Matthew Mott: Australia’s Meg Lanning on what England can expect from new one-day coach
On an early English summer’s day in 1994, Matthew Mott turned up for a home game at Porthill Park Cricket Club clutching a brown cardboard box. He’d arrived at the North Staffordshire club a month or so before as a quiet, fresh-faced Queenslander looking to enhance his fledgling cricket aspirations with a stint as an […]
Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso unleashes social tsunami in Spain
Watch: The Rubiales World Cup kiss row… in 75 seconds A kiss on the lips, a growing backlash and mass resignations among coaching staff: BBC Sport’s Spanish football expert Guillem Balague reflects on a tumultuous week for the sport and for Spain’s society as a whole. This is the Spanish MeToo moment. It’s an opportunity […]
Why is there still no male contraceptive pill?
Thinkstock (Copyright: Thinkstock) Our pick of the week’s science and tech stories, including male contraception, whether we could create an interstellar starship using available science and confessions of a Google Glass explorer. Don’t ever take anything from Goldman Michael Lewis | Vanity Fair | 1 August 2013 Sergei Aleynikov was arrested in 2009 and sentenced […]
The six key takeaways in maps and charts
BBC As the dust settles on a bumper crop of elections, a chance to sit back and try and work out exactly what happened. From fresh questions about Scottish independence to the lingering impact of the Brexit vote, what do we know now that we didn’t on Thursday? 1. Majority for independence in Scottish Parliament […]
DUP leader resigns after rape charge
Getty/Charles McQuillan The DUP party officers have suspended Sir Jeffrey from the party Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has been charged with rape and other historical sexual offences and has resigned as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader. A 57-year-old woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. They were […]
Nottingham Forest: Title-winning Reds chase treble in Women’s National League play-off game
Nottingham Forest boss Andy Cook says the final piece of their Women’s National League treble will have “the biggest impact” on the club. A week after the Reds won the League Cup, they clinched the Northern Premier Division title to set up a promotion showdown with the winner of the yet-to-be-decided Southern competition. Victory would […]
The shocking writer who defined Gen X
Getty Images Wurtzel’s unique brand of feminism and bold candour have paved the way for today’s confessional writing – as well as attitudes around mental illness (Credit: Getty Images) She was an ‘unapologetic narcissist’ whose work was both pilloried and praised. Hephzibah Anderson explores the life and legacy of a ‘bold, womanly and utterly defiant’ […]
World Rugby Sevens: Scotland lose to finalists USA in quarter-final
Scotland lost 19-14 to eventual finalists USA after reaching the quarter-finals of the Hamilton leg of the World Rugby Sevens series. Tries from Robbie Fergusson and Max McFarland were not enough for Scotland, who finished the tournament in fifth place after beating Australia 24-14 and Samoa 24-19 in subsequent play-offs. Fiji went top of the […]
Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell accuses Marilyn Manson of upskirt filming
BBC Ellie Rowsell’s band Wolf Alice won the Mercury Prize in 2018 for their album, Visions of a Life Ellie Rowsell, the singer with Mercury Prize-winning British band Wolf Alice, has accused Marilyn Manson of pointing a camera up her skirt at a festival. She is the latest to make claims about the star’s alleged […]
Leicester City v Birmingham City: Will it be WSL relegation decider?
Two clubs fighting relegation, two new managers and two sides searching for their first Women’s Super League win this season – Leicester and Birmingham have everything to play for. The two sides go head-to-head in Sunday’s mouthwatering WSL clash at the foot of the table. “It’s going to be exciting,” Leicester City captain Sophie Barker […]