Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, in what many see as the biggest challenge to Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidency since war broke out with Russia in February 2022. “Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Fedorov, 35, in a video posted to YouTube on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine is fighting
The latter stages of McCullum’s tenure have been blighted by off-field issues. Over the winter, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Josh Tongue and Ben Duckett were involved in late-night incidents. After England won the first Test of the summer against New Zealand, the series was derailed when Stokes and Gus Atkinson broke the team’s midnight curfew
McCullum combined Test and white-ball roles in 2024, two years after he first took charge of the Test team. When he arrived as Test coach in 2022, he initially embarked on a run of excellent results achieved with impressive cricket. The partnership with Stokes (a la Bazball) revitalized an England team that had won only