The Ukraine peace deal Steve Witkoff has ‘negotiated’ with Russia is seen in Kyiv as an all-out victory for Putin. Ukraine must lose half its army, accept the loss of Crimea and much of its eastern territory, and can’t join NATO. Russia rejoins the G-7 & its assets are unfrozen.

England fans who woke up at 2 AM Vs England fans that woke up at 6 AM. The first group woke up, saw the mindless batting, cursed “here we go again” and then went back to bed. The second group woke up late, got to see a marvellous bowling effort that put England ahead. I belong

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

FIFA and 2026 World Cup tickets. Nasty work.

I'm hoping to unite Left and Right - they'll all hate my piece in today's Sunday Times, saying that successive Budgets have overtaxed the highest-earning 20%, and under-taxed both the median earner and the richest 0.1%.thetimes.com/money/tax/arti…

I hope Harry Brook feels ashamed of himself. Of course, he is a fantastic batsman but when playing for England you should also have a good sense of responsibility. Brook had little of that in Perth or here at the Gabba if he had had, England might now have been sitting on a

STEVE SMITH IS OUT! 🙌 What a take from Will Jacks! 🔥 Watch #TheAshes LIVE on TNT Sports and discovery+ 📺

England has lost a wicket every 29 balls in this Ashes series. SEN Cricket SEN 1116 #Ashes

Serious thought. The word "Bazball" has become a distraction. A smokescreen for what we're really watching. Average bowling, reckless batting, terrible catching. It doesn't need a funky label; call it what it is, rank bad cricket.

Hameed - 1258 FC runs @ 66.21 last season Dom Sibley - 1274 FC runs @ 60.66 James Rew - 1053 FC runs @ 45.78 Tom Abell - 1022 FC runs @ 51.10 Jack Leach - 52 FC wickets @ 22.78 Ollie Robinson - 39 FC wickets @ 24.74 Craig Overton - 33 FC wickets @ 25.39 Just FYI.

Ben Stokes is doing that slightly unglamorous captain thing in this Ashes. The bit that rarely shows up neatly in the results column... He bowled 19 overs, then walked out to bat in 17th over today & then he stayed there for two full sessions. It felt less like a batting innings

💬 "Through that Jamie Smith dismissal, it sums up a lot of how England have played this Test series." Justin Langer's thoughts as Australia retain the Ashes on home soil. 📺 Watch #TheAshes LIVE on TNT Sports and discovery+

Genius….on and off the park….lose count of how many times Ricky has done this

As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent eight-page special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record. ➡️ Read for free

“If you’re not willing to run in all day for your team… don’t bother!” James Anderson Tailenders Ashes review is live now on BBC Sport YouTube, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers just completely eviscerated, Donald Trump and ICE over the murder of Renee Good. "What happened in Minnesota was straight up murder, in my opinion. This lady was probably trying to go home and she didn't make it home. The whole ice thing,

Well 1,061 certainly didn’t stay ‘a little back’. That’s the number of non-American NATO troops who were killed in support of US actions in Afghanistan. He really is ungracious, ignorant and uncaring on such matters. Especially unbecoming from someone who managed to avoid

And you thought that Finn Allen innings was the best cricketing contribution you’d see this week…

BREAKING : This is absolute cinema 🍿 Journalist : Trump wants help from Europe to open Strait of Hormuz French Gen. Richoux 🇫🇷 : "He can go Fúck himself" 🔥😂 "He wanted to invade Greenland and now he is begging for help from Europe" 🤣 This war is now isolating Trump 🗿

Here are Sabastian Sawe's splits en route to the 1:59:30 marathon world record. 🤯 He ran the first half in 1:00:29 and then the second half in 59:01. My goodness! Splits — Time (Segment) — Pace (min/mile) 5K — 14:14 (14:14) — 4:35 10K — 28:35 (14:21) — 4:37 15K — 43:10