Deutrom added that Ireland being awarded Test status is “the most significant achievement I’ll look back on with pride”. He added: “While the absolute highlights of the role are too numerous to mention, the most powerful memories I’ll take with me are of our Irish cricket family – the good people, the kind people, the...
MPs vote to back a bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. Read full article at source...
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will step down after nine years in the role when his contract expires in 2026. Brian Rolapp has been appointed as the tour’s first chief executive and will gradually take over Monahan’s day-to-day responsibilities. Rolapp has spent more than 20 years with the National Football League (NFL), most recently as...
Despite taking an early lead, Northern Ireland failed to register a shot on target throughout the game. O’Neill added: “In terms of where we need to get to as a team, we need to be able to retain the ball a little bit better when we win it back, maybe find a little bit more...
New Zealand head coach Gary Stead will step down from the role when his contract expires at the end of the month. The 53-year-old had already said he would quit as coach of the Black Caps’ one-day international and T20 sides, but had remained interested in coaching the Test team. However, New Zealand Cricket decided...
Northern Ireland fell to a 2-0 defeat in Poland in their Nations League opener after a quickfire double for the hosts. That was followed by a dramatic 3-2 win at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina, before a draw with Romania was followed by a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture. The opening 45 minutes of the win...
When George Sephton first took on stadium announcer duties at Liverpool the club had won seven league titles but had yet to taste success in European football. However, on Sunday, ‘the Voice of Anfield’ will step down after more than five decades, when the Reds host Crystal Palace and lift the Premier League trophy to...
Everton announced last week that their women’s side are to make the 39,572 capacity Goodison Park their new home. This comes after a season where Everton’s average home crowd at Walton Hall Park was 1,956, with almost half of those games drawing in crowds of less than 1,000 people. The club is working through plans...
For a state with so many natural resources, which could, if it wanted to, be its own pretty decent sized, independent, self-sufficient kingdom, damn do they have some stupidly obstinate ideologues. I know, I know – I can hear you guys from here. DUH, BEEGE It never ceases to amaze me how so few hysterical...
Orla Guerin Senior international correspondent Reuters Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK, called on the group to disarm in February. After 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, is ending its war against the Turkish state. This signals the end of one...
Getty Images Rare earths are notoriously difficult to extract and refine Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to invest A$1.2bn (£580m) in a strategic reserve for critical minerals if he wins next month’s election, as trade tensions escalate. The announcement came after China imposed export restrictions on seven rare earth elements, essential to the...
Manchester City fans are planning further protests over what they say is the club’s refusal to increase the number of season ticket-holders. Despite winning the last four Premier League titles and recovering this season to third position, there is discontent among some supporters. A group staged a second protest this month before their win over...
Hazel Shearing Reporting fromNEU conference in Harrogate Getty Images Schools in England closed when National Education Union members went on strike in 2023 Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to go on strike if the government stands by its pay offer for the next school year. The National Education Union (NEU), England’s...
MPs met in Parliament on a Saturday to pass emergency bill. Read full article at source...
Prince Harry’s decision to step back from his life as a working royal resulted in a “unique set of circumstances”, a government barrister has told the Court of Appeal. Sir James Eadie KC said it was right to take a flexible approach to the level of personal security he should be given after he stepped...