Scotland bounced back from successive defeats in Cricket World Cup League 2 by cruising to an eight-wicket win over United Arab Emirates in Utrecht.
The Scots had lost to the same opposition and the Netherlands in the past week and needed a win to get their campaign back on track.
Having struggled in those two matches, Richie Berrington’s bowlers delivered a fine performance after UAE opted to bat first.
Sussex seamer Brad Currie and new-ball partner Brandon McMullen took three wickets apiece, while McMullen also claimed a run-out as Scotland dominated from the off.
Only Muhammad Waseem (61) offered any resistance in a total of 161, hitting four fours and three sixes before he was bowled by McMullen.
In reply, George Munsey continued his fine form at the top of the order with 56 off just 45 balls to hammer home Scotland’s advantage.
McMullen then capped his fine outing with an unbeaten 50, becoming the fastest Scotland batter to reach 1,000 one-day international runs in the process.
He put on 60 with captain Berrington as Scotland reached their target with 25.4 overs to spare.
“Conditions suited me today with the ball,” McMullen said. “Very happy to contribute to the team’s success today.
“It’s been a bit frustrating the past couple of games with the bat, luckily today I went all the way through.
“It’s a massive honour and privilege to hold that record and hopefully it gets broken in the future.”
Canada striker Jonathan David has said he will leave Lille this summer amid links to several Premier League clubs.
The 25-year-old will depart the French side at the end of the current season when his contract expires.
“Every story has a beginning and an end,” the forward said in a video posted on his Instagram page. “I wanted to tell you myself that, after many years at the club, it is time for me to say goodbye.”
It comes amid David being touted for a move to several clubs across Europe, including in England.
Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and West Ham have all shown a reported interest in the player because of his form in Ligue 1.
David has scored 109 goals in 231 games for Lille, including 25 in 48 appearances this season.
Having joined from Belgian club Gent in 2020, David helped Lille beat perennial champions PSG to the French league title in 2020-21.
As Erik Fleming is sentenced in relation to the tragic death of Matthew Perry, the Mirror takes a look at the Friends icon’s complicated love life, including his sad reason for never marrying
On May 17, 2001, Friends fans all over the world cheered as commitment-phobe Chandler Bing tied the knot with his opposites-attract soulmate, Monica Gellar.
The season seven finale of the wildly popular sitcom ended on a fairytale note. Sadly, as much as he longed for love, Chandler actor Matthew Perry, who passed away on October 28, 2023, never found his Monica.
Matthew was just 54 years old when he died in the hot tub of his LA home. His death was ruled as an accident from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’, and followed many years of addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Now, Erik Fleming, one of the five people charged in relation to Matthew’s death, is due to be sentenced. Fleming, 54, pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine as well as one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death. He had initially been due for sentencing on October 30, but this date was ultimately delayed.
At the time of his death, it’s believed Matthew had been single and was focusing his efforts on becoming sober. He had, however, been connected to many glamorous women over the years, and had endured a fair few highs and lows in his pursuit of love…
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Jennifer Aniston
Matthew always had a crush on his co-star Jennifer Aniston(Image: Archive Photos)
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From the moment he met her, Matthew admitted he was smitten. “I was immediately taken by her (how could I not be?) and liked her, and I got the sense she was intrigued too – maybe it was going to be something,” he wrote in his recent autobiography, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
And when he landed the Friends gig, Jen was the first person he called – although he quickly realised his eagerness had been a mistake. “I could feel ice forming through the phone,” he wrote. “Looking back, it was clear that this made her think I liked her too much or in the wrong kind of way.”
But instead of slinking away, embarrassed, Matthew went all in and continued to ask her for a date. “I only compounded the error by then asking her out,” he continued. “[Jennifer] declined (which made it very difficult to actually go out with her), but said that she’d love to be friends with me, and I compounded the compound by blurting, ‘We can’t be friends!'”
Jennifer turned him down but told him she’d love to stay friends(Image: Getty Images)
The two actors later sat down for their first Friends table read in 1994, and unfortunately for Matt, his feelings continued to linger once filming started, making their conversations ‘awkward’ as he ‘crushed badly’ on his co-star. “I’d ask myself, how long can I look at her? Is three seconds too long?”
But by the time Jennifer started dating Brad Pitt in 1998, Matthew said he had “long since gotten over” her and was able to speak to her normally. He said that the success of the show, coupled with her ‘deafening lack of interest’, eventually cured him and they became lasting friends.
Meanwhile, he also revealed that it was Jennifer who confronted him about his drinking while filming Friends, something he was eternally grateful for, as it forced him to face the situation, a move that undoubtedly saved his life.
The actor, who once ‘nearly’ died from heavy drug use, said his co-star asked him outright about his scary drug and alcohol use at the height of his career and praised her for being a good friend. Matthew recalled how Jennifer told him, “We know you’re drinking”. “Imagine how scary a moment that was,” he said. “She was the one who reached out the most, you know. I’m really grateful to her for that.”
Julia Roberts
In a romantic gesture, Matthew sent Julia Roberts ‘three dozen red roses’
In his autobiography, Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing, Matthew revealed how he and Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts had a three-month relationship. The Friends star detailed the fiery fling and says it began after Julia was asked to appear as guest character Susie Moss during one episode in 1995.
Matthew said he sent Julia ‘three dozen red roses’ after being told by producers that Julia would take part in the show, only if it involved his character. He said, following a five-hour phone call, Julia turned up at his door and “a relationship began”. Just three months later, Matthew says he dumped the Hollywood star over fears he was “certain she was going to break up with [him]”.
Failed engagement
Matthew and Molly were engaged but never tied the knot(Image: Uptomyknees/Youtube)
Matthew was engaged to literary manager Molly Hurwitz in 2020. Sharing his joy with People magazine, Matthew hailed her as “the greatest woman on the face of the planet.” “I decided to get engaged,” he said, “Luckily, I happened to be dating the greatest woman on the face of the planet at this time.” Sadly, they split just seven months later. In a statement released to People, the Friends star said: “Sometimes things just don’t work out, and this is one of them. I wish Molly the best.”
Yasmine Bleeth
Matthew dated Yasmine shortly after he dated Julia Roberts(Image: News International/REX/Shutterstock)
On the show, Matthew’s character, Chandler Bing, was famously a huge fan of Baywatch, and off-screen, he is said to have dated one of the programme’s stars, Yasmine Bleeth. According to Page Six, they were together after his fling with Julia in 1996. Two years later, he was linked to his Three to Tango co-star Neve Campbell, while his first serious relationship is said to have been with Bold and Beautiful soap star Maeve Quinlan.
Rachel Dunn
Rachel and Matthew dated for two years(Image: Picture Perfect/REX/Shutterstock)
Matthew dated professional volleyball player Rachel Dunn for two years, and they were an item when Friends reached its emotional conclusion in 2004. He made several public appearances with the former fashion student and once told the Evening Standard that she had changed his outlook on life.
Matthew said Rachel helped change his outlook on life(Image: Peter Brooker/REX/Shutterstock)
“With Rachel in my life, I know that I can be very committed and not some selfish guy who just wants to hang out with friends. I want to spend time with my girlfriend and explore what it means to have a much closer relationship than I’ve previously had time for,” he said.
Lizzy Caplan
Matthew and Lizzy dated for six years, and Lizzy pictured here playing Janis Ian in Mean Girls(Image: CBS via Getty Images)
Matthew and Mean Girls star Lizzie were together for six years. They started dating in 2006 and flew largely under the radar. But rumours of trouble were rife by 2013 when Lizzie would “not even entertain any questions relating to her partner” during an interview, and covered her ears at the mention of his name.
“I can stand right next to paparazzi, and I do that sometimes. I’m close with people who are far more famous, and they know how to avoid attention,” she cryptically said. It later emerged they had split a year earlier.
Why did he never marry?
Matthew once shared the heartbreaking reason he never settled down, admitting he was plagued by intrusive thoughts and fears whenever he was involved with someone. “I break up with them because I’m deathly afraid that they will find out that I’m not enough, that I don’t matter, and that I’m too needy, and they’ll break up with me,” he told GQ magazine ahead of the release of his autobiography.
Determined to stay sober, he explained that he couldn’t risk putting his emotions on the line as a split would “annihilate me and I’ll have to take drugs and that will kill me. That’s why I break up with these wonderful women that have crossed my path,” he added.
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Snooker player Mark King has lost his appeal against a five-year ban for match-fixing.
King was handed the ban in November 2024 after an independent disciplinary committee found the Englishman guilty of one count of match-fixing and one count of providing inside information on a match.
The former Northern Ireland Open champion was suspended by the sport’s world governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), on 18 March 2023.
That was after suspicious betting was reported on his match against Joe Perry on 13 February that year at the Welsh Open, which King lost 4-0. Perry was not accused of any wrongdoing.
King was ordered to pay over £68,000 in costs and banned from the sport for five years.
King, 51, contested the punishment and his appeal was heard by an independent appeals committee on 8-9 April 2025.
The former world number 11 presented four points to be heard within his appeal, one of which he chose to abandon at the start of the hearing.
He stated that bettors placing large sums on 4-1 and 4-2, as well as the actual result of 4-0, weakened the argument that he had agreed to lose 4-0.
King also argued that his relationship with one of the people connected to the betting was flawed.
Finally, he complained that the disciplinary committee reached a number of wrong conclusions surrounding his form and an injury he was suffering with going into the match against Perry.
“Nowhere in this appeal has it been demonstrated that a factual decision is so wrong it could not have been reached, or an evaluative decision is so wrong that it can be said to be unreasonable,” the independent appeals committee’s final report stated.
It added: “In our view the committee reached reasonable, rational, logical, clear and reasoned conclusions based on all of the evidence which they clearly considered carefully and we find no reason to interfere with the conclusions it reached.”
Formula 1’s governing body has reduced the penalties for drivers swearing or criticising officials, following widespread outcry.
A revised version of the FIA penalty guidelines issued to stewards on Wednesday has removed the threat of a race ban, and dramatically cut the level of fine that can be applied.
Previously, F1 drivers could be fined €40,000 (£33,700) for a first offence, and double that plus a ban for a second offence.
Now, the initial level of fine has been reduced to €5,000 (£4,200) and the potential for a ban lifted, although “more severe penalties” may still be imposed for “very serious offences”.
Previously, there were multipliers for drivers from higher-level championships – F1 drivers’ fines were increased four times compared with the base level – but these have also been removed.
The new document also differentiates between offences committed in “controlled” and “uncontrolled” environments.
This effectively differentiates between things drivers say and do within competition and in forums such as news conferences, where adrenaline and risk are not influencing factors.
It remains the case that drivers can be punished for bad language, abuse of officials, criticism of the FIA or “general making and display of political, religious and personal statements or comments notably in violation of the general principle of neutrality promoted by the FIA under its statutes”.
For this latter offence, as well as any “public incitement to violence or hatred”, the fine is higher, at €20,000 (£16,800).
The FIA described the development as “major improvements” to appendix B of the sporting code.
The move follows widespread criticism of the stricter approach, which was introduced in January, by drivers in F1 and beyond.
The decision to introduce the potential for heavy fines and bans was made in the wake of events last year, when F1 world champion Max Verstappen was forced to do the F1 equivalent of community service after swearing in a news conference at the Singapore Grand Prix.
The drivers followed that with an open letter to the FIA asking it to treat them like “adults”.
Ben Sulayem said in a statement: “As a former rally driver, I know first hand the range of emotions that are faced during competition.
“I have led an extensive and collaborative review with contributions from across the seven FIA World Championships, FIA Member Clubs and other motor sports organisations.
“The improvements the FIA has announced today to Appendix B will ensure we continue to promote the best of sportsmanship in motorsport, while also giving stewards effective guidelines to act against individuals who may bring the sport into disrepute.
“The FIA will always be committed to ensuring motor sport is accessible for all our sporting family.”
Ronan Morgan, president of the FIA drivers’ committee, said: “Drivers are looked up to as role models by young fans and are rightly seen as ambassadors for the wider world of motor sport. How they act really does matter.
“But it is important to recognise that there is a difference between what is said during a race and in a press conference. Today’s changes further strengthen the FIA’s International Sporting Code supporting our drivers by understanding the pressures they face during the heat of competition.”
The move will be viewed within F1 as a climbdown from Ben Sulayem, the second he has made this year.
In April, engine manufacturers kicked into the long grass his attempt to reintroduce V10 naturally aspirated engines to F1 by 2028 or 2029, before the end of the new engine cycle for revised turbo hybrids, which runs from 2026-30.
Although officially the idea is still being discussed, and Ben Sulayem remains committed to it privately, there is a blocking majority against it in F1, and it has effectively been dismissed.
The first photos from Hulu drama All’s Fair have been released today along with a teaser trailer but while Kim Kardashian is a huge name, some fans aren’t happy
All’s Fair starring Kim Kardashian
Potential viewers have been less than impressed by the poster for Ryan Murphy’s latest Hulu series All’s Fair as it was released today, with Kim Kardashian pictured leading the charge. The reality star-turned-actress stars as Allura Grant, a high-powered divorce attorney at the helm of an all-female law firm in the glossy legal drama.
Joining her on screen is a formidable line-up of talent, including Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, Sarah Paulson and, most notably, Oscar nominee Glenn Close. The series follows a group of women who leave a male-dominated legal firm to launch their own powerhouse practice. The official synopsis teases courtroom fireworks, personal rivalries and more than a few scandalous secrets.
According to the show’s official synopsis, the women “navigate high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets, and shifting allegiances – both in the courtroom and within their own ranks. In a world where money talks and love is a battleground, these women don’t just play the game – they change it.”
Viewers have not been impressed by the poster of new Hulu Drama All’s Fair(Image: hulu)
Produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television, the series marks Murphy’s first major project under his new deal with Disney after departing Netflix.
The writing and executive producing team includes Jon Robin Baitz, Joe Baken, Jamie Pachino, Lyn Greene, and Richard Levine. Directing duties are shared with Anthony Hemingway, who also serves as executive producer, as do Kardashian, Close, Watts, Nash-Betts, and Paulson.
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But while the star-studded teaser trailer has generated considerable buzz, not everyone is thrilled with the show’s promotional materials.
Hulu users have judged Ryan Murphy for placing Kim Kardashian in front of Glenn Close(Image: Getty Images for Baby2Baby)
The poster has sparked a backlash on social media, as Kim Kardashian takes precedence in it, while veteran actress Glenn Close is pushed into the background.
“In what world, though, is Glenn Close BEHIND Kim Kardashian,” one fan fumed on X, adding: “I want names and badge numbers. I don’t care if she’s in one episode for five minutes, you put Glenn Close front and centre.”
The teaser trailer, however, hints at a meaty role for Close, who plays fierce legal strategist Dina Standish. In one standout moment, she instructs a client: “Get mad! Get hot! Get revenge!”
Meanwhile, Kardashian can be seen delivering a poised performance as Allura, coolly addressing a cocky husband during a tense meditation saying: “You’re right. Everything we’re going to show you today, you should be intimately familiar with.”
The role may resonate with Kardashian on a personal level, as her late father, Robert Kardashian Sr., was famously part of O.J. Simpson’s defence team during his 1995 murder trial.
Another striking moment from the trailer featured Judith Light declaring: “You know what a woman’s best friend is? Not diamonds. Her lawyers.”
Kim Kardashian is best known for starring in reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but she previously played a scripted role in one of Ryan Murphy’s other shows, American Horror Story. In Delicate she played the supporting character Siobhan Corbyn, who is the best friend of female lead Anna Victoria Alcott.
