Surrey finally broke through in the third over after lunch. Atkinson produced a fine delivery which nipped away at decent pace and Vaughan (36) was held at second slip. Worrall got a deserved success with a ball which shaped away that Tom Abell edged low to second slip for a duck, but Lammonby and Tom...
Ben Green notched his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire bowled out Gloucestershire for 252 on the opening day of their County Championship match at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. The 27-year-old all-rounder, on loan from Somerset, exploited overcast conditions to claim 5-63 from 17 overs with his medium-paced seamers. Ian Holland...
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” The basic point of this is to undermine what is known as disparate-impact theory. Here’s how the executive order describes it. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle guarantees...
A prince vanquishes a dragon and falls in love. A young girl named Violet works up the courage to give her classmate crush a valentine. Another girl fears she won’t get to see her Uncle Bobby as much after he gets married, but after spending a day with him and his fiancé, she realizes she’s...
Former Brazil head coach Tite says he is taking an indefinite break from football to take care of his health. The 63-year-old managed Brazil between 2016 and 2022 and guided them to the Copa America title in 2019. Tite, who was hospitalised last August because of a heart issue, was recently linked with the job...
Middleton-Patel found herself firmly in the spotlight at the age of just 18 as she made both her club debut on loan at Coventry United and her senior international bow for Wales in the same week in February 2023. But the whirlwind period proved overwhelming for the young shot stopper who sought help after admitting...
Migael Pretorius’ bowling and Sean Dickson’s batting swung the advantage away from Hampshire in their County Championship fixture with Somerset. South African Pretorius picked up 5-64 as Somerset only allowed the hosts a first innings lead of 152, despite Nick Gubbins’ 82 and Liam Dawson’s 72. That edge was whittled down to 49 for the...
Ostapenko is the first player to beat five-time major champion Swiatek on every surface – once on grass, four times on hard courts and now once on clay. Swiatek often struggles against Ostapenko’s powerful groundstrokes which rush her forehand and draw out the errors in her game. The Pole came into the match with an...
Ramsey has no frontline managerial experience but has harboured coaching ambitions for some time, being tipped by Wales boss Craig Bellamy as someone who could work at a high level at the end of his playing career. The 86-cap international will be the third man in the Cardiff dugout this season, one that began with...
Oooh, wasn’t there some more welcome news on the Green grifting front yesterday. Back in January, even as Trump had already expressed his opposition to renewable energy in general and his disgust with the wind industry in particular, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, in concert with the Biden administration’s last minute dash to shove...
A flight scheduled to land at Cornwall Airport Newquay was diverted to Exeter as “a precaution”, an airline operator has said. Eastern Airways said a cockpit warning light for “a flap configuration issue” appeared during the T3 458 service from London Gatwick Airport to Newquay on Tuesday night. It said the warning light appeared during...
Brian Wheeler Political reporter House of Commons The UK government is taking control of Chinese-owned British Steel after emergency legislation was rushed through Parliament in a single day. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs the government’s likely next step would be to nationalise the Scunthorpe plant, which employs 2,700 people. But he said he was...
Eva Gray, Georgia Davis and Capsey ended the day with one wicket apiece as Grace Scrivens’ side diligently stuck to their task. Wong’s display will be a particular source of encouragement for England as the Warwickshire quick attempts to reignite her career after a difficult few years. She made her debut in all three formats...
The Prince of Wales was in Paris alongside his son Prince George and childhood friend Thomas van Straubenzee to watch Aston Villa in their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday night. However, despite the diehard Villa fan wearing his “lucky clothes” they lost 3-1 in the Parc des Princes and face...
Australia women’s assistant coach Melissa Andreatta has been appointed Scotland head coach on a four-year deal. The 46-year-old is the permanent successor to Pedro Martinez Losa – who left his role in December after failing to reach Euro 2025 – subject to the completion of visa arrangements. Michael McArdle oversaw the first four games of...