Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has signed a new deal to remain in charge of the national team until 2026.On the eve of the opening Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus at Hampden Park, Clarke has committed to a new contract that will see him stay at Hampden Park until after the World Cup. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Almost four years since Steve Clarke took charge of Scotland, and on the eve of a new qualifying campaign, his assistant John Carver believes the current squad is ‘night and day’ to his first More to follow.This…
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Security Council official Dmitry Medvedev’s comments come amid reports of an imminent counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Bakhmut.Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv or Lviv in Ukraine, Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev says, amid reports Moscow was losing momentum in the war-torn city of Bakhmut. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, has issued a barrage of strongly worded statements in the past, blasting the United States and its NATO allies for what he described as their efforts to break up and destroy Russia. “Nothing can be ruled out here. If you…
China says US destroyer warned off for second day, US Navy said its ship successfully challenged China maritime claims.China’s defence ministry has said that it had – for a second time – monitored and driven away the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Milius after it entered what Beijing claims as its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands. Friday marked the second straight day of a standoff – and heated words – between the two superpowers amid growing tensions in the South China Sea. “We sternly demand the US to immediately stop such provocative acts,…
The BBC is scrapping its latest Top Gear series after completing an investigation into the accident that injured presenter Andrew Flintoff.BBC Studios apologised to the former cricketer following its probe into the incident in Surrey in December. It said it would “continue to support” Flintoff with his recovery.”Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear at this time,” the statement added.”We understand this will be disappointing for fans, but it is the right thing to do, and we’ll make a judgment about how best to continue later this year. “This has…
Janet Yellen is the face of US govt on the issue and her public comments have sent markets on a roller-coaster ride.For the fourth time in a week, United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has taken to a microphone aiming to reassure Americans that the US banking system is safe, each time with a subtle shift in message. But bankers and Wall Street never heard what they fervently wanted: That the government would guarantee all $19.2 trillion in US bank deposits until the banking crisis that erupted two weeks ago calms down. Yellen is the face of the US government…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 394th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Friday, March 24, 2023: Diplomacy Hungary said Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be arrested if he enters the country despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant against him on war crimes charges. Hungary signed and ratified the Rome Statute that created the ICC but Hungarian officials said the Rome Statute had not been built into the Hungarian legal system, so there was no basis on which to arrest Putin. Any attempt to detain…
Ottawa Senators defenceman Jakob Chychrun left the game during their 7-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Senators coach D.J. Smith told reporters after the game that he did not think his defenceman left with an injury but rather with cramps due to fatigue. Smith added that Chychrun had trouble sleeping, had a root canal earlier on Thursday and didn’t eat before the game. Chychrun was first slew-footed by Tampa blue liner Victor Hedman in the second period but remained the in the game. In the final frame, Chychrun was hit awkwardly in the corner of the boards by forward…
Drone cruised underwater for 59 hours, then detonated in an exercise designed to deter S Korea and US forces: KCNA.North Korea has tested a new underwater nuclear-capable attack drone designed to unleash a “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy enemy naval vessels and ports, state media has reported. During a military exercise conducted this week under the guidance of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s military deployed and test-fired the new weapons system, the mission of which was to test the ability to set off a “super-scale” destructive blast and wave, the country’s state news agency KCNA said on…
A woman who was accused of helping to steal then-House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the January 6, 2021, storming of the United States Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison on riot-related charges. Riley June Williams, 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Thursday despite a jury in November not reaching a verdict on a charge of “aiding and abetting the laptop’s theft”. The jury in November was also deadlocked on a charge of obstructing an official proceeding, a reference to the protesters’ disruption of Congress, which was meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020…
Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino and Toronto’s Katherine Sebov were eliminated from the Miami Open tennis tournament on Thursday after each lost a second-round match to a seeded American opponent. Marino was defeated 6-4, 6-3 by sixth seed Coco Gauff, while Sebov fell 6-3, 6-1 to third seed Jessica Pegula. Marino broke Gauff to go up 3-2 in the second set, but the American won four straight games to claim the match. Sebov started well, trading breaks with Pegula to sit at 2-2 early in the first set. But Pegula took over from there, scoring four more breaks against the Canadian qualifier…