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Jos Buttler injury and Kusal Mendis century derail England as Sri Lanka level ODI series

Wicketkeeper sustains hamstring injury while taking run Series set for decider at the Oval on Sunday A beautiful batting surface and a greased lightning outfield made this second one-day international wildly different to the first 48 hours earlier. Unfortunately for England, on the wrong end of a thriller, the result was wildly different too. Set 322 to win, and boosted by a rapid-fire 143-run opening stand from Ben Duckett and Tom Banton, England had appeared on course to wrap up the series with a match to spare. But Sri Lanka refused to give up, delivering a famous shutout and profiting from an injury to Jos Buttler to win by 16 runs. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/jA9mFq2

Ed Miliband meets Iran’s foreign minister as Tehran gives US ultimatum on strait of Hormuz

Senior Iranian officials say Washington has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has met his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, for the first time in New York amid warnings from senior Iranian security officials that the US has four to five days to respond to its conditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz. The previously unknown apparent deadline was specified by Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the supreme national security council, in a TV interview on Wednesday evening, and it is unclear what action Tehran will take if the US does not respond to Iran’s preconditions for reopening the vital waterway. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ygmtBL7

Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing

Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, set to die by lethal injection, sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this year A man found guilty of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at a rural Texas home is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, a week after the other man convicted in the killings was put to death. Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, is set to die by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He would be the sixth person executed so far this year in Texas, with three more scheduled. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ntSCcxz

Giants’ Jaxson Dart could reportedly miss rest of season with knee injury

Testing said to reveal injury is worse than anticipated Quarterback was hurt against Rams on Monday New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart will be out for an extended period of time and could miss the rest of the NFL season after suffering a knee injury in Monday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, according to reports Tuesday. ESPN reported that the injury to Dart’s left knee was more severe than initially anticipated. Adam Schefter said further testing has left the Giants and Dart facing the possibility of season-ending surgery. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/WbuyJOv

Is it true that … cycling affects fertility?

Saddling up is only likely to be an issue for elite athletes – and those with low sperm counts “Cycling isn’t big on the radar of fertility doctors,” says Prof Colin Duncan, a fertility expert at the University of Edinburgh. For women, he says, the only time cycling is likely to affect fertility is when it’s done at extreme levels, such as the kind of training undertaken by elite athletes. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/n8hf0ZE

UK minister warns of impact of Trump’s Iran war on next month’s budget

Bridget Phillipson says Burnham’s past criticisms of US president not an issue as PM prepares to meet Trump at UN Next month’s budget will be made more difficult by Donald Trump’s war with Iran, one of Andy Burnham’s cabinet ministers has said, while adding she did not expect the prime minister’s previous disparaging comments about the US president to be an issue. Burnham is expected to meet Trump early next week at the UN general assembly summit in New York, the pair having previously spoken twice by phone since Burnham entered No 10. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/NpLhjBl

Elderly man allegedly beaten to death in Virginia Walmart by parents of employee

Bert Atienza and teen worker reportedly exchanged words before parents showed up and allegedly attacked shopper A 77-year-old Walmart shopper died after he was allegedly attacked inside a Virginia store by the parents of a teenage employee he had confronted over a shopping cart incident involving his wife, according to US media reports. Bert Atienza died from blunt head trauma on 8 June, one day after the attack at the Walmart in Norfolk, Virginia, WTKR reported on Monday. The shocking incident was captured on surveillance video . Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/gl9PhM0