Raducanu arrived in Eastbourne as the British number one, having enjoyed a run to the quarter-finals at Queen’s a fortnight ago. But as she prepares for her fourth Wimbledon appearance – where she has twice reached the fourth round – her performance at Eastbourne looked laboured. Some impressive serving in the opening set gave her...
Bigly, but temporarily. Or is it temporarily-ly? Whichever term one wants to use, some may add surprisingly as well. Wanna bet Gavin Newsom got surprised by a unanimous slapdown at the Ninth Circuit in his fight over control of the National Guard? The California governor took a brief X/Twitter victory lap after a win at...
There was reason for Raducanu to be confident against Zheng, who is still finding her feet on the grass court and has a serve that can waver when under pressure. Raducanu had also made relatively serene progress through her first two matches, dropping just eight games across four sets. But, as Raducanu found against Iga...
Boulter, bidding to reach a seventh quarter-final on grass, had expressed concern about her serve earlier in the week, suggesting she would be working on it in the build-up to this match. But no such troubles were apparent in the opening set against Shnaider as Boulter continually caused problems behind her first serve. Having saved...
“Senator Betterman strikes again,” radio host Tony Kinnett quipped. Hey, there are worse nicknames, and this one applies well. John Fetterman had remained silent during the unfolding chaos in Los Angeles, which still represented something of an improvement over his fellow Democrats. We’ll get to those examples shortly, but Fetterman had finally seen enough by...
Jack Draper was given a reality check as world number 62 Alexander Bublik produced a phenomenal fourth-round performance to end British interest in the French Open singles. Fifth seed Draper lost his way in a 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 defeat by the maverick Kazakh. The British number one was largely expected to continue his sharp...
Emma Raducanu’s miserable record against Iga Swiatek continued as she was outclassed by the defending champion in their French Open second-round meeting. The British number two was beaten 6-1 6-2 on the Paris clay and has now lost all five of her matches against the five-time Grand Slam winner. It was another reminder of the...
The family received a letter last month stating that their legal status had been terminated. Yet another Trump administration deportation case is sparking outrage: This time, a 4-year-old Mexican girl and her parents face expulsion, despite the family coming to the United States legally and the child’s risk of death if she loses the medical...
Fifteen years ago, United ruled the roost in South Korea, with national hero Park Ji-sung winning trophy after trophy. “Back then, they were obviously the club which had the biggest fan base in South Korea,” said author Lee Seung-mo. “The popularity they had was incomparable with any other European football teams at that time. “Now...
Getty Images Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case has been called the “trial of the century” Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four unarmed Afghans were true,...
Getty Images Adam Bandt has led the Greens since 2020 The leader of Australia’s third-largest political party, the Greens, has conceded his seat in Melbourne after a tight electoral vote count that lasted several days. Adam Bandt, who had safely held the seat of Melbourne since 2010, told reporters on Thursday afternoon that he had...
This had to be an unwelcome surprise for the Master of the Old Magoo. Friedrich Merz has spent his whole life massaging the various super-sized egos along the path of his political career, fawning at the feet of such Christian Democrat (CDU) luminaries as Angela Merkel, to reach the pinnacle of German political power –...
British number one Jack Draper missed out on a first ATP Tour clay-court title as Casper Ruud edged an absorbing Madrid Open final. Draper, 23, was beaten 7-5 3-6 6-4 in the Spanish capital. Despite losing the final, he will reflect on an impressive fortnight at the ATP Masters event. Draper had previously never gone...
The Duke of Sussex has lost a legal challenge over the levels of security he and his family are entitled to while in the UK. Prince Harry had been seeking to overturn a decision that had downgraded his security after he stopped being a working royal and moved to the US with the Duchess of...
Premier League Darts is played across 16 initial weeks in the league stage with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final each night. Each of the eight players is guaranteed to face the other seven in the quarter-finals in weeks one to seven and 9-15, with week eight and week 16 fixtures done off the table. It...