A man who believed he had a £50,000 lottery ticket rang up everyone he knew to share the brilliant news – only to realise he had actually won just £6. Dean Smethurst had his lotto card checked on Wednesday, May 8 2019, and was
Chelsea have been the Premier League’s highest spenders over the last few seasons, with Todd Boehly having adopted a scatter-gun approach to player recruitment at Stamford Bridge. However, their expensive habits actually stretch back over the last two decades, given that Roman
A EuroMillions jackpot winner said building his 6,000 sq ft dream house with an artificial lake filled with rehomed fish and an accompanying lodge helped him get through the Covid-19 lockdown. Gareth Bull, 52, won the EuroMillions jackpot of £40,627,241 in January
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge Tuesday though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte used to muzzle her critical reporting. Ressa and her online news
United States women’s national team (USWNT) and Angel City FC star Julie Ertz has decided to step away from professional soccer. “With immense emotion and processing, I’ve decided it is time to hang up the boots,” Ertz said in a social media
The presidential election in Guatemala continues to navigate uncharted legal waters as the country’s top electoral tribunal confirmed the winner to be Bernardo Arévalo, a candidate who was not unexpected to win and whose victory was almost immediately marred by a government
USC quarterback Caleb Williams is widely considered the best at the position heading into the 2023 college football season after winning the Heisman Trophy last season. Williams is expected to be selected at the top of the 2024 NFL Draft, but the
A lottery winner was only allowed to cash in a portion of her ‘unbelievable’ Jackpot win due to a little-known loophole, paying over £50,000 in taxes to receive the sum. Ashley Smith, from Mason County, Kentucky, bought the lucky lottery ticket last
The New York Mets traded eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers Saturday night in exchange for top prospect Luisangel Acuña after Scherzer agreed to the deal, according to multiple reports. A tentative deal was struck earlier in the day, but
The New York Mets have reached a deal to send eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers if the veteran pitcher agrees to waive his no-trade clause, according to multiple reports. Scherzer and the players the Mets would receive in exchange