions. The video – shown for the first time on…

Team GB’s biggest stars are all in action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris including Tom Daley, Max Whitlock and Sky Brown as the Games begin. The opening ceremony takes place on Friday (July 26) but the action actually gets underway today (July 24) with the football and rugby sevens kicking things off. Equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin would’ve been one of the main British storylines of the Games – who was hoping to become the country’s most decorated female Olympian of all time – but she dramatically pulled out on Tuesday due to her ‘shameful error of judgement’ during a…

Squadrons of soldiers drafted from all over France; an AI surveillance system that would make China’s president Xi Jinping jealous; both banks of the River Seine barricaded. This is Paris days before the 2024 Olympic Games, which kick off this Friday, July 26. To anyone who does not live in a large European city like London, Paris – often referred to as the ‘City of Love’ – might resemble a dystopian enclave preparing for the Hunger Games. Yasmina, general manager at Hotel Des Ducs D’Anjou, just a few minutes from the Louvre Museum, said the city ‘feels like a jail’ right…

The Olympic Games should be an equestrian free event amid the horse abuse scandal involving Charlotte Dujardin, according to animal rights group PETA. Team GB superstar Dujardin has been provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body with immediate effect after a video from four years ago emerged showing her making ‘an error of judgement’. The fallout from the controversy will have far reaching and immediate consequences for Team GB in Paris, as well their three-time gold medalist, but in the long-term animal rights group PETA are adamant that equestrian events are outdated and should have no place in the Games. ‘The…