Andy Flower has been ruled out to replace Brendon McCullum as head coach of the England Test team. McCullum was sacked from the red-ball role earlier this month following a run of poor form and a series of controversial off-field incidents, but remains in charge of England’s white-ball organisation. Flower was England’s head coach from
Shimmy Marcus, artistic director of the renowned Dublin acting school Bow Street Academy, recently watched the latest “Knives Out” installment, “Wake Up Dead Man,” and was impressed by the number of British and Irish actors playing Americans in leading roles. “There’s Andrew Craig, Josh O’Connor, Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormick… and I thought, ‘What are
IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, ranked Detroit, Toronto and Minneapolis as the cities with the worst air quality currently in the world. Smoke from wildfires is dangerous to humans because it contains a mixture of very small polluting particles such as PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. “These particles, when they get into our
The Blaze will take their place in the Vitality Women’s Blast final at The Oval later on Friday after claiming a six-wicket victory over defending champions Surrey Women in the first semi-final of the finals day. Entered Surrey were given just 105 in the 16th over of their innings after success from Australian all-rounder Charli
Papua New Guinea-based NAFA Productions has released “Mussau: The First Song,” a historical biographical film based on the life of Taula Lovovoa, one of the first indigenous Adventist missionaries on the island of Mussau. Set in the 1930s, the film chronicles Lovovoa’s journey of transformation and reconciliation on an island that Australian colonial reports of
A shirt worn by Pelé during the 1958 World Cup final sold for $4.9 million (£3.6 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York. It is the second most valuable football shirt sold behind the Argentina shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the 1986 World
