How much Britain's top 10 taxpayers, including Ed Sheeran and JK Rowling, are paying
Britain's largest taxpayers have been revealed and include the likes of businesswoman Denise Coates and pub tycoon Tim Martin.
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West Ham United Sign Manchester City's Kalvin Phillips On Loan
Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips joined West Ham on loan on Friday for the rest of the season as the England international aims to boost his chances of featuring at Euro 2024. Phillips has rarely featured for the English champions since joining from Leeds in a 45 million pounds ($57 million) move in July 2022. However, England boss Gareth Southgate has continued to select the 28-year-old at international level and regular first-team football gives Phillips the chance to push his case for a starting spot in Germany later this year.
Hsieh Su-wei And Jan Zielinski Win Australian Open Mixed Doubles Title
Taiwan veteran Hsieh Su-wei and Polish partner Jan Zielinski were crowned Australian Open mixed doubles champions Friday, outlasting American Desirae Krawczyk and Britain's Neal Skupski 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 11-9. The pair saved a championship point in the match tie-break to claim their first major title as a team. "It means a lot," said Zielinski. "Since yesterday I was getting a lot of messages, a lot of statistics that there were four Polish players who had lost in the (mixed) finals before.
Root removes Jaiswal but India on course for big lead
HYDERABAD, India : England struck twice on Friday in the morning session of the second day but India reached 222-3, on course for a big first-innings lead in the opening test.
Hsieh Su-wei, Jan Zielinski capture mixed doubles title at Australian Open
Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Poland's Jan Zielinski are the Australian Open mixed doubles champions after beating Desirae Krawczyk of the United States and Neal Skupski of Britain 6-7 (5), 6-4, 11-9 on Friday in Melbourne.
Watch: Bamboozled by Jasprit Bumrah's Stunner, Ben Stokes' Shocked Reaction Goes Viral
England cricket team skipper Ben Stokes was left stunned and even he could not help but appreciate the brilliant delivery from Jasprit Bumrah that dismissed him on Day 1 of the first Test match against India in Hyderabad on Thursday. Stokes was the only England batter to score a half-century but his innings came to an end thanks to a stunner from Bumrah. The ball from Bumrah seamed away sharply and although he stepped out of the crease to play a big shot, Stokes missed it completely and the ball crashed into his stumps. The England batter took a second to comprehend what has happened and broke into a smile of appreciation for Bumrah and his wicket-taking delivery.
From 450/9 To 'Two Day Game': Kevin Pietersen Trolled For India vs England 1st Test Prediction
Former England cricket team batter Kevin Pietersen was trolled heavily on social media by ex-India opener Wasim Jaffer after his prediction regarding England's batting on Day 1 of the first Test match against India on Thursday went horribly wrong. At the start of day's play, Pietersen took to social media to post that he believes England will declare their innings on 450/9. However, Ben Stokes was the only England batter to cross the 50-run mark as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each to bowl out the visitors for 246 in the third session. Jaffer was quick to react to Pietersen's prediction on X (formerly called Twitter) and his witty reply even had a reference to Dinesh Karthik.
Northern Ireland record cap-holder Davis calls it a day on playing career
Northern Ireland record caps holder Steven Davis admitted a "strange sensation" after announcing his retirement from football.