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The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Amanda Holden, 54, looks incredible as she strips off to a bikini to pose on a yacht in Greece
AMANDA Holden looked incredible as she stripped off to a bikini during her summer holiday in Greece. Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda, 54, showcased her toned figure and long legs as she posed in a teal bikini on the front of a luxury yacht. 3 Amanda Holden looked incredible as she stripped off to a bikini during her summer holiday in Greece Credit: instagram 3 The actress isn't afraid to get her kit off Credit: Instagram Her sunkissed look was completed with wet hair slicked back and oversized black sunglasses. Posting the image to Instagram on Monday, Amanda captioned it simply: "Wearing @isabellemeiraswim." The two-piece is from British swimwear brand Isabelle Meira, retailing at £83 in total - £45 for the bikini top and £38 for the bottoms. Her eye-popping bikini antics come after the star drew a read more on Amanda Holden Amanda is no stranger to fans ringing the broadcasting watchdog about her fabulous outfits and has racked up a stack of complaints in the past for them being too raunchy and over-exposing - with this year being no different. The ITV show got 96 Ofcom complaints in total. The majority of complaints - a whopping 72 - related to This has included a plunging wet-look dress as well as garments with plunging necklines for the family-friendly tea-time series. Most read in Reality Amanda insisted at the time: "What you see on TV, I really love. "I'm always asked about the Ofcom complaints, but every outfit on the show is checked before I leave my dressing room, so I'm never worried." Amanda Holden, 54, looks amazing as she strips down to tiny pink bikini as she struts around a pool in Mallorca She added to SPEAK OUT The mum of two previously insisted BGT is "the perfect opportunity to take risks". She previously told The Sun her outfits are so famously controversial they're now monitored before she steps on-stage. "There's now a whole body of people that knock on my door and come and stare at my chest before we go on air," she explained. There's a t*t committee. There are so many brilliant people, they come down, knock on the door and there's the lady who's the producer who said, 'Mandy, it looks great'." Meanwhile, cheeky Amanda recently revealed her She confessed to The Sun she might sex up her overalls for any future series of Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job. She said: 'It's a joy to wear something so different, and nice to be able to breathe out, with no side boob. "Though next year I might have some side boob. 'For now, I always go pretty classy and standard. I've got my name on the back, but I didn't even do that in Spanish — I've got Handy Mandy. I should have put Handios Mandios.' Amanda Holden's sexiest holiday pictures Amanda isn't afraid to flash the flesh and post pictures of her incredible holiday style When she balanced in a bikini When she When she celebrated her And went When she posed When she showed off her 3 Amanda has clapped back over numerous Ofcom complaints about her BGT wardrobe Credit: Splash News
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Why Ben Stokes and Indian cricket should now handshake Ravindra Jadeja in respect
After a net session, before the Old Trafford Test, Ravindra Jadeja, while walking to the team bus, had tapped his index finger on his temple. This was his way of answering a query about his phenomenal run-making spree in England. His match-saving hundred in the fourth Test on Sunday had come on the back of four successive 50s in the previous two Tests. Was he trying something new or had he added some new strokes to his game? 'No … it's about leaving the ball in England,' the all-rounder would say. Over his 13-year long international career, Jadeja has left many balls, especially the curved one that life keeps throwing at him. Now he is enjoying the rewards of the years of patience. For a cricketer with non-existence PR, no real backer, no godfather or even a mentor – Jadeja has had a miraculously long career. His unfaltering fitness, constant skill update and his capacity to bounce back has made him outlast the game's poster boys and brand ambassadors. Jadeja has been sidelined, undermined, written-off and a few months back he was about to be left out of all Indian teams for good. But the all-rounder didn't make noise, or get stories planted or make his angst public. Jadeja's world is his cricket, family and the farm house where he nurtures and rides his favourite horses. Those in the know say that, earlier this year, post the Border Gavaskar Trophy loss, Jadeja was to be given the golden handshake. Along with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli; plans were in place to politely tell him that his days are over. The inputs from the earlier team management hadn't been laudatory. Jadeja could be dispensed with – that was the message on the sticky note that the last set of decision-makers left behind. It was the intervention of the present set of coaches that gave Jadeja one more chance, it is learnt. Post BGT, when picking the team for ICC's 50-overs tournament, his name wasn't to be in the Champions Trophy side. After a discussion among the present team management, Jadeja got a reluctant nod. His name was the last to be added to the Champions Trophy squad. And as it has happened so often in his career, this was all that Indian cricket's greatest survivor, needed. Whenever the curtains threaten to fall on his career, Jadeja changes the script and lives to tell the tale. A formidable performance with the ball at Champions Trophy was to be followed by his Gary Sobers-level runs in England – only the great West Indian has 5 scores of 50 plus in England from N0. 6 or lower in a Test series. Once again at 36, Jadeja, for now, is the team's indispensable member. After the Lord's near-miss, the Indian skipper Shubman Gill gave 'rare' praise to his team's senior-most player. 'He is one of the most valuable players in India. The experience that he brings in, the skill set that he brings with his bowling, batting and fielding is very rare … the kind of composure that he showed is tremendous … ,' the captain had said. Such words haven't been used for this one-of-a-kind cricketer who has served Indian cricket silently for years now. From being the main all-rounder who helped Virat Kohli win the under-19 World Cup in 2009 to the Great Escape at Old Trafford in 2025, Jadeja has a staggering body of work. In between there are his Player of the Tournament achievements in Champions Trophy 2013, many Man of the Series performances in Tests and winning the IPL with a six and four. But still he wasn't projected as a star. Somehow, over the years, Jadeja wasn't taken seriously by fans or the teams he played for. In teams of the past, he was one of the boys or the friend to the captain. Once on the Kapil Sharma comedy show, Virat Kohli was asked – 'Kaun sabse jyada phekta hai (Who tells tall tales the most?'. The answer was Jadeja. Dhoni once called him 'Sir Jadeja' in his tweet and that would inspire a million funny memes and give him a title he hates. 'I hate being called Sir. If you wish, call me Bapu, that's what I like. This Sir-Var, I don't like at all,' he had once said. These days Jadeja gets treated as Sir in the dressing room. Unlike his position in the Indian team led by MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma; Jadeja 2.0 is the distinguished senior of the team. He is among the few players who is seen having long discussions with coach Gambhir. In Shubman's team, Jadeja is an example to emulate and an influential voice in the dressing room. Unlike others, he hasn't positioned himself as some 'captain without a captain's armband.' The other day during a press conference on this England tour, he was asked if he ever aspired to be a captain. He almost broke into a chuckle and said 'that time has gone, I have been playing cricket from 13 years now.' Strangely such has been the timing of his career that he often gets overshadowed by the stars he plays with. As an all-rounder, Jadeja would score 300 plus scores in first-class cricket but the main run-getter of his domestic team Saurashtra would be Cheteshwar Pujara. He would be Dhoni's trusted go-to player but Suresh Raina would be designated Man Friday. He would be India's main spinner for years but somehow it would be R Ashwin who would be called the spin spearhead, thinking spinner and match winner. Jadeja's numbers were better than Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Bishan Bedi but 'greatness' was not bestowed on him. On this England tour, the team doesn't have the towering presence of the just retired mega-stars and that's why the shadow that hid Jadeja has lifted. Over the years, Jadeja has got maligned as the selfish cricketer who doesn't work towards the team cause but bats to keep his position safe in the team. It is said that in tough tight games, Jadeja would expose the tailenders to the bowling and stay unbeaten. On this England tour, Jadeja has squashed that narrative. At Lord's, he methodically farmed the strike when batting with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to take India so close to an unlikely win. At Old Trafford he enhanced his image. This was an inning that in a way defined Jadeja. Very early in the innings, Joe Root dropped him at slips. Jadeja rarely wastes a second chance. Not making a fuss over it, Jadeja would mentor Washington and also listen to him. He has inside him a unique kind of aggression. The only manifestation is when he turns his bat into a sword and swirls it around. Like most kids in Jamnagar, the region where a King still rules, Jadeja has grown up hearing stories of valour. He often mentions the 12th century Sorath Chudasama king Ra Khengar on his social media. All around Saurashtra, folk singers, till date, regale large audiences with tales of his bravery at Lok Dayros (folk assemblies). Jadeja is a war veteran, he knows which battle to pick. So when Ben Stokes and men showered him with sledges, he was unfazed. He has been in such situations before in these parts. On the 2014 tour, James Anderson had picked on him and he got booed at Lord's. But that didn't stop him from shining with the bat and swirling his sword. Stokes didn't want him and his partner to complete their tons but that didn't blow Jadeja's lid. He smiled and said it was his captain's call. He kept leaving balls but would also keep delivering blows in between.
South Wales Argus
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Britain's Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli quits after 2 years
Bruno Tonioli, who was formerly a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, has stepped away from the role on BGT due to other filming commitments. Rapper KSI, who featured as a guest judge on this year's series, is in talks to become Bruno's permanent replacement, according to The Sun. A show insider told The Sun: 'Bruno has officially quit Britain's Got Talent and they are hoping that KSI will replace him. "He absolutely loved being on the panel with Simon, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden but Bruno just can't juggle his schedule with filming. There is no bad blood and Bruno is leaving with a smile on his face.' Bruno's ongoing commitments include US dance competition Dancing With The Stars. Earlier this week, rumours had circulated about Bruno quitting the show as a source said: "The filming schedule in 2024 meant that Bruno could get away with not being present for filming one week of auditions." "But it would be virtually impossible for him to miss two weeks, because in the final edit, that equates to half the episodes in the new three-month run of BGT, which will air from February of 2026." The 69-year-old joined the judging panel in 2023 alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon, following David Walliams' departure. Who is KSI? Newcomer KSI, born Olajide 'JJ' Olatunji, is an internet personality, musician and boxer. Recommended Reading: From Watford, he found his fame on YouTube through his channel KSIOlajidebt, typically through the popular football video game FIFA. He has since ventured into music, with his last album All Over The Place, debuting at number one on the UK Album Charts in 2021. KSI proved to be a massive hit with viewers when he joined the panel for BGT's Blackpool auditions this year and went on to appear at the live semi-finals.
Mint
3 days ago
- Sport
- Mint
Shubman Gill overtakes Virat Kohli to become first captain to score 4 hundreds in debut Test series
Shubman Gill became the first captain to score four hundreds in his debut Test series as captain, surpassing his former teammate Virat Kohli after the Indian reached three figures on the fifth day of the fourth Test against England on Sunday at Old Trafford. Coming into bat when his team reeling at 0/2 in the second innings, Gill joined KL Rahul to revive the sinking ship with a 188-run stand. However, Rahul missed his well-deserved hundred by 10 runs but Gill continued in his same vein to bring up his ninth hundred in the longest format with a single off Chris Woakes. Notably, Warwick Armstrong, Bradman, Greg Chappell, Virat Kohli and Steven Smith had scored three hundreds each in their debut Test series as captains. Kohli's feat came in the 2014-15 Test series against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT).
Mint
3 days ago
- Sport
- Mint
Shubman Gill achieves rare feat in England which Virat Kohli missed by 8 runs; joins Sunil Gavaskar, Yashasvi Jaiswal
sShubman Gill became the fourth Indian to score 700-plus runs in a Test series after the Indian captain entered eighties in the second innings against England in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Sunday. The right-hander had already score a double hundred in the series, alongside two centuries and is well on course for a third ton. Having started the fourth Test on 607 runs from six innings, Gill could manage only 12 runs in the first innings of the fourth Test. However, his real test came in the second innings when Gill walked out with his team reeling at two wickets down without a run on the board. With KL Rahul by his side, Gill revived India from humiliation. The duo put on 188 runs for the third wicket before Rahul was trapped by Ben Stokes for a gritty knock of 90 runs. But in the process, Gill became the third Indian to achieve this rare feat. The only other Indians to score 700-plus runs in a Test series were Sunil Gavaskar (twice) and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Interestingly, this record was never been touched by run machine and former India captain Virat Kohli. The right-hander who retired from Tests before the England series, scored a maximum of 692 runs in a Test series against Australia during the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), which included four hundreds. Player Runs Opponent Year Sunil Gavaskar 774 West Indies 1971 (Away) Sunil Gavaskar 732 West Indies 1978/79 (Home) Yashasvi Jaiswal 712 England 2024 (Home) Shubman Gill 701* England 2025 (Away) In the process, Gill also surpassed Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf for most runs by an Asian batter in England. Before Gill, the record for mist runs by an Asian batter on English soil was in the name of Yousuf, who had scored 631 runs during Pakistan's tour of England in 2006. That's not all. Gill also became the first from Asia to score 700 runs in a Test series in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries. Kohli held the record previously with his 692 runs in the BGT in 2014-15.
