Decision by Saudi Arabia and UAE to send teams follows two-year boycott of gas-rich state

Saudi Arabia is following Qatar and the UAE in spending big on sporting events

Arash Massoudi discusses the impact of the oil money flowing into football and other sports

US retailer of preppy clothing was already under pressure from heavy debt load

Senior software engineer says he quit after firings over coronavirus safety protests

Advisory groups urge votes against remuneration report in wake of £87m payout for top executives

The discovery that chickens roam further when given more shelter started a green journey

Conflicts over strategy and management can kill a company

Better digital and physical connections could unshackle UK business, economists say

Britain is haunted by past industrial decline and the buccaneering raids of the 1980s

Lex argues that GKN shareholders must accept hostile offer from Melrose

The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide

Moderniser who served on front bench for 18 years championed Olympics and Sure Start

Sharing skills is just one way FT Future 100 UK companies help their local area

An ageing population and later retirement means employers will soon have little choice

But can smaller industrial towns like Scunthorpe follow its example?

A forceful challenger of union power at British Leyland

From heritage to healthcare, via regenerating the city centre, local business is ‘recognising its strengths’

Eye-catching locations around the city exemplify its modern ambition

Arthur J. Bressan’s re-released film has charm and poignancy

The actor plays a detective with Tourette’s syndrome in this 1950s-set film

Lauren Greenfield’s documentary about the Philippines’ former First Lady is comic as well as horrific

Drama and substance are peripheral in a movie that’s as lacking in humanity as you might expect

There’s swashbuckling and explosions, but Adam Driver is the real star of the ninth and final film in the Skywalker saga

Tom Hooper’s musical adaptation is weird, wonderful and worryingly erotic

From ‘Raging Bull’ to ‘Spirited Away’, the FT’s outgoing film critic picks his top movies

Saoirse Ronan shines as the tomboyish lead sister in this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel — with sly feminist subtexts

Fun though it may be, this collection of out-takes is never quite the sum of its parts

The versatile Monty Python star who sided with the underdog

For a postwar movie generation Kirk Douglas was the definition of ‘macho’

Ever since I was knee-high to Nosferatu, I have loved steps and stairs on screen

The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction

Master of high miserabilism who starred in ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The Seventh Seal’

War films 1917 and the upcoming Painted Bird are the latest entries in a sub-genre driven by relentless adversity and survival

Uber cuts 3,700 staff, Libra’s first CEO, Microsoft Surface surfeit

Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures

Ease of access and (sometimes) greater affordability are attracting a broader demographic

Online learning modules boost students’ academic confidence and business knowhow

Online courses grow while future of campus-based qualifications is questioned

There is a limited pool of candidates to fill what has become a complex leadership role

Teaching geared to developing ‘ability to use wide range of career skills’

Robot teachers are the start of an evolving relationship with artificial intelligence

The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate

Top schools offer deadline extensions and more flexible entry requirements for flagship courses

Tell us how graduating into a pandemic economy is affecting you personally and professionally

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Executive education courses are teaching how to manage multigenerational teams 

Widely spoken indigenous vernacular has problems around official adoption and online presence

Time wasted is time lost, says the Kresge Foundation as it makes a public pledge