England captain Joe Root will move to outright third on the all-time list for most Test appearances when England face Pakistan in the third Test this week. Root, 35, is currently joint-third place for all-time Test appearances with former Australia captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh. The trio all sit on 168 Test caps each.
At least two people have been killed after Russia resumed airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, officials said. The attack came after both countries agreed to halt strikes on each other’s capitals for three days while US Donald Trump’s top envoys visited Moscow and Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on
Premiering out of Venice Immersive, “Nevatars” has long been a passion project for director Andy Serkis. It took root when Serkis and partner Jonathan Cavendish co-founded The Imaginarium, a production studio built on Serkis’ deep expertise in performance capture. They had the hardware, the knowledge — and, it turns out, had been sitting on the
Cricket Australia has opened the Big Bash to private investment, although individual state associations will retain the power to decide whether and when to sell stakes in their franchises. The governing body had originally been keen on a league-wide sale of franchises for the Big Bash League (BBL) and the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL)
Singapore’s government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister who is the highest paid political leader in the world. Lawrence Wong will see an increase of 1.4 million Singapore dollars ($1.1m; £818,000) in his annual pay package. He has said he will donate this
Spanish actor Ester Expósito (“Elite”) is circling the upcoming feature “Stink Eye” (“Malmirada”) and has signed a letter of intent to topline the feature debut of Colombian director-writer Cristina Sánchez Salamanca, who first caught the film world’s eye with her short “Bebé” at the 2022 Tribeca Festival. “Stink Eye” is among the projects participating at
