Lewis Gregory led from the front with a brilliant 89 not out as Somerset completed a five-wicket win over Sussex in their County Championship match at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. Set just 150 to win on a benign pitch, the hosts reached their target in an additional half hour to the scheduled day’s...
Until Scheffler’s late flourish, the top of the leaderboard was tightly contested for so long during an enthralling day in North Carolina, with the lead fluctuating wildly and at one stage, five players sharing top spot. Overnight leader Jhonattan Vegas began the day two clear but his lead was eroded by bogeys on his first...
Resuming on 82-3, Glamorgan made good early headway led by Carlson who found the gaps in the field in an attractive half-century in a stand of 96 with Sam Northeast, before Ben Sanderson snared Carlson into flicking a catch to short backward square leg. But Northants could not keep the pressure on despite two very...
Vegas has won multiple PGA Tour events, his most recent victory coming last July at the 3M Open, but a possible lead at the halfway point is rarefied air for him at a major. His best finish at a major to date is a tie for 22nd spot in the 2016 US PGA Championship at...
There had been heavy rainfall in the days leading up to the tournament but, in drier conditions on Thursday morning in North Carolina, Donald was one of several surprising names to be found near the top of the leaderboard. The 47-year-old, who hit the first shot of the tournament at 07:00 local time, is ranked...
Leg-spinner Calvin Harrison turned the game with a decisive spell of 4-32 as Northamptonshire fought back against Lancashire to seal their first County Championship win of the season. Harrison, on a short-term loan from Nottinghamshire, dismissed Marcus Harris and Josh Bohannon in quick succession after the pair had guided the Red Rose county to 116-2...
A group of pro-Palestinian extremists occupied an engineering building on the campus of the University of Washington last night. They targeted the building because it was partly funded by a donation from Boeing. The occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building began shortly before the building closed at 5 p.m. Monday, according to Victor Balta, a...
Ben Brown scored his first century as Hampshire captain to eliminate fears of an innings defeat by Durham in the County Championship. Hampshire were still 92 runs away from avoiding the follow-on when Toby Albert was the sixth man to depart, but Brown and Felix Organ ticked through the required runs with a 164 stand....
World number one Scottie Scheffler is on track for his first win this year as he extended his lead to six shots in a storm-affected second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Friday’s play in Texas was held up for more than six hours and and many players did not complete the second round,...
Heather Knight produced an outstanding all-round performance to propel Somerset to a comfortable five-wicket victory over Essex in the One-Day Cup women’s competition at Taunton Vale. The former England captain claimed 3-7 with the ball and then made 45 crucial runs with the bat as they ultimately made light work of chasing a target of...
In the world of resistance politics, Harvard is leading the university charge against the demands of the Trump administration. Harvard refused to a list of ten demands the administration had sent the school and sued the administration last week. But reports about the breakdown in communications that proceeded this suggested that, behind the scenes, both...
Americans Lindy Duncan and Sarah Schmelzel, Japan’s Mao Saigo and South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim are a shot behind Liu. South Korea’s Haeran Ryu shared the overnight lead with Liu but made a 74 to slip back joint-sixth on five under for the tournament. China’s Weiwei Zhang was also on five under after 15 holes...
Pop singer-songwriter Lola Young leads the nominations for this year’s prestigious Ivor Novello Awards, with Charli XCX, Ghetts and Jade among the other stars in contention. Young has three nominations including best song musically and lyrically for her breakthrough hit Messy, which spent a month at number one in the UK earlier this year. She...
A cliff fall in Devon has led to the closure of a coastal footpath, according to the local authority. A Facebook post from Teignbridge District Council said a section of path had been closed at Lee Mount in Dawlish between the steps from Early’s Wall and a large viewing shelter. The council said “significant sized...
Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 73 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by seven wickets to move up to third in the Indian Premier League. Chasing 158, Kohli put on a 103-run second wicket partnership with Devdutt Padikkal (68 from 49) to put his side firmly in command. Padikkal holed out to long-on off...