Gloucestershire were left to rue an over-cautious declaration when their County Championship match with Kent at Canterbury ended in a draw. Tom Price almost single-handedly injected life into what was becoming a tedious final day by reducing Kent to 49-4 with 22 overs remaining, but despite some middle order tremors, the hosts dug in to...
Nick Marsh BBC News Reporting fromKuala Lumpur Astudestra Ajengrastri BBC Indonesian Getty Images South East Asia is on the frontline of Chinese exports to the US that are now looking for new markets When US President Donald Trump hit China with tariffs in his first term, Vietnamese entrepreneur Hao Le saw an opportunity. His company...
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has said he did not leave the house for six months after his Top Gear crash, which left him with both physical and mental scars. The cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries in a crash while filming the BBC motoring programme in 2022. Speaking about the incident on ITV’s The...
Romania international Ianis Hagi, 26, has reportedly told Rangers he wishes to leave. (Record), external Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes referees will “naturally” lose their posts following the exit of Alan Muir as a VAR official. (Herald – subscription required), external The Scottish FA key match incident panel has not backed the decision to overturn...
PA Media King Charles and Queen Camilla have left Italy after a four-day state visit. They ended the trip with a celebration of the country’s food, trying their hand at making pasta at a festival in Ravenna. The visit had included a brief private meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican, where the pontiff, who...
Getty Images Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not “imposed nationally by the government”, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of 19,000 schools and colleges commissioned by Dame Rachel de Souza. Dame Rachel said children were...
On the undercard, British heavyweight Delicious Orie started his professional career with victory over Milos Veletic. Orie, 27, won 40-36 on points in the four-round bout, showing glimpses of his promise at times but proving unable to land a telling blow on his opponent from Bosnia and Herzegovina to secure a knockout. Orie won gold...
Germany great Thomas Muller will end his 25-year association with Bayern Munich at the end of the current season. The 35-year-old has played the most games in the history of the club with 743, while he is third on their all-time scorer’s list with 247 goals. The attacking midfielder, who also plays as a second...
Kevin de Bruyne has confirmed he will leave Manchester City when his contract expires at the end of the season. De Bruyne, 33, has won 16 trophies since joining City from Wolfsburg in 2015, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023. “Every story comes to an end, but this has definitely...
Sheehan will be at the helm for the remainder of the season, with Swansea looking to cement their second-tier status as quickly as possible as they head into the final seven games of another turbulent campaign. After successive defeats, Sheehan’s side lifted the mood with a rousing draw at high-flying Leeds United last weekend, but...
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim says he has told Bruno Fernandes he will not allow him to leave this summer. Club captain Fernandes – who signed a contract extension until 2027 last August – has been United’s star player this season. Over the weekend reports emerged linking the 30-year-old with a move to Real...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On January 15, a group of utility companies wrote a letter to Lee Zeldin, then president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. “We provide the electricity for millions of homes, businesses, and institutions across the U.S., create thousands...
Millard has overseen the men’s and women’s teams during his time in charge, with both winning their respective league titles in 2021. The men’s team reached the European Champions League semi-finals for the first time last season, losing to eventual winners Toulouse. Quins are currently fourth in the Premiership table with six games of the...
Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation between government and the tech sector. His book is,...
Christian Eriksen expects to leave Manchester United this summer and does not anticipate signing for another Premier League club. The 33-year-old Denmark midfielder joined on a free transfer in July 2022. He had previously had a short spell at Brentford after resuming his football career following a cardiac arrest during Euro 2020. Eriksen has played...