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Raducanu through to Queen’s quarter-final with impressive win

Emma Raducanu swept aside Slovakia’s Rebecca Sramkova to reach the quarter-finals at Queen’s and will regain her place as British number one for the first time in two years.

The Briton was largely untroubled against world number 41 Sramkova, winning 6-4 6-1 on a packed Andy Murray Arena.

The 22-year-old smiled between points after overcoming a wobble in the first set where she lost four games in a row while trying to seal the opener.

Raducanu is the last Briton standing at the first women’s tournament at Queen’s since 1973 after compatriots Katie Boulter and Heather Watson exited in the last 16 earlier on Thursday.

Watson lost 6-4 6-2 to 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, while Boulter fell 2-6 6-3 6-2 to Diana Shnaider and will now relinquish her title as British number one, which she has held since June 2023.

Raducanu, who will face Chinese top seed Zheng Qinwen next, only had to equal Boulter’s run at Queen’s to overtake her when the official rankings are updated on Monday.

She earned the position after winning the US Open in 2021 but slipped down the rankings after a period of inconsistent form and injury struggles in 2023, when Boulter replaced her.

The rivalry for top spot is perhaps not all that intense, though, as Raducanu wrote “long live Boultucanu” – a nod to their doubles partnership – on the camera lens after her victory, with the pair clearly firm friends.

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This week, Raducanu has looked relaxed and largely in control, coming through both of her matches in straight sets and taking part in some doubles action alongside compatriot Boulter for the first time.

She has quickly made the west London tournament feel like home and that was no different on Thursday as she took in the adulation from the crowd.

A dream start for Raducanu left her serving for the set at 5-0 but what had looked like a stroll in the park quickly turned uncomfortable as she lost the next four games.

Serving for the set again at 5-4 she eventually shut out with a love hold to a huge ovation from the Queen’s crowd, and wearing a slightly sheepish grin as she walked to her chair.

The second set followed a similar pattern, with Raducanu dictating points and earning a triple break of serve.

This time she did not allow Sramkova back in, sealing victory in style and thanking the crowd for their “roar of support” in her on-court interview.

Raducanu has spoken this week about how she is feeling free to express herself on court and how this makes her more creative.

She has been boosted for the grass season by the return of her former coach Nick Cavaday to her team, to work alongside Mark Petchey, and has said she is feeling more settled as a result.

That seems to be shining through on the court, where she was also helped on occasion by some lucky net cords that left Sramkova shaking her head in frustration.

“I am really pleased to get through that,” Raducanu said. “I don’t think it was my cleanest performance but I am really pleased to push through in the tight moments. I really appreciate the support in that spell when she was coming back.

“I came out ready, expecting everything. I am just happy I was able to get off to a good start and build a lead.”

Boulter may have sat at the top of British women’s tennis for two years but, with Raducanu looking back to somewhere near her best, we could see the two battling for the top spot in British women’s tennis on a regular basis.

Boulter is looking forward to the challenge.

“It’s going to be fun for me to chase her now, and I think she’s been doing that for a while. Now it’s kind of my turn,” she said.

“I’m very happy for her to be British number one.”

Boulter, who won the title in Nottingham this time last year, had been trying to reach a seventh quarter-final on grass.

There were plenty of positives to take in a first set which she said featured “some of the best grass court tennis” she has played.

She continually caused problems behind her first serve – something she had suggested she would be working on in the build-up to this match after struggles earlier this week – and went a double break up on her way to taking the first set.

But by the time the umpire suspended play because of a downpour, Boulter was down a break at 4-1 in the second set and in trouble on serve again.

After a 20-minute rain delay, she returned to have her serve broken for a second time and, despite recovering one break, she could not prevent Shnaider from forcing a deciding set.

Boulter once again came under pressure in the opening game, wiping out three break points to secure the hold as problems on serve returned with a vengeance.

She saved more break points in her next service game, only to double-fault and concede the break.

From there, Boulter struggled to regroup and went down a double break.

She could not find a way back as Shnaider set up a meeting with American second seed, and Australian Open champion, Madison Keys.

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Frederic Vasseur was Lewis Hamilton’s team boss when the Briton became GP2 champion in 2006, the year before he entered F1

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Lewis Hamilton says that Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur “is the person to take us to the top” amid the team’s struggles at the start of this season.

Ferrari have scored just three podium places in grands prix this year through Charles Leclerc, while Hamilton won the sprint race in China.

The Briton, 40, finished sixth at the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago and afterwards said he had “no idea why it was so bad” and that it was his “worst race (for Ferrari), balance-wise.”

Speaking in Montreal on Thursday before this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Hamilton said: “I love working with Fred. Fred’s the main reason I’m in this team and got the opportunity to be here, which I’m forever grateful for.

“We’re in this together. We’re working hard in the background. Things aren’t perfect but I am here to work with the team but also with Fred.

“I want Fred here. I believe he is the person to take us to the top.”

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The seven-time champion described reports in two Italian newspapers that Ferrari were considering replacing Vasseur as “nonsense”.

Ferrari said they were not worth commenting on.

“Most people don’t know what’s going on in the background,” Hamilton said. “That’s not part of the discussion.”

He added: “I don’t think that’s on the cards as far as I’m aware and it’s certainly not something I would be supportive of.

“Embedding new people, whether it’s a driver or engineers or people who run an organisation, it takes time to adjust and the impact can be significant. That is not part of the discussion. I am here to win with Fred and he has my full support.

“I have just started with Ferrari and I am here for several years. There is no question where my head is at and what I am working towards achieving with this team. There are zero doubts.”

Vasseur joined Ferrari at the beginning of 2023 after chairman John Elkann removed his predecessor Mattia Binotto following a 2022 season that had started well but took a turn for the worse amid poor reliability, operational errors and lack of development compared with Red Bull.

Last year, Ferrari came close to winning the constructors’ title for the first time since 2008, ending the year just 16 points behind McLaren, and were expecting this season to be a close fight at the front.

Instead, McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have won seven of the first nine races, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is the only other driver to visit the top step of the podium with wins in Japan and Imola.

Hamilton has struggled in his first races with the team, and has generally been a little behind Leclerc.

He is one place and 23 points behind the Monegasque in the drivers’ championship.

Hamilton said: “It’s been a whirlwind of a year. Everything outside the race track is going amazing, and I am working as hard as I can to make sure that’s reflected in the results.

“We need to bring more performance to the car. We have had one upgrade in Bahrain. Hopefully soon we will have another.

“The car I am racing right now is not a car I have had input into developing and evolving over the past four years. I am driving a car Charles has been part of developing. It has its challenges but I am enjoying that challenge.”

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South Africa’s players have “massive belief” they can pull off a sensational victory in the World Test Championship final, says batter David Bedingham.

Australia initially put themselves in a strong position on day two, dismissing the Proteas for 138 in response to their own first-innings total of 212.

But South Africa roared back into the contest in the second half of the day as Australia collapsed to 144-8 – a lead of 218 – to leave the match on a knife edge.

Australia captain Pat Cummins said the contest is “50-50” in terms of who will emerge as victor.

And Bedingham, who top scored for South Africa in their first innings with 45, said his side will not be daunted but instead relish an “amazing chance” to secure a famous win at the home of cricket.

“We’re all very, very excited about the opportunity to win. It could go either way,” Bedingham said.

“When they started batting in their second innings, I think we would have definitely taken 144-8.

“So we are very confident and I think there’s a massive belief in this team.”

If Australia fail to add any more runs on day three South Africa would still be facing the fifth-highest Test run chase in Lord’s history.

Bedingham believes a positive approach from his side’s batters will be the best way to take on the challenge when they get the opportunity to bat on day three.

“I think we definitely showed more intent today. I think that will probably be the way we go about it,” he added.

“The main thing is just to 100% commit if you’re defending or attacking. As soon as you get caught in two minds against these attacks, I think you get found out.”

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Australia lost five batters for just 29 runs – their fourth biggest collapse between the third and seventh wicket – to blow open the World Test Championship final.

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17.5 overs – Labuschagne c Verreynne b Jansen 22 (Aus 44-3) – Labuschagne plays a loose drive and edges behind to wicketkeeper Verreynne.

18.5 overs – Smith lbw b Ngidi 13 (Aus 48-4) – South Africa successfully review an lbw against Smith, who plays across the line and is struck on his back pad in line with off stump.

22.6 overs – Webster lbw b Ngidi 9 (Aus 64-5) – A wide delivery angles back in, beats Webster’s inside edge and hits his back leg in front of middle stump.

23.4 overs – Head b Mulder 9 (Aus 66-6) – Mulder pitches the ball outside off and gets it to nip back past Head’s inside edge and into off stump.

24.5 overs – Cummins b Ngidi 6 (Aus 73-7) – Ngidi bowls a yorker which hits Cummins on the pads and ricochets into the stumps.

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Australia skipper Cummins put his side’s collapse down to a “tricky” Lord’s pitch, and “disciplined” bowling from South Africa.

Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada picked up 3-35 and 3-44 respectively while Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder also claimed one apiece.

Cummins said: “I think it’s a mixture of the wicket still doing a little bit. It feels like just when it’s not doing anything, one ball will suddenly seam quite drastically.

“Both teams are kind of just hanging in that good length area, pretty tight line. I think the fast bowling from South Africa looked pretty tricky and the wicket has got enough in it to make it even more tricky.”

Cummins, who reached 300 Test wickets after he took 6-28, said any runs his side can eke out for their last two wickets could be vital.

“I am so happy we got 200. Hopefully we get another 20 or 30 in the morning,” he added.

“I think they’d give us a few more options to bowl, you know. A few more aggressive fields and those kind of things.

“I think it’s pretty close to 50-50 and that’s a pretty good Test match.”

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George Mills set a British record in the men’s 5,000m as he finished fourth in a lightning-fast race at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.

Mills, 26, led at the bell but was passed in the final 400m as Nico Young of the United States came through to win in a personal best of 12 minutes 45.27 seconds.

Mills clocked 12:46.59 to beat Sir Mo Farah’s previous British best of 12:53.11 which had stood since 2011.

In doing so, Mills took 12 seconds off his own personal best.

The race was seen as an assault on the world record, and while the field were ultimately 10 seconds off the mark set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020, Young’s time was the second best this year, with even 10th-placed Dominic Lobalu setting a Swiss record.

Mills said of his own record run: “The national record was definitely one of the things I came for.

“The race was stacked and billed as a world record attempt, so to be in the mix was important. My target for the season is a global medal and this shows I am in the right space.”

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Asher-Smith third as Olympic champion Alfred wins in Oslo

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in the women’s 100m, behind Olympic champion Julien Alfred and veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith.

Asher-Smith failed to make the 100m final at last year’s Olympics but is hopeful of better at this year’s World Championships in Tokyo in September.

She said after running a season’s best 11.08 seconds: “I feel great – I have been training really well and I’m healthy so I’m really happy to be here.

“I plan to run faster and this year is obviously all about the World Championships in Tokyo – the aim of course is to make the 100m and 200m finals, and I do believe I can run really well and get into the medals.”

Alfred looked smooth in her first 100m of the year, clocking 10.89, and could be the one to beat again in Japan.

She said: “It was my first race of the season, so I was a little rusty, but I got the win under my belt, which is the main thing.

“I am Olympic champion, so I am the one to beat, but I really want to add world champion to my name.”

Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis easily won again, clearing 6.15m but for once not troubling a world record, while there was a record of sorts for the crowd to celebrate in the final event.

Karsten Warholm, who trains on the Oslo track, won the rarely run 300m hurdles in a world record of 32.67 seconds.

The event’s famous ‘Dream Mile’, won in the past by greats such as Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, this time went to Portugal’s Isaac Nader in 3:48.25, with Britain’s Elliot Giles setting a personal best of 3:49.16 in seventh.

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Thomas Frank previously coached in his native Denmark before joining Brentford

Tottenham have appointed Brentford boss Thomas Frank as their head coach on a deal until 2028.

The 51-year-old Dane replaces Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked earlier this month despite leading Spurs to victory in the Europa League final in May.

Frank spent seven years in charge of Brentford, guiding the club from the Championship to the Premier League in 2021.

He is Tottenham’s fourth permanent manager since June 2021.

Spurs finished 17th in the top flight last season, losing 22 of their 38 matches and finishing seven places and 18 points below Brentford.

However, they have qualified for next season’s Champions League after beating Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao – their first major trophy for 17 years.

Justin Cochrane will join Frank at Tottenham as the Dane’s assistant, despite efforts from the Bees to keep hold of the England coach.

Frank has also brought head of performance Chris Haslam and first-team analyst Joe Newton with him from Brentford, while another assistant coach, Andreas Georgson, arrives from Manchester United.

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In a statement,, external Brentford said everyone connected with the club “would like to thank Thomas for the incredible impact he has had on the club’s history”.

Bees director of football Phil Giles said: “From the moment he replaced Dean Smith, he understood what we were trying to build and his wisdom, coaching ability and emotional intelligence have helped transform the club.

“But it’s not just what you see on the pitch. He forged a special connection with our fans, helped develop and improve players, and was instrumental in implementing the culture that has seen Brentford go from strength to strength.

“We will never forget Thomas, but now it is time to thank him and take the next steps in our journey with a new leader who we believe can be just as successful and influential.”

An hour after the appointment of Frank was confirmed, Spurs captain Cristian Romero posted a message, external to his former boss Postecoglou.

It included the line: “You paved the way despite the many obstacles that always existed and always will exist,” which some supporters have viewed as a shot at Spurs owner Daniel Levy, who chose to sack Postecoglou despite winning the Europa League.

Frank first joined Brentford as an assistant in 2016, before taking over from Dean Smith as head coach in October 2018.

In 2019-20 his side reached the Championship play-off final but suffered a 2-1 defeat by Fulham.

They reached the Championship play-off again the following season and beat Swansea City to reach the Premier League, with Frank becoming the first Brentford manager in 86 years to win promotion to the top flight.

Since then, Frank has established the Bees as a competitive Premier League club, recording 13th, ninth, 16th and 10th-place finishes.

Last season Brentford’s tally of 66 goals in the Premier League was the joint fifth best in the division.

Of the 152 top-flight games Frank has overseen, he has won 54 and lost 60 – claiming 200 points from a possible 456.

Postecoglou’s style of play at Spurs proved divisive, with a notoriously high line featuring prominently before being ditched for the crucial Europa League run-in.

Frank is known for his use of data in the game, previously stating he is not a lover of shots from outside the box.

Last season, 23% of Brentford’s efforts came from outside the area – the lowest in the league – compared to 28% for Spurs.

Last season Brentford attempted 675 crosses, while Spurs delivered 752. Frank may bring with him the need to be more picky in wide areas.

A statistic that stands out is his side’s willingness to compete in the air, with last season’s 1,210 aerial duels the highest figure in the league and dwarfing Tottenham’s 872.

Expect Tottenham to contest things that bit more but, as with shots from range or crosses, Frank seems to want to be smart when it comes to competing.

Brentford fouled far less than Spurs across the past two seasons – indeed, only Manchester City committed fewer fouls than Brentford last season.

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The UK food watchdog has warned people with allergies not to buy imported Dubai chocolate if they have any doubts about ingredients because of different labelling standards.

The Food Standards Agency’s chief scientific advisor said shoppers should stick to “trusted” retailers in the UK as the products they sell are more likely to be made for the domestic market.

Dubai chocolate has become hugely popular fuelled by so-called “influencers” on TikTok, leading UK supermarkets such as Waitrose and Lidl to impose per person limits to meet demand.

But a recent investigation by the BBC found several TikTok Shop users selling food without listing allergen information.

UK businesses are legally required to declare if a product they sell contains one of the 14 regulated allergens – including nuts and milk.

The FSA found some imported Dubai-style chocolate products may not have been intended for sale in the UK and therefore lack a full ingredients list or allergen labelling that are legally required.

Professor Robin May, the FSA’s chief chief scientific advisor, said: “Some imported Dubai-style chocolate products don’t meet our standards and could be a food safety risk, especially for consumers with allergies.”

He added: “As it’s difficult for consumers to tell the difference between products made for the UK and those that aren’t, if you have a food allergy or intolerance, we advise that you do not buy the product unless you’re certain it’s intended for sale here.”

By law, products made to UK standards must have labels that have the ingredients written in English, the name of the food, a best before or use by date, and the name and address of a UK or European Union (EU) business that is responsible for information on the product.

If the food is not from the EU or UK then an importer must be listed.

The FSA said it had worked with local authorities to identify a number of Dubai chocolate products that posed a health risk to consumers with allergies.

It said some of these products may also contain additives and colours which aren’t allowed to be sold in the UK.

The popular treat combines the flavours of chocolate, pistachio and tahini with filo pastry, and is inspired by the Arab dessert Knafeh.

The regulator is now sampling products to work out the scale of the problem.

It said shoppers should report any concerns to their local authority and is working with allergy charities to raise awareness.

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Mondelēz International, which owns the brand, says it took the “difficult decision” to axe the 360g bar.

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologised to the Spanish people after an escalating corruption scandal brought down a senior Socialist party colleague.

Sánchez, who has led Spain since 2018, said there was no such thing as “zero corruption” and he sought to put to distance himself from the affair, ruling out early elections.

Opposition conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said it was time for Sánchez to resign: “Survival is no longer an option.”

A downbeat Sánchez admitted he had been wrong to trust Santos Cerdán, the secretary of his Socialist party, and spoke of his deep disappointment.

Cerdán has been asked to testify in court after a judge suggested he may have acted with former party officials in improperly awarding public contracts in exchange for kickbacks.

He said on Thursday he was stepping down to defend himself in the Supreme Court on 25 June, maintaining he had “never committed a crime nor have I been complicit one”.

Despite his seven years in power, Sánchez heads a shaky, minority coalition, secured after the conservative Popular Party won 2023 elections but failed to form a government.

Amid mounting speculation over his own future, he called a news conference in a bid to head off the creeping scandal.

In a statement followed by media questions, he said he knew absolutely nothing about the corruption affair and instead pledged to restructure the leadership of his Socialist PSOE party.

“This is not about me, and it’s not about the Socialist party,” he said.

His government would continue its “political project”, insisting that no new elections would take place until 2027.

However, Sánchez may face pressure from within his coalition, after deputy prime minister Yolanda Díaz from left-wing coalition partner Sumar said she also wanted explanations.

The opposition Popular Party has been buoyed by a weekend rally in the centre of Madrid that attracted tens of thousands of supporters, calling for Sánchez to go under a slogan “mafia or democracy”.

Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo appealed to other coalition parties to abandon the prime minister. There was no possible firewall, he told reporters on Thursday: “Corruption is already the hallmark of this government and it must end.”

Little over an hour earlier, Sánchez had made his first appearance answering media questions since a national power outage that hit Spain in April.

Speaking from Socialist party (PSOE) national headquarters in Madrid, the prime minister said he had until Thursday morning been persuaded of Santos Cerdán’s integrity and wanted to apologise to Spanish citizens.

“There is no such thing as zero corruption, but there must be zero tolerance when it takes place,” said Sánchez, the secretary-general of the PSOE. “We shouldn’t have trusted him.”

Sanchez accuses the opposition of conducting a smear campaign. Like many others he said he had his faults and asked the Spanish people for forgiveness.

He went on to accuse the conservatives of besieging his government on a multitude of issues and followed up his appearance with a message on social media, vowing to continue working for what he had always stood for: “clean politics and democratic renewal.”

Sánchez has faced repeated political crises and in April 2024 threatened to stand down.

He took five days to decide on his future, when a court decided to open preliminary proceedings against his wife over allegations surrounding her business dealings.

Then too he called a televised news conference, and in a moment of high drama announced he had decided to stay on in the job.

However, the Cerdán resignation represents a moment of political jeopardy for the prime minister.

Even though he is not personally implicated in the corruption allegations, one of his closest political allies is, along with two other officials.

Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente acted after a lengthy report from Spain’s Civil Guard Central Operative Unit concluded that Socialist party organiser Cerdán would have had full knowledge of payments made in the alleged kickbacks scandal.

The judge said the report revealed that evidence suggested Cerdán had acted in collusion with a former Sánchez-era transport minister, José Luis Ábalos, and the minister’s ex-adviser Koldo García.

Ábalos lost his job in a reshuffle 2021 and was then forced to resign from the Socialist party as well in 2024. He remains an independent MP.

The police report is based on a number of recordings made by Koldo García over a four-year period and it estimates that the payments were worth €620,000 (£530,000).

Transcripts of some of the recordings appeared in Spanish media on Thursday alleging that Cerdán and Koldo García had discussed payments of substantial sums of money.

Koldo García and José Luis Ábalos have also been called to testify by the judge. The former minister denies he has done anything wrong.

It comes after the UK agreed a deal with the European Union over the territory’s post-Brexit future.

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