Keely Hodgkinson gave Britain its first athletics gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the women’s 800-meter final yesterday as her adoring father watched on. Hodgkinson, 22, has become a household name in the world of athletics over recent years after she burst onto the scene to win silver in Tokyo in 2021. She…

EXCLUSIVE: Hammer Films turns a spritely 90 years old later this year, and Sky is getting in on the celebrations. The UK pay-TV network has teamed with the iconic horror studio and Cardiff’s Deep Fusion Films to make Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters, which will launch in November, timed to coincide with the legendary production…

Andrew O’Keefe appeared upbeat outside court on Tuesday, even joking with journalists that he ‘can’t stay away from the place’. It was perhaps no wonder the former Deal or No Deal host was in a good mood as he had just avoided a criminal conviction for being caught driving with a suspended licence at Sydney‘s Downing Centre…

PARIS — Manila Esposito, the bronze medalist on the balance beam, stared like a deer in the headlights in a packed post-meet press conference. As she started to speak, her voice barely audible, Simone Biles reached over and adjusted Esposito’s microphone, nodding at the Italian gymnast that she was good to go. Later, after the…

The special prosecutor in Alec Baldwin’s dismissed involuntary manslaughter trial isn’t taking the case being tossed out last month over suppressed evidence quietly. In a July 31 filing made public today, Kari Morrissey says Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer was determined to end Baldwin’s trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and flawed in…

Far-right thugs who have taken to the streets of Britain have admitted they don’t even know why they are carrying out the violent riots.   Community centres, charities and local businesses were targeted last week in shameful scenes that have blighted towns and cities on UK streets in the wake of last week’s Southport stabbing attack.…

LYON, France — The U.S. women’s national team has been weathering the wear and tear of the Olympics, but ahead of a semifinal match against Germany on Tuesday, everyone was in training. “It’s a great sign,” head coach Emma Hayes said ahead of team training in Lyon, but she did not provide more details about…

Disney+ With “Deadpool & Wolverine” in its second week of blockbuster theatrical release, it feels safe to finally discuss sans spoiler warning the myriad of cameos tucked within its meta-mad 128-minute runtime. After all, these movies are instant gratification machines. Once they’re out in the wild, it’s foolish…

Downing Street today slapped down Elon Musk‘s claim that ‘civil war is inevitable’ amid Britain’s outbreak of rioting in the wake of the Southport stabbing attack. No10 said there was ‘no justification’ for the controversial billionaire’s remarks as the Prime Minister scrambles to deal with the escalating disorder. Mr Musk used his X social media…

PARIS — Gymnastics saved the drama for the last day. Simone Biles failed to earn a gold medal, but her teammate Jordan Chiles earned a bronze after a judges inquiry into her difficulty score. A fall on beam knocked Biles out of medal contention entirely and two step-outs on her floor exercises demoted Biles to…