BBC News is preparing for significant job cuts, potentially hundreds, as part of a £500m cost-saving initiative. The cuts, expected soon, may involve eliminating entire services or programs, with the news operation facing larger reductions than other departments.
A new trophy will be introduced this summer to reward the combined efforts of the men's and women's teams in The Hundred cricket tournament. Results from all matches will count towards the new silverware, and the public can submit name suggestions.
Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq, 30, joins the Bears for the T20 Blast and Birmingham Phoenix for the Hundred. Tariq, who has a unique bowling action due to a split elbow joint, welcomes scrutiny and has passed two official tests. He aims to prove himself in England after a successful rise from working in a car-parts company.
The Ultimate Sevens Championship, a rugby union version inspired by The Hundred, launches in September with global sevens stars, abbreviated 10-minute games, and innovations to attract younger fans.
Australia cricket captain Pat Cummins denies reports that he and other senior players might skip the home summer to play in lucrative overseas leagues like SA20, citing made-up claims regarding NOC for SA20 and The Hundred offers.
The EU Commission's DG REGIO faces restructuring or extinction as priorities shift. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's popularity plummets. The EU aims to simplify cross-European train ticket purchasing.
England captain took new ball along with two victims in 11 overs in Championship comeback for Durham against WorcestershireTo little fanfare, Ben Stokes has slipped out of the shorter formats. His last one-day international was at the 2023 World Cup, his last Twenty20 international helped England win its equivalent a year earlier. His most recent white-ball match of any description came during the Hundred in 2024, a tournament he has since shouldered arms to.Red-ball cricket is the thing that gets the England captain’s juices flowing these days and had he not fractured his cheekbone in the nets back in February, the plan was to be available for Durham from the start of the season. Fair play, given the additional money he could earn by diversifying in his final years. Continue reading...
Archives reveal how a format that even one winning manager wanted abolished four decades ago came to beAs the playoffs begin for the 40th time, it is easy to forget there was once a world without them. But where did they come from? Whose idea were they? And how did they take root in English football? The EFL granted access to its archives containing the documents and meeting minutes charting how an idea, conceived to help lower-league clubs financially and add late-season spice, evolved into one of the most cherished fixtures in the English football calendar and gave birth the “richest game in football”, as the Championship final is known.It is hard to comprehend quite how broken English football was in the mid-1980s. In the 1988 book League Football and the Men Who Made it, Simon Inglis writes: “The year 1985 was the most devastating in the hundred years of the Football League.” Hooligans attracted headlines, fans were killed in riots and clashes with police drew the attention of the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, who told football to get its house in order. Continue reading...
Hundreds of visitors, including unlicensed tour groups, packed the Ham Tin Wan campsite in Sai Kung during the Labour Day 'golden week', leading to facility congestion and sanitation issues.
Ukraine commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster as President Zelenskyy condemns Russian drone flights over the site as 'nuclear terrorism.' Meanwhile, Russian strikes continue across Ukraine, resulting in further casualties.
A major security incident disrupted the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, forcing the evacuation of President Trump and other top officials. Witnesses reported hearing five to eight gunshots, and a shooter was confirmed by law enforcement, though details remain unclear. No injuries were immediately reported among the hundreds of guests.
President Donald Trump was evacuated uninjured after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. Vice-President J.D. Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were also evacuated. The Secret Service swarmed the banquet hall as hundreds of guests ducked under tables. A law enforcement official confirmed a shooter opened fire, though no injuries were immediately reported. The event was immediately evacuated and the National Guard took position inside the building.
President Donald Trump and other top US leaders were evacuated from the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the banquet hall as guests ducked under tables by the hundreds. There did not immediately appear to be any injuries.
England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has acquired a 1.2% minority stake in Birmingham Phoenix, The Hundred cricket franchise based at Edgbaston. The deal, worth over £800,000, sees the 22-year-old take 0.6% from Warwickshire County Cricket Club and 0.6% from American investment partners Knighthead Capital. Bellingham, who grew up in Stourbridge and started his career at Birmingham City, said he wanted to give back to the city that supported his rise in football.
England and Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham is set to acquire a stake in The Hundred's Birmingham Phoenix franchise. The 22-year-old midfielder's investment, reportedly around 1.2% worth approximately £1 million, signifies a unique crossover between football and cricket. Bellingham, a childhood cricket enthusiast from the Midlands, is expected to formally announce the move this week.
The exchange follows Modi’s earlier remarks where he said The Hundred would not survive beyond three years. Pietersen disagreed with that view and said the competition would continue, possibly in a T20 format.
