Mounting losses
The England football team beat San Marino 5-0, taking to 56 the number of competitive games that the micro-nation has gone without a victory since 1990. Has any other football team exceeded this record?
— In English league football, the record number of games without a win is 36, held jointly by Derby County (2007/08) and Macclesfield Town, who have achieved the feat twice, in 2012 and 2018.
— San Marino, who have won one match, a friendly against Liechtenstein in 2004, can take heart from Fort William FC, which went 73 games without a win before hammering Nairn County 5-2 in a cup game in 2019.
Big canals
The Suez Canal was blocked by a grounded container ship. Which are the biggest shipping canals?
Maximum draft | Maximum beam
Suez 20m (66ft) | 77m (254ft)
Max. weight: 240,000 tonnes
Panama 12.6m (41.2ft)
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