Britain’s Jay Clarke believes there is still a “barrier” stopping young black tennis players from developing in the UK. Last month, the LTA launched its ‘equity, diversity and inclusion plan’, saying it will “not be satisfied until the diversity of everyone involved in tennis reflects the diversity of the communities in the country”. Clarke, 26,...
A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ chests as they queue to enter an...
Former Manchester United academy player Angel Gomes speaks to BBC Sport’s senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel about his time playing at Old Trafford and whether the pressure of the club is too much for some players. READ MORE: ‘Some Man Utd players may have been intimidated by weight of shirt’ Read full article at source...
New Zealand tighthead prop Amy Rule will become the first Black Ferns player to move to Premiership Women’s Rugby when she joins Exeter after the World Cup. The 24-year-old has won 29 caps for her country and will sign for Chiefs from Super Rugby Aupiki side Matatu. Rule made her international debut against England in...
Sondeep Shankar/Getty Images Indira Gandhi addressing a press conference in Delhi in 1983 During the mid-1970s, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s imposition of the Emergency, India entered a period where civil liberties were suspended and much of the political opposition was jailed. Behind this authoritarian curtain, her Congress party government quietly began reimagining the country...
Is the Donald Trump-Elon Musk bromance finally over? President Trump is threatening to cut off billions of dollars in federal contracts with Musk after the two billionaires engaged in a dramatic online feud just days after Musk called Trump’s budget bill a “disgusting abomination.” Musk appeared to back the impeachment of Trump and claimed the...
Getty Images Any child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said. Parents on the credit will be eligible regardless of their income. Currently, their household must earn less than £7,400 a year to qualify. The government says the change will...
The Trump administration’s rule change will create “fear and confusion” at hospitals across the country, critics noted. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is rescinding a Biden-era guidance requiring emergency rooms across the country to provide abortion services to people facing health emergencies relating to pregnancy complications. That guidance, issued in 2022 shortly...
The provision will make it so only the well-to-do would be in a good position to launch legal challenges against Trump. A single paragraph buried deep in a spending bill that passed the GOP-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month is causing growing concern among democracy watchdogs who warn the provision will make it so...
Hamilton, who starts fifth in Barcelona, said his target was to “try and get to the podium. I haven’t been on a podium for a long time”. His last podium was in Las Vegas last November, when he was driving for Mercedes. He referred to former team-mate George Russell taking the lead from fourth on...
Do you think the Monaco Grand Prix would have been any better without the mandatory two-stop rule? – Sukhpal The new rule introduced for the Monaco Grand Prix this year was a requirement to use three sets of tyres in the race. The idea was to increase the number of strategic options available, effectively force...
Chelsea’s US-based owners are preparing for a situation in which the Blues qualify for the same European competition as French sister club Strasbourg. Uefa, European football’s governing body, has strict rules regarding multi-club ownership models and it has forced BlueCo, the parent company of both Chelsea and Strasbourg, into a change to allow both clubs...
BBC Jane Adams says it’s an issue of what is comfortable to play in What is a skort? The current rules governing playing gear for camogie state that it must include a skirt, skort (a pair of shorts with an overlapping fabric panel which resembles a skirt) or a divided skirt. This is in contrast...
Arsene Wenger has proposed a change to the offside rule that would mean attackers are onside if any part of their body is in line with the last outfield defender. Wenger, head of global development at world governing body Fifa, says it would restore an advantage to the attacker that many feel was eroded by...
The Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as “President of the Council of Ministers” – a new post which is the highest office in the government’s executive branch and has no official term limits. This follows constitutional reform that ended presidential elections, and introduced a parliamentary system. The opposition said the change was...