Rishi Sunak defended after by-election defeats set against 'difficult backdrop'
A Conservative minister has defended Rishi Sunak and the party after two by-election defeats, saying they were set against a "very difficult backdrop".
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A Conservative minister has defended Rishi Sunak and the party after two by-election defeats, saying they were set against a "very difficult backdrop".
Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC Sports California.
Legendary Indian cricket team batter Sunil Gavaskar believes that KL Rahul might play at No. 4 for Lucknow Super Giants and promote explosive West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran to No. 3 in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. During a recent interaction, Gavaskar said that Pooran is an extremely destructive batter and he should be given more time out in the middle with Rahul not playing at his preferred batting position. In the previous season, Rahul was the preferred opener for LSG but Gavaskar suggested another player who should open the batting along with Quinton de Kock.
Inter Miami meminta maaf atas absennya Lionel Messi dalam laga tur pramusim di Hong Kong. Klub Major League Soccer (MLS) itu memahami kekecewaan fans.
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won his arbitration case on Wednesday and will receive a salary of $19.9 million US this season.
A major British bank has cut its mortgage rates by almost one percent and is now offering deals below 4 percent. Nationwide, the world's largest building society, is one of the UK's largest providers for mortgages as well as being a major provider of ISAs, credit cards, personal loans, and insurance.
The Indian cricket team has been quite impressive in the ongoing T20I series against Afghanistan and a win in the final game of the three-match series can earn them a unique distinction in the shortest format of the sport. The Rohit Sharma-led side has already won the series with victory in the first two matches and a win in the third T20I match in Bengaluru will result in a historic whitewash. Till now, both India and Pakistan have the joint most whitewash bilateral series in T20I history (8). However, a win in the third T20I on Wednesday will take India's tally to 9 and they will become the first team ever to achieve that feat.
Right after Argentine superstar Lionel Messi won the Best FIFA Men's 2023 award, beating Manchester City star Erling Halaand and his former PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't resist not leaving his mark on social media. Seeing Messi finish top of the podium despite an ordinary campaign, during the period for which the award was set, many fans were and pundits were left surprised. As Ronaldo took to Instagram to share a post, not long after Messi was crowned The Best Men's Player, fans linked the message on social media to the Argentine's triumph.