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Rory McIlroy
personCameron Young leads British Open after opening with 8-under 64 at St Andrews. Defending champion Collin Morikawa shoots 72. Tiger Woods shoots 78, his second-worst score in his Open career. Ian Poulter booed on the first tee, triggering an alarming hook.
Suella Braverman
personRishi Sunak came first with 101 votes, followed by Penny Mordaunt on 83. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 67, with equalities minister Kemi Badenoch fourth. Tom Tugendhat fifth on 32, with another round of voting on Monday.
Tiger Woods
personCameron Young leads British Open after opening with 8-under 64. Rory McIlroy is two shots behind after a round of 66. 54 players break par, 26 with rounds in the 60s. Tiger Woods had the second-worst score in his Open career with 78.
Penny Mordaunt
personPenny Mordaunt came second in first ballot with 67 votes from Tory MPs. Rishi Sunak was top, with 88 votes, relegating Liz Truss into third. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former Cabinet minister Jeremy Hunt failed to get the 30 votes required to get to the next stage.
Rishi Sunak
personFormer chancellor Rishi Sunak topped the ballot with the backing of 88 MPs. Penny Mordaunt beat Liz Truss for second place with 67 votes to Truss's 50. Tom Tugendhat, Attorney General Suella Braverman and former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch also progressed.
Microsoft
organizationNetflix announced plans in April to introduce a new, cheaper, subscription package containing ads. Comcast's NBCUniversal subsidiary and Google were reportedly "top contenders" to serve ads on Netflix. Microsoft has served ads on the Bing search engine and its predecessors for many years.
Jeremy Hunt
personJeremy Hunt and Nadim Zahawi eliminated from Tory leadership contest. Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are in second and third place. Further votes will follow on Friday to move into next round.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
personPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, hours before he was expected to resign. Protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president. Wickremedhe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948.
Raheem Sterling
personRaheem Sterling has joined Chelsea on a five-year contract. The winger ends a seven-year stay at Manchester City. Sterling overtakes N'Golo Kante as Chelsea's top earner. Kalidou Koulibaly will soon complete a £34m move from Napoli.
Chelsea
organizationChelsea have completed the signing of Raheem Sterling from Manchester City. Sterling has signed a five-year deal worth more than £300,000-a-week. The 27-year-old is the first arrival of the Todd Boehly era at Stamford Bridge. Kalidou Koulibaly will fly to LA tonight and complete his medical tomorrow. Chelsea have opened talks with Paris Saint-Germain to sign Presnel Kimpembe.
Network Rail
organizationNetwork Rail has made a new offer to workers in a bid to break deadlock. Firm said it was ‘a two-year deal worth over 5%’ for all Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union members. RMT said offer amounts to a real-terms pay cut and would cut a third of frontline maintenance roles.
Jill Biden
personU.S. first lady Jill Biden's attempt to compliment Latinos flopped on Monday. She said they were as unique as "breakfast tacos," prompting criticism from across the political spectrum.
Mo Farah
personHome Office say no action will be taken against Sir Mo Farah. The 39-year-old was born Hussein Abdi Kahin in Somaliland. He was smuggled into the UK by traffickers when he was nine.
Fred
personManchester United beat Liverpool 4-0 in pre-season friendly in Bangkok. Jadon Sancho, Fred, Anthony Martial and Facundo Pellistri all on target. Liverpool used 32 players on a day where they played three teams.
White House
organization'Kraken' lawyer Sidney Powell, pardoned former national security advisor Mike Flynn, and Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne turned up at the White House. 'I bet Pat Cipollone set a new land speed record’ when he got wind of the meeting, quipped Powell. Just 26 percent of Democratic voters said they wanted Biden to lead the party in 2024.
Amazon Prime
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Liz Truss
personRishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman secured the 20 nominations needed to enter the contest. Rehman Chishti and Sajid Javid withdrew from the race. Grant Shapps won the backing of just one percent of readers.
Wayne Rooney
personWayne Rooney has been appointed as the new head coach of DC United. The 36-year-old left Derby County at the end of June. Hernan Losada, DC United’s previous manager, was fired in April.
Donald Trump
personTesla CEO says ex-president has ‘to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset’ Musk also says the legal maximum age for the start of a presidential term should be 69. A House of Representatives select committee is currently holding televised hearings investigating the January 6 attack.