Chelsea FC : Abramovich ally Granovskaia at High Court over Alrubie dispute February 28, 2025 Former Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia is at London's High Court today as she seeks to pause a civil claim against her by football agent Saif Alrubie
Newnham hoping his Talent matches his Ambition February 28, 2025 MARK Newnham is guaranteed to have all fingers and toes crossed when he arrives at Sha Tin, for what could prove a red-letter day for the likeable and quietly spoken trainer. Newnham, formerly assistant to legendary training giants such as Bart Cummings and Gai Waterhouse back in Australia, is already making a big name for [...]
Lui’s Angel can Pack a punch in the Hong Kong Classic Cup February 28, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong is back at Sha Tin on Sunday and features the second leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, the £1.3m Hong Kong Classic Cup (8.05am), run over nine furlongs. Seven of the 14-runner field who took their chance in the Hong Kong Classic Mile in January – including winner My Wish – [...]
FA Cup prize money: What non-league clubs would spend £2m on February 28, 2025 This weekend the fifth round of the FA Cup will hand out a good amount of prize money. But for the non-league clubs out of the draw, where would that money have been spent? Just the 16 teams remain in this weekend’s FA Cup fifth round, and there will be no representation from below the [...]
London 2012 Team GB boxer becomes Reform UK mayoral candidate February 28, 2025 London 2012 Olympic gold medallist boxer Luke Campbell will stand for Reform UK in the upcoming Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election. Campbell, bantamweight Olympic champion in London, is the sixth candidate to be declared for the May election. In boxing bantamweight is for fighters who are 51kg to 54kg and all four world title [...]
Why rugby union should get its own Riyadh Season event February 28, 2025 One gripe I have with the 2025 Six Nations is the second rest week; it stifles interest and really damages the flow of the rugby tournament. As least, then, I had spare time to watch Chris Eubank Jr slap Conor Benn with an egg during their face-off ahead of their bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. [...]
Google ‘profiting from crime’ says Spanish football boss Tebas February 27, 2025 Spanish football league LaLiga says it has taken legal action against Google over the piracy of its media rights, accusing the tech giant of cooperating with and profiting from crime. LaLiga president Javier Tebas said Google housed urls and apps which offer pirated broadcasts of its matches and allowed criminals to make money from the [...]
Trump: 2026 Fifa World Cup co-host Canada hits out at 51st State jibe February 27, 2025 The manager of America’s 2026 Fifa World Cup co-host Canada has hit out at President Donald Trump over claims The Great White North should be the US’ 51st State. Trump previously said: “If people wanted to play the game right, it would be 100% certain that they’d become a state.” Ontario Premier Doug Ford hit [...]
WTA Tour hires London agency Nomad Studio for ‘bold’ rebrand February 27, 2025 The WTA Tour has engaged London design agency Nomad Studio, whose clients include the Premier League and Rolls Royce, to launch a wide-ranging rebrand today. The rebrand of the women’s tennis tour includes a new logo, bright green and purple palettes, and slogan – “Rally the world” – designed to be “bigger, bolder and built [...]
Man who spearheaded £975m Hundred sale rewarded with new job by ECB February 27, 2025 Vikram Banerjee, the man who spearheaded the sale of eight minority stakes in the Hundred, has been rewarded with a promotion by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Banerjee will take up the role of managing director of the Hundred after the competition saw its eight franchises valued at £975m after a series of auctions [...]