HOUSTON — Yuli Gurriel hit a grand slam in Houston’s eight-run second inning, helping Gerrit Cole and the Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3 on Sunday. Gurriel finished with three hits as the AL West-leading Astros won for the 15th time in 17 games. Jose Altuve drove in two runs and scored twice, and […]
World Cup group permutations: Who is out and who is still alive?
With one match left for each team in group play at the World Cup, just two of the eight groups have been decided, and even those could come down to tiebreakers to determine who gets the stronger seed in the knockout stage. If two or more teams wind up tied on points, here’s the tie-breaker […]
Turkey: Erdogan claims victory in presidential election
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory after unofficial election returns Sunday showed him with enough votes to serve another term that carries new executive powers. “The nation has entrusted to me the responsibility of the presidency and the executive duty,” Erdogan said in televised remarks from Istanbul after a near-complete count carried […]
Weaver, Martinez pace Cards past Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Luke Weaver settled in after a shaky first inning to win for the first time in eight starts and Jose Martinez hit a three-run homer to pace the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. Weaver (4-6) allowed two runs, both in the first, on five hits […]
EastEnders’ Dean Gaffney SLAMS Love Island and claims contestants ‘haven’t been brought up well’ – despite co-star Danny Dyer’s daughter starring
Dean Gaffney has hit out at Love Island [Getty] EastEnders legend Dean Gaffney launched a scathing rant about Love Island in a recent interview – saying he never wants his daughters to appear on the show. It comes at a time that his co-star, Danny Dyer, praised his own daughter for appearing on the ITV2 […]