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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh shocks fans with home run derby debut and surprising role for dad Todd Raleigh
Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh shocks fans with home run derby debut and surprising role for dad Todd Raleigh (Image via Getty) Some exciting news just broke for Seattle Mariners fans and baseball lovers everywhere. Cal Raleigh, nicknamed 'The Big Dumper,' shared big news on social media: he will take part in his first-ever Home Run Derby. With an MVP-level season already underway and his powerful swing making headlines, this announcement adds serious buzz leading into the 2025 All‑Star Weekend in Atlanta. Cal Raleigh's Derby debut family ties and big momentum Cal Raleigh, the 28-year-old catcher for the Seattle Mariners, confirmed on Friday that he will compete in the Home Run Derby on July 14, 2025, at Truist Park in Atlanta, home to the Atlanta Braves. This season he leads all of MLB with 32 home runs, making him the only player over 30 home runs before the break. Notably, he's the first catcher and first switch-hitter to ever reach this mark. — mlb (@mlb) But what makes this even more personal is that Cal's father, Todd Raleigh, a former college coach, will pitch to him during the event. Cal also hopes his younger brother, Todd Jr., will be on the field to catch him. Cal said, 'It'll be extra special for my family… it'll be easy for them to get to'. Todd Sr. added, 'As a dad, it doesn't get any better than that… it's kind of like one of those Hallmark moments'. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Top Doctor: If You Eat Eggs Every Day, This Is What Happens WellnessGuide Learn more Undo Cal Raleigh's career year and Derby odds This season is already historic for Cal Raleigh. Through 79 games, he is slashing .275/.383/.659 with 69 RBIs, 58 runs, and an MLB-leading home run total. On June 20, he set a record by hitting two home runs in a single game against the Chicago Cubs, making him the catcher with the most homers before the All‑Star break in over 50 years. DraftKings odds now show Raleigh as a top contender to win the Derby, just behind Aaron Judge. He will go up against stars like Ronald Acuña Jr., who announced his own Derby entry this week. Also Read: Seattle Mariners Catcher Cal Raleigh Becomes Fastest To Match Ichiro's Home Run Total Mariners fans remember legends like Ken Griffey Jr. winning the Derby three times. Cal now has the chance to be the first catcher and first switch-hitter to win it . With his family beside him and a historic season behind him, this could be a defining moment. The Home Run Derby is set for July 14, and all eyes will be on 'The Big Dumper.' Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
9 News
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- 9 News
Lewis Capaldi: UK singer makes emotional return to iconic festival after tourettes struggle
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here UK singer Lewis Capaldi has made an emotional return to the iconic Glastonbury music festival after taking two years off due to his struggle with Tourette's syndrome. Tears and cheers overcame the crowd at Glastonbury when Capaldi walked onto the stage for his surprise performance on the festival's Pyramid Stage. It's the first public concert the singer has performed in two years. Tears and cheers overcame the crowd at Glastonbury when Capaldi walked onto the stage for his surprise performance on the festival's Pyramid Stage. (Getty) He last played Glastonbury in 2023, but was overcome by tics and was unable to finish singing his songs. The crowd of over 200,000 then began echoing his lyrics back to him as he stood and watched in tears from the stage. Upon his return today, he again held back tears as the crowd enthusiastically greeted him. "Glastonbury. It's so good to be back," the singer said from the stage. "I'm not going to say much up here today because if I do, I think I'll probably start crying. "But it's just amazing to be here with you all and I can't thank you all enough for coming out and coming and seeing me." Lewis Capaldi has made an emotional return to the iconic Glastonbury Music festival after taking two years off due to his struggle with tourettes syndrome. (Getty) ITV reporter Rishi Davda was in the crowd when he came on stage, telling the Today Show that Capaldi made a triumphant return. "When Lewis Capaldi's name was put up on the big screen and he walked out, it was not like anything I've ever experienced in a number of years at Glastonbury Festival," he said. "He sang every song with so much passion, but when he said that first note, you could see he was back doing what he loved. "That kind of radiated throughout the hundred thousand people potentially, that may have been watching. It was a really, really beautiful moment." Singer songwriter Lewis Capaldi walks onto the Pyramid Stage during day three of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 27, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. Established by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury has grown into the UK's largest music festival, drawing over 200,000 fans to enjoy performances across more than 100 stages. In 2026, the festival will take a fallow year, a planned pause to allow the Worthy Farm site time to rest and recover. (P (Getty) Capaldi took a two-year break from all public performances following the Glastonbury performance in 2023 to work on his physical and mental health. His return to the stage was supposed to be a secret, but there were some hints around the festival grounds leading up to the show, including lyrics from his songs plastered on a billboard nearby. Capaldi has always been open about his struggles with Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary and repetitive movements and sounds, referred to as tics. music music festivals UK World entertainment CONTACT US
Scottish Sun
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Spy chiefs probed ‘Russian double agent' at the heart of MI6 in huge 20-year global operation – and never caught ‘mole'
A source claimed MI6 'still [potentially] has a mole to find' FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Spy chiefs probed 'Russian double agent' at the heart of MI6 in huge 20-year global operation – and never caught 'mole' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SPY chiefs probed a suspected "Russian double agent" at the heart of MI6 in a 20-year global operation. An investigation launched into the alleged mole, dubbed Operation Wedlock, sent surveillance officers around the world. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 High-ranking member of British intelligence and double agent Kim Philby Credit: Getty 6 A KGB guide smuggled him into Russia where he lived out the remainder of his life and was treated as a 'hero' Credit: Getty - Contributor 6 The MI6 Building in Vauxhall, London Credit: Getty It included a team of over 30 MI5 officers, as reported by the Guardian, whose work spanned up to two decades. One on occasion, they were sent to the Middle East and sheltered in a CIA safe house. It is understood they were sent on the mission under terms that would have been illegal according to international law. Despite their work, MI5 were unable to conclude whether there had been a mole spying for Russia. Read More VLAD'S DINGHY PLOT Migrant crisis fuelled by Russia in secret plot to destabilise Britain A source told the Guardian: "We thought we had another Philby on our hands". Kim Philby was a prominent member of the notorious Cambridge Five, a ring of spies who passed information to the Soviet Union. With fascism plaguing Europe, Philby headed for Austria where he became active in helping the oppressed working class socialists. Alongside his wife, Jewish socialist Litzi Friedmann, the couple helped the anti-fascist cause in Vienna but later fled to London to escape the Nazis. Philby's life changed when he was introduced to a resident Soviet agent, code-named "Otto", at Regents Park. Along with four other Cambridge students, they were persuaded to start double lives as spies for the Soviets. Through the help of the KGB they worked their way into government jobs and passed on state secrets to the Russians. Philby was so good at his job he even secured a high-level job with MI6. In 1949 he was sent to Washington where be became a liaison intelligence officer 'combating Soviet subversion in Western Europe'. However, after two members of the Cambridge Five defected, suspicion grew over Philby and he resigned from the Foreign Office. Cleared of treason allegations, MI6 posted him to Beirut, where he worked as a correspondent for The Observer. In 1962, his cover was blown during a conversation with a MI5 officer at a party and he later made a 'sham' confession to be granted immunity. A year later a KGB guide smuggled him into Russia where he lived out the remainder of his life and was treated as a 'hero'. MI6 is the intelligence agency which supplies the Government with foreign intelligence (as opposed to MI5 which deals with domestic security threats). Its existence was not formally acknowledged until 1994. It is regarded as one of the best spy agencies in the world. Describing its work on its official website, the agency says: 'Our mission is to provide Her Majesty's Government with a global covert capability. 'We collect secret intelligence and mount operations overseas to prevent and detect serious crime, and promote and defend the national security and economic wellbeing of the United Kingdom.' Meanwhile, MI5 is widely understood to focus its intelligence efforts inside the UK but that isn't always the case. With threats to Britain's security often coming from abroad, the agency says it does "work outside the UK where it's necessary to protect the UK's national security or to counter security threats". It describes itself as a "publicly accountable civilian intelligence organisation", not a "secret police force", as it does not have the power to arrest people. Reporting to the Home Office, it was formed in 1909 under British army captain Vernon Kell to identify and counteract German spies in the country, according to the Britannica. The MI5 probe into an alleged mole was sparked in the 1990s and continued to at least 2015. It was launched after a tip off from the CIA in America, where they believed a British intelligence officer was working for Russia. Vladimir Putin was in charge of the FSB, Russia's secret intelligence service, at one point in the investigation. A source said: '[We were told] the target was a Russian spy. The US believed he was leaking information to the Russians. "He was suspect 1A. The job was taken more seriously than any other [MI5] was involved in. Wedlock eclipsed them all.' As reported by the Guardian, it has been revealed the UK believed they had identified the alleged spy. MI5 specialists were put in charge of tracking him down, although they did not operate from the Westminster HQ. The mission was so top secret, one insider claimed the officer in charge was briefed about the task in a church. Instead, the team were based in Wandsworth, south London, which was near an MI6 base. The officers were told the suspected mole held a senior role at MI6 and listening devices were planted inside his home, as well as secret cameras. He was tracked across the world, with officers travelling as far as Asia and the Middle East. The agents were given authentic passports, but fake names, and told they would be "on their own" if caught. A source also claimed the suspect was not thought to have been working by himself, but aided by two other people. The insider added how Wedlock was a 'highly unusual operation, the longest in recent memory and probably the most expensive'. 'MI5 never got the conclusive proof it was looking for,' they added, and MI6 "still [potentially] has a mole to find". 6 Photos, of clockwise from top left: Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess (who died in Moscow in 1963), Donald MacLean and Kim Philby, who tipped off Burgess and MacLean in 1951 forcing them to defect and then defecting himself in 1963 Credit: PA 6 Harold Philby, 43-year-old former First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington Credit: PA
The Irish Sun
4 hours ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Spy chiefs probed ‘Russian double agent' at the heart of MI6 in huge 20-year global operation – and never caught ‘mole'
SPY chiefs probed a suspected "Russian double agent" at the heart of MI6 in a 20-year global operation. An investigation launched into the alleged mole, dubbed Operation Wedlock, sent surveillance officers around the world. Advertisement 6 High-ranking member of British intelligence and double agent Kim Philby Credit: Getty 6 A KGB guide smuggled him into Russia where he lived out the remainder of his life and was treated as a 'hero' Credit: Getty - Contributor 6 The MI6 Building in Vauxhall, London Credit: Getty It included a team of over 30 MI5 officers, as reported by One on occasion, they were sent to the It is understood they were sent on the mission under terms that would have been illegal according to international law. Despite their work, MI5 were unable to conclude whether there had been a mole spying for Russia. Advertisement Read More A source told the Guardian: "We thought we had another Philby on our hands". With fascism plaguing Europe, Philby headed for Austria where he became active in helping the oppressed working class socialists. Alongside his wife, Jewish socialist Litzi Friedmann, the couple helped the anti-fascist cause in Vienna but later fled to London to escape the Nazis. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Exclusive Philby's life changed when he was introduced to a resident Soviet agent, code-named "Otto", at Regents Park. Along with four other Cambridge students, they were persuaded to start double lives as spies for the Soviets. Through the help of the KGB they worked their way into government jobs and passed on state secrets to the Russians. Philby was so good at his job he even secured a high-level job with MI6. Advertisement In 1949 he was sent to Washington where be became a liaison intelligence officer 'combating Soviet subversion in Western Europe'. However, after two members of the Cambridge Five defected, suspicion grew over Philby and he resigned from the Foreign Office. Cleared of treason allegations, MI6 posted him to Beirut, where he worked as a correspondent for The Observer. In 1962, his cover was blown during a conversation with a MI5 officer at a party and he later made a 'sham' confession to be granted immunity. Advertisement A year later a KGB guide smuggled him into Russia where he lived out the remainder of his life and was treated as a 'hero'. MI6 is the intelligence agency which supplies the Government with foreign intelligence (as opposed to MI5 which deals with domestic security threats). Its existence was not formally acknowledged until 1994. It is regarded as one of the best spy agencies in the world. Describing its work on its official website, the agency says: 'Our mission is to provide Her Majesty's Government with a global covert capability. Advertisement 'We collect secret intelligence and mount operations overseas to prevent and detect serious crime, and promote and defend the national security and economic wellbeing of the United Kingdom.' Meanwhile, MI5 is widely understood to focus its intelligence efforts inside the UK but that isn't always the case. With threats to Britain's security often coming from abroad, the agency says it does "work outside the UK where it's necessary to protect the UK's national security or to counter security threats". It describes itself as a "publicly accountable civilian intelligence organisation", not a "secret police force", as it does not have the power to arrest people. Advertisement Reporting to the Home Office, it was formed in 1909 under British army captain Vernon Kell to identify and counteract German spies in the country, according to the The MI5 probe into an alleged mole was sparked in the 1990s and continued to at least 2015. It was launched after a tip off from the Vladimir Putin was in charge of the FSB, Russia's secret intelligence service, at one point in the investigation. Advertisement A source said: '[We were told] the target was a Russian spy. The US believed he was leaking information to the Russians. "He was suspect 1A. The job was taken more seriously than any other [MI5] was involved in. Wedlock eclipsed them all.' As reported by the Guardian, it has been revealed the UK believed they had identified the alleged spy. MI5 specialists were put in charge of tracking him down, although they did not operate from the Westminster HQ. Advertisement The mission was so top secret, one insider claimed the officer in charge was briefed about the task in a church. Instead, the team were based in Wandsworth, south London, which was near an MI6 base. The officers were told the suspected mole held a senior role at MI6 and listening devices were planted inside his home, as well as secret cameras. He was tracked across the world, with officers travelling as far as Asia and the Middle East. Advertisement The agents were given authentic passports, but fake names, and told they would be "on their own" if caught. A source also claimed the suspect was not thought to have been working by himself, but aided by two other people. The insider added how Wedlock was a 'highly unusual operation, the longest in recent memory and probably the most expensive'. 'MI5 never got the conclusive proof it was looking for,' they added, and MI6 "still [potentially] has a mole to find". Advertisement 6 Photos, of clockwise from top left: Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess (who died in Moscow in 1963), Donald MacLean and Kim Philby, who tipped off Burgess and MacLean in 1951 forcing them to defect and then defecting himself in 1963 Credit: PA 6 Harold Philby, 43-year-old former First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington Credit: PA 6 MI6 headquarters in London Credit: AP
The Irish Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Sir Rod Stewart says voters should ‘give Nigel Farage a chance'
SIR Rod Stewart says voters should 'give Nigel Farage a chance'. The 80-year-old rocker slammed Prime Minister Keir Starmer's policies on fishing rights in Scotland as he revealed he thinks the Reform leader is "coming across well". Advertisement 2 Rod Stewart revealed he thinks Nigel Farage is "coming across well" Credit: Getty 2 It comes as new polls suggest Reform could win the next election Credit: Alamy New polls suggest Reform is on track to win the next election - with more than a third of voters saying they will support the right-wing party . And Rod 'The Mod' is no different. Ahead of his Glastonbury set this Sunday, the Maggie May singer insisted that despite his 'extreme wealth', he is not out of touch. Sir Rod was asked in an interview with future heading. Advertisement READ MORE ON THE SCOTTISH SUN He responded: "It's hard for me because I'm extremely wealthy, and I deserve to be, so a lot of it doesn't really touch me. But that doesn't mean I'm out of touch. "For instance, I've read about Starmer cutting off the fishing in Scotland and giving it back to the EU. That hasn't made him popular. We're fed up with the Tories. We've got to give Farage a chance. He's coming across well." "What options have we got? I know some of his family , I know his brother, and I quite like him. "But Starmer's all about getting us out of Brexit and I don't know how he's going to do that. Still, the country will survive. It could be worse. We could be in the Gaza Strip." Advertisement Most read in Celebrity It comes after the music legend hit out at Farage last June after he claimed that the West provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Stewart previously said he was Sir Rod Stewart drops F-bomb as he's joined onstage by kids & Jennifer Lopez after winning Lifetime Achievement award We previously told how Sir Rod lifted the lid on exactly how much he is getting paid to play at Glastonbury this year - as well as how much money he'll lose. He is set to return to Worthy Farm for the first time in decades, having last performed on the Pyramid Stage 23 years ago. Advertisement He's performing as this year's Legends slot act, joining a long list of iconic acts who've taken on the prestigious role.
