Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has been seeded 25 for this year’s women’s singles by the organisers despite being ranked 183 in the world.The 36-year-old – who was not seeded for the French Open – has made only a tentative return to action following complications during daughter Alexis Olympia’s birth last September.Williams played her first Grand Slam for over a year at the French Open last month, reaching the fourth round before a shoulder injury forced her to quit ahead...
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British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a knife-edge vote in parliament Tuesday on her centrepiece Brexit legislation, despite her last-minute...
Britain’s government on Tuesday said it had sold a small chunk of state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland for more than œ2.5 billion ($3.3 billion, 2.8 billion euros), albeit at a loss.Britain on Monday resumed privatisation of the Royal Bank of Scotland, which at the height of the global financial crisis a decade ago underwent the world’s biggest bailout by taxpayers.The Conservative government headed by Prime Minister Theresa May has sold a 7.7-percent stake in RBS, leaving it still with a...
England called up Nottinghamshire seamer Jake Ball as cover for the injured Chris Woakes in their squad to face Australia in a five-match one-day series this month.Woakes joined Ben Stokes on the sidelines through injury when he suffered a thigh strain in England’s victory over Pakistan in the second Test.Both will be unavailable to take on Scotland in Sunday’s one-off one-day international and for the “first part” of the series against Australia.Ball played the last of his 17 ODIs to...
Pakistan have been fined for a slow over-rate in their first Test win over England at Lord’s.Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee, with the rest of the players fined 30 per cent.If Pakistan commit another offence inside 12 months with Sarfraz as captain, he will be suspended.In announcing the sanctions, the International Cricket Council said Sarfraz had pleaded guilty and as such avoided a formal hearing.Pakistan won by nine wickets on Sunday...
Arsenal announced former Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery as their new boss on Wednesday, handing him the daunting task of revitalising a club that has slipped well behind their Premier League rivals.The Spaniard, who won the domestic treble with PSG this season, emerged as the shock favourite to replace Arsene Wenger earlier this week after it had appeared former Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta was in line to land the job at the Emirates.Wenger departed at the end of the season...
Investment in Britain’s automotive sector collapsed by almost half in the first six months of the year, impacted by Brexit uncertainty, industry data showed Tuesday.The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders revealed the news to coincide with its annual meeting in central London.Car investment plunged to œ347.3 million ($461 million, 395 million euros) in the first six months of 2018, compared with œ647.4 million in the same part of 2017, according to SMMT data.The organisation warned that new investment projects...
Jonny Bairstow has insisted England can cope with the pressure of being the world’s top-ranked one-day international side as they...
The US-led military campaign to oust the Islamic State (IS) group from the Syrian city of Raqa in 2017 killed...
England’s top cricket administrator may feel young people no longer care about cricket, but the man running the sport’s global governing body is adamant youth interest is rising worldwide.And David Richardson, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council, added that that next year’s World Cup in England and Wales represents a brilliant opportunity to prove the doubters wrong.Colin Graves, the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, sparked controversy with his recent comment that young people “are just not attracted...
Mark Hughes, described as the ‘perfect fit’ by Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger earlier this month, said he was thrilled to have signed a three-year contract with the club after preserving their Premier League status.The 54-year-old former Manchester United and Barcelona striker-who numbers Wales and Manchester City amongst the teams he has managed-bounced back from being sacked by Stoke earlier in the season to guide Southampton to 17th spot after they had been in danger of relegation thanks to the hapless...
Scotland captain John Barclay could be a doubt for the autumn Tests after the Scarlets confirmed on Tuesday he had undergone surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon.The Welsh side confirmed the extent of the back-row forward’s injury after he was hurt during their Guinness PRO14 semi-final victory over Glasgow on Friday.Barclay, who will join Edinburgh this summer following a five-year stint in Wales, will miss Saturday’s final against Leinster in Dublin.No timeframe has been put on the 31-year-old’s recovery period,...
