Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall and the rise and rise of women’s boxing October 13, 2022 The last time Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields met in a boxing ring, they were both amateurs with no realistic prospect of making a good living from the sport. A decade on, the bitter rivals are due to renew hostilities at the top of the professional ranks on a historic occasion that promises to earn [...]
LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah: English contingent aim to end season on a high October 13, 2022 With first place in the championship – and $18m (£16.1m) – already sewn up by Dustin Johnson, interest in this weekend’s LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah is likely to centre on who can triumph in the last individual tournament of the series and, potentially, claim a lucrative podium bonus. Forty points are on offer to the [...]
Once, twice, goald: Maradona ‘Hand of God’ ball to go under hammer October 13, 2022 The ball which became the infamous victim of Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ fist in the 1986 World Cup is set to go under the hammer next month. The ball, used for the entirety of the match between Argentina and England in Mexico, is being sold by the man who refereed the match – Ali [...]
Apple Watch Series 8 review: More of the same good stuff October 13, 2022 Place the new Apple Watch Series 8 on your desk besides the Series 7 and even Tim Cook would have trouble telling them apart. It keeps the same smooth curves and ultra-slim bezels as the previous generation, which itself only incrementally updated a design that had remained the same since 2018. Unlike the iPhone, the [...]
How Hawkes Cidery is making liquid gold from unwanted apples October 13, 2022 If you happened to be at this weekend’s third-tier clash between Forest Green Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, you may have been greeted by a strange sight: fans turning up with bulging sacks of apples. The club – dubbed the most sustainable in the country – is working with Bermondsey-based cidermaker Hawkes in its annual bid [...]
Inside BFI London Film Festival’s ‘explosion’ of virtual reality film programming October 13, 2022 Kristen is deciding whether or not to have an abortion. Sat directly opposite me, her hair is dyed blue, her denim jeans are ripped and she’s opening up about her personal story. “How are you feeling?” I ask her, as luscious animations illustrate her changing feelings. She appears genuinely lifelike during our one-to-one conversation, but [...]
The Tej Kohli Ruit Foundation joins World Sight Day 2022 pledge October 13, 2022 | City Talk Today marks World Sight Day 2022. Many ophthalmologists and eye care organisations all over the world are preparing for the day by pledging their eye screenings to IAPB (International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness) World Sight Day campaign. This year, the Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation is pledging 27,472 eye screenings that have taken [...]
We Should Deploy The Lessons of Covid to Combat Needless Blindness October 13, 2022 | City Talk World Sight Day (13 October) is an international day of awareness to focus the attention on the global issues of eye health. The hashtag for this year’s World Sight Day is #LoveYourEyes. Unfortunately, most of those most in need will not get to engage with this sentiment. Over 90% of the world’s 40 million blind [...]
Chris Tremlett: T20 World Cup is a shopping window for cricket’s talent October 13, 2022 When the T20 World Cup gets going in Australia this weekend, the bigger teams will still have a little while to wait before their campaigns begin. England don’t start their World Cup until next weekend – when they play Afghanistan – but it’s still a good chance for the team, under Matthew Mott, to get [...]
Ed Warner: Boxing’s parallel existence, Benn-Eubank, and a Trussian shambles October 13, 2022 The Sweet Science. The Noble Art. Boxing has a lore of its own and is a law unto itself. It occupies a parallel existence in which its rules, first published under the sponsorship of the ninth Marquess of Queensbury in 1867, and a love of litigation – real and threatened – are deemed sufficient to [...]