The pop star found fame with hits such as Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Walking in the Rain. A statement from her family said she passed away at age 78 “after a brief battle with cancer”. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense…
Meanwhile, the PM cancelled a visit to Lancashire after a family member tested positive for coronavirus. Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross and other senior backbenchers have urged him to stand down. But cabinet ministers have urged MPs to wait for the outcome of an inquiry into alleged Covid-rule breaking at No 10. Mr Ross has…
City have not released the details on the length of the 33-year-old’s extension, but in a statement say Houghton is “committing her immediate future” to the club. The England captain has won the Women’s Super League title, three Women’s FA Cups and three Continental Tyres Cups since moving to City in 2013. “I’m delighted to…
Crawford, 34, left Top Rank in November 2021 after his contract expired, having first signed with the promoter in 2011. His suit, which seeks over £3.9m ($5.4m) in damages, was described as “frivolous” by Arum, 90, who has worked with the likes of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Tyson Fury in his career. Crawford is…
The nine-time champion has been drawn against fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic. Britain’s US Open champion Emma Raducanu, seeded 17th, faces American world number 68 Sloane Stephens, the 2017 champion at the New York major. The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam of the 2022 season and starts at Melbourne Park on Monday. The draw…
It follows several days of negotiations, in which Villa beat off interest from Chelsea, Newcastle and West Ham for the former Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona defender teven Gerrard brings in his second signing as manager following the arrival of his former Liverpool team-mate Philippe Coutinho, with Brighton’s midfielder Yves Bissouma also a target. “When Lucas became…
Wood says he is “delighted” to have signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Magpies and is available to play in Saturday’s Premier League match against relegation rivals Watford at St James’ Park. “I have played at St. James’ Park a few times and it’s an amazing place, so to have the chance to represent this…
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has welcomed the lifting of the ban placed on social media platform, Twitter, by the Federal Government. The lifting of the ban after 222 days was announced in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement,…
The United Nations has said it will hold talks in Sudan aimed at salvaging a fragile democratic transition amid a grinding deadlock following an October coup and the prime minister’s resignation last week. Volker Perthes, the UN envoy for Sudan, said in a statement on Saturday that the UN-facilitated political process would seek a “sustainable…
