Western allies including the UK have been warned they face an increased risk of reprisals after Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.
With the New Year thoughts turn naturallyâ¨to the Six Nations. We could probably all guess ten or 11 of the team Gregor Townsend will pick for the opening match in Dublin. There would be question marks over some positions of course. Scrum-half: Ali Price or George Horne? Tight-head: Zander Fagerson or WP Nel? The back-row invites speculation, but at least the choice there is who to pick from a strong field: Hamish Watson, Jamie Ritchie, Blade Thomson, Magnus Bradbury, Sam Skinner, Ryan Wilson and Matt Fagerson.
Good friends who follow rival teams tend to go all queasy when the story of the Raith Rovers shipwrecking is told for the umpteenth time. No fans like the sworn enemies getting one over on them in any shape or form, and the 1923 calamity off the coast of north-west Spain grabs almost the entire quota of comedy and romance allocated to the Fife corner of the fitba â¨firmament. But it should be said: the current manager at Starkâs Park sounds like the ideal man for such a crisis.
All fixtures in the Emirates FA Cup third round today, tomorrow and on Monday night will kick off a minute later than originally scheduled. For example, tomorrowâs Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton, perhaps the pick of the ties, will start at a minute past four.
He has been a star attraction for visitors to the capital for eight years but has had a rough couple of years, struggling with ill health and infertility.
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