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The 2023 Afcon finals have been pushed back by six months – into early 2024 – to avoid the rainy season in West Africa, but the delay helped Ivory Coast finalise their preparations, with the total cost of hosting more than $1bn. The Elephants, looking for their third continental triumph after wins in 1992 and […]

Conor Chaplin delivered a moment of quality for the equaliser and then scored the winner for Ipswich Conor Chaplin’s rocket header ensured Ipswich Town moved back into the Championship top two with victory over play-off chasing Sunderland. Southampton’s win against Sheffield Wednesday earlier in the day had enabled them to leapfrog Kieran McKenna’s side, but […]

Reading fans invade the pitch Reading’s League One match against Port Vale was abandoned after hundreds of home fans invaded the pitch in protest against owner Dai Yongge. Play was stopped in the 16th minute at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Reading urged supporters to leave the pitch, but the game was called off when […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Shaun Murphy 6-2 to reach his 14th Masters final and close in on a record-extending eighth title. The world number took the opening two frames and the fourth to lead 3-1 after Murphy compiled a superb 131 break. While another Murphy century brought him within a frame, O’Sullivan then went through the […]

The actor played Doug Williams in the US daytime TV soap for more than five decades. Source: BBC News

Burrage is one of seven British players in the main draw of the singles, alongside Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray and Jack Draper. Gaining direct entry into the Australian Open for the first time in her career is indicative of her rise over the past year. Last year, the 24-year-old […]

US Open champion Coco Gauff says she wants to win at least 10 Grand Slam titles. She beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final in September to claim her first major title. Last week the 19-year-old American defended her Auckland Classic title in preparation for the Australian Open, which begins on Sunday. Asked if she had […]

Image caption, A photo of a smiling Elizabeth II – the last one ever taken of her in September 2022 – features on the front page of the Sun, which reports that the late monarch’s final moments have been detailed by her “most trusted staffer” in a new book. A memo by her private secretary […]

A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. Source: BBC News

The University Challenge host on how one question went viral and inspired the jungle music community. Source: BBC News