47 h. ago Australia learn cricket’s oldest lesson as South Africa turn the tables in WTC

An Australian win looked inevitable after setting 282 to win, but Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma defied the oddsRight from the start of the day, there was an inevitability that this match was Australia’s. They started 218 runs in front, in the third innings, walking back onto a Lord’s field where 28 wickets had fallen in the previous two days. They had the four-star bowling attack, their opponents had the shooting-star batting order, one that had flashed and vanished in its first sighting. Soon this would be compounded by Temba Bavuma’s hamstring injury. The lead as it stood looked a chance to be enough, and first would come the chance to increase it a smidgen more.The sense of inevitability only grew as that smidgen broadened into a big dirty smudge. There is nothing more galling for a cricket team than a long tenth-wicket partnership. Every ball is more annoying than the one before. Things had started right, Kagiso Rabada in his second over of the day trapping Nathan Lyon with onl...

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4 d. ago Race Across the World final: who is the favourite to win series 5? Latest odds

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2 w. ago Who are the favourites to win Race Across the World? Latest odds for BBC show

Race Across the World has a new frontrunner to win series 5 on BBC 🌍

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3 w. ago Man City and Premier League may clash over Championship play

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3 w. ago Israel’s Yuval Raphael ‘shaken and upset’ after paint thrown by protesters during Eurovision final performance

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3 w. ago Remember Monday break silence on shock Eurovision 2025 result after public's 'null points'

They spoke out for the first time after their efforts in the grand final of the huge music competition

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3 w. ago Remember Monday break silence on shock Eurovision 2025 result after public's 'nul points'

They spoke out for the first time after their efforts in the grand final of the huge music competition

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4 w. ago Cannes, Eurovision and a pope’s inaugural mass: photos of the weekend

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4 w. ago Austrians celebrate JJ bringing home first Eurovision win in 11 years

Austrian-Filipino countertenor praised for melding techno with country’s rich operatic tradition in song Wasted LoveAustrians have been celebrating JJ, an Austrian-Filipino countertenor lauded for “singing Austria into the spotlight” after bringing home the country’s first Eurovision song contest victory in 11 years with a song that gives a nod to both the country’s rich operatic heritage and modern music.JJ, 24, hit all the right notes on Sunday with Wasted Love, an operatic ballad about unrequited love that mutates into a techno club anthem. The 69th edition of the contest was hosted in Basel, Switzerland. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago UK's Eurovision 2025 entry Remember Monday make promise as they break silence over nul points

The trio sadly received zero votes from the public after their impressive performance in Basel

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