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Fuelled by her desire to stand on the top of the podium after winning 100m bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Jefferson-Wooden arrived in Tokyo as favourite following a stellar season. Jefferson-Wooden, who has enjoyed success as part of the USA’s 4x100m relay team, had run the fastest three …

Lord Hammond, the former chancellor of the exchequer, is preparing to step down as chairman of Copper, the digital assets group, as it reorients its growth plans away from the UK to the US market. Sky News has learnt that Copper’s board is in the process of recruiting a successor …

Scheffler stormed from 14th overnight into third with 10 birdies – five on the front nine and five on the back. He was denied a share of the lead only after a chip into a bunker on the par-four 14th led to a double bogey. Scheffler shot 70 in the …

Brentford head coach Keith Andrews say his side have embraced the effectiveness of long throws, after his side equalised through one finished by Fabio Carvalho in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea. Source link

Sam Walters very nearly gave Wigan the perfect start, but fumbled the ball in a tackle as he looked to crash over the line inside two minutes. A handling error from Castleford, as they tried to run the ball out of their own half, meant the early let-off was only …

Since the turn of the century the two sides have only played each other on 10 occasions, and during the entire 1990s they only met once in the FA Cup. There were only three derbies during the 1980s and in the 1970s they played four times – and in total …

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 He may have described himself as a “fighter not a quitter”, but even Peter Mandelson couldn’t survive new and lurid revelations about his relationship with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. The ultimate political animal, Lord Mandelson was no stranger to …

Manchester City full-back Rico Lewis has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2030. Lewis, 20, who has won five caps for England, extends his stay at City by two years after previously penning a deal until June 2028. The academy graduate, …

Analysis from Nick Webb, BBC Sport Wales cricket commentator. With two years to prepare for professionalism in 2027, Glamorgan Women have hit their markers in League Two by reaching the final of the One Day Cup after a semi-final appearance in the T20 Blast. Defeats in both formats have been …

The lifetime of one of Australia’s largest fossil fuel projects has officially been extended by four decades to 2070. The extension for the North West Shelf comes days before the federal government is expected to announce its emissions reduction targets for 2035. One of the world’s biggest polluters per capita, …

The suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk has been confirmed as a male who “appears to be of college age”, authorities have said, as a manhunt continues.  In a briefing in Orem, Utah, on Thursday, FBI agent Robert Bohls said while authorities are not sure where or how far …

Director of football Richard Montague is set to leave Swansea City just seven months after he joined the Championship club. Montague left a similar role at League Two club Notts County to take up what is a key position at Swansea in February. But Montague could now leave Swansea, with …

Lawrence points out how important it was to stay true to the spirit of a novel that is often labelled as King’s most pessimistic, with its grim violence and chilling despair perhaps explaining why its journey to the screen has been so (aptly) arduous. First George A Romero and then …

It is hard to pinpoint any one issue, but the turnover of players is something often overlooked. Twenty-four players have arrived in the three windows under Thelin, with plenty also heading in the other direction. In January Aberdeen effectively signed a brand-new defence, and then had to replace left-back Jack …

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has blamed budget tax hikes for a deeper half-year loss. The UK’s largest employee-owned business, which owns John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, reported a loss before tax and exceptional items of £34m for the six months to 26 July. That compared to a …

It is understood that Newcastle did not supply any tickets directly to the school group. A similar number of students from the Dundee independent school previously took in Newcastle’s most recent Champions League game against AC Milan in 2023. Regarding the Barcelona game tickets, a spokesman for the school said: …

Players on international duty: Eight Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gana Gueye were part of the Senegal side who staged a dramatic 3-2 win over DR Congo, having fallen 2-0 down in Kinshasa, while striker Beto came off the bench to help Guinea-Bissau beat Djibouti and keep their slim hopes of …

Martinelli is a hardworking player who cares deeply about succeeding at Arsenal. He is aware of the social media criticism of his performances and the discussion about his place in the team. That would be hard for any player to deal with and, while that scrutiny is part of the …

Hopes were high heading into this campaign as the Republic of Ireland aimed to reach a first World Cup since 2002 on the back of enjoying an unbeaten start to 2025. That optimism has quickly evaporated as Hallgrimsson’s side have only a solitary point to show from their first two …

Tuchel said he used his first two England camps to learn, but from now on in camps three, four and five it would be about increasing competition, then narrow down his squad. So no wonder England’s head coach was beaming broadly as he departed his media briefing after the most …