What happened? Your guess is as good as mine. The Supreme Court isn’t explaining how it got to a 4-4 tie in OK Charter School Board v Drummond, except to remind everyone that Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself. The Supreme Court only offers an explanation of the effect of the 4-4 tie in its...
Despite losing Tammy Beaumont for eight, The Blaze maintained a healthy scoring rate against Surrey, thanks to Jones, Elwiss and Kathryn Bryce who made 56. But the innings was also lit up by a full-length diving catch by keeper Kira Chathli to remove Sarah Bryce for 34, from the bowling of Alexa Stonehouse (2-65). The...
Airdrieonians’ bid to stay in the Scottish Championship got off to the perfect start as they defeated Stenhousemuir 3-1 in their play-off first leg, while Cove Rangers and Queen of the South played out a stalemate. Rhys McCabe’s side were spared automatic demotion after Hamilton’s points deduction, and looked to take full advantage of a...
Jane Ross scored a hat-trick as holders Rangers beat Aberdeen 5-0 to set up a Women’s Scottish Cup final meeting with Glasgow City on 25 May. Rangers bettered City’s 4-0 semi-final defeat of Motherwell though it was not quite the commanding performance the score suggested. Rio Hardy and Lizzie Arnot joined Ross on the scoresheet....
Durham, Somerset and Lancashire all won in the One-Day Cup as the revamped top flight of the women’s domestic season got under way. Meanwhile a dramatic game at Edgbaston saw Warwickshire tie with Hampshire following a last-ball run out for the Bears. Another match that went down to the final delivery was between Surrey and...
Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord says she backs her side to turn around their Champions League semi-final tie against Lyon after they lost 2-1 at Emirates Stadium. Read full article at source...
Legia Warsaw’s travelling support brought colour, noise and pyrotechnics to Stamford Bridge on Thursday night. They lit flares and took their shirts off in celebration as the Polish club defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the second leg of the Conference League quarter-finals. Despite the result, it is the Blues who progress to face Sweden’s Djurgarden in...
Two newlyweds have affirmed their vows in an underwater ceremony. Adam and Amy Harper from Sandwell in the West Midlands met each other in a chance encounter while scuba diving. Three years on, they recreated walking down the aisle in the diving pool at Sandwell Aquatic Centre. It was a way to celebrate with friends...
“One place where crazy things happen is our house”. That was Jude Bellingham’s warning to Arsenal’s players after his Real Madrid team were beaten 3-0 by the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. The two sides face each other in the second leg on Wednesday, 16 April at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu....
The FA Cup semi-final between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa will be shown live on BBC One on Saturday, 26 April (17:15 BST kick-off). Palace have never won the FA Cup despite reaching the semi-finals for the third time in 10 seasons, while Aston Villa are chasing a first major trophy since 1996. The tie...
The 2021 US Open champion plans to do a training block over the next two to three weeks and will not play any WTA tournaments. It is unclear when she plans to return to match action. Raducanu’s withdrawal means British captain Anne Keothavong is assessing her options, but likely to call another player into a...
Against Connacht, Irish international scrum-half Craig Casey was playing for the first time since knee surgery in December and the 25-year-old came through the game unscathed. Forwards Oli Jager, Jean Kleyn and Niall Scannell also returned from injury in the inter-provincial derby and are fit to face La Rochelle. Flanker John Hodnett was forced off...
Lewis Ferguson – in his first Scotland game for almost a year following his return from knee surgery – was keen to shine a light on the “dirty side” of the performance. “We knew we were going to have to weather the storm,” the Bologna captain said. “We could have been calmer on the ball,...
Sixteen teams took part in the tournament staged in Portugal – and Greece were 15th favourites to win it given they were taking part in their first Euros in 24 years and just a second ever. Only minnows Latvia were seen as less likely winners of the Henri Delaunay trophy in 2004. What followed was...