Wales breaking news plus traffic, weather and travel updates (Friday, March 18)
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David Moyes backs ‘massive’ West Ham to keep improving after Sevilla triumph
David Moyes saluted a “massive” performance from West Ham after they stunned Sevilla to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
England in West Indies: Ben Stokes returns to starring role with century in Barbados
As Ben Stokes repeatedly launched cricket balls towards jubilant England fans, some of their greatest memories were being stirred.
Protester ties himself to goalpost during Everton-Newcastle United match
The Premier League fixture between Everton and Newcastle United was held up for eight minutes on Thursday after a protester tied himself to the goal post at the Gwladys Street end of Goodison Park.
The battle to buy Chelsea: what we know about the bidders so far
The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss was first to go public regarding Roman Abramovich’s desire to sell and to declare an interest in buying the club. He has teamed up with investors including Todd Boehly, an American who part-owns baseball’s LA Dodgers, and Jonathan Goldstein, a British businessman who is the CEO of Cain International and a Tottenham fan. They submitted an offer between £2bn and £2.5bn some days ago and have been confident of winning the race to buy Chelsea but the picture has been complicated by the emergence of new bidders. Boehly, rebuffed by Abramovich when he made an offer for the club in 2019, has added the Times columnist and Conservative peer Daniel Finkelstein and the PR executive Barbara Charone – both Chelsea season-ticket holders – to the consortium.
Soccer-Oil protestor ties himself to goal post at Premier League fixture
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - The Premier League fixture between Everton and Newcastle United was held up for eight minutes on Thursday after a protestor tied himself to the goal post at the Gwladys Street end of Goodison Park.
Century is one of most memorable after tough times, says Stokes
The 11th test century of Ben Stokes's career was perhaps his sweetest, the all-rounder said on Thursday after plundering West Indies and helping England into a commanding position in the second test in Barbados.
Georgia Hall cards opening round 69 to share lead at Aramco Saudi Ladies International
KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY: England’s Georgia Hall carded an opening round 69 at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by the Public Investment Fund to share the lead with German rookie Sophie Witt after a wind-battered opening day on Thursday.