Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News EPA Kamla Persad-Bissessar led her UNC party to victory The opposition in the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has won a decisive victory in Monday’s parliamentary election, preliminary results suggest. The win by the centrist United National Congress (UNC) party means that Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be appointed as the...
Getty Images Mark Carney and the Liberal Party have claimed a remarkable victory in the Canadian election – and it appears to have come with a big assist from Donald Trump. The US president’s constant badgering of America’s northern neighbour and taunts about making it the 51st US state since his return to office in...
Durham beat Worcestershire by six wickets inside two days in a bowler-dominated County Championship match at New Road. After 16 wickets fell on the first day, 14 fell in the first two sessions of the second on a pitch which the seamers would like to carry round in their kit bag. Durham trailed by 26...
Glamorgan resumed on 186-5, still 85 runs short of making Middlesex bat again, with the home side in a hurry to wrap the game up given the poor weather forecast for the afternoon. But Middlesex managed just two wickets in the first session despite Roland-Jones striking early on an overcast morning, as Kiran Carlson looked...
Rohit Sharma hit his first half-century of the season as Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets in the Indian Super League. The India captain, whose previous best score was 26, struck an unbeaten 76 from 45 balls as Mumbai reached their target of 177 in the 16th over. Introduced as an impact...
Virat Kohli hit an unbeaten 73 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by seven wickets to move up to third in the Indian Premier League. Chasing 158, Kohli put on a 103-run second wicket partnership with Devdutt Padikkal (68 from 49) to put his side firmly in command. Padikkal holed out to long-on off...
Juno, in Army green colours, saw off a determined challenge from previous champ Rodney, number 8, to claim victory A dog whose training regime included chasing Edinburgh’s seagulls has claimed victory in this year’s Corgi Derby. Sixteen runners were flagged off by official starter, tennis coach Judy Murray, at the Easter Saturday event at Musselburgh...
Jos Buttler’s 97 not out led Gujarat Titans to an impressive seven-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals and took them to the top of the Indian Premier League table. Former England captain Buttler came in during the second over and expertly marshalled a chase of 204 in sapping heat in Ahmedabad. He was on 97 at...
“You’re going to have to put up with me for a little bit longer.” On Wednesday, Ange Postecoglou admitted to having “no idea” if he would still be in a job following the Europa League quarter-final second leg trip to Eintracht Frankfurt. But, following Thursday’s 1-0 victory in Germany, Tottenham are through to a semi-final...
News of five Supreme Court judges unanimously ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law dominates Thursday’s front pages. “Transwomen ‘not women'”, is the Metro’s headline as it pictures a group celebrating outside the Supreme Court in London. For the i Paper it uses the same image with the sub-headline of...
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta praises his sides “maturity” after beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the Bernabeu to reach the Champions League semi-finals. Read full article at source...
Caroline Gall BBC News, West Midlands Luke Tomkinson Luke Tomkinson, shift supervisor and avid Wolves fan, said it was a “special moment” to meet Vitor Pereira in the pub Wolves fans enjoying a few local drinks after Sunday’s win over Tottenham Hotspur were able to rejoice in style when head coach Vitor Pereira joined them...
BBC Sport NI’s Stephen Watson speaks to Masters champion Rory McIlroy after his dramatic play-off win at Augusta National to complete the career Grand Slam. Read full article at source...
Gloucestershire’s Zaman Akhter told BBC Radio Bristol: “Definitely a tired body at the minute, we bowled pretty well for a day and a half there and the rewards came in a little clump at the back end. “The one to get Cooke was nice, and we knew as a unit we could come pretty hard...
Sean Hunt, who is only playing for Sussex in the absence of the injured Ollie Robinson, is inspiring his side to what could their first victory in Division One of the County Championship since 2015. In the most memorable match of his career, Hunt followed a sprightly innings of 33 with a career-best 5-48. Then,...
