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Scotland edge out Ireland with last-minute McGhie try

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Women’s Six Nations

Scotland (12) 26

Cons: Nelson (3) Tries: Skeldon, Orr, Malcolm, McGhie

Ireland (7) 19

Scotland won the Women’s Six Nations game in dramatic style thanks to Francesca McGhie’s late try.

Ireland started the second half dominating and scoring first with a try from Amee-Leigh Costigan, but scores from Emma Orr and Lana Skeldon gave Scotland a 12-7 lead at half-time.

Before McGhie’s score in the final play sealed an extraordinary win for Ireland, Linda Djougang and Emily Lane both scored for the hosts on either Rachel McLachlan try and the hosts’ try.

Before Italy hosts Wales on Sunday, Scotland moves up to fourth place while Ireland are still in third place.

The Irish made the perfect start to the championship, winning three games away against Italy and Wales.

After finding Costigan for a brilliant try, Molly Scuffil-McCabe noticed a gap in the Scotland fringe defence and turned the burners to break free.

Scotland’s only chance to win the game was when they were battling to get back into it.

After touching down for her 19th try in Scotland colors, hooker Skeldon was left holding the ball as the rolling maul rumbled over the line.

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Scotland were clinging on, and Ireland seemed to be going to burst the dam until second row Sarah Bonar pounced for an interception and kicked the ball past the Ireland 22.

In the final minute of the second half, Ireland scrambled back but was unable to remove the ball.

Orr slalom through for a superb score to give the home side an unlikely five-point lead at the break thanks to the Scots’ incredible composure and engineered space.

When Rhona Lloyd was sent to the sin bin for head-to-head contact with Costigan in the lead-up to the score, Djougang was not denied her try and went on to level things at 12-12. Further, Scotland’s cause was further hampered by this.

The Scots persevered throughout the game, even when there was some accuracy, and excelled when they had a chance to make a special entrance into Ireland.

Chloe Rollie fended off a tackle before sending a stunning pass over the back door for McLachlan to dive over in the corner.

The home team now had a 19-12 lead in a game in which they had endured prolonged periods of cosh dominance.

However, Ireland remained unaffected and continued to exert pressure on Scotland, particularly during rush hour.

When another player received a yellow card, this time for an infringement at a ruck, the home side were barely able to recover from their defeat as the Scots fought more valiantly to defend their try line.

When substitute Lane dived over and O’Brien slotted over the conversion to make it all square again, the pressure eventually came to an end.

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‘I won biggest ever UK game show prize and still live with one major regret’

Red or Black, an ITV presenter from September 2011 until September 2012, earned the most money with a budget of £1.5 million.

Graham won the show for £1.5 million.

According to reports, the man who won the biggest prize from a UK game show in history was forced to flee the country. When Graham Fletcher participated in ITV’s Red Or Black, he was able to win an enormous sum of £1.5 million.

Graham had to leave his home despite his impressive victory. Ant and Dec hosted the program, which ran from September 2011 to 2012.

Each round, participants had the option to choose either red or black, and those who chose the wrong color would be eliminated. Nathan Hageman, Kevin Cartwright, Darren Thompson, and Gary Brocklesby were just a few of the characters in the first season to become millionaires.

Graham was on the second series of the show
Graham was on the second series of the show(Image: ITV)

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In the second season of the show, Graham won his £1.5 million. The new millionaire was forced to leave his UK home after receiving word about his winnings, which wasn’t as good as it appeared.

When he told LadBible, “My parents could not have told me my address, they could have driven to it but not known my address, and I was staying at a friend’s house the next day.” Literally no one knew where I lived. I had press outside my home the following day, and it was published.

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No one was supposed to know what had transpired, but I left the car and discovered that there were 10 photographers waiting. I had to explain what had happened to the neighbors because they felt like I had done something wrong.

Graham made the decision to leave the United Kingdom and spend two weeks in Egypt before spending three more weeks in Cyprus. He was still unable to escape the drama, though, as British foreigners still recognized him.

Graham is now living in Spain
Graham is now living in Spain(Image: ITV)

Graham then spent a portion of his income on a Range Rover Evoque Sport and a BMW convertible, as well as purchasing a $600,000 renovation-worthy property and selling it for $ 880,000 the following year. He currently resides with his wife in Spain and represents football.

Red or Black hasn’t aired on television since and isn’t scheduled to. Fans of TV will be relieved to learn that a Mr. &amp, Mrs. revival is on the horizon.

ITV is working on bringing the iconic show back where couples get together and prove just how well they really know each other. The new version will be based on the original show which came to an end in 1999.

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However, there will be a twist to the new show, which will feature a new contestant ad that reads, “Do you know your partner better than anyone else?” The best team, are you? Would you like to participate in some enjoyable physical challenges together?

JoJo Siwa’s ex-partner Kath Ebbs’ heartbreaking statement in full after brutal dumping

Kath Ebbs and JoJo Siwa’s partner, Chris Hughes floated nearby at the event, and Joe Siwa has spoken out about being “dumped” at the party.

Celebrity Big Brother has come to an end, freeing the stars to get back to their lives in the real world. JoJo Siwa waited only hours to get down to business, not even flying back to America before making a major life change.

Fans wondered over JoJo’s close relationship with Love Island star Chris Hughes, 32, since very early on in the ITV show, noticing how cuddly they soon got in the house. At the time, however, JoJo, 21, was dating Kath Ebbs, 27, who joined JoJo’s mum in watching the show remotely from her home in Australia.

Kath apparently didn’t like what they saw and opted not to welcome JoJo when she left the house, but still flew over to London for the afterparty to reunite in private.

While the others were celebrating Jack P Shepherd’s win, Chris was seen staying close to JoJo throughout the night – and Kath has now opened up to say that JoJo dumped them at the bash.

Kath Ebbs and JoJo were supposed to have a conversation off-camera, but they ended it while having a party with the CBB stars.

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Aussie Kath shared a long video on Instagram today, filming herself in London without JoJo, as they puffed out a long breath of air before speaking. “Egg on me I guess,” they captioned the clip.

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I’m not even sure where to start, Kath said. I’m filming this while completely shocked, which I know will be distressing and will probably cause me to “go have a sleep,” but I really feel like the only way to put this situation in perspective is to put it all right.

Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa
Kath said that they’d been ‘watching certain things unfold’ while watching CBB, after fans speculated about JoJo’s closeness with Chris Hughes(Image: ITV)

I’m not sure if you can call it love bombing, but it seems like I have had a similar experience after watching certain events unfold for two weeks and not being able to understand who was involved in an odd way.

The presenter then suggested that JoJo had proposed to them, stating that it was more of a feeling than a fact that JoJo had proposed to them after being asked to marry someone before this social experiment, being adored behind closed doors, being hurt by what I witnessed but wanting to work through it.

JoJo Siwa and Kath Ebbs
In their bombshell statement, Kath said that JoJo had asked to marry them before entering the Big Brother house(Image: INSTAGRAM/KATHEBBS)

“The story continues right now, in the final eight hours or whatever, as I flew here, I went to the live show, and I supported my partner through their experience, and then later addressed my feelings of hurt and worked through them like all relationships do,” I said at the after party, which I attended with my now-ex-wife, who was dumped in the after party.

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After revealing that they had been dumped, Kath explained that they had been told that there were “confused feelings” and that they had realized that I wasn’t the person they wanted to spend the foreseeable.

Russia says it has fully retaken Kursk, but Ukraine says fighting continues

Eight months after Ukraine’s military stormed into Russian territory in a surprise counteroffensive, Russia claimed that its forces had completely recaptured the region’s troubled Kursk region, but Ukrainian officials swiftly rejected the claim.

Gornal, the last village in Kursk currently under the control of the Ukrainians, was the subject of the statement made by Russia’s military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in a video conference with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

According to Putin, “The Kyiv regime’s adventure has completely failed.”

The Ukrainian military immediately refuted the claim, claiming that its soldiers are still stationed in some Kursk areas.

The chief of staff for Ukraine, according to a post on Telegram, “statements made by the enemy leadership about the “destroyed” of the Ukrainian troops are nothing more than propaganda tricks.”

He acknowledged, however, that it is “difficult” for Ukraine to defend its position on the battlefield in the region, where Russian forces have consistently gained in recent months.

Russian soldiers retake control of a region of Russia’s Kursk region using a self-propelled gun after retaking it from the military of Ukraine on March 14. [Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP]

Kyiv has vowed to use its hold on Kursk’s land to fuel future peace negotiations with Russia, which has seized parts of eastern and southern Ukraine since Putin’s February 2022 order to launch a full-scale invasion.

Moscow applauds the “heroism” of the North Korean forces.

Gerasimov also paid tribute to North Korean troops engaged in combat with Russians, marking Moscow’s first official recognition of their involvement in the conflict.

He praised the “heroism” of the Kursk-based North Korean soldiers, claiming that they had “significantly assisted in the defeat of the group of Ukrainian armed forces.”

More than 10,000 North Korean soldiers were sent to Russia last year, according to South Korean and Western intelligence agencies.

Numerous North Korean soldiers fighting in the area have been captured and interrogated by Ukraine, according to its claim.

On the day of Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed efforts to reach a “full and unconditional ceasefire” with US President Donald Trump.

Putin is also willing to “resume negotiations with Ukraine without any prerequisites,” according to the Kremlin on Saturday.

Warholm sets first 300m hurdles world record in Diamond League

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Karsten Warholm became the first official 300-meter hurdles record-holder in the world to officially launch the Diamond League season.

The diamond league meet’s first-ever Saturday race was held during the rarely-run event, which came one month after World Athletics announced it would become a recognized event with a record-setting event.

World 400m hurdles champion Warholm won in 33.05 seconds in Xiamen, China, which is the start of the 15-meet series this year.

The former Olympian defeated Japan’s Ken Toyoda (34.22) and Brazil’s Matheus Lima (33.98) to set the world record for the 400-meter hurdles.

The Norwegian ran 33.26 in 2021, which was a better time than the 29-year-old’s previous best time.

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Armand Duplantis of Sweden also won the men’s pole vault with a 5.92m mark.

The world-class and Olympic champion, who defeated Warholm in a 100-meter exhibition race in September, then failed three attempts to break the 6.01 world record, which he set in February.

Faith Kipyegon, the reigning world champion, finished ahead of Australian duo Sarah Billings and Abbey Caldwell in the women’s 1, 000m race.

The Kenyan’s two minutes, 29.15 seconds, which was just over her personal best of 2020, was just 29.15 seconds.

GB’s Amy Hunt (23.06) was fifth in the women’s 200m, which was won by USA’s Anavia Battle (22.41).

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Warholm sets first 300m hurdles world record in Diamond League

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Karsten Warholm became the first official 300-meter hurdles record-holder in the world to officially launch the Diamond League season.

The diamond league meet’s first-ever Saturday race was held during the rarely-run event, which came one month after World Athletics announced it would become a recognized event with a record-setting event.

World 400m hurdles champion Warholm won in 33.05 seconds in Xiamen, China, which is the start of the 15-meet series this year.

The former Olympian defeated Japan’s Ken Toyoda (34.22) and Brazil’s Matheus Lima (33.98) to set the world record for the 400-meter hurdles.

The Norwegian ran 33.26 in 2021, which was a better time than the 29-year-old’s previous best time.

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Armand Duplantis of Sweden also won the men’s pole vault with a 5.92m mark.

The world-class and Olympic champion, who defeated Warholm in a 100-meter exhibition race in September, then failed three attempts to break the 6.01 world record, which he set in February.

Faith Kipyegon, the reigning world champion, finished ahead of Australian duo Sarah Billings and Abbey Caldwell in the women’s 1, 000m race.

The Kenyan’s two minutes, 29.15 seconds, which was just over her personal best of 2020, was just 29.15 seconds.

GB’s Amy Hunt (23.06) was fifth in the women’s 200m, which was won by USA’s Anavia Battle (22.41).

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