Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been ordered to serve the remainder of a ban for his involvement in an altercation with fans while playing for Uruguay. The sanction was confirmed as an appeal against the ban was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In August 2024, Nunez was banned by South American football’s...
A decision is due to be taken on controversial plans to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beauty spot. White Cross offshore windfarm has applied to put seven floating turbines about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and wants to bring a power cable onshore at...
A planning inspector has upheld Exeter City Council’s decision to refuse the addition of a fifth storey to a four-storey city centre scheme that was approved twelve years ago but has not been built. Proposals to increase the height of the building, which fronts onto Fore Street but extends down West Street towards Grade I...
The Surrey man had a rollercoaster year in 2024, both in terms of performances and his role in the England side. At various points, he was captain, wicketkeeper, opener and number six. Although he made a match-winning 196 in the stunning victory over India in Hyderabad, he ended the year with an average of 33.13,...
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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola says Evanilson’s red card was “frustrating” after they concededed a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Manchester United in the Premier League. Read full article at source...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Plans for a landfill site on fields near Kennford on the outskirts of Exeter have been recommended for refusal A decision is expected later on whether a controversial landfill site on the edge of Exeter can go ahead. Devon County Council members are due to approve or reject...
The motivation for Matic’s attack has not been explained. He was responding to relatively innocuous comments Onana made about Lyon in the build-up to the game, when he said he respected the French club but believed United were “way better”. However, it is notable how strongly the former Serbia midfielder defended the man Onana replaced,...
Corinthians forward Memphis Depay has criticised a decision by the Brazil Football Federation (CBF) to punish players for standing on the ball during matches. The CBF has announced that players should be shown a yellow card if they stand on the ball with both feet and the opposing team awarded an indirect free-kick. The decision...
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a “political decision” at a rally in Paris on Sunday. “I won’t give up,” she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower. She was on Monday...
Match of the Day pundits Danny Murphy and Alan Shearer believe Everton should not have been awarded a penalty in their Premier League draw against Arsenal. Gunners full-back Myles Lewis-Skelly was judged to have fouled Jack Harrison inside the box, with Iliman Ndiaye converting from the spot. READ MORE: ‘I have seen it 15 times...
Seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan will give himself “as much time as possible” to decide whether to compete at the World Snooker Championship. The Englishman, 49, has been an ever-present at the Crucible since turning professional in 1992 and would be going for a record eighth world title in the modern era. However, he has not...
I detect a reasonable sprinkle of the jitters in government as the world waits for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement later. It is the single most globally consequential day so far of the president’s second term. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK must “prepare for the worst” and there is every expectation in...
Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Reuters Marine Le Pen is awaiting a high-stakes verdict in a party funding trial France’s Marine Le Pen faces a make-or-break moment on Monday, as a judge rules on whether she should be banned from the next presidential election. The hard-right leader, who is ahead of all her rivals in...
This story was originally published by The New Lede. A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors. The decision to cut the committees, which brought together academics, industry...