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1. Zoe Atkin could steal spotlight from Eileen Gu as she raises hopes of another Team GB gold

   The 23-year-old would not be beaten in the halfpipe competition on Thursday

2. Trump’s Board of Peace pledges $7B for Gaza - a fraction of what it needs

3. Dead, 11-ton humpback whale washes up on California beach as officials warn locals to stay away: ‘It’s massive’

   Officials say the whale’s carcass could shift unexpectedly in the surf

4. Keely Hodgkinson smashes 800m indoor world record with stunning run in Lievin

   The Olympic champion dazzled in Lievin to underline her credentials over 800m ahead of next month’s World Indoor Championships following an injury-hit 2025

5. Winter Olympics live: Team GB through to men’s curling gold medal match after women’s heartbreak

   Bruce Mouat’s rink will get a shot at gold having only just scraped through to the semi-finals on Thursday morning

6. US Olympian Haley Winn’s three brothers go viral for matching patriotic outfits

   Winn and Team USA took home the gold medal in women’s ice hockey

7. Iran-Trump latest: US president tells Tehran it ‘can’t have a nuclear weapon’ and delivers new deadline

   The US has sent a dozen warships to the region in a show of force after talks in Geneva ended without a breakthrough

8. USA vs Canada ice hockey final live: US win Winter Olympics gold in overtime after stunning turnaround

   The world’s top two teams competed in the latest instalment in a bitter US-Canada rivalry in Milan on Thursday

9. Great Britain’s men’s curling team beat Switzerland to reach Olympic final

   A point steal in the sixth end for Britain changed the momentum.

10. Voices: The King and the PM are right – no one should be above the law

    Editorial: The royal family has acted with conviction, but King Charles and Prince William will need to do more to pressure Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to cooperate with the American Congressional investigation into Epstein