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England captain Leah Williamson has mentioned it is essential sportswomen have one other qualification of their locker "in case anything goes wrong".The Lioness, who led her facet to glory within the European Championships final yr, is coaching to be an accountant, having determined to pursue it as a possible back-up profession. "Originally, when I started it, women's football wasn't as secure as it is now," she mentioned."I started it as a bit of an insurance policy for me to take the pressure off football - so if it didn't work out, I have something else."The 26-year-old is a star participant for her nation and membership facet Arsenal, however is enduring a months-long break from the sport after struggling a critical knee harm in April. The rupture to her anterior cruciate...

President Biden is threatening to make the most of an unprecedented and constitutionally questionable maneuver to avoid Republicans on the debt restrict with lower than two weeks till the U.S. is more likely to default and be unable to pay its invoice. ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The leaders of South Korea and Germany on Sunday pledged extra cooperation in constructing steady industrial provide chains and addressing the challenges posed by nuclear-armed North Korea as they met in Seoul after flying in from the Group of Seven conferences in Japan. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt restrict negotiations between the White House and House Republicans hung over the weekend with robust discuss however little motion, as President Joe Biden and world leaders watched from afar hoping high-stakes discussions would make progress on avoiding a probably catastrophic federal default. ...

The authorities is to start the hunt for a brand new boss of its flagship commerce and cultural promotion marketing campaign after the incumbent determined to step down after two years in cost.Sky News understands that Andy Pike OBE resigned as director of GREAT earlier this month, and can depart the publish in September. Mr Pike knowledgeable the members of the GREAT marketing campaign's personal sector council - chaired by the previous Fortnum & Mason boss Ewan Venters - in a memo by which he outlined proposals for the function to be open to personal sector candidates.He additionally referred to "unprecedented support, including…from the prime minister personally" for the initiative.Last month, GREAT took the promotion of Britain's know-how sector to the center of Silic...

ATHENS, Greece — Greeks have been voting Sunday within the first election since their nation’s economic system ceased to be topic to strict supervision and management by worldwide lenders who had supplied bailout funds throughout its almost decade-long monetary disaster. ...

A U.S. Office of Personnel Management worker from D.C. pleaded responsible Friday to a battle of curiosity violation that netted her and her husband over $10 million from the federal company. ...

Executives together with a former director of world motorsport's governing physique and the Nectar loyalty scheme founder Sir Keith Mills are in talks to boost $100m (£80m) to finance the rebirth of A1GP, the motor racing sequence contested by nationwide groups from across the globe.Sky News has learnt that heavyweight names from the sporting and enterprise arenas are pitching to traders to safe the financing with a view to relaunch the sequence - which was final staged in 2008-09 - by the top of subsequent 12 months. If the fundraising is profitable, 20 groups representing international locations from all over the world would compete for the World Cup of Motorsport, with each driver competing in a single specification of automobile.The open-cockpit autos would have a prime p...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pledged to fast-track tons of of billions of {dollars}’ price of building tasks all through the state, together with a pair of huge water endeavors which have languished for years amid allowing delays and opposition from environmental teams. ...

About two-thirds of U.S. adults say they're extremely involved about how the nationwide financial system could be affected if the U.S. debt restrict is just not elevated and the federal government defaults on its money owed, in line with a brand new ballot, at the same time as few say they've a strong understanding of the continuing debt restrict negotiations. ...