Injuries, particularly in defence to the likes of Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal, did not help matters at the start. But Ancelotti’s main problems lay in the lack of a midfield to control games and the unwillingness of any of the stellar front three to put in a shift tracking back. And Jude Bellingham did…
World number one Scottie Scheffler is not concerned the “stupid” hand injury he sustained on Christmas Day will have a negative effect on his game. The 28-year-old had the most successful year of his career in 2024, winning the Masters, the Players Championship and Olympic gold in Paris. The American required surgery after badly cutting…
Growing up, the brothers competed in all types of sports, including rugby, athletics, cricket and football. But it was at indoor bowls where Tom first got the upper hand on Ben, something he still reminds his identical twin about. “In primary school, we had indoor bowls and I weirdly turned out to be really good…
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk’s quality has surprised Reds manager Arne Slot, who says the defender is on “another level”. Van Dijk, 33, is in the last six months of his contract and made his 300th appearance for the Reds in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Ipswich Town. During his eight years at Anfield, the Dutch…
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Police enforcement of the ban on owning XL bully dogs is placing a “huge burden” on forces, police chiefs have said. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said they are facing a “number of challenges in kennel capacity, resourcing and ever-mounting costs”. The NPCC lead for dangerous dogs, Chief Constable Mark Hobrough, said kennelling costs…
Ben Chu, Mark Poynting & Gerry Georgieva BBC Verify Getty Images The government is set to give its backing to the construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport on Wednesday. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the decision in a major speech on achieving economic growth. The expansion of Heathrow has long…
McIlroy will make his first PGA Tour start of 2025 at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am this week and warned against making too many changes to emulate what is on offer elsewhere. “I don’t think we should try to dumb down golf to appeal to more people,” he said. “Golf is golf at the end of…
The Doomsday Clock symbolising how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) – which sets the clock annually – said nuclear threats, potential misuses of advances in biology and artificial intelligence, as…
David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Getty Images The Welsh government has introduced regulations restricting the prescription of puberty blockers by Welsh NHS GPs The Welsh government broke its own law in how it banned puberty blockers for under-18s questioning their gender identity, a Plaid Cymru politician has claimed. After a review found a…
