Former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during a video that was leaked on social media. The 42-year-old was suspended on 11 November 2024 after a video showed him making derogatory comments about Klopp and Liverpool. Coote was sacked by the...
Sabalenka, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, has lost both of the major finals she has reached this year. She lost to Madison Keys in the Australian Open final, where she was two-time defending champion, before the defeat by Gauff. She committed 70 unforced errors against Gauff, one of the best defenders on the women’s...
Warwick won the Le Mans 24 Hours, is a former president of the British Racing Drivers’ Club and is one of the most senior driver stewards in F1. An ex-F1 driver is always one of the four stewards officiating at every grand prix. Last week Warwick was quoted as saying that a penalty given to...
BBC The UK has sanctioned two Israeli far-right ministers over comments they made on Gaza. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both face a travel ban and have their assess frozen as part of the measures announced by the UK foreign secretary. David Lammy said the ministers had “incited extremist violence and serious abuses of...
While neither the question nor Stokes’ answer on Wednesday specifically mentioned the England squad or playing XI, the 33-year-old believes his comments about Somerset batter Rew, who was unused member of the squad for the Test against Zimbabwe, made it clear he was referring to Bethell’s place in the squad, rather than the XI. Speaking...
England captain Ben Stokes says his pre-match comments about Jacob Bethell coming straight back into the England team to play India were “twisted to suit an agenda”. The 21-year-old’s return for the five Tests against India could come at the expense of Ollie Pope, but Stokes says Pope – who scored 171 against Zimbabwe –...
Rebecca Woods BBC Panorama Getty Images Rūta Meilutytė won Olympic gold in 2012, and recalls cutting comments about her weight A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left “broken” by the harsh regime run by one of the UK’s most successful swimming coaches. Rūta Meilutytė, who won gold at the London 2012...
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has reported three alleged incidents of racism in a Republic of Ireland Under-15s match. The Republic were playing the United Arab Emirates at the Torneo Delle Nazioni tournament in Italy on Thursday. Archie Quinn scored twice in a 2-0 win, but the FAI says three separate comments, made to...
Getty Images Móglaí Bap, Dj Provaí, and Mo Chara from the band Kneecap say they have faced a co-ordinated smear campaign The UK government has condemned alleged comments made by rap group Kneecap and suggested they should not be able to receive government funding. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch blocked a government grant to the bilingual...
Former England striker Eni Aluko has apologised to Ian Wright for suggesting he risked blocking female pundits from getting opportunities in broadcasting. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Aluko said there are only a “finite amount of opportunities” for women and that Wright needs to take notice of how much work he...
AC Milan defender Kyle Walker made headlines three weeks ago for something he told forward Joao Felix. As the players came off at half-time of their Serie A game with Napoli, the England right-back was speaking to the Chelsea loanee in the tunnel and said “pass the ball, nobody here is Messi”. Milan, who are...
Kemi Badenoch has rejected claims of a rift with shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick over whether the party should form a pact with Reform UK. The Conservative leader has always ruled out such a deal, arguing that Nigel Farage’s party is seeking to destroy the Tories. In a leaked recording obtained by Sky News, Jenrick...
Supporters had been audibly frustrated at Cardiff’s most recent defeat, a 1-0 home loss to survival race rivals Stoke City last weekend. With the Welsh club one point from safety – and inferior goal difference to many sides around them – Riza said he was aware of the severity of the situation and was ready...
“He was in the headlines before the game and now he is going to be all over the headlines again,” said former England winger Aaron Lennon on BBC Radio 5 Live following Onana’s errors against Lyon. “I think he looks a bit silly tonight and Matic is probably the one who is going to sleep...