Football and rugby are still getting head injury wrong. Is this headband the answer? March 27, 2023 It is a dark irony that football and rugby have never been more concerned with head injury and concussion, yet the approaches of both sports remain dangerously misguided. In their attempts to prevent the trickle of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and early-onset dementia cases becoming a torrent, football has experimented with a ban on heading [...]
Scottish centurion full-back Stuart Hogg to retire after 2023 Rugby World Cup March 27, 2023 Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg has said that he will retire from rugby after the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The 30-year-old is set to leave the game having played for Scotland, the British and Irish Lions and a number of clubs. The Scot played his club rugby for Glasgow Warriors and Exeter Chiefs. Hogg statement “After [...]
Chelsea puts £121m loss down to sanctions imposed on ex owner Roman Abramovich March 27, 2023 Chelsea say Government sanctions imposed on former owner Roman Abramovich were a factor in the club posting losses of £121million in 2021-22. Russian billionaire Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government in March last year as it sought to freeze the assets of individuals it believed had connections to the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, following [...]
Antonio Conte: Sacked Tottenham Hotspur manager’s record is better than you’d think March 27, 2023 Antonio Conte may have been sacked by Tottenham Hotspur but the Italian departs with the third best record of any manager in the club’s history. The former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus coach registered the equivalent of 1.78 points per game in his 17 months in North London – statistics bettered only by two predecessors. [...]
Non-league football contracts row: Should athletes be a special case in employment law? March 27, 2023 Whether it realises it or not, non-league football has raised an age-old legal argument: should sportspeople be treated as a separate case under employment law, given the unique space in which they operate? Reports suggesting that National League players could be prepared to go on strike over upcoming contract changes put forward by the Football [...]
London Irish: Club can end 13 years out of play-offs with form surge March 27, 2023 And there we have it, the once-chronic Premiership rugby underachievers and serial drawers London Irish are in the top four and storming towards the play-offs. Director of rugby Declan Kidney and head coach Les Kiss have taken a side that won just one of their opening eight games – excluding their match against the now-dissolved [...]
England 2-0 Ukraine: Three Lions go two from two on road to Euro 2024 March 26, 2023 Gareth Southgate declared himself satisfied after England completed a perfect start to qualifying for Euro 2024 with a 2-0 win over Ukraine at Wembley. First-half goals from Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka proved enough to glean all three points and follow up Thursday’s win over Italy in the team’s opening match in Group C. “Really [...]
Chelsea title defence suffers blow on women’s football weekend March 26, 2023 Chelsea’s Women’s Super League title defence suffered a blow today with the Blues losing 2-0 to rivals Manchester City at the Academy Stadium. Filippa Angeldahl and Lauren Hemp scored in the first half to give Gareth Taylor’s side a 2-0 victory over Emma Hayes’s Chelsea. The result – combined with Manchester United’s dominant 4-0 victory [...]
Cambridge do double on Thames in boat races March 26, 2023 Cambridge won both the men’s and women’s boat races on the Thames today as the Light Blues returned to rowing dominance in the capital. The famous varsity boat race saw its 168th men’s edition yesterday with Cambridge passing the finishing post ahead by over a boat length, holding off a late Oxford charge. The women’s [...]
Welsh rugby clubs overwhelmingly vote for WRU reform March 26, 2023 Local clubs across Wales today voted for major reform to the way the Welsh Rugby Union is governed. Of the 282 clubs eligible to vote for changes to the way the rugby union structures its board, 252 clubs voted with 245 voting in favour of reform. The successful vote at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) [...]