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The London Marathon will be held across two days in a special one-off edition of the event in 2027.Organisers confirmed earlier this year that they were exploring ways to enable more people to take part, after a record 1.33 million people entered the ballot for next year’s event.The two events – on Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 April – will allow 100,000 people to take part in the London Marathon in 2027, effectively doubling the chances of success for those who entered the ballot.The move is also expected to raise more than £150m for charities and provide a £400m boost…
Reform UK suffered its worst night since the 2024 general election and faces a “very hard” path to power, a top pollster has warned.Andy Burnham stormed to victory in the Makerfield by-election, beating Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 votes.Luke Tryl, the UK director of pollster More in Common, said last night’s by-election was a very difficult result for Nigel Farage’s party.He pointed out there was “barely any” increase in the party’s vote share in Makerfield.In the end, Labour cruised to win in a seat that was one of Reform’s best second-places in 2024.Restore Britain, meanwhile, took home…
Manzambi was once a goalkeeper for his youth team – and his first footballing idol was Germany’s Manuel Neuer.Now he is a creative midfielder who enjoys getting forward.And his goalscoring exploits against Bosnia-Herzegovina suggests he could be far more than just a “super-sub” at this World Cup.He broke into the Freiburg first XI last season and helped the German club reach the Europa League final.Manzambi started against Aston Villa in the final and although he could not help his side win – they were beaten 3-0 – he has been linked with moves to Napoli, Chelsea and Manchester United.His performance…
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American Wyndham Clark eagles the fifth hole, his 14th, at Shinnecock Hills to help take a four-shot overnight lead at the US Open.Clark will resume his first round on Friday on six under par after darkness halted play on Thursday.READ MORE: US Open day one reportAvailable to UK users only.
He said: “Firstly, can I thank everybody who has worked so hard to make this election run so smoothly and so safely. Thank you very much, everybody. “And can I say to my fellow candidates, can I say to you all, thank you for at least a civil debate between us, with everything going on around the election. We managed that. And that’s really important. “Everyone knows that politics isn’t working. Everyone can feel that the country isn’t where it should be.”Tonight could – just could – be the turning point. From here on, I will give everything I have…
Ivan Toney and Morgan Rogers were among the scorers as England recorded a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City in a practice match on Thursday.The game, played behind closed doors at England’s Swope Soccer Village training facility, featured the players not used in Wednesday’s World Cup 4-2 win over Croatia and the squad members who did not play significant minutes in Dallas.Toney scored a hat-trick while Aston Villa duo Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins were also on target as England ran out comfortable winners.Jordan Henderson, Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi, Dan Burn, Kobbie Mainoo, Djed Spence…
Shinnecock Hills lived up to its reputation as one of the toughest tests in golf on the opening day of a fog-delayed US Open.When play did get under way, two hours later than scheduled, only six of the early starters broke par as strong winds buffeted an already tricky course on Long Island, New York. Among them was world number two Rory McIlroy, whose one-under 69 left him one behind unfancied American Sam Stevens as the 78 players in the later wave headed out onto the courseAnd with the blustery conditions forecast to strengthen as the day wears on, both…
By Peter Stevens, Published: 19/06/2026 – 01:23Updated: 19/06/2026 – 01:24His candidate, Rebecca Shepherd, has been accused of potentially handing the hotly-contested seat to Reform UK, but Mr Lowe told GB News: “Votes do not belong to anybody. They don’t belong to Andy Burnham, they don’t belong to me, they don’t belong to Reform.”They belong to nobody,” he vowed.Addressing a potential Burnham premiership, Mr Lowe said all the Labour leadership hopefuls were “complete charlatans”.He told GB News: “I don’t think it makes any practical difference whether we have Andy Burnham in No10, whether we have Keir Starmer remaining, whether we have Wes…
The Conservatives have achieved a landmark win in the Aberdeen South by-election, in what was described as a referendum on North Sea oil.Scottish Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden seized the seat from the SNP by more than 6,000 votes, with 14,308 on the night.The Scottish National Party received 8,248 seats, Reform UK received 2,478, Scottish Liberal Democrats received 1,270, and Scottish Greens received 974 seats.”The people of Aberdeen have given a resounding answer: That we back the oil and gas industry,” Mr Lumsden said after the count was read out.Meanwhile in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, the second Scottish referendum of the…