Lewis Hamilton lashes out at Mercedes again after losing further ground in title race to Nico Rosberg at Malaysian Grand Prix October 9, 2016 Faltering world champion Lewis Hamilton showed further signs of frustration with Mercedes after seeing his hopes of retaining the title recede again at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The team lodged a complaint about Max Verstappen’s “dangerous” driving after the Red Bull teenager held off Hamilton for second place at Suzuka – a result which left [...]
Matchroom Boxing go stateside as heavyweight Luis Ortiz joins Eddie Hearn’s stable October 8, 2016 British boxing promotion company Matchroom has signed its first overseas fighter to its books in Cuban heavyweight Luis Ortiz. The signing of the unbeaten 37-year-old nicknamed "King Kong", who has won 22 of his 25 fights with a knockout, underlines the growth of the UK as an international boxing destination. Read more: Eddie Hearn interview [...]
How gambling and betting companies have taken over the Premier League’s shirts October 8, 2016 Football fans might have noticed a recurring theme on this year's Premier League shirts — gambling. More Premier League teams are sponsored by gambling companies than ever before this season, with exactly half of the division's teams displaying logos for online casinos or bookmakers on their shirts. England's top tier was 10 years old before Fulham became the [...]
Premier League shirt sponsors quiz: Do you know what these Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Sunderland sponsors do? October 7, 2016 Shirt sponsorships generate Premier League clubs millions in commercial revenue every season. According to industry estimates, last season the Premier League's clubs made a massive £260m from splaying corporate brand names and logos across their sacred sporting tapestries. Read more: Why Chelsea parting ways with Adidas makes financial sense After enough hours in front of Sky [...]
Lord Sugar is back: Here’s what happened in the first episode of The Apprentice October 7, 2016 It’s that time of year again, when wannabe business people climb over one other to peddle knick knacks, design advertising campaigns and generally make cringe worthy TV, all in an effort to win the heart and cash of Lord Alan of Sugar. Here’s happened in last night’s first episode: Read more: Five things we learned from The [...]
The world’s 50 best bars have been named and nine of them are in London October 7, 2016 It's official: we live in the capital of cocktails – in fact, London has claimed nine of the spots in this year's World's 50 Best Bars ranking. We'll drink to that. The ranking, which was compiled by an "academy" of 476 experts from 57 countries, put New York's The Dead Rabbit at the top – but included three [...]
Real Madrid fail to reclaim football’s richest crown from Barcelona despite posting club record breaking revenue October 7, 2016 Real Madrid posted the highest revenue figures in the club's history last season, with income breaking the €600m mark for the first time and reaching €620.1m (£560m). Yet the 7.4 per cent rise in income from €577.7m in the 2013/2014 campaign, the Spanish giants were unable to match the record €679m enjoyed by Barcelona last season. It [...]
World Athletics Championships organisers are looking for an army of London 2012-style volunteers October 7, 2016 Missed your chance to be a Games Maker at the London 2012 Olympics? You’ve got another opportunity at next year's World Athletics Championships – but applications close soon. Eh? What’s that? The organisers behind the Summer of World Athletics 2017 are looking for 4,000 (unpaid) volunteers to perform a range of duties, from including transport, [...]
The Greasy Strangler review: a gross-out B-movie that will turn even the strongest stomach October 7, 2016 The Greasy Strangler is gross, but also kind of compelling, like picking a giant scab and rummaging around in the wound with your fingernail. It’s a carnival of the grotesque, wilfully offensive, trying every trick in the book – and some it came up with itself – to turn your stomach. As the title suggests, [...]
Chris Coleman hails fighting spirit as Wales secure precious World Cup qualifying point October 6, 2016 Wales manager Chris Coleman revelled in his side’s fighting spirit as the European Championship semi-finalists emerged from their World Cup qualifier in Vienna with a precious point after drawing 2-2 with Austria. The visitors twice held the lead courtesy of a 20-yard half-volley from Stoke midfielder Joe Allen and unfortunate own goal by Tottenham centre-half [...]