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key eventsShow only key eventsPlease enable JavaScript to use this featureMatch 89: India 253-8 (Jurel 49, Deep 0) Kuldeep along with Jurel reduced the deficit to 100 this morning. How long can Akash Deep last?For the first time ever (I think), I typed the words, Good morning, Rockets”When playing Tests in India, it is always worth checking the first-class statistics of the ‘second-string’ players that India has brought in.”Jurel – Highest score of 249 points, five other 50s. Kuldeep – Highest score of 117, other six 50s.“After following Jurrel, I couldn’t help but think he was making a ‘super’ effort—just…

The US and UK carried out strikes against 18 Houthi targets including underground weapons and missile storage facilities in Yemen on Saturday in the latest round of military action against the Iran-linked group that continues to attack shipping in the region.The strikes were against Houthi targets across eight locations and also included air defence systems, radars, and a helicopter, officials said.The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: “Four Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, supported by two Voyager tankers, again participated in a deliberate coalition strike on Saturday 24 February against Houthi military facilities in Yemen which had been conducting missile…

Republican voters in South Carolina went to the polls on Saturday to elect a presidential candidate, with two important choices remaining: the state’s former governor, Nikki Haley, and former President Donald Trump.Haley lost the New Hampshire primary last month by about 11 points, and polls showed Trump would defeat his former ambassador to the United Nations by about 2-1 in her home state.The results were very favorable to Trump.Here are the results from the primary elections held on Saturday, February 24:An interactive element showing live updated poll results of the race between Nikki Haley, Ryan Binkley and Donald Trump, with…

Where there had once been rage, now there were only rays of sunshine. Mikel Arteta had been apoplectic in November when Arsenal slipped to a narrow defeat at St James’ Park, barely able to express his disbelief at the VAR decisions that had influenced the outcome.This fixture had enough spice in its recent history to suggest fireworks and Arteta had made a point of asking the Emirates choirs to hit new decibel levels. His team struck a perfect pitch of their own and, assuming this is to be a three-way title race until the end, they show no sign of…

Is the club rugby league landscape changing? Has Super League finally caught up with the NRL? The real answer is: who knows? Now, try asking anyone associated with Wigan Warriors if they care. Most importantly for a town where rugby league is more important than anything else, they are once again the kings of the club competition.The talk all week has been about how this group of players have the chance to follow in the footsteps of the legends who have won this title, having won every trophy since Matt Pitt took over more than two years ago. Made four…

Haley vows to stay in race, argues Trump cannot beat BidenNikki Haley said she will stay in the presidential race despite losing the Republican primary in her home state South Carolina, arguing Donald Trump cannot beat Joe Biden in November.“This has never been about me or my political future. We need to beat Joe Biden in November. I don’t believe Donald Trump can beat Joe Biden,” the state’s former governor told her supporters in Charleston.“I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run for president. I’m a woman of my word.…

Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina, a painful setback that narrowed her path to the nomination.Palmetto State voters have a long history of choosing the party’s eventual nominee, and Trump is expected to clinch the Republican nomination months before the Republican Party’s summer convention in Milwaukee.Trump swept the early voting states, picking up wins and delegates in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. Defeating Haley, who had served as ambassador to the United Nations, in her home state dealt another heavy blow to her candidacy, putting her further out of reach of the nomination. But…

Donald Trump styled himself as a “proud political dissident” and promised “judgment day” for political opponents in an address that offered a chilling vision of a democracy in imminent peril.In classic carnival barker form, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination accused Joe Biden of weaponising the government against him with “Stalinist show trials”. He pledged to crack down on border security and deliver the biggest deportation in US history if he wins the 5 November election.“For hardworking Americans, November 5th will be our new liberation day,” Trump told a packed ballroom at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at…

England head coach Steve Borthwick admitted his side had learned a “hard lesson” as they suffered a fourth successive defeat in the Calcutta Cup. It was Scotland’s best win against England since 1972 and Borthwick admitted his side’s mistakes sowed the seeds of their own defeat.”We knew today wasn’t good enough,” Borthwick said. “When you make so many handling errors at this level it’s hard to win. Ultimately we made it too easy for them to score. They were very clinical but the important lesson for us was [conceding] So many mistakes made the game very difficult.”Sometimes you make mistakes.…

Dad keeps asking for a half-pint of cold milk. He doesn’t talk of dying but of going home. And it’s some consolation that the cabbage-y room in the aged care facility, with its hoseable floor, is a stone’s throw from where Gran gave birth to Dad on their kitchen table.My two sisters and I have set up camp here, with knitting and books and herbal teas, and it reminds me of preparing for birth. The burrowing-in. The stopped clocks. Something huge coming.“Everything goes back to the beginning,” Dad says.“Like the milk?” my sister Kate suggests. The half-pint must be a…