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Cruz Beckham ‘hints’ at ‘inappropriate’ song Victoria requested for dance with Brooklyn

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Cruz Beckham has been spotted liking a playful meme about his brother Brooklyn’s claim that mum Victoria “danced very inappropriately on” him at his 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz

Cruz Beckham has subtly waded into the feud between brother Brooklyn and their mum Victoria after the former’s bombshell statement earlier this week. On Monday night, Brooklyn broke his silence on the rift between him and his famous parents, claiming that they have repeatedly tried to ruin his relationship with wife Nicola Peltz.

The 26-year-old accused his mum of “hijacking” his first dance with Nicola at their multi-million-pound wedding, writing: “In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.

“She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.”

The explosive claim has turned into a meme by fans, poking fun at the idea of Victoria’s” inappropriate dancing “- and it seems as though younger brother Cruz has seen the funny side. The 20-year-old liked a social media post suggesting that Victoria requested Ginuwine hit Pony for the first dance.

In the skit, the mock DJ says:” And now for the song requested by the mother of the groom for her first dance wit her son! “He then starts playing the 1996 R&amp, B hit.

Yesterday, a guest at the Palm Beach wedding revealed their account of Victoria’s “inappropriate” dance. Stavros Agapiou, the partner of British DJ Fat Tony, said in a now-deleted comment on influencer Jack Remmington’s post about the scandal: “I was there and she did, he’s telling the truth.”

After deleting the comment, he wrote instead:” Good on him for finally speaking out! “It’s not the first time that the” hijacking “claim has been made, with a source telling People in May last year that Nicola left the room crying after Victoria took over the dance.

” Marc Anthony, who is a friend of the Beckhams, offered to perform as a gift at the wedding, “they said”. Before the song began, Marc Anthony asked Brooklyn to come to the stage, and then announced, ‘ The most beautiful woman in the room tonight, come on up, Victoria Beckham! ‘ “

Another source added that they saw “Nicola run from the room crying.” They continued, “Nicola believed Victoria did this intentionally because she was aware that Brooklyn and Nicola were doing a planned romantic dance.” Why, she couldn’t figure it out, she said.

Victoria is said to be heartbroken by Brooklyn’s explosive statement, while dad David is angry. A source told The Mirror: “Victoria is on the floor, shocked to pieces that her son would do this. Everyone is in shock. But Victoria is totally in pieces over this.

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She worries, too, that Brand Beckham’s career will end, and that David’s worries about what other projects he will pursue.

Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Gauff Surge Into Australian Open Third Round

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Aryna Sabalenka and a nearly faultless Coco Gauff were the top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who fought off a string of “bombs” before entering the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.

Daniil Medvedev, a three-time champion, fought through four sets to keep his Grand Slam hopes on track in Melbourne Park, which was cooler and overcast all day.

Alcaraz, the Spanish superstar, defeated German Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-2) in a heart-wrenching arm fight to claim his second Grand Slam of his career.

Before setting up a showdown with either France’s Corentin Moutet or the American Michael Zheng, he was put through his paces by a player who was 12 years older.

Alcaraz, who has six major titles already but has never won more than the last eight in Melbourne, said, “To be honest, it was tougher than I thought at the beginning.”

“The ball didn’t feel that good,” I said. You’re aware that the ball was coming with both the forehand and backhand.

Rafael Nadal’s compatriot will become the youngest man to do so if the 22-year-old wins the Australian Open to complete the career Grand Slam of all four majors.

The unpredictably unpredictable Medvedev, who finished second in 2021, 2022, and 2024, is trying to control his emotions this year and showed his best form in a fight against Quentin Halys.

He lost a tight first set, but his performance never came under doubt as he crossed the finish line with a score of 6-7 (9/11), 6-3, 6-4, and 6-2.

The Russian, who will next face Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan, said, “It was a very tough match, happy I managed to fight.”

The second round was safely negotiated by Russian Andrey Rublev, American Tommy Paul, Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, and Tomas Etcheverry, as well as Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Russian Francisco Cerundolo.

The latest obstacle facing the German as they attempt to win their first Grand Slam title in a late-night contest against France’s Alexandre Muller is Alexander Zverev.

The third-ranked player, Jannik Sinner’s last year, dropped a set in his opening match, but he argued that it was a good idea to get stretched early in the tournament.

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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts to Bai Zhuoxuan’s point in a women’s singles match on day four of the Australian Open tennis competition in Melbourne on January 21, 2026. (Photo by IZHAR KHAN/AFP)

Before giving the Chinese player a glimmer of hope, Sabalenka raced 5-0 clear of qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan, who is ranked a lowly 702, on center court.

However, the top seed was able to win the match with a score of 6-3, 6-1, and set up a meeting with Austria-born Anastasia Potapova, who defeated 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu.

Sabalenka, who is competing for a third Australian Open title in four years, said, “Super-happy to close the (first) set, it gives me confidence that my game is there and my focus is there.”

“Step by step,” I’m thrilled with my victory. There is always room for improvement.

Sabalenka is trying to make up for her upset loss to Madison Keys last year by dropping just nine games.

Third seed Gauff put an end to Venus Williams’ tournament against Serbian Olga Danilovic in round one.

On Margaret Court Arena, the two-time major champion won with a straight-6, 6-2 lead.

Next, Hailey Baptiste, a 70th-ranked American, will face off in a showdown with Storm Hunter, who defeated him in straight sets.

Gauff, whose Melbourne semifinal performance was “near perfect,” called it “perfect.”

On day 4, Elina Svitolina, the 12th seed of Ukraine, Zeynep Sonmez, the top prospect in Turkey, and Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, the top seed, won all over in straight sets.

With Priscilla Hon taking on American Iva Jovic, sixth seed Alex de Minaur will face Hamad Medjedovic in the evening’s center court matchup.

Victoria Beckham cut up over one line in Brooklyn post – and it’s not dance humiliation

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Victoria Beckham has hit the headlines after her son Brooklyn Beckham mentioned her dancing ‘inappropriately’ at his wedding in a scathing statement – but there is one part that’s left her even more devastated

Victoria Beckham has been left devastated over son Brooklyn’s statement which called her out as a mother in front of the entire world.

While fans have been become fixated over the brutal wedding revelations – including that bride Nicola Peltz ran out of her own reception in tears after watching Victoria dance ‘inappropriately on’ her son, for the fashion designer this is not the worst part of Brooklyn’s take down.

For mum Victoria the most stinging line that she cannot get over was the very end of Brooklyn’s takedown. Friends say the mum of four was completley heartbroken over the mention of her eldest’s ‘future family’ and how she will never be a part of their lives.

Giving an explosive end to his six page gut-punch, Brooklyn wrote: “All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.”

The subtle hint at future grandchildren is said to have been particularly hurtful to Victoria and David who have always gushed about putting their family first.

Being grandparents is said to be a dream for them, and Brooklyn has made it clear they will not be seeing any children that he and Nicola welcome as he vowed to cut ties for good.

David and Victoria are said to be frantic over the statement that will see them frozen out unless things improve dramatically between the Beckhams and their eldest son.

When asked about how she’d feel about being a grandmother during an interview in 2024 – years before the family chaos – Victoria said: “Hopefully one day if I am blessed, then that would be wonderful.”

A source exclusively revealed to The Mirror that Victoria was “on the floor” and “shocked to pieces” when she first saw the lengthy statement, and had only found out about it seconds after it went live.

“Victoria is on the floor, shocked to pieces that her son would do this. Everyone is in shock. But Victoria is totally in pieces over this. But, she is worried, as is David, that this will be the end of Brand Beckham, with the claims of the falseness and pretend relationships; they are worried about what else he is going to come out with,” they said.

“They’re still blaming Nicola, feeling she had put him up to this, and it’s all to do with her; they’re constantly blaming Nicola. But as Brooklyn said, he had to do this. He’s sick of being controlled by their narrative”

The source added: “He sent legal letters telling them to stop talking about them and putting false stuff out there, the wedding dress, it was an awful thing for Victoria to do and made out Nicola didn’t want to wear her dress.”

In it, he claimed he did not want to reconcile with his family and said his family had “controlled narratives” for his entire life. He claimed that his mother cancelled making his wife Nicola Peltz’s wedding dress and embarrassed him at his wedding.

He wrote: “My mum cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.” He also said how his mum “hijacked” his first dance, something which has been subjected to memes across the internet, leaving Victoria even more devastated sources have claimed.

“My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead. She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone,” he wrote.

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“I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.”

What went wrong for Raducanu in Melbourne?

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We are all guilty of plotting ahead when Grand Slam draws are held.

Turns out Emma Raducanu’s performance at the Australian Open went one over the mark.

In round three, Aryna Sabalenka had a chance to win the title, but Austria’s Anastasia Potapova suffered a crushing defeat on Wednesday.

In a 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 second-round defeat to Potapova, who was seeded 28th, Raducanu was completely out of sorts.

Raducanu frustrated wants to play “in a different way.”

Raducanu made encouraging progress last year, placing her back in the top 30 in the world and winning more matches than she had in any other career season.

However, a foot injury prevented the technical work she had planned for the off-season with Rafael Nadal, who helped him win 16 of his 22 major titles.

A higher and longer takeback, intended to give Raducanu more spin, was made clear when she returned in 2026.

But she didn’t seem to have any faith in the shot against Potapova, making 19 unforced errors off that wing and a 70% of her forehand returns in compared to her opponent’s 96%.

“I want to be playing in a different way. I want to work on the disconnect between how I’m playing right now and how I want to play, Raducanu said.

There are definitely areas where I play exactly how I want to, which is encouraging. However, I don’t want to be consistently that way.

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Since her stunning US Open victory in 2021, Raducanu has only once advanced past the third round of a Grand Slam.

Last year, she won seven majors, but she lost to the world’s top athletes, including Iga Swiatek, Sabalenka, and Elena Rybakina, at Wimbledon and US Open.

For the first time since the 2022 US Open, when she was still 11th overall, Raducanu has been defeated by a lower-ranked player at a major.

All aspects of Raducanu’s match against Potapova were made mistakes. She hardly ever spoke to her support box or the crowd, and her mood and movement were uninspired.

Raducanu said, “I didn’t feel very well from the beginning.”

Is there a potential for a new coaching program?

Some will undoubtedly be asking about Roig’s future given Raducanu’s history of hiring and firing coaches, especially given that she admitted she is not playing the way she wants to.

Raducanu insists that their relationship is still at odds with one another. They first started working together in August.

She responded to BBC Sport by asking if they were still playing the same way, saying, “I didn’t play how I wanted to because I wasn’t hitting any shots particularly well.” When you’re completely off, it’s difficult to take an assessment.

“Over the past few months, Me and Francis have done some amazing things for me, and I’ve seen improvements in so many different things about my game.

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During Potapova’s defeat, the pair exchanged few words, and Roig gave him fewer instructions than he did when he first started playing the part.

It was also noticeable when, in the opening round, she faced 197th-ranked Mananchaya Sawangkaew.

She said, “I think I’ve just come to the realization that the best way for me to deal with difficult situations is to find the solutions from within.”

“I feel like when I look over and ask questions, it brings more negativity, whereas I really know the answer,” I think.

Raducanu is chilly after an off-season disruption.

Two months before Raducanu’s 2025 season, a bruised foot caused her to stop hitting until December 20 – three weeks later than planned due to a broken foot.

Raducanu remarked conceitedly that her lack of preparation contributed to her subpar performance.

“I hadn’t moved from my half of the court on January 1,” Raducanu said.

“From a physical standpoint, it would have been pretty surprising if you would have told me I would have played four or five matches in Australia, regardless of how they ended,” I said.

With just one win to her name, Raducanu escaped the clutches of world number 204 Taylah Preston in Hobart.

She improved to beat Sawangkaew in the first round of Melbourne, but Potapova was unworthy of her efforts.

“With each one, at least until today,” Raducanu continued.

“I don’t really want to be doing anything, but I find it really difficult to learn and feel through matches.”

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Japan to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant after 15-year shutdown

The largest nuclear power plant in the world will be restarted a decade and a half after the Fukushima disaster, which resulted in a nationwide shutdown of reactors.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) stated on Wednesday that it planned to start operations at the Niigata province plant at 7 p.m. (10 00 GMT) and that it was “proceeding with preparations.” However, concerns about safety persist.

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Following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the nation’s confidence in its nuclear energy infrastructure was destroyed by the country’s triple meltdown at Fukushima, which was managed by TEPCO.

On Wednesday, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will start its seventh reactor, which is just one. The plant will have 8.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power all of the country’s millions of households, when it is fully operational.

In Niigata, on the coast of the Japan Sea, the plant is spread out over 4.2 km (1. 6 miles) of land.

To improve energy security and reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, Japan, which has experienced setbacks with its offshore wind rollout, is returning to nuclear energy.

Out of 33 plants still in operation, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the 15th to be restarted. Following the disaster in 2011, Japan shut down all of its 54 reactors.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing for the construction of new reactors in addition to restarting those that are still viable.

To accelerate the country’s nuclear energy recovery, the government recently announced a new state funding plan.

Anxious and frightened?

As TEPCO looked into an alarm malfunction that it claims has since been fixed, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant restarted with a 15-meter-high (50-foot) tsunami wall and other safety upgrades.

Nearly 40, 000 people signed a petition to TEPCO and Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority earlier this month.

The plant was struck by a significant earthquake in 2007 because it is located in an active seismic fault zone.

The petition’s text reads, “We can’t remove the fear of being struck by another unanticipated earthquake.” It is intolerable to make many people anxious and fearful to send electricity to Tokyo.

Operators in nuclear power must never be haughty or overly confident, according to TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa, who told the Asahi daily. Safety is “an ongoing process, which means operators involved in nuclear power must never be haughty or overconfident.”