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Ghana international Thomas Partey has joined La Liga club Villarreal following his release from Arsenal. The 32-year-old, who signed for Arsenal in a £45m deal from Atletico Madrid in 2020, left the Gunners when his contract expired at the end of June. Four days later, Partey was charged with five …

Spanish police say they have broken up a criminal gang suspected of smuggling cannabis hidden in bags of animal feed into the Republic of Ireland. The operation, which involved Irish police and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), saw 13 people arrested in Spain and a further arrest earlier this …

Tandy’s first game in charge will be the autumn opener against Argentina in Cardiff on Sunday, 9 November. By then the Welsh Rugby Union hope to have outlined their plans for the professional game with the possibility of cutting from the current four regions, Dragons, Cardiff, Ospreys and Scarlets down …

Bemand has made substantial changes for the match against the Canadians, who won the WXV fixture between the sides last year. Props Niamh O’Dowd and Linda Djougang will join Jones in the front row, while the second row consists of Ulster’s Fiona Tuite and Ruth Campbell. The back row of …

Wales full-back Liam Williams is training with former club Cardiff as he bids to prove his fitness and prolong his career. Williams, 34, left Saracens at the end of the 2024-25 campaign and has not played since suffering a knee injury in Wales’ defeat by France in their opening Six …

Ireland saw off a Pakistan rally to win the first of the three-match women’s Twenty20 international series by 11 runs at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin. Following a 3-0 T20 series victory against Zimbabwe last month, the hosts carried that momentum forward as they made a winning start to this …

James Anderson’s Manchester Originals debut comes to a disappointing end as the former England bowler’s last three deliveries are all hit for boundaries by Southern Brave batsman Jason Roy in the Men’s Hundred at Old Trafford. FOLLOW LIVE: Men’s Hundred: Manchester Originals v Southern Brave Available to UK users only. …

Ghana’s defence and environment ministers are among eight killed when a military helicopter crashed, the government has said. The West African country’s military said the helicopter took off in the morning from the capital Accra and was heading northwest into the interior to the town of Obuasi when it went …

The police are appealing for information after a petrol bomb was thrown through the window of a house in Coleraine, County Londonderry. The incident happened on Maple Drive at about 01:30 BST on Wednesday. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said three people were in the house at the …

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is reviewing the Adran Premier in an attempt to improve the domestic women’s game. The Adran Premier, as well as the second-tier Adran North and Adran South, came into being in 2021 as a result of an FAW restructure designed to raise standards within …

Striking photos are bringing museum visitors face to face with Victorian prison inmates. The images have gone on display at Lincoln Castle for the first time and offer an insight into crime and punishment during the 1870s. They were found in a document recording the lives and misdeeds of people …

Crown Office Police seized more than 3,000 cannabis plants at the shopping centre Three Albanian men have been convicted of operating a cannabis factory at a derelict shopping centre in North Ayrshire. Elton Skenderi, 30, Gjovalin Toma, 31, and Eduard Daja, 39, pleaded guilty after thousands of plants were seized …

After reaching the final of the first three editions of The Hundred, winning in 2023, Southern Brave had a shocking campaign last year – winning just one of their eight matches as they finished bottom. On this evidence they will fare better this season, with an attack spear-headed by Bell …

England seamer Lauren Bell takes three wickets as Southern Brave secure a comfortable six-wicket win in their opening fixture of the Women’s Hundred against Manchester Originals at Old Trafford. MATCH REPORT: Women’s Hundred – Manchester Originals v Southern Brave Available to UK users only. BBC News

Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says. Chief of Staff Julius Debrah told a press conference that Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala …

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said the implicated batches were distributed to both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Some potted coriander plants and a hummus product have been recalled in Northern Ireland due to the possible presence of listeria. The affected batches …

Nottingham Forest have signed Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn on a one-year deal. Gunn made 35 Championship appearances for Norwich City last season but left the Canaries when his contract expired in May. The 29-year-old began his career at Norwich, before moving to Manchester City where he signed his first professional …

England fast bowler Brydon Carse will not play for Northern Superchargers in this year’s The Hundred competition after consulting medical staff. Carse, who played in four of England’s five Tests against India in the recently-drawn series, has been replaced by 24-year-old Lancashire quick Mitchell Stanley at the Leeds-based team. In …

Cardiff City head coach Brian Barry-Murphy is targeting further additions after the League One club made a belated first signing of the summer. But the Bluebirds boss says he is prepared to be patient after accepting he has placed new demands on recruitment strategy. Goalkeeper Nathan Trott became the first …

Google The crash forced the closure of the motorway at junction 13 for Provan for more than three hours A motorbike rider has been taken to hospital after a crash with two cars closed a section of the M8 in Glasgow for more than three hours. Emergency services were called …