Charlie Dean, England’s spinner, believes that the team’s increased scrutiny has improved since a difficult winter.
Dean, 24, was a member of the England squad that West Indies knocked England out of the T20 World Cup last year, and Australia thrashed them 16-0 in the Women’s Ashes.
However, Dean claims that the experiences have made them “tougher” since Nat Sciver-Brunt’s side hammered South Africa in their Women’s World Cup opener on Friday.
“We’ve had challenges, and resilience is the best way to overcome them,” Dean said to BBC Sport.
“We received a little scrutiny on our part, which is good because it means people are watching.”
Dean added that England are “tougher” and “really positive” in their approach, which she believes is assisting the team in gaining their “mojo.”
Under the direction of Sciver-Brunt and coach Charlotte Edwards, England faced criticism for their fitness and attitudes both on and off the field during the Ashes fallout, but the 10-wicket thrashing of the Proteas resembled a victory.
On a Guwahati pitch with plenty of assistance for the spinners, Dean is cautious about getting carried away after such a comprehensive victory, while Linsey Smith led with three wickets.
You always work hard to beat the odds, but you never really believe it will happen, Dean said.
“So to begin in a World Cup like that is fantastic, but we are being very objective with our reflections because there are always things you can do better. Every game, it won’t happen that quickly.
Dean also disclosed that Sciver-Brunt’s vice-captain for the tournament had been chosen.
In the summer series against West Indies and India, England had chosen to use a “leadership group” made up of various senior players instead.
About Edwards asking her to perform the role, Dean responded, “I bit her arm off, really.
I feel like I’m becoming a little more of a leader now that I’ve had a little more summer captaincy experience, and I’ve also been improving my public speaking skills.
I’ll be doing my job, even if I can only donate 10% to Nat 10%.
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by seven wickets to start their World Cup campaign.
Marufa Akter, a 20-year-old seamer, took two wickets in the first over of the match with her extravagant inswing.
If you haven’t already bought the best-selling Ninja Air Fryer and want to get your hands on one for less, Ninja’s current offer beats Amazon’s Prime Day deal, saving shoppers £120
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Ninja sale beats Amazon Prime deal with £120 discount on best-selling air fryer(Image: Ninja)
Air fryers have emerged as the latest culinary craze, delivering a swifter and more practical cooking approach that’s captivating households across the nation.
With numerous brands competing for consumers’ attention, selecting the best option can prove quite daunting. Ninja, whilst commanding premium prices, has established itself as a producer of exceptional air fryers, as demonstrated by the abundance of rave reviews featured on its platform.
Research conducted by Ninja also indicates that its air fryers might deliver energy reductions compared to conventional oven usage.
The Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Digital Air Fryer stands amongst the brand’s bestsellers, with Ninja claiming it can prepare fish fingers and sausages an impressive 75% faster than your typical oven (including pre-heating time). Their findings additionally propose that an air fryer might “save up to 65% on energy bills” when preparing sausages, compared with a fan oven.
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Whilst the Foodi MAX Dual Zone Air Fryer enjoys a price cut in Amazon’s early Prime Day deals, dropping from £229.99 to £179.99, savvy shoppers will be delighted to discover that Ninja has reduced the cost even more dramatically.
Currently, Ninja is enticing customers with the Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Digital Air Fryer, offering a further £70 discount when you use the discount code: AIRFRY, reducing the price to an even lower £149.99. For those who closely monitor bargains, Camelcamelcamel confirms that this price beats the lowest price the appliance has reached since Amazon’s Black Friday sale.
The Ninja Foodi MAX air fryer, lauded for its twin cooking compartments that allow separate dishes to be cooked simultaneously, has been creating quite a stir.
Boasting six adaptable cooking modes – Max Crisp, Air Fry, Roast, Bake, Reheat, and Dehydrate – this appliance is transforming kitchen worktops by offering an array of culinary options, from crisping frozen treats to reheating yesterday’s leftovers. Additionally, Ninja claims that its air-frying function cuts fat consumption by up to 75%.
Perfect for both meal preparation enthusiasts and entertaining guests, the air fryer’s generous capacity can produce eight portions in a single session, accommodating either 1.4kg of chips or 2kg of chicken with ease in each section.
It includes two non-stick, dishwasher-friendly 4.75-litre baskets and crisping trays to ensure cleaning up is as effortless as the cooking experience.
Shoppers adore this kitchen gadget from Ninja, with over 2800 5-star reviews amassing on Ninja’s own website. One thrilled customer gushes: “Can’t believe I waited so long before buying an air fryer, absolutely loving it, and glad I listened to family and friends and went for the large double even though there’s only 2 of us.”
More praise comes from this buyer who beams: “Used Ninja airfryer for a couple of weeks, cooks a lot quicker than our old airfryer, even when it was new, very impressed!”
A third chimes in: “Absolutely amazing machine does everything it says but better. Cooks perfectly and saves so much time. Would always recommend Ninja.”
And this shopper raves: “We’ve had air fryers for a long time now, but this is the first Ninja, and I must say it’s brilliant. Using the probe is brilliant; it takes all the guesswork out of the cooking. We cooked steak, fish, and lamb, and the camembert came out perfect. The only gripe is the drawers seem a little small, but other than that, it’s fantastic.”
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Nevertheless, there’s a whole host of other air fryers vying for attention on the market, including more pocket-friendly versions with solid reputations.
Tony McCarroll was the original drummer of Oasis, but was kicked out of the band by Noel Gallagher. Now, almost 30 years since he left, he has been thrust back into the spotlight
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Noel Gallagher, Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, Tony McCarroll, Liam Gallagher in Oasis(Image: Getty)
When Tony McCarroll and his childhood mates decided to form a band, they had no idea how massive it would become.
Hailing from working-class Manchester, they fittingly named themselves The Rain. However, this name was short-lived.
Dissatisfied with their initial frontman, one of the band members put forward his mate for an audition. Liam Gallagher stepped in and aced the test.
After joining, he proposed a name change to Oasis and brought his brother Noel on board. But there was a catch – Noel would take over as the songwriter and leader.
They would eventually rise to become one of the most successful bands in history. Now, nearly three decades since Tony’s departure from Oasis, he finds himself back in the limelight.
Last year, the iconic band announced a reunion for a series of 14 gigs across the UK and Ireland next summer.
To sign up for the presale ballot for tickets, fans had to answer several questions to verify they weren’t bots. One question asked fans to name the band’s original drummer.
The answer is, of course, Tony McCarroll. In 2019, he chatted with the the Manchester Evening News about how he managed life post-Oasis fame following his 1995 exit, just before their legendary second album, What’s the Story Morning Glory?
As relations deteriorated amid rows with Noel, Tony said he felt like he was being completely ‘ignored’ and recalled chasing his bandmates around pubs in Heaton Moor, desperate to get some answers.
After the split, ‘tell all’ books were written and there was even a high-profile court battle. But it would be more than 20 years until Tony would come face-to-face with Liam Gallagher.
Tony was with Brian Cannon, the graphic designer who created the legendary front cover for Definitely Maybe, the band’s debut album. Brian had invited him back to an after party where Liam would be – and Tony wasn’t keen.
“I can’t. What will happen if it all kicks off?” Tony said.
He told the MEN: “We were all drunk and I just thought f*** it, I’ll take the bull by the horns. I basically walked straight in and said to someone ‘where’s Liam?’ Marched straight up to him and said ‘oi’.”
Tony wasn’t certain what would unfold next.
Liam is renowned for his fiery temperament and the rock n’roll afterparty they were all attending – for the screening of the documentary Supersonic – would have been the ideal backdrop for one of the frontman’s legendary outbursts.
But not that evening – instead it became a moment Tony recalls with warmth.
“It was hugs, kisses, ‘bloody hell, how are you?’ and all that,” he said. “He really made the time, and his partner Debbie got us a table so we could sit down and have a catch up. ‘How’s your mum? How’s this, how’s that?'”
“Nothing deep, or anything serious – it was just back to the Liam I initially met. I was so relieved really.”
The relief for Tony, 47, from Levenshulme, was welcome because he didn’t just leave any band in 1995, he left Oasis.
They went on to be the most colossal band the globe had witnessed since The Beatles, made up entirely of childhood mates from Irish Catholic working class Manchester backgrounds, from a city which had been for so long dismissed and abandoned by Tory governments.
Their ascent went hand in hand with Manchester’s cultural renaissance in the 90s, where it would become celebrated worldwide for its musical and sporting triumphs.
Everyone craved a slice of it, including Tony Blair. Tony McCarroll established the group in 1991 alongside Bonehead and Guigsy, before the Gallagher brothers came on board.
However, his involvement in this story was abruptly ended. His last Oasis appearance coincided with their debut number one single, Some Might Say, on Top of the Pops. The explanation for his dismissal varies depending on who you ask.
Noel maintains he lacked the skill to perform the tracks he was composing for the second album, which featured Don’t Look Back In Anger and Wonderwall.
Tony insists he was booted out because he challenged a controlling and distant Noel once too often.
Regardless of which version you accept, what ensued was legal action where Tony attempted to claim £18m from Oasis, arguing this represented what he deserved from the band’s five-album contract with Creation records.
In 1999, the matter was resolved privately for a six-figure amount. It shouldn’t have ended that way.
After all, Tony had grown up alongside the band, kicked footballs with them, resided within two miles of one another and as he revealed to the MEN: “Our mums made f***ing biscuits together at McVities.”
After the legal battle finally wrapped up, Tony realised he needed to get his life back on track and launched a music studio in Denton, Tameside, working with youngsters who’d been left to fend for themselves. He wanted to steer them towards picking up instruments as a way to turn their lives around for the better.
Tony’s goal was to offer them ‘a bit of direction’, mirroring how Liverpool outfit The Real People had mentored Oasis during their formative period, helping them record early versions of future classics like Colombia. He would teach drums, guitar and offer advice.
Today, he’s back in ‘regular employment’, which he says ‘keeps you sane’.
It comes after Oasis musician Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs revealed that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 60-year-old recently shared his diagnosis with fans in a post on X, rvealing that he’ll be missing several legs of the Oasis tour for cancer treatment.
He wrote on X: “Early this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The good news is I’m responding really well to treatment, which meant I could be part of this incredible tour. Now, I am having to take a planned break for the next phase of my care, so I’ll be missing the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney.
“I’m really sad to be missing these shows but l’m feeling good and will be back ready to go in time for South America. Have an amazing time if you’re going this month and I’ll see you back onstage with the band in November.”
A source close to Oasis also told the Mirror: “The band have known about the diagnosis from the outset and were fully behind Bonehead. Of course they wanted him to play the tour, but also Liam and Noel were clear his health comes first.
Tony McCarroll was the original drummer of Oasis, but was kicked out of the band by Noel Gallagher. Now, almost 30 years since he left, he has been thrust back into the spotlight
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Noel Gallagher, Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, Tony McCarroll, Liam Gallagher in Oasis(Image: Getty)
When Tony McCarroll and his childhood mates decided to form a band, they had no idea how massive it would become.
Hailing from working-class Manchester, they fittingly named themselves The Rain. However, this name was short-lived.
Dissatisfied with their initial frontman, one of the band members put forward his mate for an audition. Liam Gallagher stepped in and aced the test.
After joining, he proposed a name change to Oasis and brought his brother Noel on board. But there was a catch – Noel would take over as the songwriter and leader.
They would eventually rise to become one of the most successful bands in history. Now, nearly three decades since Tony’s departure from Oasis, he finds himself back in the limelight.
Last year, the iconic band announced a reunion for a series of 14 gigs across the UK and Ireland next summer.
To sign up for the presale ballot for tickets, fans had to answer several questions to verify they weren’t bots. One question asked fans to name the band’s original drummer.
The answer is, of course, Tony McCarroll. In 2019, he chatted with the the Manchester Evening News about how he managed life post-Oasis fame following his 1995 exit, just before their legendary second album, What’s the Story Morning Glory?
As relations deteriorated amid rows with Noel, Tony said he felt like he was being completely ‘ignored’ and recalled chasing his bandmates around pubs in Heaton Moor, desperate to get some answers.
After the split, ‘tell all’ books were written and there was even a high-profile court battle. But it would be more than 20 years until Tony would come face-to-face with Liam Gallagher.
Tony was with Brian Cannon, the graphic designer who created the legendary front cover for Definitely Maybe, the band’s debut album. Brian had invited him back to an after party where Liam would be – and Tony wasn’t keen.
“I can’t. What will happen if it all kicks off?” Tony said.
He told the MEN: “We were all drunk and I just thought f*** it, I’ll take the bull by the horns. I basically walked straight in and said to someone ‘where’s Liam?’ Marched straight up to him and said ‘oi’.”
Tony wasn’t certain what would unfold next.
Liam is renowned for his fiery temperament and the rock n’roll afterparty they were all attending – for the screening of the documentary Supersonic – would have been the ideal backdrop for one of the frontman’s legendary outbursts.
But not that evening – instead it became a moment Tony recalls with warmth.
“It was hugs, kisses, ‘bloody hell, how are you?’ and all that,” he said. “He really made the time, and his partner Debbie got us a table so we could sit down and have a catch up. ‘How’s your mum? How’s this, how’s that?'”
“Nothing deep, or anything serious – it was just back to the Liam I initially met. I was so relieved really.”
The relief for Tony, 47, from Levenshulme, was welcome because he didn’t just leave any band in 1995, he left Oasis.
They went on to be the most colossal band the globe had witnessed since The Beatles, made up entirely of childhood mates from Irish Catholic working class Manchester backgrounds, from a city which had been for so long dismissed and abandoned by Tory governments.
Their ascent went hand in hand with Manchester’s cultural renaissance in the 90s, where it would become celebrated worldwide for its musical and sporting triumphs.
Everyone craved a slice of it, including Tony Blair. Tony McCarroll established the group in 1991 alongside Bonehead and Guigsy, before the Gallagher brothers came on board.
However, his involvement in this story was abruptly ended. His last Oasis appearance coincided with their debut number one single, Some Might Say, on Top of the Pops. The explanation for his dismissal varies depending on who you ask.
Noel maintains he lacked the skill to perform the tracks he was composing for the second album, which featured Don’t Look Back In Anger and Wonderwall.
Tony insists he was booted out because he challenged a controlling and distant Noel once too often.
Regardless of which version you accept, what ensued was legal action where Tony attempted to claim £18m from Oasis, arguing this represented what he deserved from the band’s five-album contract with Creation records.
In 1999, the matter was resolved privately for a six-figure amount. It shouldn’t have ended that way.
After all, Tony had grown up alongside the band, kicked footballs with them, resided within two miles of one another and as he revealed to the MEN: “Our mums made f***ing biscuits together at McVities.”
After the legal battle finally wrapped up, Tony realised he needed to get his life back on track and launched a music studio in Denton, Tameside, working with youngsters who’d been left to fend for themselves. He wanted to steer them towards picking up instruments as a way to turn their lives around for the better.
Tony’s goal was to offer them ‘a bit of direction’, mirroring how Liverpool outfit The Real People had mentored Oasis during their formative period, helping them record early versions of future classics like Colombia. He would teach drums, guitar and offer advice.
Today, he’s back in ‘regular employment’, which he says ‘keeps you sane’.
It comes after Oasis musician Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs revealed that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 60-year-old recently shared his diagnosis with fans in a post on X, rvealing that he’ll be missing several legs of the Oasis tour for cancer treatment.
He wrote on X: “Early this year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The good news is I’m responding really well to treatment, which meant I could be part of this incredible tour. Now, I am having to take a planned break for the next phase of my care, so I’ll be missing the gigs in Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney.
“I’m really sad to be missing these shows but l’m feeling good and will be back ready to go in time for South America. Have an amazing time if you’re going this month and I’ll see you back onstage with the band in November.”
A source close to Oasis also told the Mirror: “The band have known about the diagnosis from the outset and were fully behind Bonehead. Of course they wanted him to play the tour, but also Liam and Noel were clear his health comes first.
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England’s Red Roses making a successful defence of their Rugby World Cup title in Australia in 2029 is part of a five-year Rugby Football Union plan to keep growing the women’s game.
John Mitchell’s team, who extended their record winning streak to 33 matches by beating Canada in the Rugby World Cup final last month, have also been set a target of returning a 90% win ratio over the period.
Alex Teasdale, the RFU’s director of the women’s game, said: “The Red Roses have long set the standard for the women’s game, globally – winning trophies, smashing records, and inspiring a new generation of girls to dream bigger.
“But staying at the top means never standing still.”
Last year, the RFU invested £15m into the women’s game, which returned £8m in revenue.
It is hoped that the continued success of the Red Roses, combined with more brand partnerships, can grow revenue to a cumulative total of £60m over the next five years.
The RFU believes the women’s team, who have attracted their own team-specific sponsors in sectors such as electronics, skincare and clothing in recent years, can become profitable by 2030.
It said it would “deliver a performance strategy that ensures the Red Roses remain global leaders”.
The latest action plan, an update of a 2021-2027 strategy, is designed to capitalise on post-World Cup momentum and aims to boost the number of women players and Red Roses fans.
The RFU hopes to increase the number of women’s players registered to a club from 60,000 to 70,000 and grow the Red Roses’ supporter base to three million by 2030.
Teasdale believes that improving a dominant Red Roses team will help other women’s national teams make the case for better funding from their own unions, governments and sponsors.
“The RFU is still the biggest investor in women’s rugby worldwide,” said Teasdale.
“If we don’t continue to build on this success, if the momentum falters, it’s not just a national setback – it risks slowing the growth of the women’s game globally.
Before the most recent round of 2026 World Cup qualifiers, France coach Didier Deschamps announced on Monday that Kylian Mbappe will have his right ankle examined.
The France captain’s knock ended Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday, putting doubts on his availability for the national team’s upcoming qualifying games against Azerbaijan and Iceland.
On December 17, 2022, during a training session at the Al Sadd SC training center in Doha, France’s coach Didier Deschamps (C) speaks with France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe. (FRANCK FIFE/AFP photo)
Deschamps addressed reporters at the French team’s Clairefontaine base near Paris, telling them, “I spoke with Kylian, he had a small niggle, but it’s not serious,” Deschamps said.
“We will take the time to assess the situation and observe how it develops with the medical staff.”
We’ll take stock (then) as usual, he said, “I don’t have any further information at this point because the players will be arriving around 4pm (1400 GMT).”
On September 30, 2025, Kairat Almaty and Real Madrid play at the Almaty Ortalyk stadium in Almaty, France’s #10 Kylian Mbappe controls the ball. (Photo by Vyacheslav OSELEDKO/AFP)
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Ibrahima Konate, the Reds defender, is also scheduled to undergo tests following his injury scare against Chelsea on Saturday, which ended the Reds’ 2-1 defeat.
