Alex Hales marked his return to Islamabad United with a blistering 88 as his side secured a top-two finish in the Pakistan Super League by beating Karachi Kings by 79 runs. Hales, who joined Islamabad following the PSL’s resumption, hit eight sixes in his 35 balls as Islamabad piled up 251-5. He put on a...
Captain Jonny Bairstow made a sparkling 89 and Adam Lyth passed 50 for the sixth time this season, but Yorkshire squandered a promising position on the first day against Surrey. For the 16th County Championship game in a row at the Kia Oval the side who won the toss bowled first, but at 203-5 just...
Train services in Devon were temporarily suspended after a vehicle crashed into a railway bridge. It happened in Paignton at about 12:00 BST, a spokesperson for Great Western Railway (GWR) said. The line was blocked, leading to delays and some cancellations to services between Newton Abbot and Paignton, it said. GWR confirmed train services had...
Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Former US President Joe Biden’s aides have hit back at a new book that accuses his White House inner circle of covering up his “physical deterioration” during his ill-fated re-election campaign. According to the book, Original Sin, Biden’s condition during his 2024 presidential run was said to...
A 17-year wait is finally over for Danny Welbeck. For the first time in his career, the 34-year-old striker hit double figures for Premier League goals in a single season with his penalty in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Wolves. Shining for Brighton in the twilight of his career, Welbeck’s latest contribution helped ensure the Seagulls...
Marcus Harris continued his devastating form for Lancashire, recording his third century in nine innings on day two of this County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The Australia international extended his tally as county cricket’s leading run scorer this season to 706 runs with a magnificent 121 from 230 balls, including 18 boundaries,...
Nottinghamshire batting prodigy Freddie McCann gave more evidence of his considerable potential by posting the third century of his fledgling first-class career to defy Hampshire on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match at Trent Bridge. In only his 13th innings in the Championship so far, the 20-year-old England Lions left-hander made 138 as...
South Africa has criticised the US amid reports it could receive white Afrikaners as refugees as early as next week. A document seen by the BBC’s US partner, CBS, describes the potential resettlement as a “priority” for President Donald Trump’s government, however the timing has not been publicly confirmed by the White House. In a...
“If it’s so easy to get to a final, then why doesn’t everyone who finishes in the top three do it?” In Norway, boss Ange Postecoglou took aim at Tottenham’s critics after they reached the Europa League final as he remained on course to continue his record of winning a trophy in his second season....
South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May. Malema said the UK had no “substantial justification” for its decision, and he saw it as an “attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective”. In a leaked letter to Malema’s deputy,...
This is all very cursory right now, but what we know at the moment – the Indians have named this Operation Sindoor and as of right now hit nine sites in Pakistan in retaliation for the slaughter in Pahalgam. The Indian armed forces have confirmed it targeted nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and...
Ollie Price scored a career-best 253 not out and became only the third Gloucestershire batsman in history to score a double-century against Lancashire to help his side take a 139-run first-innings lead in the County Championship match at Old Trafford. Replying to the home side’s 450, the visitors were 589-8 at the close and their...
A missile fired from Yemen landed near the main terminal of Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said. Unverified footage posted online appeared to show drivers on a road nearby pulled over to take cover as a projectile lands, creating a plume of black smoke near the airport, which is on the...
Romario Shepherd hit the second-fastest half-century in Indian Premier League history as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by just two runs to go top of the table. The West Indian batter was on one at the end of the 18th over, but finished with a superb 53 not out from 14 balls as...
A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at the junction of the Napo and Amazon rivers, causing “severe damage”, Peru’s defence ministry said. Thirty crew members were rescued from...