Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in the women’s 100m, behind Olympic champion Julien Alfred and veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith. Asher-Smith failed to make the 100m final at last year’s Olympics but is hopeful of better at this year’s World Championships in Tokyo in September. She said after running a season’s best 11.08 seconds: “I feel...
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....
Spain record goalscorer Jenni Hermoso has been left out of their squad for the upcoming European Championships in Switzerland. Hermoso, 35, has scored 57 goals in 123 appearances for her national side and played a key role as Spain lifted the World Cup in Australia in 2023. The Tigres striker featured in all six qualifiers,...
Born in Newcastle and qualifying for Northern Ireland through her mother and grandfather, Furness made her senior international debut as a teenager in 2005 – shortly after the team had been reformed. Furness was integral to Northern Ireland’s historic qualification for Euro 2022, scoring five goals, and her dedication to her country was showcased in...
Tom Edgington and Rob England BBC Verify BBC Good weather and the willingness of people smugglers to cram more people onto small boats have been highlighted by the government as factors driving the level of migrant Channel crossings. The Home Office has released figures showing that the number of “red days” – when conditions are...
More than 1,100 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel on Saturday, the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025. The latest Home Office figures showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats. It brings the annual total so far to 14,811, up 42% on this time last year...
Inzaghi has delivered one Serie A title and won the Coppa Italia twice during his four years in charge. Inter had beaten Bayern Munich and Barcelona on their way to the final but Saturday was their second Champions League final defeat in three seasons, with Inzaghi’s side losing 1-0 against Manchester City in Istanbul in...
Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and got out. Michael now works in a small-town hospital in Canada. KFF Health News and NPR granted him anonymity because of...
A 17-year-old known as The Hull Boy has described becoming the youngest person to run the entire length of the UK as “surreal”. Marcus completed the journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats on Thursday. After raising about £130,000 for a mental health charity, he said the 58 days of running had been “the best...
Elen Davies BBC News Reporting fromSkomer Island Amy Compton Conservationists have counted 43,626 puffins on Skomer Island this year – a new record A record number of puffins have been recorded on a small island off the Pembrokeshire coast, despite global populations declining rapidly. According to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW),...
A record number of fans packed Wembley to watch the three play-off finals, the English Football League has announced. The matches attracted an aggregate attendance of 211,858 – well above the previous record total of 197,550 that watched the play-offs at the end of the 2007-08 season. Sunderland’s 2-1 victory over Sheffield United in Saturday’s...
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Nepali sherpa Kami Rita, also known as “Everest Man”, has scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own record for the most climbs up the world’s tallest peak. The 55-year-old, who was guiding a group of Indian army officials up the mountain, reached its 8,894m summit at 04:00 local time on Tuesday (23:15...
Plymouth Pirates weekend attracted a record number of 50,000 visitors across the two-day event, organisers have said. The 14th weekend saw visitors enjoying pirate themed activities including storytellers, face painting, traditional shanty bands, a pirate dog show and more. Plymouth Waterfront Partnership said the atmosphere throughout the event on the 17 and 18 May was...
West Indies all-rounder Matthew Forde equalled the record for the fastest one-day international half-century before rain forced the abandonment of Friday’s contest against Ireland in Dublin. Forde reached 50 off just 16 balls, tying South African batter AB de Villiers’ mark set in 2015, to help West Indies post an imposing target before rain intervened...