Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Sophie Habboo will co-host Going Home with husband Jamie Laing from Monday Radio 1 presenter Jamie Laing will be joined by his wife Sophie Habboo to co-host the station’s afternoon show, it has been announced. Sophie will do a three-week stint covering for Jamie’s current presenting partner Vick Hope...
Great Britain’s Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans combined to win silver in the first mixed team event at the European Gymnastics Championships in Leipzig. The 23-year-old Jarman, who won gold on Tuesday night as part of the men’s team, delivered on the high bar, while teenager Evans shone on the beam. Jarman said: “That was...
The town of Rodynske in Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been the scene of intense Russian drone attacks and is on the front line of the war. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye was reporting from Rodynske when a Russian drone struck nearby, forcing the journalist and her crew to take cover. She was reporting on the latest...
Fifteen years ago, United ruled the roost in South Korea, with national hero Park Ji-sung winning trophy after trophy. “Back then, they were obviously the club which had the biggest fan base in South Korea,” said author Lee Seung-mo. “The popularity they had was incomparable with any other European football teams at that time. “Now...
Possibly the easiest choice of all time for a player’s inclusion in a statistical team of the season, Salah enjoyed one of the finest individual seasons in Premier League history. Many of his astonishing records from 24-25 may not be beaten for many years. The Egyptian was involved in 47 Premier League goals (29 goals,...
Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley BBC News, west of England Richard Mansell said he was “immensely proud” of his daughter for making the team A 16-year-old girl and her dad have made history after becoming the first father-daughter duo to play for their football club. Richard Mansell, 39, plays for Gloucester City AFC’s men’s senior team, having made...
Final Score pundits Ashley Williams and Ellen White talk through their Premier League team of the season. Read full article at source...
Brazil have won the World Cup five times, with the most recent triumph in 2002, and Ancelotti’s first games with them are two South American World Cup qualifiers. They play against Ecuador away on 5 June before a home game against Paraguay in Sao Paulo five days later. Ancelotti was welcomed by former Brazil coach...
William Saliba (Arsenal), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool): Three exceptional centre-backs and leaders – it’s not necessarily about picking captains but figureheads from a defensive point of view. The team will only be as good as these three guys defend. Van Dijk obviously won the league, and signed a new Liverpool...
Since the start of the 2020-21 Premier League season, assistant referees have been advised to keep their flag down if they feel there is an immediate scoring opportunity. Once a goal is scored, or the threat of a goalscoring opportunity is over, the official will signal if they believe there was an offside in the...
Chelsea’s domestic dominance has reached a new level this season under head coach Sonia Bompastor, who took over from Emma Hayes last summer. The FA Cup win over Manchester United at Wembley completed an unbeaten domestic season and a second treble in four years. They have won six Women’s Super League titles in a row....
Opener Zak Crawley said he was not feeling any extra pressure for his place in the England team before making 124 on the opening day of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe. The 27-year-old endured a torrid tour of New Zealand at the end of last year and, along with number three Ollie Pope, appeared to...
England Test captain Ben Stokes tells Jonathan Agnew that they “can be the best Test team in the world” but admits “we have been guilty in the past of being too stuck in our ways”. England play a one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge from Thursday, before marquee series at home to India and...
Scotland women’s cricket team were riding a high in December 2024. Just one month after their first appearance at a World Cup, they had been named as their nation’s team of the year. Less than six months on, they have no fixtures scheduled. Not one in the diary. In fact, they have not played at...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Icelandic boyband VÆB were the first act to perform on the Eurovision stage this year Thirty-five seconds. That’s all the time you get to change the set at Eurovision. Thirty-five seconds to get one set of performers off the stage and put the next ones in the right place....