Josh Hazlewood claimed five wickets as Australia wrapped up an emphatic 159-run victory against West Indies in the first Test in Barbados. West Indies lost all 10 of their second-innings wickets in the evening session on day three of the contest as Australia showed their ruthlessness to close out the match with two days to...
Luis Rubiales, the former president of Spain’s football federation, has lost an appeal against his sexual assault conviction. Rubiales was fined €10,800 (£9,206) in February for kissing captain Jenni Hermoso without her consent after Spain’s women’s team won the 2023 World Cup. A Spanish appeals court upheld the fine, and also dismissed a separate appeal...
British and Irish Lions: Marcus Smith; Tommy Freeman, Sione Tuipulotu, Bundee Aki, Duhan van der Merwe; Fin Smith, Alex Mitchell; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Finlay Bealham, Maro Itoje (capt), Tadhg Beirne, Tom Curry, Jac Morgan, Ben Earl. Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Pierre Schoeman, Tadhg Furlong, Scott Cummings, Henry Pollock, Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Mack Hansen. Argentina:...
Daniel Bell-Drummond hammered a 48-ball century as Kent Spitfires ended Somerset’s 100% start to their T20 Blast campaign. Meanwhile, reigning champions Gloucestershire suffered a fifth successive defeat as Glamorgan beat them by 40 runs at Bristol. Matthew Potts inspired Durham to a crushing six-wicket win over Yorkshire, with the England paceman returning Blast-best figures of...
South Africa lose the early wicket of Ryan Rickelton as he is caught at slip off Mitchell Starc in their pursuit of 282 to win the ICC World Test Championship final. FOLLOW: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Three high court judges have rejected a legal challenge over the government’s policy of adding VAT to private school fees. Lawyers representing families and private schools at the High Court judicial review hearings had argued that the policy was discriminatory and in breach of human rights law. Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools...
He surpassed the previous best of 175 scored by Calum MacLeod in 2014 and now has more than 5,000 runs for Scotland in all formats. The 32-year-old left-hander looked all set to carry his bat for a double century but was bowled by Vivian Kingma in the 49th over from the 150th ball he faced....
This is a team Bellamy has built in his image. They are daring, adventurous, unafraid to lose in the pursuit of glory. To sit back and play for a draw is not in their make-up, Bellamy said beforehand, and Wales backed that up with a momentous performance to roar back from 3-0 down to level....
Yorkshire climbed off the bottom of the North Group table after posting a first victory of their T20 Blast campaign, beating Leicestershire Foxes by a thumping margin of 106 runs. Dawid Malan (88 from 48 balls) and Will Luxton (62 from 34) put on 132 for the second wicket and, despite a mini-collapse which saw...
As in Notts game, there was also a hat-trick – of sorts – at Canterbury where Surrey’s Mitchell Santner dismissed Joe Denly and Tom Rogers at the end of the 13th over and produced the throw at the start of the next, bowled by Nathan Smith, to run out Zak Crawley for 46 attempting a...
Part of the Series Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All As congressional Republicans muscle forward a budget bill that would strip health care away from millions of Americans, Democrats have been united in their formal opposition: No cuts to Medicaid, no cuts to SNAP, and no work eligibility requirements. “Our message...
England’s Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett both depart for ducks in pursuit of 309 in the second ODI against West Indies in Cardiff. Read full article at source...
Tessa Wong Reporting fromShangri-la Dialogue, Singapore Getty Images Macron was speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned the US and Europe risked losing their credibility and being accused of “double standards” if they do not resolve the wars in Ukraine and Gaza soon. He also appealed to Asian countries to...
Felicity Evans Money editor, BBC Wales News EPA At a protest in London, people expressed their upset at the UK government’s disability welfare reforms The incomes of people in Wales could be cut by £466m by 2029-30 as part of the UK government’s disability welfare reforms, according to new analysis. Data analytics company Policy in...
Goalkeepers: Eartha Cumings (Rosengard), Lee Gibson (Glasgow City), Sandy MacIver (Washington Spirit). Defenders: Jenna Clark (Liverpool), Rachel Corsie (unattached), Nicola Docherty (Rangers), Sophie Howard (Leicester City), Emma Lawton (Celtic), Rachel McLauchlan (Rangers), Amy Muir (Glasgow City), Kirsty Smith (unattached). Midfielders: Chelsea Cornet (Rangers), Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea), Lauren Davidson (Brann), Freya Gregory (Newcastle United), Brogan Hay...