That India batted on into the evening session at Edgbaston suggested they were wary of England’s ability to chase big scores. The hosts completed a pursuit of 371 with five wickets to spare in Leeds last week and knocked off a record 378 to beat India by seven wickets on this very ground in 2022....
As Centre Court’s Royal Box hosted ‘Sporting Saturday’ with a plethora of sporting legends in attendance, it was perhaps fitting that Djokovic continued his pursuit of an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam title in such devastating fashion. Djokovic was brimming with confidence after his second-round victory over Briton Dan Evans, saying he played “almost flawless tennis”...
Verstappen said: “All the cars have quite different speed traces. We are very fast on the straights and slower in the corners. “Ferrari is quick in the corners so the slowest on the straights, and McLaren is in the middle of all that. “It depends on who can keep their tyres alive. This year that...
India’s lead was 244 when play resumed under cloudy skies with the floodlights on. Brydon Carse began with a good spell and, having seen one edge fly through the slips, eventually nicked off Karun Nair for 26. But that only brought in Gill, who is in the form of his life. Admittedly England were tired...
England lose Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Joe Root early on in their second innings to fall to 50-3 on day four, chasing 608 to win the second Test against India at Edgbaston. Follow Live: Men’s International Test Match Series – England v India Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Watch as 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova overcomes tears to win a point against Emma Navarro in their third-round match on Saturday. REPORT: Tearful champion Krejcikova knocked out of Wimbledon Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “There’s only one relationship that really matters,” a senior figure in government told me in the middle of Labour’s dreadful week, where ministers lost control of their backbenchers. “It’s the one with the voters.” Well, quite. And that relationship has soured since Labour has been in power....
Jasper Philipsen will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in his career as he won stage one of the 2025 Tour de France. A sprint finish was expected after a flat stage beginning and ending in Lille, and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s lead-out train delivered the 27-year-old in the perfect position to claim the stage win....
The UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ event took place on Saturday, with tens of thousands of people on the streets of central London. The Pride in London parade featured dancing and rainbow flags as the celebration began at noon under cool and cloudy conditions. Organisers estimate more than 30,000 participants from across 500 organisations will take part...
Verstappen said he “had to commit a lot” in the high-speed corners because of the low-downforce set-up the team had chosen, which made the car on edge in the demanding corners. Piastri was quickest after the first laps of qualifying but he failed to improve on his second lap, at least partly because of a...
More than 20 people have been arrested in London after a protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the Metropolitan Police has said. Pictures from the demonstration showed a small group holding placards reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” in Westminster. As of Saturday, the group is proscribed under the Terrorism...
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Reporting fromGondomar, Portugal Reuters Footballers Diogo Jota and André Silva have been honoured by their family, friends and teammates at a joint funeral in Portugal. Jota, 28, was laid to rest alongside his brother, Silva, 25, after they died in a car crash on Thursday. Hundreds of locals and supporters...
Reform MP James McMurdock has lost the whip over allegations against him related to business propriety, the party says. Chief whip Lee Anderson said McMurdock, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, “removed the party whip from himself” pending an investigation into allegations since published by the Sunday Times. “At Reform UK we take these...
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has questioned why nobody has been fired at the BBC over its decision to air a Gaza documentary that featured the son of a Hamas official. It comes ahead of a review expected to be published next week into Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, which was pulled from iPlayer...
As was the case in Perth on Wednesday, there was a late change for the Lions, Henry Pollock withdrawing with a tight calf as a precaution. That resulted in captain Tadhg Beirne moving from lock to blindside flanker, with Scott Cummings being promoted from the bench. That also meant winger Duhan van der Merwe being...