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India's batters pile on the pain as tourists' spin attack is made to suffer despite early breakthrough

HALF-AN-HOUR into the afternoon session in Hyderabad, just as distant English followers were rising from the land of nod, Kannanur Rahul launched Rehan Ahmed into the seats for a second time in the over and sent India into the lead.

Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of the season after he admits, 'I've run out of energy'

JURGEN KLOPP this morning dropped a bombshell by announcing he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the German emotionally telling supporters: \"I'm running out of energy.\"

DJOKOVIC'S DOMINANCE IS AT AN END

>> SERB 'SHOCKED' AFTER FIRST DEFEAT IN SIX YEARS AT AUSSIE OPEN AS SINNER REACHES MAIDEN SLAM FINAL

Cairney hoping to stay put at Cottage for rest of his career

FULHAM captain Tom Cairney wants to further extend his new contract beyond 2025.

Moyes finally has a chance to put Phillips back in focus

AMONG the raft of wholesome YouTube content produced by England in the Gareth Southgate era, a rather joyous clip of Declan Rice presenting Kalvin Phillips with the national team’s Player of the Year award sticks in the mind.

Poch sees signs of Kane in Broja and urges striker to stay

MAURICIO POCHETTINO says Armando Broja's situation at Chelsea is similar to that of a young Harry Kane's at Tottenham and urged him to ignore talk of a possible exit.

Ange has a clearer view now Spurs are reinforced

IT IS nearly three months since Tottenham's disastrous defeat by Chelsea, which ended their record-breaking start to the season and plunged Ange Postecoglou into a selection crisis which is only now easing.

We need owners who can bring the magic back to The Valley, not anonymous ones

TWENTY years ago this week, Charlton were fourth in the Premier League, well clear of Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City.

Singing from the same hymn sheet with Vennells

THERE’S been acres of media coverage of the disgraced Paula Vennells in recent weeks — largely in relation to her activity on the board of the Post Office.

Blizzard of woes: CFO quits Superdry as fashion brand mulls clearance sale

SUPERDRY’S woes deepened today as the fashion brand said a big clearance sale might be needed to ease its cash problems, while finance boss Shaun Willis quit.

Familiar tale of darkness is infused with light

MOVIES based on musicals based on movies are offering the cinematic blueprint du jour, somehow-2024 begins with retellings of Mean Girls and The Color Purple, with differing results: the latter is not a copy-and-paste of any of its predecessors, rather, a fairly smart retooling of all the best bits in one new package.

A bitter global legacy and a nasty culture war: welcome to Empireland

SATHNAM SANGHERA wants to play a game with you. He's visiting a school where the boys wear \"spotless white shirts\" and \"dark-blue blazers\", there's a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics \"always play the game!\" Is he somewhere in the Home Counties? Wrong. He's in Lagos, Nigeria.

The state is crumbling and yet the Tories pretend we can afford fresh tax cuts

HOW can a nation that has enjoyed no productivity growth in 15 years, is still reeling from the economic shocks of Brexit, Covid and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and where debt is equivalent to 100 per cent of GDP, afford sweeping tax cuts? The short answer is: it can’t. The longer answer is the same, but involves several hundred words about the internal dynamics of the Conservative Party.

Horrors of Holocaust 'are happening across world'

MEMORIAL DAY AUSTRIAN SURVIVOR URGES VIGILANCE AFTER CASES OF ANTISEMITISM RISE IN LONDON

Cameron faces tense talks as Turkey condemns Israel

PRESIDENT BACKS ACTION TO BRING CHARGE OF GENOCIDE

Murderer 'thrashed and writhed for minutes' in nitrogen gas execution

A CONVICTED murderer thrashed and writhed as he was put to death in an Alabama jail with pure nitrogen gas, in a new and controversial method of execution.

Doubts grow on Hunt's room for tax cuts as IFS sounds warning

BRITAIN faces a \"nasty combination\" of high tax and tight public spending after the next general election, leading economists warned today as doubts grew over Jeremy Hunt's room for Budget giveaways.

GLOBAL THREATS - BRITAIN'S ARMED FORCES NOT JUST ABOUT THE HEAD COUNT, INSISTS TREASURY MINISTER

BRITAIN’S Armed Forces are “not just about head count,” a minister said today as the Government came under fresh pressure over defence spending in the face of global threats.

Nottingham killer will likely be 'locked up for life', says minister

NOTTINGHAM triple killer Valdo Calocane will likely be “locked up for the rest of his life”, a minister said today as the Attorney General considers whether to review his sentence for manslaughter.

Runaway aristocrat claimed her baby daughter was victim of cot death

A RUNAWAY aristocrat and her partner plotted to blame the demise of their new-born baby daughter on \"cot death\" after they spent weeks living rough in freezing conditions while trying to evade police, a court has heard.

Fresh plea for knife crime action as teen is killed in London park

CAMPAIGNERS and victims' families today made a fresh plea for more action to tackle London's knife crime epidemic amid a surge in offences and the murder of a teenager.

A chat with Kate, then King goes in for prostate operation

THE KING today arrived for prostate treatment at the same London hospital where the Princess of Wales is recuperating from her surgery.

Spurs rock way to top of capital's rich list

TOTTENHAM have overtaken Chelsea as the richest club in London, according to the latest Deloitte Football Money League.

London rivals on alert as Wilson could be for sale at cut-price £18m

NEWCASTLE could sell Callum Wilson for just £18million in the final week of the transfer window, with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United alerted to his availability.

STOKES TO THE RESCUE ONCE AGAIN

SKIPPER’S 70 HELPS ENGLAND POST DECENT SCORE BEFORE INDIA’S TOP ORDER SHOW HOW TO DO IT

Ex-Spurs owner Lewis' guilty pleas could bring fresh round of sale talk

Fall from grace will be uncomfortable for club that he transformed with chairman Levy

Haleon sells historic lip balm brand ChapStick for £400m

ONE of the most enduring names in facial skincare is changing hands in a $530 million (£400 million) deal.

IG client figures reveal challenge for CEO

THE size of the task facing new IG chief executive Breon Corcoran was made clear when the spread betting giant revealed falling sales and profits.

Foxtons says start of year is busiest since pre-Covid

THE boss of London's largest residential property agency Foxtons today said the sales market was seeing its busiest start to the year since before the pandemic, with buyers flooding to take advantage of lower mortgage rates.

Listen up Vulva Owners, the fight is not over and hard-won rights can be lost

MY Difficult Women podcast is relaunching on Monday new year, new podcast drop! - as I may have mentioned M chez moi the other day.