As the girls sat down to breakfast, Parris gave them a stirring talk about coming from the area and achieving her dreams of playing the beautiful game professionally – before getting underway with some shooting practice. After the session, Mila Williams, aged seven, said she “learnt so much” from Parris and wants to “follow in … Read more
The Beat the Street East Kilbride game is set to enter its Go Explore week to encourage participants to find the area’s best heritage and cultural gems. So far, more than 10,500 participants have signed up and have together walked, cycled, run, scooted and wheeled 77,000 miles across the game area. Teams are in with … Read more
SYDNEY (AP) — Nirra Fields scored 17 points and Shay Colley added 11 to help Canada beat France 59-45 on Friday in the women’s basketball World Cup. The victory moved Canada (2-0) into the driver’s seat as the only unbeaten team left in its group. “It’s great for us,” Canada guard Kia Nurse said. “Great … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge turned around a fastball in the ninth inning, and the already-standing crowd of 43,123 at Yankee Stadium erupted in noise, wondering, hoping he had hit a record-tying 61st home run and clinched a playoff berth with one mighty swing. Seconds later, groans arose in unison. Kiké Hernández made the … Read more
A college student accused of forcing a man to have sex with her has been cleared of the charge, after claiming she was “too lazy” to have committed the alleged offence. Imogen Brooke burst into tears in the dock and thanked jurors after they took just one hour to find her not guilty, on her … Read more
Lewis Hamilton wants to do battle with Max Verstappen (Image: GETTY) Lewis Hamilton’s chances of winning his first race of the season at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix will be significantly increased as Tom Coronel suspects the Red Bull driver will opt for a “grid penalty”. It was only a few weeks ago that Verstappen … Read more
CLEVELAND (AP) — An unimaginable collapse still fresh in their minds, the Browns managed to avoid a second one in four days. Jacoby Brissett threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for a score and Cleveland bounced back from its epic meltdown by finishing off the rival Pittsburgh Steelers 29-17 on Thursday night. “We had … Read more
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies infielder Brendan Rodgers was placed on the 10-day injured list on Thursday with a left hamstring strain, and the team called up infielder Ezequiel Tovar from Triple-A Albuquerque. The move with Rodgers was retroactive to Monday. He left Sunday’s game at the Chicago Cubs early due to tightness in the … Read more
Three drug traffickers have been jailed for a total of 14 years after police discovered a £632,000 haul of cannabis smuggled in animal feed in a Lanarkshire village while carrying out a search for missing children. Officers were looking for youngsters from a residential school when they came across 164 kilos of the drug in … Read more
Emma Raducanu has added a new tournament to her schedule after a crushing US Open loss (Image: Getty) has confirmed her next tournament after suffering a disappointing early exit in her US Open title defence. The British No 1 returned to Flushing Meadows a year on from her historic triumph and lasted just an hour … Read more