Liverpool parade latest: Nearly 50 injured in car ramming; footage posted online 'fuelled false narratives'
A child and an adult were seriously hurt and dozens more injured when a car ploughed into crowds celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory at a parade in the city last night. A 53-year-old man has been arrested. Follow the latest below.
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Reuters
21 minutes ago
- Reuters
India tell Reddy to be ready for bigger bowling workload in England
June 12 (Reuters) - India's bowling attack will need regular contributions from all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy on the tour of England with Mohammed Shami absent due to fitness concerns and Jasprit Bumrah's workload to be managed, bowling coach Morne Morkel said. Team management have said pace spearhead Bumrah is likely to play only three of the five tests in the series, which begins on June 20 in Leeds, with seam-bowling all-rounders Reddy and Shardul Thakur on standby to fill any gaps. Morkel said he had challenged Reddy to bowl a bit more. "He's a guy that can bowl that magical ball, so for him it's about creating that consistency, it's something we want to work on, it's important for his game as well," he said after India's practice session in Beckenham on Wednesday. "I want to see the ball more in his hands, we all know what he can do with the bat. "For a team, if we can have the bowling options especially in these conditions, I think he'll be exciting and can complement this bowling attack." Reddy has five wickets from five tests - all in Australia. Bumrah, whenever fit, and Mohammed Siraj are the only automatic picks in the pace attack, while India can also turn to seamers Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna. Against an England side renowned for their ultra-aggressive batting, India bowlers will have to make an immediate impact and Morkel was pleased with their level of preparedness. "England, the brand of cricket they play, we need to be on top of our game," the former South Africa quick said. "We can't afford (time) to find our feet in this series. That's one of the things that has impressed me so much in the two days, the few sessions we've had. "The guys have stepped up by themselves, they've taken the ownership and responsibility, they've realised it's going to be a tough tour."
BBC News
23 minutes ago
- BBC News
Brighton flop to Europe's hot property - is Gyokeres ready for next step?
"I don't think he's the guy," Rio Ferdinand says of Viktor Gyokeres. "I've watched him probably three times really, really closely. And three times I've gone: 'He ain't getting that opportunity in the Prem'."Gyokeres has scored a phenomenal 97 goals in 102 appearances for Sporting, also contributing 26 assists for the Lisbon Sweden forward averaged more than a goal per game in the season just gone, with 54 in 52 appearances. Yet former Manchester United captain Ferdinand is not convinced Gyokeres, who has been strongly linked with the Red Devils, is a good fit for his old clubs, however, are circling for the former Brighton player after an outstanding couple of seasons with Sporting, where he played under United boss Ruben club president Frederico Varandas says they have not received an offer for the striker and they are also not prepared to let him leave for a rumoured 'gentleman's agreement' of £ addition to his 39 goals in Portugal's Primeira Liga in 2024-25, Gyokeres helped himself to another six in the Champions League - including a hat-trick against Manchester doubts remain over Gyokeres' ability to transfer his prolific form in Portugal to the Premier Premier League winner Ferdinand, speaking on his own podcast, Rio Ferdinand Presents, asks: "Is there enough - after he's physically matched - to get him a goal?"Gyokeres has gone from leaving Brighton without playing a single minute of Premier League football to becoming one of Europe's most prolific marksmen - via loan spells in the Championship at Swansea and Coventry, and in Germany with St who are seeking a clinical finisher to end a five-year wait for a major trophy, have also been linked along with Juventus and Saudi Pro League club how has Gyokeres established himself as one of this summer's hottest transfer targets after leaving Brighton, aged 23, without making a Premier League appearance? The one that got away? Brighton have developed a reputation as masters of the transfer market, renowned for developing young talent and selling them on for hefty January 2019, they signed Alexis Mac Allister from Argentinos Juniors for an undisclosed, but reportedly small fee. The midfielder went on to win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022 before joining Liverpool in a £55m deal in Moises Caicedo signed from Ecuadorian side Independiente del Valle for £4m in 2021. Two years later he joined Chelsea in a deal worth a British record £ however, is failed to make the grade, Brighton allowed him to join Coventry for a small fee in July 2021 after an unspectacular return of three goals in 19 Championship appearances during a loan spell with the Sky years later he went to Sporting for £20.5m after scoring 38 times in 91 league games across the 2021-22 and 2022-23 playing in Lisbon, Gyokeres has scaled new heights and he is reportedly now valued by the Portuguese champions at £ has also performed on the international stage as part of an exciting attacking line-up for Sweden, alongside Newcastle's Alexander Isak and Tottenham's Dejan scored nine goals in six games for his country - including four in one match against Azerbaijan - in the 2024-25 Nations it is not just his goals that have earned him attention. Gyokeres is known for his intelligent movement and intense work-rate, while his blend of physical strength, technical skill and tactical awareness have earned him admiring glances from is a creator as well as a goalscorer, with a lot of his chance creation coming from his love of running with the Gyokeres the one that got away as far as Brighton are concerned?"Players develop at different rates," Brighton's long-serving chief executive Paul Barber told The Athletic, external last November."In 2021, when Viktor was transferred to Coventry, his pathway here wasn't clear and, with his contract running down, he wanted a permanent home."We have to accept the decision to sell for what it was at that time - right for the player, and right for the club."What Viktor has gone on to do is fantastic." 'Viktor, pass the ball. Pass' Gyokeres' former team-mates and coaches remember a young boy who cried when he lost. They talk about a "stubborn kid" who was "wild, really aggressive" and would occasionally come to blows with team-mates. "I remember the older players were sometimes telling him to calm down a little bit, because he was always going all-in," Magni Fannberg, who handed Gyokeres his first-team debut for Swedish club Brommapojkarna in 2015, told the Times., externalThere are stories about Gyokeres' single-mindedness, focus and Sandberg Magnusson, who played with Gyokeres at Brommapojkarna, adds: "There was one training session I was screaming at him, 'Viktor, pass the ball. Pass'. And he didn't [look at] me. I was so frustrated."David Eklund, academy scout at the club, tells BBC Sport: "He was never a superstar like Dejan Kulusevski [another Brommapojkarna youth product]. But he scored goals. That's it."He had a strong mentality but he's a really nice guy. He always worked hard and had the idea of being a top player, training every day. He wanted to prove people wrong."Dennis Lawrence, who was part of Mark Robins' backroom staff at Coventry when Gyokeres was there, says: "I had to laugh the other day when I saw he scored a free-kick for Sporting. At Coventry, he would try free-kicks [in training] and I would say, 'No, you're not on free-kicks, Viktor'."But his mentality is, 'no, I know I can do this.' "And he's scoring these incredible free-kicks now. He's got that ability to focus on and achieve anything he wants."It all started on the gravel pitches of his local grassroots club in Stockholm, IFK Aspudden-Tellus. Gyokeres was five at the time and he credits his father, Stefan, in his development. "Making that journey together helped me a lot. We'd share good and bad moments," says Gyokeres, who has since gone on to make a big impression - on and off the he was the cover star for Vogue Scandinavia, who described the player as Swedish football's "pride and glory". Will Gyokeres flourish in a tougher league? Take a glance at the list of leading goalscorers in Europe's top leagues in 2024-25 and the usual suspects are there. Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe managed 31 in his debut season in La Liga, Mohamed Salah contributed 29 goals as Liverpool claimed the Premier League crown, while Robert Lewandowski finished on 27 during Barcelona's title-winning season - one more than England captain Harry Kane's tally for Bayern who is 6ft 2in (1.89m), managed 39, though the Primeira Liga is not considered one of the top five leagues in question for suitors is whether he could be quite so prolific in a stronger league. He has just turned 27 and is still to play a single game in Europe's top five divisions - hence Ferdinand's is perhaps worth noting 35% of his goals in 2024-25 came from penalties, as he successfully converted all 19 of his he move to Old Trafford he may have to rely more on open-play goals as he would be unlikely to dislodge Bruno Fernandes as penalty-taker. United's captain rarely makes a mistake from 12 yards, scoring 38 of 42 spot-kicks since joining, excluding little denying that Gyokeres is a goalscorer, but will he be such a success against elite-level defences?
Telegraph
25 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Freddie Burns interview: Bath fans remember me as a t--- so I'm supporting Leicester
He has just returned to his hometown of Bath, having swept the board at the Japanese League One awards, but Freddie Burns insists he has no mixed loyalties ahead of the Premiership final on Saturday. The former England fly-half had once grown up dreaming of playing at the Rec, and managed that feat for three seasons, having signed for Bath in 2017. Yet it was his heroics in the 2022 final, when he dropped the match-winning goal for Leicester Tigers in their 15-12 victory against Saracens that copper-fastened his sense of loyalty. 'I just feel more connected to Leicester,' says the 35-year-old. 'There is something special about Leicester, something different. I had great support from the Bath fans as well, but once you help a team win the Premiership that changes things. 'Bath fans probably remember me as the t--- who dropped the ball over the line, whereas the Leicester fans see me as the guy who kicked the drop-goal for them. That probably sums it up, mate.' The costly blunder he refers to came in a Champions Cup match for Bath against Toulouse in 2018, when he started celebrating a 'try' before touching the ball down. Humiliation followed seconds later as Maxime Médard took full advantage of Burns's showboating by knocking the ball out of his hands. Five minutes to go... Chance to win the game... "Oh he's dropped it!" A brutal moment for Bath star Freddie Burns 😣 — Rugby on TNT Sports (@rugbyontnt) October 13, 2018 They were underwhelming times for Bath – and for Burns, too. But at Leicester he found himself again when he returned for a second spell at the club in 2021 with Steve Borthwick as director of rugby. He recalls the time when his match-winning cameo for England against the All Blacks at Twickenham in 2012 suggested a dazzling Test career lay ahead of him. After a decade of frustration, when he found himself thrust into centre stage in the final against Saracens after just 24 minutes when George Ford was forced off with an Achilles injury, he was determined to seize the moment. 'I still remember the look on Steve Borthwick's face when George went down,' Burns says with a chuckle. 'He ran from the top of the stands down to try to get a message on. I think everyone was thinking, 'Oh f---, Fred's going on, what is going to happen?' But I always felt through my career, I always thrived in those bigger games. I remember seeing a few things in the first 20 minutes when I thought if we were a little bit braver, there would be a few opportunities for us.' The magnitude of the dropped-goal only hit him for the first time on the train up to Leicester with his parents to watch the semi-final victory over Sale Sharks last Saturday. 'I have always hated sitting in the pocket,' he says. 'I never liked those 10s who were happy to drop back deep for a few phases. Any drop-goals I have hit in my career, I have always hit them last-minute. 'We had a few phases, and I felt like we had Sarries on the ropes for a bit. All I remember is seeing Jasper Wiese running over Jamie George and Maro Itoje and as soon as I saw that and it gave us a little nudge forward, I knew I had to hit it. 'I didn't want to wait too long in case we got turned over. I am not religious or spiritual in any way, but it was the only time in my career that I felt there was something else at play. It felt like it was meant to be. I didn't feel stressed or nervous. It was like something else took over. 'I was completely taken aback by the reception I got last Saturday when I went back. I cop a lot of flak from the boys, but I don't think it is a moment that will ever quite sink in.' THE GREATEST MOMENT IN FREDDIE BURNS' LIFE! 🤩 Comes on to replace an injured George Ford, picks up an injury himself, soldiers on, and kicks the drop-goal to win the match 🤯 Simply incredible! #GallagherPremFinal — Rugby on TNT Sports (@rugbyontnt) June 18, 2022 He showed his colours while standing on a bridge to watch the 'Tigers' prowl' as the players walked to the stadium and was handed a green flare to let off by the club's chief executive, Andrea Pinchen. 'I just hoped Dan Cole would see me because I knew he would have muttered something like what I nutter I was,' he adds. 'I might have to sneak another flare in this Saturday.' On Saturday Burns is working for Talksport as a pundit and, having returned from Japan, where he won all the second division awards – most valuable player, player's player of the season, top try-scorer and top points-scorer for Toyota Shokki Shuttles – he hopes to keep playing on next season. He could even end up in the Premiership again at some stage. Does he think Leicester can upset the odds once more? Under the stewardship of Johann van Graan, Bath have been transformed into an English powerhouse again and Burns finds himself supporting the underdogs in Saturday's final, but he is adamant that Michael Cheika's side can repeat the 2022 triumph. 'Look in some ways I am in a win-win situation,' he says. 'If Bath win, I would be really pleased for guys like Tom Dunn and Charlie Ewels, who I played with. But on the flip side, there are guys like Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Julian Montoya who are finishing up with the Tigers and I would love to see them have a great send-off. 'I think it is Bath's final to lose. But look at last year. I thought Northampton were the best team in the league last year, and they probably should have lost to Bath, who were the better team on the day. 'I think the defensive side of Leicester has improved massively in the latter part of the season and they can definitely cause an upset.'
