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Serena Williams blasted Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying women “don’t need” him as he addressed Pride Month, careers in May graduation speech A controversial attack on women and abortion rights.The 23-time tennis Grand Slam winner was joined by her sisters Venus Williams (a seven-time tennis Grand Slam winner) and Ella at the Espy Awards on Thursday. Burt Elementary actor Quinta Brunson.Venus Williams ended the show by urging viewers to “continue to enjoy women’s sports like you enjoy other sports – because they are sports”.Williams then interjected: “Except for you, Harrison Butker. We don’t need you.With Butker in attendance,…

A New York judge dismissed Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case on Friday, clearing the way for two Georgia election workers to try and recover nearly $150m Giuliani was ordered to pay them for defaming them after the 2020 election.“The court finds that cause exists to convert or dismiss the case. The record in this case reflects Mr Giuliani’s continued failure to meet his reporting obligations and provide the financial transparency required of a debtor in possession,” US bankruptcy judge Sean Lane wrote in his ruling. Lane also barred Giuliani from filing for bankruptcy again within 1 year.The decision comes after lawyers…

There were no fairy tales for Jimmy Anderson, no last-ball wickets, but he had no regrets either after absorbing the applause and grateful and generous emotions of the home crowd at the end of his final Test. “I’m really, really happy how things turned out,” he said.Anderson admitted he was “trying to hold back tears” as he thought about his final game. “I never really dreamed about retirement. I never really thought about what that would be like,” he said. “But it’s been an amazing few days. Every time I go on, I’m a little overwhelmed by the reaction from…

The Death of Slim Shady is an album filled with memorable lines. Some are memorable because they display their author’s nonpareil skill as a rapper: they whiz past in a perfectly enunciated, rhythmically precise gust of homophones, references and wordplay. Some because their scabrous, nihilistic wit induces precisely the reaction their author presumably intends: a kind of horrified bark of laughter despite yourself, followed by a surge of guilt so overwhelming that you don’t want to highlight the line in question, lest you be damned by association. And some are memorable because they land with a dull, shrug-inducing thud, the…

Gone are the days when Serena Williams and Heather Watson were slapped with hefty fines for smashing their rackets onto Wimbledon’s pristine grass courts. To date, this is the first tournament ever held at SW19 since 1998, when female players avoided infractions.In what could be one of the best Wimbledon performances ever, so far only Brazilian Thiago Sebos Wilder has been fined in the past two weeks.But on Friday, world number five Daniil Medvedev faced a penalty after an expletive broke out on center court during his semifinal match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz. The 28-year-old Russian was warned for unsportsmanlike…

Abbey was seven years old when I met her. She was pretty shy at that first appointment at my paediatric developmental clinic, initially only looking at the ground and not responding to any questions. I always get intrigued when this happens.Part of my brain is listening to the story the parent is telling me, trying to establish a shared understanding of their concerns, the journey so far and what the priorities might be for this family – but another part of my brain is listening for a “hook”.Hooks are a form of motivation, a way that I can connect with…

Jasper Philipsen claimed a second stage win in the 2024 Tour de France in Pau after a series of failed attacks in the final kilometers paved the way for another crossing the line the road. The Belgian avoided a serious crash in the final kilometer to hold off Jonas Vingegaard’s Wisma rental bike team-mate Wout Van Aert at Place Verdun Aert ).As the peloton entered the final five kilometres, Vengergaard’s team were struggling to protect their lead, with leader Tadej Pogacar and second-placed Remko Evenpeol also trying to avoid that The accident that led to the failure of Primoz Roglic’s…

Jess is aware her dislike of dogs is limiting her dating prospects. “When I’m scrolling through a dating app, if there’s a dog in the photo, or reference to a dog in a prompt, I quite quickly swipe left,” she says.That consigns a significant chunk of eligible heterosexual males – and the pooches they are pictured smooching – to the doghouse.“I don’t want to deal with it, particularly if it’s one of those really muscular-looking dogs,” Jess says.While she acknowledges “being able to nurture a pet is a nice quality”, she is simply “not a dog person and I’m a…

Like a corner of my heartWith another Euro 2020 coming to an end, Euro 2024 Daily thought it was only right to look back at the fond memories that will warm our hearts for years to come, as we hope to forget as quickly as possible the blow Spain inflicted on England on Sunday.Dutch dance: Our happy hour ended with the arrival of the Cossacks, but even we were inspired to wear our bright orange disco boots again in the Netherlands. It’s not Will Griggs on Fire, but Snollebollekes’ Links Rechts that has become the sound of the German streets.…

Recently, I have become very upset about past colleagues who were once friends or housemates, ghosting or ignoring me on social media.I worked abroad with these colleagues and when I moved back to Europe with my husband, we began a family. I am a stay-at-home mum of two lovely young children and I went off the radar for a few years due to pregnancies, births, the passing away of my dad and then raising kids. I also had a miscarriage before my eldest was born and it took me a while to recover emotionally.Since then, I have found out that…