After a remarkable 371-run chase and five-wicket victory over India in the first Test at Headingley, former England captain and BBC Sport pundit Michael Vaughan thinks England “could be in for a special ride.”
After a remarkable 371-run chase and five-wicket victory over India in the first Test at Headingley, former England captain and BBC Sport pundit Michael Vaughan thinks England “could be in for a special ride.”
Sophie Ingle says she will be ready to play in Wales’ opening game of Euro 2025 against the Netherlands on Saturday, 5 July.
Wales have been without the influential 33-year-old for nine months after she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) last September.
The long-time former captain has defied the odds to make head coach Rhian Wilkinson’s squad for the European Championship, and is currently part of a pre-tournament camp in Portugal.
Wales face the Dutch in Lucerne before games against France and England in Group D at the tournament in Switzerland.
When asked whether she would be available for the Netherlands game, Ingle said “Yes. I feel good. I’m still ticking off a few things over the next week with the medical team but I’m in a good place on the pitch and all my testing is improving.
“I do feel really good on the pitch right now and whatever role I’m needed [to play] for the team I’ll be ready, but I’m still trying to push through the fitness side of things for the next week.
With 141 international caps to her name, Ingle brings great experience to a squad building up to their first women’s major tournament.
But after months of questions about whether she would make it to Switzerland, Ingle – who is looking for a new club this summer after a seven-year spell with Chelsea – insists she has stayed calm all along.
“I wasn’t worried,” Ingle told the Feast of Football podcast.
“I think from when I first got injured I was always open about it, saying that I’m coming no matter what, whether I made the squad, whether I was going to be a training player or whether I was going to be a fan.
“I wanted to be here with the girls on this journey and I would’ve done anything I could to get on that plane, in any role. I would’ve been kit man if you wanted me to.
“Obviously I always wanted to get in to the squad and be available for selection, but if my injury had prevented that then I was going to be here.”
She has also worked as a pitchside TV pundit for Wales games, including the play-off victory over Republic of Ireland which saw Wales clinch their Euro 2025 place last December.
Ingle, who was on crutches at the time, was on air discussing Wales’ success when she was whisked off by her celebrating team-mates.
“It was nice that the girls came over to get me and I could enjoy that with the team. I think that was a nice touch,” Ingle said.
“When the whistle went it was just relief that the girls had done it. We’ve been so close in the past and been through so much, we could finally relax and enjoy the moment.
Andy Murray, the 18-year-old wildcard, made a significant impact during his first senior match at Wimbledon in 2005, according to Sue Barker and Andrew Castle.
Tim Henman, the former British number one, claims that Murray played “with a lot of freedom,” whereas Judy Murray recalls her son’s determination to play on Centre Court.
On BBC iPlayer, you can watch Andy Murray: Will to Win right now.
One star sign will experience uneasy feelings when a loved one’s enthusiasm is spewed on Wednesday, June 25.
There are 12 zodiac signs – Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces – and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more.
These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years. From Aries through to Pisces, here’s what today could bring for your horoscope – and what you can do to be prepared.
You’ll occasionally wish you hadn’t made as many commitments. A little more breathing room and more free time would be nice. You don’t seem to have any other choice but to take on new responsibilities, even though you may not be.
Not everything is as perfect as it could be. Even so, the majority of negative experiences are likely to last a long time. Take, for instance, finances. This will not be the best time to make purchases or sales because of the tight budget.
Your strong opinions on particular issues, whether they are related to finances, family issues, or your own sense of urgency, indicate that you are determined to keep things moving forward. To persuade others to understand your point of view, it might take a lot of convincing. perseverance
The diet may be taking a backseat today if you’ve recently started to watch your weight. There are times when the temptation to eat delicious and delicious food is too great to resist. Even though you are aware that you will later find this irksome.
You hoped for more, but nothing seems to be simple. It can feel like you’re navigating through treacle at times. You and other people are having a difficult time making any progress. Progress seems to beelusive, whether you’re working independently or with a partner.
A friend is experiencing difficult times. You’ll want to be there for them because you’ve had similar experiences. At the same time, you’ll end up feeling worn out by the experience. Try to avoid having a negative impact on other people’s well-being.
You can start the day off in high spirits with little effort. Someone will be interested in learning about your worries. You may not want to worry them about an issue or joint venture, but you don’t want to.
After a busy few days at the office, you and your coworker are starting to develop a strong rapport. You have more in common than just your work, though. When you occasionally feel as though you can read other people’s minds, you will connect on other levels as well.
Knowing that your partner and close friends have the same future dreams always makes you feel good. You might initially be enthralled by a loved one’s enthusiasm, but it might also become increasingly uneasy. Although you are drawn to unknown possibilities, you will choose to pursue them independently.
You might not be successful at a job you are working at. You won’t have anticipated any issues with this, so you’ll be surprised. You will have valid grounds to believe someone is undermining your efforts if you are a member of a team. It won’t be simple to demonstrate this.
Extreme jealousy limits your freedom due to a loved one’s extreme jealousy. You’ll be asking yourself whether it’s time to leave this relationship because of their attempts to restrict your freedom or the ultimatum they have. Do so carefully because their mood fluctuates.
Sometimes people use foul language, but it will eventually fade away. This is a good time to look for new opportunities if you can identify areas of your life that could be improved. They won’t just approach you. You must conduct a thorough search for them.
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Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez are to finally tie the knot – despite concerns wedding crashers are poised to strike.
Protesters with Greenpeace and the UK-based activist group Everyone Hates Elon (EHE) are braced to express their fury at the extravagant affair, which will see 200 guests enjoy a pre-wedding gala dinner tomorrow night and then several other festivities across three days.
Mr Bezos, 61, has already had to amend plans, though, because Venice residents have threatened to blockade the city’s historic canals with inflatable crocodiles. They are so unhappy the billionaire “will shutting down Venice” that Mr Bezos has scrambled to move the ceremony itself from the 16th-century Scuola Grande della Misericordia to Arsenale, a vast, fortress-like complex of shipyards and warehouses once used to build Venetian warships.
The star is determined for the occasion to go ahead without any further snags as he has been dating Miss Sánchez, a news reporter, for some seven years. It is likely no challenges will arise once the 200 guests, including Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner, descend on the tiny island of San Giovanni Evangelista for Thursday’s dinner. Just 11 people live on the island and its only dwelling is a modest five-bedroom home, previously the guesthouse to a convent which was part of a long-destroyed monastery complex.
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However, EHE and Greenpeace protesters posted a huge 20x20m message close to the location of Mr. Bezos’s planned marriage on mainland Venice, where the majority of the guests will stay and board a boat to the island.
The banner, in the city’s famous St Mark’s Square, reads: “IF YOU CAN RENT VENICE FOR YOUR WEDDING YOU CAN PAY MORE TAX.” The groups complain Mr Bezos, a father of four, is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1% true tax rate.
Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down a city for days on end just to get married, according to a spokesperson for EHE. He spent millions on an 11-minute space trip just a few weeks ago. This is the one thing that billionaires like Bezos should pay their wealth taxes if there ever was one.
There are more billionaires than ever in the world, despite the struggles of the average person to pay their bills. These two things are undoubtedly related because we are paying a premium for them. Tax billionaires like Jeff Bezos are now doing it, not rocket science.
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The billionaire, according to some, reportedly anticipated the negative feedback by utilizing San Giovanni Evangelista as an emergency precaution to avoid any unintended fuss. This is a wise decision, according to a wedding planner who spoke yesterday. Wonderful, very clever, and not obvious.
But another source told Mail Online they believe Mr Bezos to be “unlucky”, having ended up “picking [one of] the worst days to get married”. They alluded to the conflict between Iran and Israel which remains tense despite Donald Trump’s claims a ceasefire was reached on Monday.
And Mr Trump was expected at the wedding but, due to the tensions in the Middle East, it is anticipated the Republican leader will miss the ceremony on Friday. The guest list is, though, full of stars from across the world, notably in wealthy showbusiness circles.