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
Gloucestershire have signed fast bowler Henry Brookes from Middlesex on a three-year contract starting next season. The 26-year-old initially joined the Bristol club on loan for the start of this season, but his spell was cut short due to a hamstring injury. He returned to Middlesex where he will continue until the end of the
Prime Video’s adaptation of Chloe Walsh’s “Boys of Tommen” has found Patrick Feely and Pierce O’Neill, with Jamie Schneider and James Craven taking on the roles respectively. Also joining the cast as parents are Eoin Macken, who will play Teddy Lynch, Róisín Gallagher as Marie Lynch and Amy Huberman as Edel Kavanagh. “Boys of Tommen”
When Sarah Reeve got engaged, she gave her fiancé Lee an ultimatum: he had to pay his debt before she married him. “I was paying my mortgage and my bills while he was giving his mother some rent,” Sarah says of their situations when they met in their early 20s. “I told him I wouldn’t
Kent legend and former England batsman Joe Denly has announced he will retire at the end of the season. Denly, 40, has played for Kent since 2004, when he was 18, plus three seasons with Middlesex between 2012 and 2014, and represented England in all three formats. His highest Test score for England came in
Andy Burnham has become leader of the UK Labor Party, paving the way for him to take over as Prime Minister following the resignation of Keir Starmer last month. Burnham, dressed in a suit and red tie, was greeted with thunderous applause after being announced as the new Labor leader at a special leadership conference
