USA 10-6 Europe Home side need four and a half points to win Solheim Cup On a Saturday evening at Medinah in 2012, Europe’s male golfers discovered their pulse. A seemingly unassailable 10-4 deficit became 10-6 by close of play. Everyone knows what happened next, as Europe turned the tables on an epic Sunday against the US. For Sergio García, Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy, read Carlota Ciganda, Emily Pedersen, Charley Hull and Georgia Hall. Victories for two European fourball pairings has provided faint hope of retaining the Solheim Cup in Virginia. The US need four and a half singles points for victory. The ghost of Medinah means Stacy Lewis and her home team will not be celebrating quite yet. Continue reading...

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The smiles are bright. But has the BBC show lost its lightness now? It’s not long into the launch show of Strictly Come Dancing 2024 before co-host Tess Daly is excitedly gesturing towards “the magical Strictly glitterball”. As the show embarks on its 20th anniversary year, has the glitterball been irrevocably tarnished? Continue reading...

Final: Gloucs, 129-2, beat Somerset, 124, by eight wickets David Payne’s 3-27 helps dismantle holders Somerset When Ollie Price smashed a six down the ground, it was done. Gloucestershire, the least fancied side heading into finals day, had their hands on a first T20 Blast Trophy – announcing themselves champions in emphatic style. Throughout the day, they produced a tour de force of T20 cricket. Cameron Bancroft and Miles Hammond batted superbly to reduce Somerset’s bowlers to cannon fodder. But the foundations were laid by Gloucestershire’s bowlers. Twice, they restricted their opponents to sub-par totals. On both occasions, the chases felt mere formalities. It shouldn’t have been this easy: having waited nine years for fresh silverware, Gloucestershire added to their cabinet without breaking a sweat. Continue reading...

Nicholas Prosper is suspect in deaths of three people believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13 An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire police have said. Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, Luton was arrested on Friday morning in Bramingham Road after police discovered three bodies at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank Drive, at about 5.30am. Continue reading...

Mark for 800m challenged at Diamond League final Olympic 200m champion Tebogo beaten by Bednarek David Rudisha’s revered 800m world record from the London 2012 Games is safe for another year after a kamikaze attempt on it at the Diamond League final went up in a blaze of ­lactic acid and burning lungs. On a cold night in Brussels, the thoughts of many athletes were inevitably on getting through a final night of competition before a well-earned rest at the end of a thrilling but long season. However the Canadian Marco Arop had other ideas. Continue reading...

In the blue corner, Todd Boehly, In the other blue corner, Behdad Eghbali. In the meantime, Enzo Maresca must get on with the business of winning football matches. As the Chelsea soap opera takes its latest plot twist, it turning out this club ain’t big enough for two billionaire egos, Maresca’s team put in a performance just as dysfunctional as goings-on in the boardroom. And yet Christopher Nkunku’s late strike stole the points. Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth, as well-coached and energetic a team as can be found in the Premier League had the better chances, and played much the more progressive football. But a game that might be best recalled for an inordinate amount of yellow cards would not fall to the Basque’s team despite many a near-miss. Instead, the Frenchman, shaking off Bournemouth defenders, bundled home a winner that really should have been beyond a malfunctioning Chelsea. Continue reading...

The prime minister made a late declaration of a personal shopper and clothes for his wife from party donor Lord Alli Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife from the Labour donor Waheed Alli. The gifts to Victoria Starmer were not initially declared in the register of MPs’ interests, the Sunday Times reported. Continue reading...

San Francisco running back to miss at least four games All-Pro led NFL with 2,023 yards from scrimmage last year The San Francisco 49ers placed All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey on injured reserve because of his lingering calf and achilles tendon injuries. The move made Saturday means McCaffrey will miss at least four more games after already sitting out the season opener. He is eligible to return for a Thursday night game in Seattle on 10 October. Continue reading...

Two hospitals sent into lockdown, government buildings shut down and local schools evacuated Two hospitals in Springfield, Ohio, were sent into lockdown after bomb threats, police said Saturday, marking the fourth such case in as many days that appears linked to false claims circulating among the far right that Haitian immigrants there are eating domestic pets and wildlife. Saturday’s threats came even after the woman who started the rumors acknowledged to NBC News that they were unfounded and publicly apologized. Continue reading...

At least 40 others were injured in crash in the city of Zagazig, according to the country’s health ministry Two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Nile delta on Saturday, killing at least three people, two of them children, authorities said. The crash happened in the city of Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya province, the country’s railway authority said in a statement. Egypt’s health ministry said the collision injured at least 40 others. Continue reading...

The frontman of the Australian rock band reflects on the last two decades, his worst date and his favourite sandwich What is the best guitar riff of all time? I find joy in simplicity. If you have the capacity to boil something down to essential ingredients, I think that is often more powerful and clever than something complicated. So my answer is potentially banal – but I think it’s the riff from James Bond. Everyone on the planet knows that. Not everyone knows Led Zeppelin, but everybody knows Bond. Continue reading...

Broke, heartbroken and fresh out of a border security holding cell, Heather Cohen thought her world was falling apart when a taxi pulled up to her doorstep Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email On a humid summer night in Boston 15 years ago, I found myself alone on a stranger’s porch and as close to a breakdown as a 30-year-old woman can be while still remaining upright. In the span of one week, my entire world had crumbled from hopeful celebration into absolute disaster. I was certain I had dared to dream too big and was going to be left with absolutely nothing. Continue reading...

More goals are being scored from inside the box because of better pitches and shifts in tactical thinking Last season, only 11.5% of goals scored in the Premier League came from outside the penalty area, the lowest figure Opta has recorded since the Premiership broke away from the Football League in 1992. That’s not a one-off: there have been fluctuations but the general trend over the past two decades has been a decline in the proportion of goals scored from long range. Which raises the obvious question of why? Is this the most clearcut evidence of the impact of data on football? Its exact impact on how football is actually played at the highest level is difficult to measure, not least because clubs are so keen to obfuscate any advantage they do derive from analysis to preserve their competitive advantage. Continue reading...

US president Joe Biden and British PM Keir Starmer fear secret arms link-up amid talks in Washington over Ukraine Britain and the US have raised fears that Russia has shared nuclear secrets with Iran in return for Tehran supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles to bomb Ukraine. During their summit in Washington DC on Friday, Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden acknowledged that the two countries were tightening military cooperation at a time when Iran is in the process of enriching enough uranium to complete its long-held goal to build a nuclear bomb. Continue reading...

Outrage at ordeal of woman raped after being drugged by husband leads to marches across the country Hundreds of protesters gathered across France on Saturday in support of Gisèle Pélicot, the woman whose husband drugged her and invited more than 80 men to rape her at their home over the course of a decade. Feminist groups organised about 30 protests in cities including Paris and Marseille. Demonstrators also gathered in Brussels. At Place de la République in Paris, protesters held placards with messages of support for victims of sexual violence. One read: “Gisèle for all. All for Gisèle.” Continue reading...

Mourners in Uganda pay respects to Olympic athlete whose death prompted renewed calls for more protection for women in sport Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects on Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. The military funeral took place in a remote town near the Kenyan border. Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda’s army, said military spokesperson Brig Felix Kulayigye, adding that she deserved a “gun salute that befits her rank”. Continue reading...

To lose once after leading 2-0 could be deemed misfortune; to do so twice in succession smacks of carelessness. Not even Oscar Wilde would have come up with a script such as this but then the narrative around Everton pushes the bounds of credulity on a weekly basis. Lee Carsley, the interim England manager, was in attendance to see Ollie Watkins, who withdrew from his first squad through injury, score twice as Aston Villa followed Bournemouth’s example by giving Everton a two-goal lead before winning, this time with an outrageous long-distance shot from Jhon Durán. Continue reading...

Family members and political leaders gather in Turkish Aegean coastal city of Didim to mourn activist slain by IDF Hundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Cevdet Yılmaz, Turkey’s vice-president; Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister; Numan Kurtulmuş, the parliament speaker; and Özgür Özel, the main opposition leader from the Republican People’s party (CHP) were among mourners at the ceremony in the Turkish Aegean coastal city of Didim. Continue reading...

Manager said team did not create enough chances to win Forest’s 1-0 victory was Liverpool’s first defeat of season Arne Slot described Liverpool’s first defeat of his tenure as a “big setback” after being shocked at home by Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi came off the bench to secure Forest’s first win at Anfield since 1969 and maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season. Liverpool had almost 70% of possession throughout the match but were unable to beat Matz Sels. Continue reading...

The first study into Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmed The first major study into the Conservatives’ controversial shake-up of childcare has revealed that nursery staff are often doing more “crowd control” than education, because of the increased number of children they are looking after. Since September last year, nurseries in England have been allowed to increase child-to-staff ratios, so one adult now looks after five two-year-olds rather than four. The change was intended to help deliver the party’s pledge of 15 hours’ free childcare a week from this month for working parents of children aged from nine months to three years. Continue reading...

Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off Live scores | Subscribe to Football Daily | Email Daniel Bournemouth: Travers, Kerkez, Cook, Senesi, Evanilson, Christie, Smith (c), Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Zabarnyi. Subs: Dennis, Huijsen, Brooks, Scott, Sinisterra, Araujo, Hill, Ennes Ünal, Philip. Southampton 0-3 Man United Brighton 0-0 Ipswich Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester Fulham 1-1 West Ham Liverpool 0-1 Nottingham Forest Man City 2-1 Brentford Continue reading...

The Princess of Wales wasn’t just cosplaying middle class with that video, she was totally reclaiming it Give the Princess of Wales her due, she got our full attention with that video. Posted on Instagram to mark the completion of chemotherapy to treat her cancer, and her reintroduction to public life, filmed by Will Warr in rural Norfolk, it was instant PR dynamite. The Veronica Beard boho dress (a sell-out, naturally). Those flickering sepia-soaked scenes with Prince William and the children; wheat fields, haystacks, hugs, kisses. The heartfelt voiceover, and overall “Eat, Pray, Picnic” vibe, all pulsing with keynotes: home, family, recovery and hard-earned positivity. How fascinating. Pointed. Revealing. You could appreciate why some fellow cancer sufferers might find it overly photogenic and filtered, and not just in terms of the images. Might the rupture with Harry and Meghan be playing into it? Probably. (When does it not?) It’s also telling how the video swerves palaces, grandeur and other jarring wealth motifs (mindful that British people are under financial pressure?). After the cyclone of scrutiny surrounding her diagnosis, one could easily imagine Kate feeling pressured into appeasing the ever-ravenous double-headed triffid of media and public. Rarefied regal reserve doesn’t cut it these days. Red meat must be thrown to the hounds. Continue reading...

Mike Jeffries, now 80, has been accused of exploiting young men for sex in cities around the world from 2009-15 The former chief executive of the American fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch faces new allegations this weekend of exploitation and abuse at sex events held around the world. One witness said he attended a sex event in Spain with the former fashion boss Mike Jeffries and his British partner Matthew Smith, believing it was going to be a photoshoot, the BBC reported. Young men were injected with liquid Viagra at other events, according to witnesses. Continue reading...

Study also found that 37% who have gotten vaccines in the past do not plan on getting them this year Less than half of Americans plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine this year, according to a new survey, and slightly more than half plan to get a flu shot. In a new report released on Thursday, the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center found that 37% of Americans have gotten vaccines in the past but do not plan to this year. The same percentage of respondents said they do not need any of the vaccines surveyed in the poll, including those against the flu, Covid-19, pneumococcal and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the report stated. Continue reading...