The three-day, 54-hole event features players with handicaps ranging from one to +5 and runs until Sunday. It was first played at Fulford, York,, external in 2018, introduced as part of The R&A’s drive to boost the girls’ game in Great Britain and Ireland and provide a pathway to the elite amateur level for leading...
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Flintoff needed extensive facial surgery following the crash Andrew Flintoff has given his first account of the car crash he was in while filming Top Gear, saying he thought he “was dead” in the immediate aftermath. The England cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries...
In February, Portland’s City Administrator announced that the city would need to slash jobs and maintenance projects in order to address a $93 million shortfall in the annual budget. “There aren’t really any good choices here,” said City Administrator Michael Jordan at a press briefing. “It’s about where you will find the money to balance...
“Toyosi has deserved his move,” Robinson told his club website. “It’s something that has come out of the blue, but it’s a fantastic opportunity for him. He’s conducted himself so well since he’s come to the club and proved what a good player and signing he’s been.” Olusanya joined St Mirren in June 2022 after...
Aleem Maqbool BBC Religion Editor Getty Images Pope candidates (left to right) Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, cardinal Pietro Parolin, cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, and cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world’s 1.4 billion baptised Roman Catholics. It...
Getty Images As the threat posed by US President Donald Trump tops Canada’s federal election agenda, the issue of the country’s contribution to global warming has been largely overshadowed. The two main contenders are pushing plans for new energy infrastructure as the country seeks to pivot away from its reliance on the US. Mark Carney’s...
Ben Compton led a rearguard action for Kent on day two of their County Championship game with Gloucestershire at Canterbury, steering the hosts to 318-7 at stumps, a deficit of 154. Compton passed 3,000 first-class runs for Kent on his way to 144 not out, with a fluid innings that again belied his reputation as...
Exeter: Hodge, Hammersley, Slade, Hawkins, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Cairns; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins, Moloney, Capstick, Fisilau. Replacements: Norey, Blose, Roots, Vermuelen, Vintcent, Armstrong, Haydon-Wood, Rigg. Yellow card: Jenkins. Bath: De Glanville, McConnochie, Ojomoh, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer; Van Wyk, Annett, Du Toit, Richards, Ewels, Bayliss, Reid, Green. Replacements: Dunn, Obano, Stuart, Molony, Hill, Schreuder, Bailey,...
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has said he did not leave the house for six months after his Top Gear crash, which left him with both physical and mental scars. The cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries in a crash while filming the BBC motoring programme in 2022. Speaking about the incident on ITV’s The...
Northampton were handed a trip to Merseyside to take on Everton for their first match in the top flight, and it proved to be a harsh lesson as, although Bobby Brown’s goal brought them level at 1-1, they eventually went down 5-2. “It was the first year subs came in. We played at Everton, I...
Manchester United and Newcastle United were among the English teams to be linked to him last summer. But he instead moved to Borussia Dortmund, who triggered a release clause to sign him for £14.7m. Another injury delayed his debut but he has been prolific since getting into the team – with 28 goals in 40...
Following the Zurich Classic two-man event in New Orleans, McIlroy will only have a three-week wait before the season’s second major, the US PGA Championship, which will take place at a Quail Hollow venue where he has already triumphed on four occasions. And after ending his 11-year major drought amid an extraordinary finale in Georgia,...
Rangers swept into the lead after just 10 minutes at Broadwood, with forward Kirsty Howat firing into top corner against their Glasgow rivals. Scotland striker Amy Gallacher fired the equaliser after the break moments after coming on as a substitute to rescue a point, but it now leaves Celtic eight points adrift of the leaders....
An opening partnership of 184 between Tom Haines and Daniel Hughes placed Sussex in a commanding position at the end of the second day of their County Championship match against Somerset. By the time Jack Leach finally broke the first wicket stand, in the 50th over, the Sussex lead was 277. And by the close...
Top Gear’s anonymous racing driver The Stig has broken a 20-year-old record for the fastest lap around the BBC motoring show’s test track in Surrey. The Stig completed the 1.75-mile (2.8km) figure of eight circuit at Dunsfold Aerodrome in 55.9 seconds in a McMurtry Speirling Pure VP1 electric track car, beating the previous record by...