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Emma Raducanu said she took inspiration from England's close victory at Euro 2024 by "winning ugly" in her opening match at Wimbledon.The 21-year-old struck lucky when her scheduled opponent, 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, withdrew on Monday morning due to illness. Her replacement, Mexican Renata Zarazua, seemed a more welcome challenge on paper, but the world number 98 is a tricky player and Raducanu survived some difficult moments in a 7-6 […]

A mayor in Tenerife has insisted police are continuing to investigate several lines of inquiry and defended the decision to call off the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater."The investigation that the Civil Guard is carrying out in this case has several lines of inquiry open," local Mayor Emilio Navarro told Sky News."It's not that the search has stopped. Maybe, yes, in the territory, the field search, but other […]

Sir Ian McKellen has pulled out of a national tour after falling from a stage in the West End while performing in a play.The 85-year-old actor was performing in Player Kings earlier this month at the Noel Coward theatre when he fell into the audience. Image: Pic: PA The production had been due to go on tour until 27 July but Sir Ian, 85, has announced his withdrawal with the […]

An England fan called the Three Lions' performance against Slovakia "shite" after they had left the Euro 2024 game early and missed the late comeback.On Sunday, Gareth Southgate's men turned in another uninspiring performance against Slovakia. Despite being favourites, England went behind and struggled to pull the game level until the final moments of the match. Image: Some fans were so unimpressed they left the game early Image: 'Bellingham is […]

Just imagine if Gareth Southgate had gone through with the plan to bring off Jude Bellingham.Imagine if Bellingham had been dropped completely from England's starting line-up against Slovakia as Southgate faced calls to do. What Bellingham produced - in a mesmerising moment of magic - is what Real Madrid fans have been cherishing all season.And it is why Southgate trusted his judgement rather than the clamour for change - even […]

England survived a scare to book their place in the quarter-finals at Euro 2024 after beating Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time.Gareth Southgate's team fell behind in the 25th minute when Ivan Schranz put Slovakia into a shock lead and they looked to be heading out of the tournament as the game went into injury time. However, Jude Bellingham produced a moment of brilliance to score a stunning equaliser with seconds to […]

Nigel Farage has insisted he is not "fanning the flames of anything" as he defended his handling of the racism row engulfing Reform UK.Speaking to a crowd of 5,000 supporters at his "biggest ever rally", he also insisted the "bad apples are gone" from his party "and we'll never have them back". Follow latest updates on general electionMr Farage is coming under pressure following the controversy over a Reform canvasser […]

A speech by Nigel Farage was disrupted when a banner showing a smirking Vladimir Putin descended from the ceiling at an election rally.Campaign group Led By Donkeys carried out the stunt as the Reform UK leader spoke on stage at the Columbine Centre in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Follow latest updates on the general electionFootage posted on social media showed the banner slowly descending from the ceiling showing the Russian president with […]

How did we go from fans adopting Gareth Southgate's waistcoats to plastic beer cups being hurled towards him?From singing "Southgate you're the one" to being turned off by him? The relationship between the England faithful and their manager has become strained to the point of fracturing during these Euros."We've had different problems to solve as a team over the last few weeks," Southgate said."And I'm the leader trying to connect […]