The impossible job? Upgrading manager proving no easy task for Newcastle owners November 3, 2021 Twenty-eight days on from the club’s takeover, Newcastle United are still to make the managerial upgrade that was widely anticipated. Steve Bruce was put out of his misery two weeks ago, yet the club’s new majority owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, have not yet settled on a successor. The wait illustrates the scale of [...]
Sponsors quit Yorkshire over club’s handling of race report November 3, 2021 Emerald Publishing have become the latest brand to disassociate themselves with Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) following the club’s handling of racism claims made by Azeem Rafiq. In a statement, Emerald Publishing said: “We have taken the decision to remove our brand association with YCCC and Headingley Stadium. “We do not tolerate any form of [...]
Cherries on top: Bournemouth and Scott Parker the perfect match November 3, 2021 Tonight on the south coast, AFC Bournemouth will be looking to continue a start to the Championship season that has gone from impressive to record-breaking. Heading into their match against struggling Preston North End, the Cherries have amassed 37 points from their opening 15 games, with a positive goal difference of 18. That’s the best [...]
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini charged with fraud over £1.35m payment November 2, 2021 Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the former presidents of Fifa and Uefa, are facing trial after being charged with fraud by Swiss prosecutors. The charges relate to a payment of 2m Swiss francs (£1.35m) made by Fifa to Platini in 2011, when Blatter ran football’s world governing body. Blatter, who was forced out of Fifa [...]
Tottenham Hotspur ambition excites me, says new manager Antonio Conte November 2, 2021 Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the appointment of Antonio Conte as their new manager. Former Chelsea boss Conte, who replaces the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo, has signed an initial 18-month contract. “I am extremely happy to return to coaching, and to do so at a Premier League club that has the ambition to be a protagonist [...]
Captain Kohli deserves better at the T20 World Cup November 2, 2021 Not since 2010 have India played three and lost three in the Super stage of a T20 World Cup. Back then they were toppled, in their group of four, by the West Indies, Sri Lanka and Australia. It was nothing but humiliating. Tomorrow, depending on the result of their pivotal match with Afghanistan, they could [...]
Smart shin guards: the latest weapon in football’s wearable tech arms race November 2, 2021 Football is no stranger to wearables, as evidenced by the ubiquity of GPS vests, but it is about to get a new weapon in the technology arms race: smart shin guards. Italian sports tech and analytics company Soccerment will today launch their pioneering protective gear, which captures data on every run, pass, shot and change [...]
Antonio Conte is a gamble Tottenham Hotspur can’t afford not to take November 1, 2021 “It’s time to stop being so crap,” was Tottenham Hotspur manager-in-waiting Antonio Conte’s rallying cry to the Juventus squad he inherited, according to his former player Andrea Pirlo. A similar sentiment would not be inappropriate at Spurs if, as expected, Conte is named the successor to Nuno Espirito Santo, who was fired after just four [...]
Tottenham sack manager Nuno Espirito Santo after four months in charge November 1, 2021 Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Nuno Espirito Santo just four months after appointing him to replace Jose Mourinho. Spurs acted in the wake of Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United, their fourth loss in the last seven Premier League games. Former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is the early favourite with some bookmakers to replace [...]
David Haggerty interview: ITF president on revamping Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals, anti-vaxxers, Osaka, domestic abuse and Raducanu November 1, 2021 Eighteen months later and in a different location than planned, the first Billie Jean King Cup Finals finally begins today. The tournament formerly known as the Fed Cup has been rebranded in tribute to the trailblazing former world No1 and reformatted to create a climactic week-long finale that mirrors the new-look Davis Cup, itself taking [...]