Elsewhere, world number one Jannik Sinner said he had “a few sleepless nights” after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final. The Italian held three championship points in the third set but lost to world number two Alcaraz in a five set, five-hour epic at Roland Garros. Sinner will begin his grass-court campaign...
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A local authority’s youngest town councillor has been elected as mayor at just 25. Alexander Walker, who is autistic, has been a town councillor in Rhyl, Denbighshire, since 2022 and described it as “surreal” to be elected, as it is something which he never thought he would end up doing. Mr Walker took on the...
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Danny Kasirye Alexander will lead the cast of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest in the West End later this year Singer and actor Olly Alexander has said he has “come into a different space in my life”, as he announced a new West End stage role after recently parting...
“We have faced each other a few times so I know him quite well, but with him [Bublik] you never know what’s happening,” said Sinner. “He deserves to be in the quarter-finals, he beat very tough players. I tried to stay focused on my side and play as solidly as possible because he can have...
Jack Draper was given a reality check as world number 62 Alexander Bublik produced a phenomenal fourth-round performance to end British interest in the French Open singles. Fifth seed Draper lost his way in a 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 defeat by the maverick Kazakh. The British number one was largely expected to continue his sharp...
In 23-year-old Draper, British tennis fans believe they may just have found their next serial Grand Slam contender. British former world number four Tim Henman told BBC Sport recently that Draper’s best attributes – his left-handed serve and crunching forehand – could “work on any surface”. Prior to this year, though, Draper had never won...
INTRODUCTION The preponderance of the state as a political vehicle to manage societies across the globe is ingrained in our political cultures to such an extent that imagining a life without the rules, regulations, directives and, indeed, the ideology of the state seems virtually impossible. Both the command economy-based socialist states as well as the...
Possibly the easiest choice of all time for a player’s inclusion in a statistical team of the season, Salah enjoyed one of the finest individual seasons in Premier League history. Many of his astonishing records from 24-25 may not be beaten for many years. The Egyptian was involved in 47 Premier League goals (29 goals,...
William Saliba (Arsenal), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool): Three exceptional centre-backs and leaders – it’s not necessarily about picking captains but figureheads from a defensive point of view. The team will only be as good as these three guys defend. Van Dijk obviously won the league, and signed a new Liverpool...
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The 21-year-old soldier is the last living hostage with US nationality being held in the territory. It comes after a senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian armed group was holding direct...
Ex-Wales international Ashley Williams analyses how Liverpool’s full-backs set the tempo and provided width to find a way past Leicester City before Trent Alexander-Arnold’s “unbelievable” left foot half-volley. READ MORE: ‘Iconic moment in a special Liverpool career – but was it a farewell?’ Watch MOTD2 on BBC iPlayer Available to UK users only. Read full...
A mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath in east London has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Kara Alexander, 47, of Dagenham, was found guilty of murdering Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, at their home in Cornwallis Road in December 2022. At Kingston Crown Court on Friday, Mr Justice Bennathan...
Sarah Toom BBC Scotland News BBC The mural of Sir Alexander Fleming by artist Rogue One has pride of place in the town’s centre Darvel in East Ayrshire is one of those towns that can feel a little left behind by the collapse of industry. Formerly the heart of lace manufacturing in the Irvine Valley,...
Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m – Nottingham Forest (h) The Argentine kept just his fourth clean sheet of the season in Wednesday’s win at Brighton but he is a differential keeper option for this week and the rest of the season. Villa face goal-shy Southampton next week before a double in 33. Forest are...