Ben Rumsby

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Sport Investigations Reporter at The Telegraph

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David Beckham’s anger at lack of ‘respect’ after MLS rival’s jibe

2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

David Beckham has told Minnesota United to “show a little respect” after they celebrated thrashing his star-studded Inter Miami team by calling them the “Pink Phony Club”. Saturday’s Major League Soccer game between the sides inflicted on Lionel Messi his worst defeat since moving to the United States as Miami lost 4-1 at a packed Allianz Field.
David Beckham's anger at lack of 'respect' after MLS rival's jibe

3 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

David Beckham has told Minnesota United to "show a little respect" after they celebrated thrashing his star-studded Inter Miami team by calling them the "Pink Phony Club". Saturday's Major League Soccer game between the sides inflicted on Lionel Messi his worst defeat since moving to the United States as Miami lost 4-1 at a packed Allianz Field.
I’m the girl banned for asking a transgender opponent: Are you a man?

5 days ago | independent.ie | Ben Rumsby

I’m the girl banned for asking a transgender opponent: Are you a man? Cerys Vaughan was banned for six games for her comments – four of which were suspended for 12 months Credit: Guzelian Ltd/Asadour GuzelianShe has been banned from playing football for asking a transgender opponent: “Are you a man?” She has been discussed and debated on television, online and in parliament. She has become a symbol in the fight against those born male playing in women’s sport. And almost nobody knows who she is.
I'm the girl banned for asking a transgender opponent: Are you a man?

5 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

She is modest about her own footballing ability, saying she does not think she is "good enough" to turn professional. The club she plays for, Leigh Genesis, are in Greater Manchester Women's League Division 2, where, Cerys says, the focus is less on winning every week and more on women and girls having "fun". Until last summer, Cerys was doing just that. Then everything changed.
I’m the girl banned for asking a transgender opponent: Are you a man?

5 days ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

She has been banned from playing football for asking a transgender opponent: “Are you a man?” She has been discussed and debated on television, online and in parliament. She has become a symbol in the fight against those born male playing in women’s sport. And almost nobody knows who she is. Until now. Her name is Cerys Vaughan and she is sitting nervously on a bench in her local park. She is about to break her public silence about her Kafkaesque trial and the extraordinary events that have followed.
Oliver Oakes resigned days after brother arrested with 'large amount of cash'

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Tom Cary |Ben Rumsby

Oliver Oakes, who resigned abruptly as Alpine Formula One team principal earlier this week, did so just days after his brother William, a fellow director at Hitech Grand Prix, was arrested. The Telegraph can reveal that William Oakes, 31, who is listed as a director of Hitech Grand Prix on Companies House, was arrested in the Silverstone Park area last Thursday, and charged with "transferring criminal property" last Friday. He was in possession of a large amount of cash, according to police.
No better team in Europe than Arsenal this season

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sam Dean |Ben Rumsby

"I don't think there's been a better team in the competition [than Arsenal] from what I've seen. But we are out. We deserved much more but this competition is about the boxes, the strikers most of the time and the goalkeeper, and theirs was the best player in both games."Asked if the best team lost the tie, Arteta added: "I think so, yeah. Especially across 160 minutes.
Two riders taken to hospital after crash at North West 200 road race

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Rumsby

Two riders were taken to hospital after an incident during the first day of qualifying for the North West 200 road race. One rider was transferred to hospital by ambulance, with the other taken from the course by air ambulance. The injuries at the event in Northern Ireland came two days after two Supersport riders were killed in a "chain-reaction" horror crash involving 11 bikes during the opening round of the British Superbike Championship.
JD Vance tells football fans not to overstay US welcome at 2026 World Cup or risk ‘ICE Barbie’ wrath

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ben Rumsby

US vice-president Vance made the threat during the first meeting of his country’s 2026 World Cup taskforce, which also saw Donald Trump claim the tournament could be a “good incentive” for Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Kristi Noem is Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary and has been nicknamed ‘ICE Barbie’ and ‘American Badass’ after joining Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during raids enforcing the US president’s mass deportation plan.
Football fans told not to overstay welcome at US World Cup or risk ‘ICE Barbie’ wrath

1 week ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Ben Rumsby

Ben Rumsby7 May 2025 at 6:07 am·2-min readKristi Noem has been at the sharp end of Donald Trump’s mass deportation planJD Vance has warned foreign football fans attending next year’s World Cup in the United States not to overstay their welcome unless they want to answer to the “ICE Barbie”.