Ospreys have signed Gloucester hooker George McGuigan on a short-term deal as cover after losing Lewis Lloyd to injury. McGuigan, 31, has a reputation as a strong ball carrier with more than 50 tries in top competitions. He joined Gloucester from Newcastle in 2022, but injuries have disrupted his progress in the last 12 months....
Former Sussex head coach Mark Robinson has rejoined the club’s coaching staff on a short-term deal. The 58-year-old led Sussex to six trophies in 10 years as head coach before leaving the club to become head coach of England Women in 2015 and winning the World Cup in 2017. Robinson then joined Warwickshire as head...
Trump pledged during his 2024 campaign that he could end the war within 24 hours of taking office. Hours after President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to avoid attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine, Russia conducted an attack on said infrastructure. The attack was reciprocated by a Ukrainian attack on...
Worcestershire all-rounder Matthew Waite has signed a new three-year deal with the County Championship Division One club. The 29-year-old Yorkshireman has followed the lead of two other key first team players Gareth Roderick and Adam Hose by also committing to the Pears until the end of the 2027 season, with an option for an additional...
Full-back Huw Anderson has signed a new long-term deal with Dragons. The 20-year-old, who also plays on the wing, made his debut for the region in 2023 and has played in eight games this season scoring two tries. He scored a stunning solo try against Newcastle on his first start for the region in the...
Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Craig Gordon hopes Steve Clarke remains in charge of Scotland beyond next year’s World Cup. Clarke has indicated he was likely to leave after next year’s World Cup but 42-year-old Gordon is full of praise for what the former full-back has achieved with the national team. “I think he’s done fantastically...
Senate Democrats have signaled that they will not support a continuing resolution bill to fund the government that is being offered by Republican lawmakers, setting up a potential government shutdown if a deal cannot be reached by Friday at midnight. The resolution offered by Republicans, already passed in the GOP-run House of Representatives, would make...
And no matter how hard the golf media tried, the commissioner flat-batted every enquiry as to how that might be achieved. Monahan does not play verbal ‘Bazball’; every non-answer dictated by the delicate nature of golf’s future. Where he was more forthcoming, was an acceptance – at long last – that men’s professional golf has...
“I’ve spent close to half my life as a Bear,” Hain said., external “I’ve loved every minute of my time here, it’s a special place and I’m lucky to call it home. “It’s been one hell of a journey and I’m looking forward to seeing what the next four seasons have in store and how...