Tag Archives: Success

The investment minister appointed by Sir Keir Starmer less than a year ago is to quit her role, dealing a fresh blow to the government’s fledgling industrial strategy. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton, the former boss of cybersecurity firm Darktrace, intends to relinquish her ministerial …

Britain’s biggest holiday parks operator is lining up an American investment firm to provide hundreds of millions of pounds of funding firepower as it eyes opportunities to consolidate the market. Sky News has learnt that Centerbridge Partners, which has more than $50bn in assets under management, is in talks to …

The Women’s Super League is back after a thrilling summer of success for England at Euro 2025. The new season gets under way on Friday, 5 September and BBC Sport will be broadcasting 21 matches live on network TV and BBC iPlayer. Viewers can watch Women’s Champions League winners Arsenal …

Russo helped Arsenal win the Champions League in May and scored for England in the Euro 2025 final in July as they successfully defended their title. She said: “I’m still so hungry for more success and I know that’s shared by everyone here at the club. I can’t wait to …

It has been a disappointing season in terms of Grand Slam success for Sabalenka, considering she reached the final at the Australian and French Opens. She also made it to the semi-finals at Wimbledon, but on all three occasions emotions got the better of the 27-year-old. She cut an anguished …

New Zealand’s Venus and India’s Bhambri won a tight opening set on a tie-break after an exchange of breaks but the roles were reversed in the second. Salisbury and Skupski carried that momentum into the third and set the tone with a break in the opening game. They saved two …

Moments later, the 38-year-old was involved in an altercation with a Sounders staff member and was held back by team-mate Oscar Ustari before appearing to spit in the coach’s direction. “I feel bad about what happened, and I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to acknowledge it and apologise to …

The Home Office has been given the green light to challenge a High Court ruling which allowed Palestine Action to appeal its ban under terror legislation. The group’s co-founder, Huda Ammori, was granted permission to appeal in July after her lawyers argued the ban breaches the right to free speech. …

Defender Eoghan O’Connell and Wrexham have parted company by mutual consent. The 30-year-old is one of just 10 players who played a part in each of the north Wales side’s three successive promotions to reach the Championship – scoring on his debut in January 2023 at Altrincham. Irishman O’Connell had …

The Prime Minister says the SNP’s latest push for another independence referendum are a distraction tactic from the success of new work for Scottish shipyards. Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at the BAE Systems in Glasgow as he hailed a £10bn contract for frigates for Norway. It came on the …

Armand Duplantis says he could lose his pole vault title at the World Athletic Championships, which starts a week on Saturday, but the two-time Olympic gold medallist insists he’s only focused on breaking more records and winning a third successive gold at the Championships in Tokyo. READ MORE: Making start …

Members of a small Highland community pulled together to rescue a cow after it sank into a bog. The animal was found trapped in mud on a hill near Glenelg, in the north west Highlands, on Tuesday morning. The heifer was unable to free itself, and Glenelg Mountain Rescue volunteers …

Shares of fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitter have jumped after the company said that its tie-ups with celebrities Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce are expected to drive strong sales between July and September. The US firm’s stocks surged 25% in late trading on Wednesday as American Eagle boss Jay Schottenstein …

British pair Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski booked their place in the semi-finals of the men’s doubles at the US Open after beating Czech duo Tomas Machac and Matej Vocel. Salisbury and Skupski came through the quarter-final 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to take a step closer to claiming a first Grand …

Anisimova, who took a two-year break from the sport in 2022 to protect her mental health, has shown incredible resilience to reach another major semi-final so quickly. When Swiatek took Anisimova’s serve in the first game of the quarter-final, memories of the Wimbledon final perhaps threatened to resurface. But this …

A “£20m net spend” has improved Rangers “across all parts of the team”, insists sporting director Kevin Thelwell, who is sure a summer of big changes will bear fruit, despite a sticky start to the season. Head coach Russell Martin has won just three of his first 11 matches, with …

The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said a ban on mobile phones in schools would have given her daughter “a better chance in life”. Esther Ghey has written to the government to call for a statutory ban on phones in schools. After her daughter had been “completely addicted” …

Cliftonville defeated north Belfast rivals Crusaders 2-0 at Solitude in the last-16 of the County Antrim Shield. Eric McWoods and Callum McCay scored in the second-half to fire Jim Magilton’s side into the quarter-finals. Pat Hoban scored twice as holders Glentoran beat Championship side Ards 3-1 at the Oval. Zach …

McLaren won the constructors’ championship last year for the first time since 1998 and this year are well on course for a drivers’ and constructors’ title double. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are first and second in the drivers’ championship having won 12 of the 15 races so far this …

Galatasaray have signed experienced German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City on a free transfer. The 34-year-old has agreed a deal until the end of the 2026-27 season with the Turkish champions. Gundogan had a year left on his City contract but was allowed to leave with the Turkish transfer …