Champions League offers Liverpool and Klopp respite October 25, 2022 It has been Liverpool’s worst start to a Premier League season under the reign of Jurgen Klopp, but his side are one point away from securing knockout European football for the 12th time in 15 seasons. The Merseyside club have amassed just 16 points from their opening 11 Premier League games, sit eighth in the [...]
McIlroy says his golf is in ‘satisfying’ place as he returns to No1 October 25, 2022 Newly crowned world No1 Rory McIlroy has said he feels like his golf is in a “satisfying” place following his 23rd PGA Tour win on Sunday. The Northern Irishman spoke after he retained the CJ Cup title he won last year and following the latest success in a generally stellar year of golf. The 33-year-old’s [...]
Chris Tremlett: England are still dangerous despite wobbly start October 24, 2022 Jos Buttler’s Twenty20 side may have somewhat botched their run chase against Afghanistan in their World Cup opener on Saturday but they’ll be over the moon to have the first game hoodoo off their back. It doesn’t matter what kind of form you take with you into a World Cup; that opening match can be [...]
Six facts you may not know about gender and blindness October 24, 2022 | City Talk Women make up 55% of the world’s visually impaired, that is around 609 million women. Women are 12% more likely to develop some form of visual impairment and have 8% higher chances of becoming entirely blind compared to men. As women’s life expectancies are longer, they are more likely to develop age-related eye problems such [...]
A Lord of the Rings pilgrimage to The Ribble Valley October 24, 2022 THE WEEKEND: I’m a lifelong fan of the great JRR Tolkien, and so to mark the release of the new Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power series dropping on Amazon, I’m visiting the village of Hurst in Lancashire’s rural Ribble Valley, which has a circular 9 km trail in honour of the Lord of [...]
Portland Oregon is the best of the West Coast – and a new direct flight makes visiting easy October 24, 2022 Portland Oregon is your new West Coast city visit, thanks to a new direct British Airways flight route
New Rolls-Royce Spectre is the world’s most opulent electric car October 24, 2022 The Rolls-Royce Spectre is the British marque's first EV: an imposing four-seat coupe that promises to raise the bar for refinement.
Red Roses ranked third in Rugby World Cup last eight October 24, 2022 England’s rugby union women have, unsurprisingly, reached the last eight of the Rugby World Cup. They were, and remain, overwhelming favourites for the tournament – yet they’re only ranked third out of the eight quarter-finalists. Ahead of them are New Zealand and Canada, who topped their respective pools, with the rankings handing Simon Middleton’s Red [...]
Premiership rugby: Drop goals, Sharks harpooned and Bath rejoice October 24, 2022 With the current financial woes facing the English domestic game, there were only four matches in play in this week’s Premiership. We saw a stunning drop goal and a last-minute win, but here are our four takeaways from round seven. Quins make Sale jokers Marcus Smith scored 24 points yesterday as Harlequins ended Sale Sharks’ [...]
Premier League: Newcastle in top four, Arsenal draw and Villa impress October 23, 2022 Was it the day Tottenham saw their, admittedly unlikely, title challenge come to an end or was it the day Newcastle United knocked on the door of the Big Six’s office and asked for a seat around the undoubtedly extravagant table? A 2-1 win for the Toon in north London moved United into the top [...]