Sky Sports takes lion’s share in £6.7bn Premier League rights race December 4, 2023 Sky Sports has secured up to 100 extra Premier League games per season after the broadcasting giant won the race for the rights to the world’s most valuable football league. The new deal, which takes effect in 2025-26, is worth £6.7bn over four years, compared with £5.1bn over three years for the current rights contracts. [...]
Rosberg: F1 drivers must do more to promote climate change and rights December 4, 2023 Former F1 world champion Nico Rosberg says some of the world’s biggest sports stars and his former colleagues aren’t doing enough to use their platform to promote social causes. Rosberg X Racing won a second world Extreme E championship in just three seasons on Sunday when his outfit fended off Acciona | Sainz XE Team [...]
Tom Foley: English TMO abused after World Cup final quits international rugby December 4, 2023 Foley says he has received a "torrent of criticism and abuse".
Euro 2024: Three Lions on tour as England’s Germany trip revealed December 4, 2023 Book the flights because we’re going to Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt and Cologne. That’s right, the draw for the 2024 Euros in Germany has been completed and there’s reason to be positive for England, Gareth Southgate and fans of the Three Lions. They have been drawn in a favourable Group C alongside Denmark, Serbia and Slovenia and [...]
Government to establish Board of Women’s Sport to accelerate growth of sector December 4, 2023 The UK Government is to establish a Board of Women’s Sports next year to help accelerate growth of the sector beyond football. The move comes as the Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer today accepted all of the recommendations put forward in former England international Karen Carney’s review into women’s football following the success of the Lionesses [...]
Issues Down Under as former Australia cricketer Johnson bashes Warner December 3, 2023 Former Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson took a sensational swipe at ex-team mate David Warner this weekend, questioning whether he deserved a “hero’s send-off”. Warner has been a long-standing opener for the Baggy Greens but said he would retire from the Test format of cricket after his side’s series against Pakistan next month. But Johnson has [...]
I’m no Arteta: Guardiola refuses to criticise referees after howler versus Spurs December 3, 2023 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted he wouldn’t copy Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta in criticising officials after his side were denied a late goal-scoring opportunity by referee Simon Hooper in their 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Star striker Erling Haaland was fouled in his own half in the 94th minute but managed to get up [...]
Premiership rugby: Saracens miss captain Farrell as Gloucester lose six December 3, 2023 In their first match since captain Owen Farrell announced he’d be temporarily leaving the England set-up to focus on his and his family’s mental well-being, Saracens – without their captain fantastic in their side – were downed by Northampton Saints at home to end a five-match Premiership winning streak. Not to take away from yesterday’s [...]
FA Cup third round: Arsenal and Liverpool in big Premier League clash December 3, 2023 Arsenal will host Liverpool in the FA Cup third round.
FA Cup third round: Draw in full as Arsenal host Liverpool December 3, 2023 It’s that time of year again, when fans of Premier League and Championship clubs find out who they will face in the third round of the FA Cup. Having skipped the opening two rounds, teams from the top two tiers now enter the knockout competition. The FA Cup is the most historic cup competition in [...]