International

Key events 42nd over: England 166-6 (Smith 31, Atkinson 7) Smith plays another majestic cover drive for four, this time off Henry, before punching another boundary through mid-off. Terrific batting. And that, my good friend, is tea. Share 41st over: England 158-6 (Smith 23, Atkinson 7) This partnership is worth 31, which makes it the […]

Key events For the 22-year-old Shnaider, the 25th seed and Andreeva’s doubles partner, she’s been ranked around the world’s top 20 for the past couple of years but hasn’t been able to really announce herself at the biggest tournaments. Until now. And she goes into her first slam semi-final in the very strange position of […]

Key events Auger-Aliassime wins the first set 6-4 Will Cobolli feel the scoreboard pressure, knowing he has to hold serve to stay in this opening set? A wayward forehand at 15-0 owes probably as much to the wind as it does nerves; it’s really stirring up again. Cobolli decides to play it safe at 30-15 […]

Mahmood condemns ‘dangerous’ commentary, saying one officer wrongly linked to Nowak case has faced death threats Mahmood said that there was a “dangerous undercurrent” in the commentary on this case, and she said that a police office had had to relocate for his own protection because he had been wrongly identified as the officer in […]

Key events But he’s started badly, that round three match presumably still in his legs; Berrettini leads 2-0, Share Cerudolo might’ve felt some impostor’s syndrome after beating Jannik Sinner, whose body let him down when up 6-3 6-2 5-1. But in round three, he saw off Martin Landaluce 10-8 in the fourth tiebreak of a […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jodar then records a second break, quicksmart, and he’s been brilliant these last two sets, his power-game and shot selection far too much for Carreno Busta; he leads 4-1 in the fifth, and I can’t fathom a way he loses from […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Gasps as Anisimova double faults to gift Parry a 3-1 lead … but Anisimova gets the mini-break back with a wonderful drop shot on the run! 3-2 to Parry. Parry decides to get in on the drop shot act, Anisimova gets […]

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Down 30-40, Michelsen whacks a forehand and I think it’s fractionally wide. The umpire comes for a look, up goes the finger, and Jodar leads 1-0 in the fifth. I’m enjoying him a lot but, for what it’s worth, I don’t […]

At the height of the second world war, while British authorities were calling on citizens to donate metal to be recycled into weapons and warships, attention at the army base of Bovington Camp in Dorset turned to a collection of historic vehicles dating from the first war – among them a legendary tank that had […]

Repeated shutdowns at Moscow airports due to drone threat; military airfields and fuel depots inside Russia hit. What we know on day 1,200 Russia’s missile and drone barrage against Kyiv on Friday killed at least six people, Ukrainian officials said. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said three emergency workers who went to a bomb site […]