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Total prize money at this year’s Wimbledon will increase by 7% to a record £53.5m.
The prize pot, worth £50m in 2024, is double the £26.5m on offer in 2015.
Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova each took home £2.7m for winning the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively last year.
This year’s winners will receive £3m, an increase of 11%.
There will be a 4% increase for the men’s and women’s doubles winners, who will earn £680,000, and a 3% increase for the mixed doubles winners, to £135,000.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club also confirmed the full introduction of live electronic line calling.
The technology, trialled in part last year, will end Wimbledon’s 147-year use of line judges.
More than 400 cameras have been installed across the courts.
An 11-year-old Palestinian boy who was severely wounded in an Israeli air strike which killed his father and his nine siblings has arrived in Italy for medical treatment.
Adam al-Najjar arrived with his mother at Milan’s Linate airport on Wednesday, where he was greeted by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who gave him a football. He was then transferred to the city’s Niguarda Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Adam is the only one of 10 children in his family to survive an Israeli strike on their home in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 23. His siblings ranged in age from seven months to 12 years old.
Adam’s father, doctor Hamdi al-Najjar, also died of his injuries in the days following the attack. His mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, had been working at the time of the strike at Nasser Hospital, one of the few still operating in southern Gaza.
Adam sustained serious burns to his body in the strike, the AFP news agency reported. His mother, who travelled to Milan for her son’s treatment along with Adam’s aunt and cousins, said her son was stable but would be treated for injuries, including multiple fractures to his arm.
He “has a head wound that is healing but his left arm is bad, the bones are fractured and the nerves damaged,” the 36-year-old told Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
She said she focused on his recovery so as not to think of the horrors of the loss of her family.
“I remember everything. Every detail, every minute, every scream,” she told the newspaper.
“But when I remember, it’s too painful, so I try to keep my mind focused entirely on Adam.”
Adam’s medical evacuation followed an appeal by his uncle in the media, which led Tajani to announce that Italy was prepared to help.
Sixteen other Palestinian children, along with more than 50 family members, were also flown to Italy on Wednesday on military aircraft that set off from Israel’s Eilat airport, the Italian foreign ministry said, according to Reuters. The injured children will be treated in hospitals in cities including Rome, Florence and Bologna.
The Italian government has brought 150 injured Palestinians into the country for medical treatment to date, the foreign ministry said.
Italy has been a vocal supporter of Israel since it launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, although in recent months, officials have criticised the severity of Israel’s response and expressed concern over the mounting death toll.
Each round of next year’s Women’s Six Nations will be staged on a single day, with four ‘Super Saturdays’ leading to Sunday 17 May when holders England travel to nearest rivals France in the final match of the tournament.
Runaway world number ones England have won seven successive titles, but France threatened to ruin their most recent celebrations, coming within a point of the Red Roses in April.
England will stage their 11 April opener against Ireland at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium, where, in 2023, they set a world record for the biggest crowd for a women’s Test match with 58,498 watching a win over France.
England’s meeting with Ireland will be the Red Roses’ first match following their 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign on home turf, where they are favourites to lift the crown for the first time in 11 years.
Scotland will host England at Murrayfield the following week in the first standalone women’s international at the venue staged in front of fans.
The current record attendance for a Scotland women’s home match – 7,774, set at the 2024 meeting between the two rivals – is expected to be beaten.
However venues for the rest of the matches are yet to be announced, with organisers saying they “will be announced in due course”.
The 2026 tournament starts three weeks after the end of the men’s Six Nations, rather than the previous one-week gap, as part of a new global international calendar.
All times BST
Saturday 11 April
France v Italy 12:25
England v Ireland – Allianz Stadium – 14:25
Wales v Scotland 16:40
Saturday 18 April
Scotland v England – Murrayfield – 13:30
Wales v France – 15:35
Ireland v Italy 17:40
Saturday 25 April
England v Wales 14:15
Italy v Scotland – 16:30
France v Ireland – 20:10
Saturday 9 May
Italy v England – 14:00
Scotland v France – 16:15
Ireland v Wales – 18:30
Sunday 17 May
Wales v Italy – 12:15
Ireland v Scotland – 14:30
New Zealand tighthead prop Amy Rule will become the first Black Ferns player to move to Premiership Women’s Rugby when she joins Exeter after this year’s World Cup.
The 24-year-old has won 29 caps for her country and will sign for Chiefs from Super Rugby Aupiki side Matatu.
Rule made her international debut against England in 2021 and scored a try in the World Cup final the following year as six-time champions New Zealand beat the Red Roses 34-31 to retain their title.
Rule is the second overseas player to agree to move to Sandy Park this month after Italy winger Francesca Granzotto.
“Rugby has given me so many opportunities and has made me the person I am today,” Rule said.
“Getting the chance to join Exeter is a part of that journey to grow my rugby but also make new connections and see what the hype is about this England comp[etition] that I keep hearing about.
“The plan is to make Black Ferns’ Rugby World Cup squad then carry on to join Exeter later in the year.
“All I can say at this point is all my focus is on the World Cup but once that’s done, I’m really excited to rip into the season with Exeter Chiefs and hopefully play lots of rugby and take my game to another level.”
Exeter finished fifth in the PWR last season, narrowly missing out on a place in the play-offs.
Amazon shoppers are flocking to buy a ‘divine’ celebrity perfume that brings in many compliments. Ariana Grande’s Cloud would usually cost £53 for a 100ml bottle but has had 19% knocked off, bringing it down to £42.95.
There are three scents in the Cloud range, the original blue scent in addition to Cloud Pink and Cloud Intense. Cloud opens up with lavender, pear and bergamot before settling into a very sweet heart of whipped cream, coconut, praline and vanilla orchid. It has a well balanced base of musk and woody notes.
Cloud has been compared to Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Baccarat Rouge 540 which retails at an eye-watering £245 for a 70ml bottle, although it is overall much sweeter. Similarly comparisons have been drawn to Burberry Her which is currently reduced to £102.75 on LookFantastic.
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Cloud has pulled in over 16,000 five-star ratings on Amazon with shoppers loving its longevity and even comparing it to a much more expensive scent. One shopper said: “Had lots of compliments whilst wearing this perfume. First time buying it and it’s a lovely day scent, would definitely buy again.”
Another was thrilled, writing: “This does smell very similar to MFK’s Baccarat Rouge 540 with slightly less projection and similar sillage. This smells divine during the mid and drydown but the initial 5-10 minutes can seem a bit cloying. Cotton candy wrapped cloud would be a good description of this scent.”
The bottle design has been a little controversial with fans, one said: “This is wholeheartedly one of my favourite scents in the world. It’s fruity almost with a vanilla undertone and it just absolutely jaw dropping, but it’s incredibly strong, one spritz and you’re done, which is good for long term but sometimes feels overwhelming. The bottle is very ‘childish’, a big cloud, but is removable so not to worry.”
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Another shopper insisted that the perfume brings in a lot of compliments, penning: “This is my absolute favourite perfume ever! It smells sweet yet simplistic and lasts so long l. I get many compliments when I wear this perfume and definitely a great price for the 100ml one!”