World number 55 Emma Raducanu says she is making "good progress" in her recovery from a foot injury, despite pulling out of another tournament.

The 21-year-old Briton announced on Wednesday that she would not feature at the Hong Kong Open, which is set to start on 28 October.

Raducanu has not played since spraining ligaments in her foot during a Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina on 21 September.

The former US Open champion has now pulled out of five tournaments in a row and has played in only two events since July.

"Whilst my foot is making good progress, I need a little more time before I am match fit," Raducanu wrote on X., external

"I hope to be able to come back and play this tournament in the future."

Raducanu is aiming to return to fitness for the Billie Jean King Cup finals which take place in Malaga from 13-20 November, with Britain's first game against Germany on 15 November.

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A dairy cow giving birth to extremely rare quadruplet calves has been described as "unheard of" by farm staff.

The bull and three heifers arrived fit and healthy at Calcourt Farms in Wernllwyd, Powys.

The chance of a quadruplet pregnancy in cattle is said to be, external one in 700,000, with the chance of them all being born alive just one in 11 million.

"This is a once in a career, probably lifetime, experience," said Matthew Hicks, the farm’s fertility manager.

"We knew she was carrying twins, [but] when it all happened I was wondering what was actually going on. It’s unheard of.

"I’d been at the pub and it is quite common for me to come home seeing double, but on that evening I definitely hadn’t drunk enough."

Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, Mr Hicks said all the credit for the calves’ safe delivery last month went to his calf rearers, in particular Jess and Lee.

"We had two on the floor, one almost on the floor… and by the time I’d sorted everything out and got some kit on, number four was out."

Reiterating how shocked he was at such an unusual occurrence, he added: "I’d say we might have a set of twins a month, twins do happen. But quads? Never."

The calves - which are referred to by numbers, rather than names - needed "a little more care" and were initially fed four times a day to make sure they stayed strong.

"We take the calves as soon as possible [after birth]. We let the cow lick it, just for their own benefit really.

"It’s far better that we feed the calves, make sure they get the colostrum - which is the first milk which has all the antibodies in - to make sure that the calf will go on and have a happy healthy life.

"They’re just sort of in a gang with the rest of the calves now, doing really really well."

Mr Hicks said it was an artificial insemination (AI) pregnancy, but he does not believe that affected the outcome.

"It’s luck really and I did buy a lottery ticket, but obviously I’m still at work so that didn’t quite pay off."

The mother is also doing well, he said, adding: "She had a little bit more TLC and plenty of fluids, but she’s absolutely flying - and doesn’t know how famous she is."

2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.

GOAL - Larne 0-2 Shamrock Rovers

Jonny Kenny - 26 mins

GOAL - Larne 0-3 Shamrock Rovers

Tomas Cosgrove own goal - 30 mins

FT: Larne 1-4 Shamrock Rovers

Nice article tyke. I gave it 5 stars.

I liked the point you made in your final paragraph. Painfully, people got so used to laughing at Wenger towards the end, they play down some of his earlier fantastic achievements.

Thank you Tu Meke.

Predictably the article became full of people performing mental gymnastics to try and downplay the unbeaten run.

Fast forward 20 years and ManU are the new Nottingham Forest

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The family shop saying goodbye after 64 years

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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to fall short of a single-party majority after a close-run snap election, exit polls suggest.

The LDP is projected to win from 153 to 219 lower house seats, broadcaster NHK said. The Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) is projected to win from 128 to 191 seats.

A party needs 233 seats to control the house, known as the Diet, meaning the LDP will need to enter a coalition to stay in power.

It was previously in coalition with the smaller Komeito party, though projections suggest their joint vote share may still fall short of a majority, prompting uncertainty about how the world's fourth largest economy will be governed.

The election was called by the LDP’s new leader Shigeru Ishiba three days after he was selected as new leader - before he had been officially sworn in as prime minister.

It comes after tumultuous few years for the LDP which saw a “cascade” of scandals, widespread voter apathy and record-low approval ratings.

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Georgia's prime minister has hailed a "landslide" election result, rejecting allegations of vote-rigging and violence.

"Irregularities happen everywhere," Irakli Kobakhidze of the Georgian Dream party told the BBC's Steve Rosenberg in an exclusive interview.

Official preliminary results from Georgia's election commission gave the ruling Georgian Dream an outright majority of 54%, despite exit polls for opposition TV channels suggesting four opposition parties had won.

Georgia's pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has condemned the "total falsification" of the vote and called for opposition supporters to rally outside parliament on Monday.

Election observers have suggested that the number of vote violations may have affected the result. However, the prime minister insisted that out of 3,111 polling stations, there had been incidents in "just a couple of precincts".

Georgian Dream has become increasingly authoritarian, passing Russian-style laws targeting media and non-government groups who receive foreign funding and the LGBT community. The European Union has responded by freezing Georgia's bid to join the EU, accusing it of "democratic backsliding".

However, one EU leader, Hungary's Viktor Orban, has been especially quick to congratulate the party on its fourth term and is due to travel to Georgia on Monday.

Georgian Dream says it is keen to kickstart talks on reviving its EU bid, but the sight of Orban arriving in Tbilisi two days after a contested election is unlikely to go down well in Brussels.

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Cheddar stolen from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy may have been shipped abroad to be sold on, a supplier has told the BBC.

Truckles of Patrick Holden's Hafod Welsh Cheddar were among the £300,000 worth of produce stolen in a scam on 21 October.

Mr Holden said he believed the con was "sophisticated" and the cheese could have been taken to Russia or the Middle East.

The Met Police is investigating and Neal's Yard Dairy said it was working with "international authorities" to identify the scammers.

Oscar-nominated actress Teri Garr died Tuesday at the age of 79, US media outlets report.

Garr, known for her work in movies including Young Frankenstein, Mr Mom and Tootsie, died in Los Angeles after a 20-year battle with multiple sclerosis.

She first talked publicly about the chronic autoimmune disease in 2002.

Garr also appeared in television shows such as Star Trek and That Girl.

The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person.

According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute, external, Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3bn (£38bn) - 43% more than in 2023.

The 41-year-old stepped down from his role in charge of the company in 2021, but is understood to own around 20% of the firm.

TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in the world, despite deep concerns in some countries about its ties to the Chinese state.

While both companies insist they are independent of the Chinese government, the US intends to ban TikTok in January 2025 unless ByteDance sells it.

Despite facing that intense pressure in the US, ByteDance's global profit increased by 60% last year, external, driving up Zhang Yiming's personal fortune.

“Zhang Yiming is the 18th new Number One we have had in China in just 26 years," said head of Hurun Rupert Hoogewerf.

"The US, by comparison, has only four Number Ones: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

"This gives an indication of some of the dynamism in the Chinese economy."

England prop Joe Marler has deactivated his X account after posting that the haka "needs binning" before Saturday's match against New Zealand.

Marler, 34, will not feature in the Autumn Nations Series opener at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium, but has recovered from a broken foot he sustained during the first Test against the All Blacks in July to make the wider squad.

In rugby union, regulations prevent opposing teams crossing the halfway line while New Zealand are performing the Maori war dance.

"The haka needs binning. It's ridiculous," Marler posted on X.

In 2019, England were fined £2,000 for crossing the halfway line as they lined up in a V formation to face the haka before their Rugby World Cup semi-final match against New Zealand.

Marler has been criticised by cultural advisers for his comment. Mana Epiha said Marler was obviously "a little bit lost", external, while Dr Karaitiana Taiuru said he lacked cultural appreciation.

"Calling for it to be binned with no reasoning shows a lack of appreciation for traditions which is a contradiction for any rugby player - cultural appreciation and lack of open mindedness," Taiuru added.

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Jurgen Klopp has defended his decision to become head of global soccer at Red Bull and explained it was difficult to take a job where "everyone is happy".

The German, who left Liverpool at the end of last season, has received a lot of criticism for joining Red Bull - especially among fans of his former club Borussia Dortmund.

In 2009, Red Bull caused controversy in German football when it took over fifth-division SSV Markranstadt and turned the club into RB Leipzig.

The Austrian company owns Red Bull Salzburg, New York Red Bulls, Brazilian club Red Bull Bragantino and recently acquired a stake in Leeds United.

While not technically owning RB Leipzig, it is also financing the Bundesliga team, who have been branded the "most hated club in Germany" and faced regular protests by opposition fans - ranging from boycotting games to the arrest of 28 Dortmund fans for throwing cans and stones at rival supporters in 2017.

Speaking on the podcast of former Germany, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, Klopp said: "You cannot make your decision depending on what reactions there will be.

"I did not want to step on anyone's toes. I love all my former clubs, but I don't know what I could have done so that everyone is happy.

"I am 57 and can still work a few more years, but I did not see myself on the sidelines for now. It was clear for me that I would do something - so then Red Bull came."

Klopp added he had never viewed Red Bull's involvement in football "so critically" and called his new role, which he will begin in January, a "fantastic" opportunity while criticism from German football fans was "not hugely relevant to me".

"I can't poll the fans and ask them, 'what should I do?' If I had gone to Bayern [Munich], there would have been a huge outcry in Dortmund," he added.

"What should I do? I want to keep working. If you organise your life around trying to please everyone, you'll find you fail every day."

Klopp also reiterated he did not see himself making a return to management, even at international level with Germany.

"My only real option would have been to become a coach of a national side, but I don't want to be a coach any more," he said.