Zhao Xintong: 2021 UK snooker champion is 10th player suspended in match-fixing probe January 3, 2023 Former UK champion Zhao Xintong has become the 10th Chinese player to be suspended from the World Snooker Tour as part of a match-fixing investigation. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) added Zhao and compatriot Zhang Jiankang to the already lengthy banned list today. Both men are entitled to appeal but it means [...]
Netflix 1899 cancellation: thousands of fans sign petition to save show January 3, 2023 Thousands of fans have signed a petition in the days since Netflix’s hit show 1899 has been cancelled, asking the streaming provider to keep the show. Despite the show’s popularity bosses have confirmed the science fiction show has been axed. In the wake of the news a Change.org petition has been created and has amassed [...]
Chelsea set to take spending to £350m under Todd Boehly with record Fernandez signing January 3, 2023 Chelsea are set to take their spending under Todd Boehly past £350m in just seven months with a Premier League record deal for World Cup-winning Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez. The Blues will pay Portuguese side Benfica €127m (£112m) to secure the 21-year-old in the January transfer window, according to multiple reports. If completed, the move [...]
Damar Hamlin: NFL star in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during game January 3, 2023 NFL star Damar Hamlin is in critical condition after the Buffalo Bills player suffered a cardiac arrest during a game with Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. Hamlin, 24, received CPR and oxygen as visibly distressed players looked on before he was taken from the field by ambulance and the NFL took the rare step of [...]
Liverpool beaten 3-1 by buzzy Brentford in Premier League January 2, 2023 Liverpool’s hopes of closing the gap to the Premier League top four took a blow tonight as they were beaten 3-1 by Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium in London. The Bees netted through an Ibrahima Konate own goal before Yoane Wissa doubled their lead. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain cut the deficit but Bryan Mbeumo scored to [...]
Fifa president Infantino to ask every country to name stadium after Pele January 2, 2023 The president of football’s governing body Fifa, Gianni Infantino, has said he will ask every country to name a stadium after the late Pele. The legendary footballer died last week and his funeral took place on Monday in Santos, Brazil. “We’re going to ask every country in the world to name one of their stadiums [...]
Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer January 2, 2023 Eighteen-time tennis Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. The 66-year-old said both of the cancers had been caught early. The Prague-born tennis star, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, said: “The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I’m hoping for a favourable outcome. “It’s going to [...]
Tanni Grey-Thompson: Brands hold key to realising potential of disabled people in sport January 2, 2023 London 2012 changed perceptions around disabled people in sport but brands can help increase participation, writes Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson. Ten years after the London Olympics and Paralympics, disabled people are still facing massive barriers to sports participation. While 2012 created a benchmark for future events, it didn’t result in an influx of disabled people taking [...]
Pele’s funeral: Millions of Brazilians expected to pay tribute in Santos stadium and streets January 2, 2023 Millions of Brazilians are set to pay their respects to Pele in Santos today before the legendary footballer’s funeral tomorrow. Pele’s body is to lie in state for 24 hours at the Vila Belmiro stadium in Santos, a coastal city to the south east of Sao Paulo, where he died on Thursday aged 82. He [...]
Australia welcome Novak Djokovic with open arms a year after deporting tennis star January 2, 2023 He may have been kicked out of the country 12 months ago but Australia gave Novak Djokovic a warm welcome on his return to tennis Down Under at the Adelaide International on Monday. The crowd chanted his name as he made his way out onto court and overwhelmingly supported him and doubles partner Vasek Pospisil [...]