Few athlete paths have been more winding than Mark Appel’s. After nine years of grinding in the minor leagues, battling shoulder injuries and even leaving the game, the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft made his MLB debut Wednesday at 30 years old. The Philadelphia Phillies called on Appel out of the bullpen for […]

What a brutal way to go out. Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina fought through five sets to end up in a tiebreak with Czech Jiri Vesely at Wimbledon on Wednesday. At stake: A spot in the Grand Slam’s third round. Vesely secured match point by taking a 9-7 lead in the tiebreak when Fokina failed to […]

James Harden will decline the $47.4 million option on his contract for the 2022-23 NBA season with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. He intends to work out a new contract with the team when NBA free agency opens, per the report. He was always eligible this offseason for a maximum contract […]

A MONSTER mum, stepdad and teen boy have today been jailed over the death of a five-year-old boy that horrified the nation. Little Logan Mwangi was brutally injured before he was dumped in a river near his home like "fly-tipped rubbish". Angharad Williamson, 30, John Cole, 40, and a 14-year-old boy were all jailed for […]

WHEN Rolling Stone star Mick Jagger began his illustrious career in music in 1962 Melanie Hamrick had not even been born. The pair share a young son and have been together since 2014. Here is everything we need to know about the 35-year-old former ballerina. Who is Melanie Hamrick? Born in Williamsburg in Virginia in […]

Two former employees of a North Carolina contracting company who say there were fired for refusing to take part in the firm’s daily “cult-like” Christian prayer meetings have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit. John McGaha and Mackenzie Saunders said in a lawsuit filed Monday that the owner of Aurora Pro Services “created a hostile work […]

Scandal in Germany as Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann splits from his wife after falling for football reporter – as couple are spotted on private yacht off Ibiza Julian Nagelsmann announced the end of his 15-year relationship with wife Verena this month It was revealed today he is dating Lena Wurzenberger, a 30-year-old reporter for Germany’s Bild […]

Wimbledon’s bad boy Nick Kyrgios returns… and immediately rows with the umpire: Australian goes one set up in second-round clash with Filip Krajinović (after being banished from Centre Court) Strong performance so far for the hot head Australian, who got through the first set with impressive speed  Minor outburst when Krajinovic tried to challenge call […]

Boris says the UK will spend 2.5 PER CENT of GDP on defence by the end of the decade – around £10bn extra a year – as he warns Russia must not be allowed to ‘win’ in Ukraine at the end of crunch NATO summit Boris Johnson has said the UK will be spending 2.5% […]

(Reuters) – Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war. "I would like to point out once again that under certain circumstances such hostile measures can also qualify as an act of international […]