Paul Glynn Culture reporter “It’s been so special” Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day sign-off Gary Lineker held back tears as he signed off from his final edition of Match of the Day after 26 years in the hot seat and officially left the BBC. The host announced in November that he would leave...
Newcastle United and England defender Dan Burn has signed a contract extension and will remain at St James’ Park until summer 2027. The 33-year-old, who joined from Brighton in January 2022 and was going into the final year of his deal, has enjoyed a superb season with the Magpies. He scored the opening goal and...
“Ever since I walked in the door of the old main stand in 1999, it’s all I have wanted to do. I feel fortunate to still have the opportunity to do that for another year. “I took my time to come to this decision – I wanted to make sure it was right.” Gordon left...
An outgoing state MP caused a scene in Western Australia’s parliament after he ended his valedictory speech with a shoey – the act of having a celebratory drink, typically alcohol, out of a shoe. Kyle McGinn ended his farewell address by cracking open a beer and drinking it from his removed shoe, which he says...
Experienced Exeter Chiefs winger Olly Woodburn has signed a new contract at Sandy Park. The 33-year-old has made 184 appearances for the Chiefs but is currently sidelined, having sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Woodburn was part of the squad that won the Champions Cup in 2020 and has scored 60 tries for the...
Canada hooker Emily Tuttosi has signed a new deal with Exeter Chiefs for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old has been at Sandy Park since the club was formed in 2020 and has scored 29 tries in 74 appearances. Tuttosi is currently representing Canada in the Pacific Four Series and was part of...
Exeter lock Alfie Bell has signed a new deal with the Premiership club. The 22-year-old former England Under-20s player joined Exeter after Wasps collapsed in 2022, alongside Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Greg Fisilau. He joined Championship side Cornish Pirates on loan in January, having played two Premiership Rugby Cup games for Exeter in the previous two...
Exeter’s England scrum-half Flo Robinson has signed a new contract at the Sandy Park club. The 23-year-old made her debut for the Red Roses against Italy in this year’s Six Nations. She has played 80 times for the club in two spells – having returned last summer from a season at Harlequins. Next season will...
On Monday of this week, President Trump attempted to remove three members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board. On Tuesday, CPB sued the administration, claiming he didn’t have the right to do that. At a court hearing Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered both sides to file arguments on CPB’s...
Getty Images Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with “biased and partisan news coverage” US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked. On Thursday evening, Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with “biased...
Looks like the Vatican may have scored a diplomatic victory in the Russia-Ukraine war. During the funeral for Pope Francis, the Holy See arranged for Donald Trump and Volodyyr Zelensky to talk one-on-one in St. Peter’s Basilica. Neither side outlined the discussion, but many presumed it rested in large part on the mineral-rights deal that...
The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war. Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links...
Wicketkeeper Brooke Guest has signed a new two-year deal to stay with Derbyshire until the end of the 2027 season. The 27-year-old has scored 4,665 runs and claimed 225 dismissals across all formats for the East Midlands side since first arriving on loan from Lancashire in 2020. He was Derbyshire’s second top scorer in the...
West Ham United manager Rehanne Skinner has signed a one-year contract extension with the Women’s Super League club. Former Spurs boss Skinner became West Ham’s first female manager of the WSL era in the summer of 2023. This season the Hammers have stayed clear of relegation danger and are seventh in the table with 23...
Everton head coach Brian Sorensen has signed a new two-year contract with the Women’s Super League club until the end of June 2027. Dane Sorensen, 44, joined in April 2022 and led the Toffees to sixth place in the WSL in his first full season. Everton are eighth this season, level on points with seventh-placed...