By Alan Baldwin ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Lando Norris delivered McLaren a first Formula One constructors’ title since 1998 on Sunday and said next year was going to be his turn at the top. The Briton won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole position, racing untroubled from start to finish as McLaren chief …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side did everything they could have done to win on Sunday at Fulham, but he praised the home side for their early goal and dogged defending. “Gutted that we didn’t win it because I think we deserved to win from the beginning to …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by London rivals Fulham on a grey wet Sunday at Craven Cottage as Raul Jimenez scored early for the hosts and William Saliba equalised for the visitors at the start of the second half. The result left Arsenal second in the …
LONDON (Reuters) -Chelsea extended their winning run to nine victories from nine Women’s Super League (WSL) games but they were pushed all the way by a Brighton & Hove Albion side who lost 4-2 after a battling performance in terrible weather at Kingsmeadow on Sunday. Chelsea remained top on 27 points with Manchester City, who …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Dan Ashworth has left his role as sporting director at Manchester United after five months in the job by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday. The 53-year-old was recruited from Newcastle United and arrived in July to much fanfare, but the decision was made to part …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Cyprus on Tuesday as part of a regional tour, the island’s presidency said on Sunday. The working visit “underscores excellent relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom”, President Nikos Christodoulides’s office said in a statement. The two countries will discuss their strategic partnership, Cyprus’s long-running …
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Motorsport UK head David Richards has expressed concern for the future of Formula One’s governing body ahead of a vote that would limit the powers of its audit and ethics committees. The FIA has proposed statute changes, to be voted on next Friday, that would give president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and …
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By Nick Mulvenney (Reuters) -England romped to a second comfortable victory over New Zealand in two weeks to secure a test series triumph on Sunday with skipper Ben Stokes apparently enjoying a Midas touch with his every decision turning to gold. Stokes delivered the coup de grace at Wellington’s Basin Reserve himself, coming on to …
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(Reuters) – England declared on 427 for six in their second innings early on the third day of the second test against New Zealand in Wellington on Sunday, setting the Black Caps an improbable target of 583 runs for victory. The highest successful fourth-innings run chase in the history of the game was the 418 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will begin a multi-day visit to the Gulf on Sunday, his first trip to the region since taking office, seeking stronger economic and defence ties with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. He will aim to boost investment and deepen defence and security partnerships, the government …
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