Jimmy Anderson to end Test career this summer as England look to future

South Africa to embark on new political path after ANC loses majority...

04/06/2024

McCullum tells Anderson in person on whistle-stop UK visitRecord-breaking seamer will make way for next generationJimmy Anderson is set to bring the curtain down on his record-breaking England career this summer after face-to-face talks with the head coach, Brendon McCullum.The Guardian understands McCullum recently made a whistle-stop fi [Read more]

Final results in seismic South Africa election confirm ANC has lost majority...

04/06/2024

ANC says demands that President Cyril Ramaphosa must step down is ‘no-go area' as rival Jacob Zuma stokes fears of violenceFinal results from Wednesday's seismic South Africa elections have confirmed that the African National Congress (ANC) party has for the first time in 30 years of full democracy, firing the starting gun on unprecede [Read more]

South Africa's ANC faces tough decisions after losing majority...

04/06/2024

Party will have to pick coalition partners and then try to reform itself in response to declining supportSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress party has lost its three-decade electoral majority in devastating fashion. As the former liberation movement faces the task of building a coalition government, it remains to be seen how i [Read more]

Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins...

04/06/2024

Electricity substations shut down, flights suspended and parliament gates blocked in protest over minimum wageNigeria's main labour unions have shut down the national grid, disrupted airline operations and blocked the gates to parliament as they began an indefinite strike over the government's failure to agree a minimum wage.A minimum wag [Read more]

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Jofra Archer leads returning England heroes hoping to impress in Barbados...

04/06/2024

Archer, Chris Jordan and Phil Salt visit old stomping ground as England open T20 World Cup defence against ScotlandIt will be a pretty magical moment for Jofra Archer when he walks on to the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with his friends, family and, if the dream he outlined a couple of weeks ago comes to pass, perhaps even his beloved bull [Read more]

Real Madrid land Kylian Mbappé on free transfer with €125m signing bonus...

04/06/2024

Mbappé joining on expiry of Paris Saint-Germain contractFrance forward will receive salary of at least €15m (£12.8m)Real Madrid have announced the signing of Kylian Mbappé seven years after they first tried to bring him to the club. The France forward will officially join on a free transfer on 1 July after his Paris Saint-Germai [Read more]

Djokovic pushed to edge by Cerúndolo but fights back to reach quarter-finals...

04/06/2024

Defending champion recovers from 2-1 down to triumphAlex de Minaur continues French Open surge to reach last eightAs yet another unforced error from Novak Djokovic forced him down a break in the fourth set of , the world No 1 stared down the very real prospect of his earliest defeat at Roland Garros in 15 years. He was limping, struggling [Read more]

Jofra Archer leads returning England heroes hoping to impress in Barbados...

04/06/2024

Archer, Chris Jordan and Phil Salt visit old stomping ground as England open T20 World Cup defence against ScotlandIt will be a pretty magical moment for Jofra Archer when he walks on to the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with his friends, family and, if the dream he outlined a couple of weeks ago comes to pass, perhaps even his beloved bull [Read more]

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Hide the marmalade! Paddington Bear is back – and this time he's gone immersive...

04/06/2024

The fluffy accident-prone favourite is donning his red wellies and duffle coat for a magical new ‘experience' that is half-theatre and half-party. Our writer braces herself for a look behind the scenes An almighty crash sounds from above. “Everything's fine, Mrs Brown!' a voice calls out. I peek my head round the door of 32 Windsor Ga [Read more]

Post your questions for Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah...

04/06/2024

As the esteemed rapper releases a new album and publishes memoir Rise of a Killah, he'll be taking on your questionsMelodious, blaring and irresistibly confident, Ghostface Killah doesn't just have one of the best flows in Wu-Tang Clan, but one of the best in US rap full stop. And as he publishes a memoir, Rise of a Killah, and releases n [Read more]

‘His greatness was matched by his kindness': remembering John Burnside...

04/06/2024

Writers Andrew O'Hagan, Sarah Perry and more pay tribute to the celebrated Scottish poet, novelist and memoirist, who aged 69emScottishemem novelistemthe look on his facebr like that flaw in the sway of the worldbr where mastery failsbr and a hinge in the mindbr swings open – grief [Read more]

‘We had to cut Rik Mayall's ejaculation scene': Adrian Edmondson and Ed Bye on Bottom...

04/06/2024

‘We had wanted to call it My Bottom, so that people at work the next day would say, “Did you see My Bottom on television last night?''Rik Mayall and I met at uni in Manchester in 1975. We thought we were going to be serious actors and became comedians by accident. We started out at the Comedy Store in London, which was new at the time [Read more]

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Jofra Archer leads returning England heroes hoping to impress in Barbados...

04/06/2024

Archer, Chris Jordan and Phil Salt visit old stomping ground as England open T20 World Cup defence against ScotlandIt will be a pretty magical moment for Jofra Archer when he walks on to the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with his friends, family and, if the dream he outlined a couple of weeks ago comes to pass, perhaps even his beloved bull [Read more]

Real Madrid land Kylian Mbappé on free transfer with €125m signing bonus...

04/06/2024

Mbappé joining on expiry of Paris Saint-Germain contractFrance forward will receive salary of at least €15m (£12.8m)Real Madrid have announced the signing of Kylian Mbappé seven years after they first tried to bring him to the club. The France forward will officially join on a free transfer on 1 July after his Paris Saint-Germai [Read more]

Djokovic pushed to edge by Cerúndolo but fights back to reach quarter-finals...

04/06/2024

Defending champion recovers from 2-1 down to triumphAlex de Minaur continues French Open surge to reach last eightAs yet another unforced error from Novak Djokovic forced him down a break in the fourth set of , the world No 1 stared down the very real prospect of his earliest defeat at Roland Garros in 15 years. He was limping, struggling [Read more]

Jofra Archer leads returning England heroes hoping to impress in Barbados...

04/06/2024

Archer, Chris Jordan and Phil Salt visit old stomping ground as England open T20 World Cup defence against ScotlandIt will be a pretty magical moment for Jofra Archer when he walks on to the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with his friends, family and, if the dream he outlined a couple of weeks ago comes to pass, perhaps even his beloved bull [Read more]

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