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Craig Bryson, Jonny Hayes, Matty Kennedy, Bruce Anderson, Scott McKenna, Michael Devlin, Dylan McGeouch and Sam Cosgrove (clockwise from top left) all had to quarantineScottish Premiership: St Johnstone v AberdeenVenue: McDiarmid Park Date: 20 August Time: 19:30 BSTCoverage: Listen to commentary on BBC Radio Scotland and follow live updates on the BBC Sport website and…
Image copyright Lancashire Constabulary Image caption Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, left, and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir got into difficulty in the sea Two brothers who died while on a trip to the Lancashire coast had drowned, a coroner’s court has heard.Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, got into difficulties after they were…
Wiegman’s tally of 43 wins is the most by any manager of the Netherlands men’s or women’s teamsIncoming England boss Sarina Wiegman says she will be managing a “world-class team” in a “world-class situation” when she takes over the role in September 2021.Wiegman, currently the Netherlands manager, will succeed Phil Neville as the Lionesses’ head…
Image copyright PA Media Several cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed among pupils and staff at Scottish schools.The Scottish government has stressed that the cases are part of community clusters which have had an impact on schools, rather than school-based clusters.It is not thought that the virus has transmitted within schools. Here are details of…
The French Top 14 season starts on 4 SeptemberStade Francais have called off their friendly against Toulon due to players having not recovered from lung damage caused by Covid-19.The club, which put its side into isolation last week after an increase in positive results, estimates those affected need another week’s rest.After consulting the league’s medical…
D’Angelo Sandidge was lying in bed and scrolling through Instagram on June 1, thinking about the ground sausage he was about to fry for breakfast, when he stumbled upon a video that he’d heard about but not yet seen. His anger intensified as he watched the footage of George Floyd begging for his life while…
Former Vice President Joe Biden was nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday, as a parade of his old allies appeared onscreen for the second night of the virtual convention. Many are supporters who have long run in the highest echelons of the Democratic Party; former U.S. Presidents and other legacy names made up…
For years, Thailand’s powerful monarchy has been the untouchable third rail of the country’s politics. A strict lèse-majesté law ostensibly insulates the royal institution from defamation, but in practice stifles discussion of the wealthy sovereign with the threat of up to 15 years in prison. This summer, that deterrent failed. Grievances once limited to hushed…
(WILMINGTON, Del.) — Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining in an extraordinary, pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust President Donald Trump. For someone who has spent more than three decades eyeing…
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help. The nearly 1,000-page report, the fifth and final one…