By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -England began life after Gareth Southgate in convincing fashion on Saturday, outclassing Ireland 2-0 in the Nations League with goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish giving interim manager Lee Carsley a debut win. Carsley, who will oversee two games this month with a view to staying on through the …
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By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – England interim manager Lee Carsley deflected all praise to his players for their fluid passing performance in his first game in charge, describing Saturday’s easy 2-0 win over Ireland as the proudest day of his football career. Carsley, who had been managing England’s Under-21s since 2021, and led them to the European …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Sri Lanka were on 211 for five in reply to England’s first-innings total of 325 when bad light stopped play on the second day of the third test on Saturday at The Oval. The floodlights were on all day in south London. As the afternoon progressed the light deteriorated, with England only allowed …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Britain and Ireland said on Saturday they were moving “from friction back to friendship” as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Dublin, part of his efforts to improve ties with the Republic of Ireland and the broader European Union. Starmer, the first British prime minister to visit Ireland for five years, had talks …
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(Reuters) – Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been appointed as the head coach of the second-tier England Lions team for the upcoming year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Saturday. The 46-year-old will take charge in October, overseeing their tour of South Africa, followed by a red-ball series in Australia in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A national memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth will be erected in a central London park, the British government announced on Saturday, at a site which it said had historical significance and a close personal connection to the record-breaking monarch. Elizabeth II died at her Scottish castle on Sept. 8, 2022 after …
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LONDON (Reuters) -England captain Ollie Pope returned to form with a classy unbeaten 103 to guide his team to 221-3 on a weather-affected first day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Friday. Pope, under pressure after a run of low scores, silenced his critics with his seventh test …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oasis’s debut album “Definitely, Maybe” returned to the top of the UK charts on Friday 30 years after its release, amid fan excitement over the British band’s reunion concerts next year. “Definitely, Maybe” went straight to No.1 when it came out in 1994, and the record went back to the top spot, …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s consumer watchdog on Friday said it has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, a day after British regulators announced a similar probe. Thousands of fans waited hours in virtual queues in Britain and Ireland last weekend to get their hands on tickets for the band’s reunion …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A British man was jailed for nine years on Friday for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers last month, by far the longest sentence imposed over a wave of anti-Muslim riots. Thomas Birley, 27, pleaded guilty to arson with intent to endanger life after stoking a fire in a bin by an …
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