A few snapshots, here, of Frank Lampard after the crazy, chaotic final minute of extra time, when Sunderland scored and the Stadium of Light erupted into thunderous celebration. As the pitch was invaded from the stands and the Coventry City players fell to their knees looking as if their lives were over, there was Lampard going to each one of them trying to commiserate while also knowing that, actually, as a group, they had maybe never been more alive. Then there was the idiotic Sunderland fan on the pitch trying to take a celebratory selfie with Lampard. He just about got away alive, too. Jack Rudoni is consoled by Lampard after Coventry were knocked out of the Championship play-offs GEORGE WOOD/GETTY IMAGESAnd then Lampard afterwards in his press conference, so raw and emotional, and though going through the process of saying the

'Sign of the times' as beloved Georgian Quarter pub is a 'sad sight'The venue closed its doors more than two weeks ago with customers saying their farewells to staffYe Cracke on Rice Street, Liverpool. (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo )Liverpool pub lovers have described one of the city's most beloved venues as a “sad sight” as its famous beer garden is closed during a period of sunny weather. Customers called it the "end of an era" when Georgian Quarter pub Ye Cracke closed its doors more than two weeks ago. Ye Cracke Pub on Rice Street (Image: Liverpool Echo )A host of other regulars chimed in, agreeing. Ye Cracke pub, Rice Street.

Poll Do you believe injuries to Padikkal and Patidar will impact the India A team's performance? The India schedule is thus clearly clashing with the fixtures of the IPL playoffs-from May 29 to June 3. "The problem is that quite a few players, who are supposed to be picked for the India A tour, will be busy for their franchises as the IPL playoffs start only from May 29. In such a scenario, those players whose teams make it to the playoffs are likely to miss at least the initial part of the India A tour of England. "Jaiswal and Jurel are likely to be there as their team (Rajasthan Royals) is not in contention for an IPL playoffs berth.

Jaguar Land Rover is experiencing a sales slowdown in India due to uncertainty surrounding the India-UK FTA, despite recent impressive growth. While some buyers are hesitant, anticipating potential price reductions, locally assembled Land Rover models may not be significantly affected. The Defender and Range Rover SUVs have been key drivers of JLR India's success.

FOR the fifth conclave in a row, white smoke was sighted from the Sistine Chapel at the perfect moment to disrupt British evening drive bulletins — 5.07 p.m. UK time, to be precise. Over on Times Radio, John Pienaar was covering the same event when his producers got to the punch about 50 seconds earlier. TalkSport, whose five-o’clock news headlines led with the announcement of Maro Itoje as Lions’ tour captain, didn’t interrupt its soccer patter, but even it mentioned the white smoke in its scheduled 5.30-p.m. bulletin. In the UK’s most heavily Roman Catholic region, Richard Morgan, of BBC Radio Ulster’s Evening Extra had the bizarre experience of interrupting a report from VE Day 80 festivities on the staunchly Protestant Shankill Road to announce, “We’ve white smoke. Pienaar announced that Prevost was a moderate as well as an American; Tanner claimed that Trump would see this as a win.

Representative imagePoll What do you think is the most important factor in dealing with cases of abuse? To hide the identity of the victim, the BBC gave her the name "Kate. "She told that one evening her husband had been drugging her tea at night with sleeping medication so he could rape her while she was unconscious and taking photographs of his assaults. Speechless and frozen by disbelief, Kate struggled to comprehend the enormity of his betrayal.For years, her husband had been abusive and controlling in private. Six months later, the CPS reversed its stance and said that her ex-husband will now be charged.The case finally went to court in 2022, five long years after his initial confession.

The Eurovision Song Contest is two weeks away as tonight’s semi-final gets underway(Picture: Zuma Press)Tonight marks the first semi-final in the Eurovision Song Contest for 2025. The first of two semi-finals for the Eurovision Song Contest will air on iPlayer and BBC One, Radio 2 and BBC Sounds from 8pm on May 13. The latest Eurovision 2025 oddsHaving won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times already, Sweden are once again the bookmakers’ favourites to take home the trophy in 2025. Who is the UK’s Eurovision entry for 2025? The UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry for 2025 was announced in early March.

THE DAILY MAILFlorian Wirtz's parents met Manchester City officials on Tuesday during a flying visit as the race to land the Bayer Leverkusen playmaker heats up. A Manchester United scout saw Cristiano Ronaldo Jr make his Portugal U15 debut as a raft of top clubs sent representatives to the match. Ruben Amorim has reached into his own pocket to counteract Sir Jim Ratcliffe's cost-cutting crusade at Manchester United by buying Europa League final tickets for his staff. Manchester United have cancelled the club's end-of-season-awards dinner after the dismal performance of the men's team. Dan Ashworth will be unveiled as the Football Association's new director of football operations this week, seven months after he was sacked from his role as sporting director at Manchester United.

Representative imageMUMBAI: The free trade agreement between India and the UK will benefit Jaguar Land Rover ’s future vehicles, as customers will be able to access them much faster, driving its performance in India, said the company’s top executive.Currently, the Range Rover franchise— Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Evoque, and the Velar—are built in India using CKD (completely knocked down) kits. JLR made over 70% of Tata Motors’ revenue last fiscal, which was Rs 4.39 lakh crore.Regarding the US-UK trade deal , Balaji said, “The situation is much better than what we were facing before. We will have to wait to quantify the impact of the change in tariffs,” Balaji said. The impact of tariffs and the actions it takes will become clearer with time, showing how they balance out, Balaji said. JLR intends to invest 18 billion pounds in the business over a five-year period.

Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, The government’s proposal to introduce a levy of 6 per cent on foreign students is a bad copy of President Trump’s chaotic trade wars (“Migration plan to curb 100,000 arrivals a year”, May 13). The main difference is that rather than imposing tariffs on imports, the Home Office wants to impose shocking tariffs on our most successful export-related product: university education. Whether British universities directly pay this ill-advised tariff or pass it on to foreign students is irrelevant. University finances will suffer an enormous blow and academic job losses will intensify, while calls for bailing out our university sector will grow louder. Professor Costas MilasUniversity of LiverpoolSir, Physicists will have smiled at Rhys Blakely’s description of Cern’s

ETtechLive EventsMumbai-based sports tech company Dream Sports is set to invest $50 million (around Rs 427 crore) in cricket media platform Cricbuzz and North American cricket broadcaster Willow TV , both owned by Times Internet , as per a joint statement by the two companies.Dream Sports will pick up a strategic minority interest in Cricbuzz and Willow TV, which collectively have 185 million monthly users across more than 150 countries.“Cricbuzz and Willow sit at the heart of how hundreds of millions of fans follow cricket everyday,” Times Internet vice chairman Satyan Gajwani said. “We’re excited to work with Dream Sports to reimagine and develop new ways to collaboratively create new experiences for cricket fans across the planet.”In March 2023, Willow TV secured rights to broadcast International Cricket Council events in the US and Canada until the end of 2027, extending a partnership that began in 2016.Willow TV, the largest cricket broadcaster in North America, streams more than 1,500 live matches each year to users in the US and Canada, and has also expanded its broadcast footprint into a leading cricket broadcast platform for the Middle East and Southeast Asia.Dream Sports’ investment in Cricbuzz and Willow TV will create new opportunities for fan experiences, the statement said, adding that the companies intend to collaborate to provide more real-time analysis and statistics, engagement and commerce integrations, and AI-driven predictions to Cricbuzz’s audience.Times Internet is the digital arm of The Times of India Group, which publishes The Economic Times.Dream Sports cofounder and CEO Harsh Jain said, “Dream Sports’ mission is to ‘Make Sports Better’ for Indian sports fans. Cricbuzz and Dream11 have worked together for over a decade, and with this investment, all cricket fans can expect much more fan engagement, interactive streams, and integrated commerce experiences that will bring them closer to the action and to each other.” Avendus Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the transaction.With 250 million users, Dream Sports, which operates the fantasy platform Dream11, has been expanding its presence beyond India. Earlier this month, it joined the ownership group of English football club Salford City FC , becoming part of a consortium led by footballing icons David Beckham and Gary Neville, alongside business leaders Declan Kelly and Lord Mervyn Davies.The company also runs sports content and commerce platform FanCode and experiential sports travel platform DreamSetGo.On March 31, ET reported that Dream Sports had shifted its domicile from the US to India through a reverse merger, becoming one of the first new-age firms to use the fast-track route for cross-border mergers.

THE PGA Championship will take place at Quail Hollow in North Carolina THIS WEEK. World No1 Scottie Scheffler is the favourite to claim the Wanamaker Trophy as he features in the PGA Championship a year on from his shock arrest. When is PGA Championship 2025? The PGA Championship 2025 begins on Thursday, May 15. In the UK, the PGA Championship will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Golf.

A British man who served 38 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after forensic evidence from the crime scene was tested and found not to match his DNA. The man, Peter Sullivan, 68, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner. The judgment follows the emergence of several other wrongful convictions in recent years, casting a shadow over the reputation of Britain’s criminal justice system and raising grave questions about the credibility of the appeals process. Mr. Sullivan was imprisoned after the killing in August 1986 of Diane Sindall, 21, who suffered a frenzied sexual attack in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, as she made her way home from a pub where she also worked. After DNA evidence was presented in the case, the Court of Appeal overturned Mr. Sullivan’s conviction.

Not quite like Spain’s because that is always Real Madrid versus Barcelona, even when Atletico Madrid or Valencia are winning the league. Manchester City versus Liverpool; Arsenal versus Manchester United. Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp versus Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. Last weekend brought the fourth Clasico of this season. Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Jr on one side, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha on the

Resurfaced interviews of Blake Lively and the It Ends with Us cast claiming Taylor Swift was allegedly involved with the project have emerged on social media. Lively continued to reiterate the claim to Gayle King on CBS Mornings in August while appearing on CBS Mornings. Despite Lively and the It Ends with Us name-dropping Taylor on multiple occasions, she never took to social media to promote the film. We know it was conditional on signing contract – but asking if you will reconsider – so [REDACTED] can release this trailer and Blake does not change her me re calling Taylor Swift.' Baldoni, who is also suing the Times for defamation, claimed Lively hijacked the filming of the movie as he attempted to blow her allegations to smithereens.