Lionel Messi tipped to make Inter Miami worth $1bn and be MLS ‘game-changer’ June 8, 2023 Lionel Messi’s impending transfer to Inter Miami has been hailed as “a game-changer for Major League Soccer” that will make the US franchise worth more than $1bn. Messi announced on Wednesday night that he has chosen to join Miami over offers from Saudi Arabia and former club Barcelona after leaving Paris Saint-Germain. His superstar power [...]
What next for Manchester City if they win the Champions League? June 8, 2023 When the Abu Dhabi United Group bought Manchester City almost 15 years ago, the new owners’ stated aim was to turn a club who had gone 30 years without a major trophy into a major European force. On Saturday against Inter Milan in Istanbul, City could tick the last box on their checklist by winning [...]
Amanda Holden responds to Holly Willoughby feud rumours with long post June 8, 2023 After taking what appeared to be a number of swipes at Holly Willoughby over the past few days, Amanda Holden has posted a long Instagram message responding to the idea the two women are feuding. After Holly Willoughby made a statement on This Morning about Phillip Schofield’s inappropriate workplace affair, Amanda Holden dressed in a [...]
Rugby World Cup Barometer: London calling for adopted Frenchman Willis? June 8, 2023 In the lead up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with City Index to assess whose form is hot – and whose is not – in the race to be part of the tournament in France later this year. Player of the week Amid the fallout [...]
West Ham fans clash with police after historic European win June 8, 2023 West Ham fans clashed with Czech riot police following their victory in the Europa Conference League final last night. The Hammers beat Fiorentina 2-1 in Prague to lift their first major trophy in 43 years. But scuffles broke out after the final, PA report this morning, after police “tried to confiscate a lit flare”. Fans [...]
In pictures: West Ham fans celebrate first European trophy in 50 years June 8, 2023 Thousands of West Ham fans poured into the streets of Prague as the football club won its first trophy in more than 40 years. Fans danced on tables and kissed each other in pubs across the Czech capital as they watched the Hammers lift the Europa Conference League trophy on Wednesday night. Supporters chanted “2-1 to the cockney boys” as [...]
Ed Warner: Remove Fifa toxicity to get Women’s World Cup on the box June 8, 2023 When a global sporting event takes place without TV coverage, does it really happen? Or at least, does it really matter? That question should be front of mind for all the protagonists in the standoff over broadcast rights for next month’s Fifa Women’s World Cup. Blank screens are looming larger with every passing day in [...]
Patriots review, Noel Coward Theatre: An uncomfortably prescient examination of Putin June 8, 2023 Patriots review and star rating: ★★★ There’s an uncomfortable contemporaneity about Peter Morgan’s Patriots, whichfirst opened at the Almeida last July. It takes Putin as its subject and in the nearly twelve months since its premiere, the dictator has been responsible for the deaths of around 9,000 unarmed Ukrainian civilians; many thousands remain in asylum [...]
We Will Rock You, musical review: I’m Ga Ga for more! June 7, 2023 We Will Rock You review and star rating: ★★★★ Wait, isn’t We Will Rock You still on at the Dominion Theatre by Tottenham Court Road? The Queen musical has become such a ubiquitous part of London’s theatrical furniture that most people aren’t aware it had gone anywhere in the first place. But after eight years [...]
McIlroy: I feel like sacrificial lamb after LIV Golf and PGA Tour deal June 7, 2023 Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy has said he feels like a sacrificial lamb and that he still hates LIV Golf after the Saudi Arabia-backed tour merged into one entity alongside the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. The Northern Irishman has been an outspoken critic of the rebel golf tour – which saw the likes [...]