Jenny Ryan, also known as the Vixen, competed against two contestants in the final round of ITV’s the Chase in an episode hosted by Bradley Walsh that aired yesterday
Some viewers were left confused over an answer that was accepted by host Bradley Walsh on an episode of The Chase that aired this week. It came during a team’s final showdown against Jenny Ryan on the ITV quiz show.
An episode that aired yesterday saw four contestants take on Jenny, 43, who is also known as the Vixen, in a series of general knowledge rounds. Only two of them, Nick and Laura, made it to the final round against her, though.
The contestants had amassed a prize fund of £3,000 by that point and the pair managed to get 14 correct answers in their last round. Jenny then faced her final questions and one of her answers caught the attention of viewers at home.
Early on in her final chase, Bradley, 65, asked: “What colour top indicates semi-skimmed milk on bottles? ” After taking a moment over the question, Jenny responded: “Red and silver. ” The host reacted to her answer: “I’ll accept. “
An answer given by Jenny Ryan on an episode of the Chase that aired yesterday attracted attention on social media(Image: ITV)
Some fans were confused over the decision, though, with them suggesting that the correct answer should have been green. They shared their thoughts on X, with one viewer writing on the platform: “Semi-skimmed milk tops are green. “
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Another asked: “I thought semi-skimmed was green? ! ” Someone else commented amid discussion about the episode: “Weird he just accepted a wrong answer! ” Whilst another person wrote in a post: “Semi-skimmed is green! “
It was however pointed out that glass and plastic containers differ in colour coding. Some fans noted that glass bottles for semi skimmed milk have foil caps featuring red and silver stripes, whilst plastic alternatives often have green tops.
After asking which colour top indicates semi-skimmed milk on bottles, host Bradley Walsh accepted her answer of ‘red and silver’(Image: ITV)
Addressing the confusion, one person wrote on X this week: “Semi skimmed milk in glass bottles are red/silver striped. Poly containers it’s green. ” Another said whilst the episode aired yesterday: “On bottles it’s red and silver stripes. “
It isn’t the first time that the question has prompted a reaction, with the episode having previously aired in 2022. At the time, it similarly was met with reaction from viewers over the accepted answer by host Bradley on the quiz show.
After answering the question, Jenny went on to get more correct answers in the final chase than the two remaining contestants, despite some pushbacks. Although they didn’t win the money, they received praise from the chaser.
Jenny then went on to win contestants Laura (left) and Nick (right), who had made it to the final round of the ITV show(Image: ITV)
Jenny, who had seven seconds to spare, told the team that they had “great answers” to a few “tricky questions”. She told them: “I think that shows that the total in the final chase doesn’t tell the whole story because you scored 14 with some great answers to some tricky questions. “
She added that as a result, she faced some challenging questions herself. Jenny said: “It meant that the equal set for me had some tricky ones in there that were gonna catch me out, but also some straightforward ones that I should have got. “
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The Chase airs most weekdays on ITV and ITVX from 5pm.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90. His death comes two weeks after he was rushed to hospital following cardiac arrest at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
His son Donnie confirmed his dad had faced an uphill battle after losing consciousness during the medical incident a fortnight ago. Speaking to ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV prior to his death, Donnie said: “Without a miracle, his time is short. “
His family PR, Megan Kelly, also told the outlet that Swaggart had been transported to hospital following the medical emergency. Kelly said: “Ambulances were able to respond very quickly.
“They gave him CPR, they took turns doing it, and you can imagine how emotional that was and how stressful that was in that moment. “
A day before he died, Swaggart was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Swaggart was best known for his dramatic appearances in front of huge crowds. He was known as being the leader behind the SonLife Broadcasting Network and also pastor of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge.
Swaggart was the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and often spoke of the rock pioneer in his sermons. In 1981, Swaggart received a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance for his album titled Worship.
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McDonald’s exclusive McGold Card grants holders free meals for life or a set period, depending on whether it’s issued by corporate or a local franchise, and fans are outraged to learn who owns one
McDonald’s fans are outraged after learning who the company gifted a free food card to (stock photo)(Image: VV Shots via Getty Images)
McDonald’s has sparked outrage after it was revealed that one of its exclusive McGold Cards, which grants the holder free meals for life or a designated period, has been given to American billionaire Bill Gates. The fast food giant’s card is a rarely issued perk with some recipients able to use them at any McDonald’s restaurant worldwide, while others are restricted to their local area.
Social media users were left fuming after learning that the Microsoft co-founder, who is reportedly worth $117.1 billion (£85billion) holds the coveted card, with many arguing he is undeserving due to his wealth. The Instagram page How Things Work shared the news about Gates’ McGold Card, leading to a flurry of critical comments.
One user sarcastically quipped: “Glad to see McDonald’s helping those truly in need. ” Another added: “Pretty sure he can afford a happy meal babes. “
A third humorously remarked: “McWhy.” A fourth user commented: “Because billionaires need free fast food.” A fifth suggested: “Give it to a poor family.”
A different critic shared their disdain: “Couldn’t pick anyone underprivileged and hungry? No, no…let’s give free food to one of the richest men in the world…while we fight for children to be fed at school.”
According to the caption on Instagram, the shiny McGold Card that Bill Gates has can be used at any McDonald’s around the globe.
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Gates revealed his unique card during a TikTok video with chef Nick DiGiovanni, proudly displaying his pass which reads: “Entitled to a complimentary meal at any McDonald’s. Michael R. Quinlan Chairman and CEO McDonald’s Corporation.”
Though Gates openly shared in the video that he rarely uses the card given his ability to pay for meals himself.
Joining Gates in the elite circle of McGold Card holders is Warren Buffett, the renowned American billionaire investor, entitled to free lifetime McDonald’s in Omaha, Nebraska only.
Reader’s Digest disclosed Rob Lowe had a McGold Card limited to Santa Barbara and Goleta, California, courtesy of David Patterson, whose father was behind the Egg McMuffin. His card expired in 2016.
The magazine hinted at the exclusivity of the McGold Card, indicating it’s not within easy reach for regular people.
According to Reader’s Digest, the fast food giant McDonald’s held a ‘McDonald’s for Life’ competition in December 2022 as part of their ‘SZN of Sharing’ promotion.
Over a fortnight, each purchase made through the McDonald’s app earned customers another entry to win the coveted McGold Card, along with three more entries to share with family or friends.
The card entitled the lucky winner to two complimentary McDonald’s meals every week for a whopping 50 years.
Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova avoided a first-round upset with a hard-fought victory over promising youngster Alexandra Eala.
The Czech had been an injury doubt coming into the tournament but showed her experience to begin her title defence with a 3-6 6-2 6-1 win on Centre Court.
Krejcikova beat Italian Jasmine Paolini in last year’s final to lift the trophy but has been hampered by injury problems this year.
She endured a lengthy lay-off with a back injury, then had to pull out of Eastbourne last week because of a thigh injury.
Seventeenth seed Krejcikova’s preparations for the tournament were not dissimilar last year, when she arrived at the All England Club having played just nine matches and struggling with injury.
Returning to the site of her emotional triumph by opening Tuesday’s play on Centre Court, Krejcikova looked somewhat out of sorts in the opening set against an in-form opponent.
Eala memorably stunned Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open in March, then made more history by becoming the first Filipina to reach the final of a WTA Tour event at Eastbourne last week, where she lost to Australian teenager Maya Joint.
That has catapulted her to 56th in the rankings, and all of that talent was on display on day two at the Championships.
The pair traded breaks early on as Krejcikova’s exquisite lob to take Eala’s serve was cancelled out by a double fault to put the match back on serve.
Mistakes from the reigning champion and an impressive range of shots from Eala secured a second break, and this time Krejcikova could not convert her break-back opportunity, missing the forehand on break point.
She seemed to be struggling on serve, uncomfortable with her ball toss and hit five double faults in the first set – perhaps an indication she is still battling that back injury.
After a lengthy game at 5-2 where Krejcikova saved a set point, Eala held her nerve to brilliantly serve out the set.
Krejcikova came back in the second set and, while she still looked uncomfortable on serve – frequently redoing her ball toss – she motored to a 5-0 lead.
Looking somewhat disappointed and desperate to avoid a second-set bagel, Eala rallied to hold her serve, then overturned one of the breaks, but could not prevent Krejcikova levelling the match.
A more comfortable third set followed as Krejcikova tidied up the errors and finally showed her emotion as she put herself on the brink of victory by securing the double break for 5-1, letting out a roar after her passing winner.
Wales striker Elise Hughes says the worry of missing out on Euro 2025 kept her motivated during the “bad times”, as she recovered from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery.
The 24-year-old Crystal Palace striker returned to action in February after missing nine months of football following the knee injury.
Wales cap centurion Sophie Ingle has also returned to the squad after suffering the same injury, while goalkeeper Laura O’Sullivan, defender Mayzee Davies and midfielder Megan Wynne have all been ruled out of the tournament in Switzerland after ACL surgery.
World governing body Fifa is funding research into whether hormonal fluctuations during menstrual cycles could be contributing to the rise in ACL injuries in women’s football.
The year-long study at Kingston University London began in June.
Research suggests female footballers are two to six times more likely to suffer the injuries than their male counterparts.
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‘You never think it’ll be you’
Hughes had just sealed promotion with Palace when she suffered her ACL injury, but attention quickly turned to Wales.
“Obviously the injury at the time was really bad. It came in a season for me that I thought I did really well in,” Hughes told BBC Sport Wales.
“I returned in February already knowing that the girls had qualified for us, and so then it was just an added motivation to be back and to be better and to be ready for the stage this summer.
“I was out for nine months. I fought every day to try and make it shorter but that’s just not safe. “
Hughes says the road to recovery from an ACL injury is tougher than people realise, but she found the hardest thing was not being able to immediately return to play at the same standard.
“Obviously, at the start, you strip it right back to obviously learning to walk again, and you just never think that’s going to be you,” she said.
“You obviously know that an ACL injury plagues the women’s game in particular, but you just never think it’s going to be you until it’s you.
“But I feel like I didn’t really understand it, I didn’t really accept it until like three or four months in.
“Everyone is different. For me the hardest part for me was returning because I didn’t return the same as when I left. And that was hard for me because I just thought I was going to come back in and be fit and firing, but I had just spent the best part of a season out of the game.
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Sharing Ingle’s injury burden
Hughes says she made it a priority to try and help her international team-mate when she suffered the same injury during pre-season in 2024.
Ingle’s timeline always meant she would be touch and go to be fit for Euro 2025 and although she has been named in Wales’ squad, the former Chelsea midfielder has not played a competitive game in more than a year.
“It was the first time I was more experienced than Soph at something, because I was obviously a few months ahead,” Hughes said.
“I just said to her, like, listen, it’s obviously awful.
“I reached out to Soph at the start, like once a week. She probably thought I was annoying at times! And then after that every month, just to make sure that she was feeling good, and you know that she was feeling positive, because sometimes you can slip away from the positivity.
Fit and firing for Switzerland
Now fully fit, Hughes says she is desperate to make her mark in Wales’ first major tournament experience.
Rhian Wilkinson’s side have been drawn in a daunting group with England, France and the Netherlands, but Hughes says the Wales squad are already feeling at home in Switzerland and are ready to compete.
“It’s really surreal to be here. We got here. The staff that came out the week before we were here have made it a home away from Wales. Where we are, in particular, is very Welsh scenery, so we feel right at home already,” she added.
“Honestly, walking in is just everything we’ve ever wanted. And now that we’re here, we’re ready to go. We’re really excited.
“Being at a major tournament is amazing. It’s honestly once in a lifetime and you can just tell as soon as we got here, it was a real pinch-me moment.
Riyadh-based club Al Hilal and the Saudi Pro League (SPL) have made a habit of making international headlines in recent years, but almost exclusively it’s been for off-field matters involving money and player transfers.
Whether it was Brazilian superstar Neymar’s 90-million-euro ($98m) blockbuster signing in 2023 and subsequent departure 17 months later after playing just seven games, or their unsuccessful attempts to lure other big names like Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen, the club and league are never far from the headlines at this time of year as the summer transfer window kicks into gear.
And now, once again, the whole world is talking about Al Hilal – but for an entirely different reason.
For once, they’re talking about the football because Al Hilal has only gone and defeated Manchester City – a star-studded side that has won four of the past five English Premier League titles and a UEFA Champions League title two year ago – in the Round of 16 at the newly expanded FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) in the United States.
As far as world football’s elite clubs go, Pep Guardiola’s side sit right near the very top. But on this night in Orlando, now etched in Saudi football folklore, they were no match for Al Hilal; the thrilling, see-sawing encounter ending 4-3 after a simply remarkable 120 minutes of football that heralded the arrival of Middle East club football onto a global stage.
Al Hilal’s historic victory makes them the first Asian side to beat a European side in a FIFA tournament.
Al Hilal’s coach, Simone Inzaghi, who only joined the club a few weeks after guiding Inter Milan to the UEFA Champions League final in May, likened the challenge to climbing the world’s tallest mountain.
“The key to this result was the players, and the heart they put on the pitch tonight,” the 49-year-old Italian said.
“We had to do something extraordinary because we all know Manchester City, that team. We had to climb Mount Everest without oxygen and we made it. ”
Al Hilal’s Italian head coach Simone Inzaghi gestures during the match against Manchester City [Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP]
Heroes across the park
Towards the end of the game, the Everest metaphor was apt because Al Hilal’s stars were completely exhausted; the hot and humid weather conditions, along with the enormity of the occasion, conspiring to sap almost every last ounce out of their being.
But they simply refused to give in or give up. Despite conceding three goals to City, goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was a brick wall between the sticks, making numerous heroic saves to keep Al Hilal in the contest during the first half.
Striker Marcos Leonardo could barely walk by the end of the game, but his iconic celebration of what proved to be the match-winning goal will be remembered by Al Hilal fans for a long time to come.
Key midfielders Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic may as well have worn gladiator armour, such was their fight and determination, while unheralded Saudi players such as Nasser al-Dawsari and Moteb al-Harbi made a name for themselves on the sport’s biggest stage.
“All the players were exceptional in everything, in the possession phase, the non-possession phase,” Inzaghi continued.
“It is barely three weeks that we are together and you can see the level of application, they really put the effort in. As a coach clearly that is very satisfying.
“The lads delivered that performance, they have reached the quarterfinals. ”
Al Hilal players celebrate on the field after scoring their third goal against Manchester City [Francois Nel/Getty Images via AFP]
Pre-match, few pundits gave Al Hilal more than a puncher’s chance of victory against the defending CWC champion Manchester City, who had a perfect 3-from-3 winning record in the group stage.
City, a super team known around the world, had multiple opportunities to win the match but failed to capitalise at key points late in the contest. Their stunning defeat to Al Hilal will likely be the subject of post-tournament revisionism that attempts to downplay the importance of the CWC to mega clubs at the end of a gruelling, 10-month 2024-25 campaign.
But what of Al Hilal? They, too, were at the end of a long, and ultimately unsuccessful campaign, finishing second in the SPL behind Al Ittihad and falling at the semifinal stage of the AFC Champions League Elite.
Like their City counterparts, when you include international football, many of Al Hilal’s stars had played more than 50 games this season and faced three taxing CWC fixtures in the intense heat of an US summer.
But they also came into this game devoid of three of their regular starting XI, including two of their most important attacking threats in Aleksandar Mitrovic and Salem Al-Dawsari.
Together, they combined for 55 goals and 25 assists in all competitions this past season, leaving an unbelievable void in attack; while Hassan al-Tambakti, a central defender who is the preferred partner of Kalidou Koulibaly in the heart of defence, was also sidelined after injuring his knee in training on the eve of the game.
It meant Neves, their best midfielder, was deployed in the heart of defence, forcing other reshuffles across the pitch.
Against a stacked Manchester City side that had replenished its stocks significantly ahead of this tournament, this was a game that Al Hilal would ordinarily have had no right winning.
But this is also why football is the beautiful game; the impossible made possible.
The scenes of celebration in the dressing rooms, and across the cafes and streets of Riyadh in the early hours of Tuesday morning, were reminiscent of another of Saudi football’s recent milestone moments – their 2-1 win over Argentina at the World Cup in Qatar.
The shockwaves of this result will reverberate around the football world in the same way. After two years of distraction about money and potential star acquisitions at Al Hilal, this match was the coming-out party for club football in Saudi Arabia.
Al Hilal fans in the stands during the last-16 knockout match between Al Hilal and Manchester City at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida, US, on June 30, 2025 [Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images via Reuters]
