Boulter starts her clay-court swing on Tuesday when she plays Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the Madrid Open first round. The Briton’s experience on clay is still limited, having only played four top-level main-draw matches on the surface. After winning one and losing one of her BJK Cup singles matches last week on...
Jelena Ostapenko beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka to win the Stuttgart Open in stunning fashion. Ostapenko, who had failed to win in three previous meetings against Sabalenka, took the match 6-4 6-1. The Latvian set the tone with a break of serve in the opening game and kept the pressure on throughout. Sabalenka was...
Companies have been sharing their concerns about the impact of US tariffs at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, the world’s longest running import-export fair. “We’ve been hearing from several Chinese companies who’ve told us that their products are stuck in ports here, waiting to go to the United States. The tariffs are simply too high...
The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday, taking the total number of people crossing in 2025 so far to 8,064, according to provisional Home Office figures,...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Who Believes In Angels? is Sir Elton’s first album with country singer Brandi Carlile Sir Elton John says he is “blown away” after scoring the 10th UK number one album of his career. Who Believes In Angels?, a collaboration with US country star Brandi Carlile, has topped the charts...
McIlroy, who has already won twice this season on the PGA Tour, led after each of the first three rounds at Augusta in 2011 but shot an 80 on Sunday to finish in a tie for 15th. American Mickelson, who won his first major after 13 years on tour and has been runner-up six times...
Woad was back in Scotland for last year’s Women’s Open, which was held over the Old Course in St Andrews. She had missed the cut at the US Women’s Open and Evian Championship but arrived in Fife in buoyant mood for her fourth major. Woad would be in contention all week and finish joint 10th...
World number two Rory McIlroy says he is dealing with an elbow issue in the run-up to next week’s Masters. The Northern Irishman finished joint fifth at the Houston Open on Sunday after an impressive six under par final round of 64 but said his elbow had been “bothering” him. The Masters, which is the...
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reuters Sewage spilled illegally into Britain’s largest lake on a record number of days last year, an analysis of water company data by campaigners suggests. The analysis, which the BBC had exclusive access to, used United Utilities operational data to establish when the company was discharging sewage into Windermere when...
The world number two also revealed three other greens have had to be “redone” but admitted the main benefit of the trip was getting a look at the layout in relative privacy. “It’s nice for me to play a practice round without people around and it sort of takes the pressure off the week for...
