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Former Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Swansea manager Steve Cooper has been named head coach of Danish club Brondby. The 45-year-old has signed a three-year contract and takes over from Frederik Birk, who was sacked with the club fourth in the Superliga after four games. Cooper’s first match in charge will …

South Africa batter Dewald Brevis has become the most expensive player in the SA20 auction as he was bought by Pretoria Capitals for 16.5m rand (almost £700,000). Brevis, 22, is regarded as one of the world’s most exciting young talents and was the subject of a fierce bidding war between …

Jockeys Jim Crowley, Trevor Whelan and David Noonan will require “prolonged recovery and rehabilitation” after their falls, the Injured Jockeys’ Fund has said. Racing was delayed for nearly half an hour at York on Sunday after Crowley and Whelan were injured in the Garrowby Stakes. Meanwhile Noonan was kicked by …

Newcastle Red Bulls have added three more players to strengthen their back division. Joel Grayson, Harrison Obatoyinbo and Sam Waugh are the latest to join the newly rebranded club on one-year deals for the 2025-26 Prem Rugby season. Full-back Grayson, 23, is the twin of Ethan – who is already …

Apple teased the upcoming Powerbeats Fit last month, and now renders and specifications for the sporty wireless earbuds have appeared online that give us a closer look at what to expect. According to trusted leaker Evan Blass, the new Beats earbuds will be available in four colorways — orange, gray, …

Google Police were called to Cambridge Street, in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow, at about 20:10 on Monday A man has died after four people became unwell in a suspected drugs-related incident in Glasgow city centre. Police Scotland said the alarm was raised in Cambridge Street, in the Cowcaddens area, …

Protected rankings allow tennis players to return to major tournaments following time away from the sport, usually because of injury. They are used by top-performing players to enter the main draw or qualifying competition of Grand Slams and other tournaments if their ranking has dropped too low during their time …

Three lanes of the M1 have been closed in Bedfordshire after a crash. National Highways said the northbound stretch of the motorway was closed at junction 12 for Flitwick, but the fourth lane had since reopened. Lanes one, two and three remained closed while a clean-up operation took place, they …

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has entered the contest to be Labour’s deputy leader, becoming the most senior figure to put her name forward so far. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, is so far the only other declared candidate in the race to replace Angela Rayner in the …

Miami lost 3-0 in the final at Lumen Field in Seattle. A melee involving both sets of players broke out, with Suarez grabbing Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas before spitting on security director Gene Ramirez. “It was a moment of much tension and frustration, where just after the game ended things …

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Lord Mandelson called the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein his “best pal”, according to a letter in an alleged “birthday book” that has been released by US lawmakers. In the message for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003, Lord Mandelson – UK ambassador to the US since last year – describes …

Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is set to leave the club, according to well-placed sources. BBC Sport understands the decision has been taken by the Forest hierarchy, including owner Evangelos Marinakis. The position of the Portuguese coach had been uncertain for two weeks since publicly declaring his relationship …

More than 10,000 drivers have been fined for speeding through motorway roadworks. A two-year project to refurbish Lowther Bridge, south of Penrith, got under way earlier this year with a 40mph (65km/h) limit put in place on a stretch of the M6 between junctions 39 and 40. The Cumbria Road …

Google made three major updates to its Gemini-powered products on Monday: The Gemini app now accepts audio files; Search can handle five new languages; and NotebookLM creates reports in the form of blog posts, study guides, quizzes, and more. According to a Monday post on X by Josh Woodward, vice …

Serbia have called on “supporters to send out an image to the world that will make us all proud” as they prepare to host England in a World Cup qualifier. At least 15% of Belgrade’s Rajko Mitic Stadium will be closed to home fans as a Fifa punishment for racist …

A new group of whistleblowers are coming forward to allege that Meta is restricting research into how its virtual reality offerings could negatively impact kids and teens, The Washington Post reports. Four current and former Meta staffers allege that after an earlier whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked internal research to Congress, …

Since Alcaraz joined the ATP Tour as a 16-year-old, he has been lauded for the variety of his play, being able to combine cutting low slices with ferocious forehands and deft drop shots to consistently catch opponents off guard and win points in breathtaking ways. But his ability to stitch …

Hull FC forward Jack Ashworth could face a ban of six matches or more after being charged with striking in their derby defeat by Hull KR. The 29-year-old appeared to hit Robins’ playmaker Mikey Lewis in the head with his forearm in the closing minutes. Catalans Dragons’ Franck Maria has …

Drivers are facing long delays on the M6 as several lanes are closed following a crash involving a lorry. Three out of four lanes have been shut on the northbound carriageway between junction seven, for Great Barr and junction eight, for the M5 after the HGV crashed. National Highways posted …