Earlier this month, 29,238 fans watched England’s defeat by Brazil at Middlesbrough, which was a new record for a Lionesses match outside Wembley A record attendance for a women’s match in the United Kingdom could be set after England announced their Wembley friendly against Germany has sold out. The game on 9 November at the […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Finley Quaye was named Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1998 Brit Awards A Brit Award-winning musician has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work for punching a bar manager and threatening to stab him during an unprovoked drunken attack. Finley Quaye, 45, assaulted Robert […]
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The Norwegian friends travelled 600 miles to unintentionally play their part in Non-League Day Rain might have fallen across much of England on Saturday but it did little to dampen the spirits of football fans celebrating the 10th Non-League Day. With Premier League and Championship clubs on international break the spotlight was on teams outside […]
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Image copyright Reuters A Paralympic medallist climbed on top of a British Airways plane at London City Airport as part of ongoing protests by Extinction Rebellion. James Brown, who is visually impaired, filmed himself clinging to the fuselage as he streamed a live message online. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick described the action as […]
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Harriet Dart will play alongside Heather Watson in the Tianjin Open doubles British number three Harriet Dart was knocked out of the Tianjin Open in the first round by qualifier Kurumi Nara. Dart, 23, took the first set against her Japanese opponent, 26 places below her in the world rankings at 159. But Nara fought […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Krept was assaulted at a BBC Radio 1Xtra event Rapper Krept has said he is “good” and will be “back in no time” after he was assaulted backstage at a BBC Radio 1Xtra live event in Birmingham. The sold-out Saturday night show at the Arena Birmingham finished early after […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption A card by the company involved in the trademark dispute with Banksy A greeting cards company has denied it attempted to “take custody” of the graffiti artist Banksy name to sell “fake” merchandise of his art. Full Colour Black, which is involved in a trademark legal row, said the […]
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Asher-Smith romps to a stunning win the women’s 200m final 2019 World Athletics Championships Venue: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Dates: 27 September-6 October Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live; Live streams, clips and text commentary online. Dina-Asher Smith became the […]
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Dina Asher-Smith won world 100m silver on Sunday 2019 World Athletics Championships Venue: Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Dates: 27 September-6 October Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live; Live streams, clips and text commentary online. Dina Asher-Smith showed no signs of […]
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Twenty of Luka Milivojevic’s 25 Premier League goals have come from the penalty spot Norwich manager Daniel Farke said he “expected there would be difficult times” in the Premier League as his injury-hit side were beaten by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Palace captain Luka Milivojevic scored a first-half penalty on his 100th appearance for […]
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