Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes eleventh-hour £4bn bid for Chelsea Football Club April 29, 2022 British tycoon Sir Jim Ratcliffe has swooped in with a sensational eleventh-hour £4bn bid to buy Chelsea Football Club.
‘Humiliated’ tennis legend Boris Becker has ‘nothing’ to show for glittering career and relies on charity to survive April 29, 2022 The lawyer of former tennis star Boris Becker has been left with nothing to show for his “glittering” sporting career and will have to rely on charity to survive. The three-time Wimbledon Champion, 54, was declared bankrupt in 2017 over a loan from private bank Arbuthnot Latham against his estate in Mallorca. His barrister Jonathan [...]
Ollie Phillips: My five-man shortlist for Premiership player of the season April 29, 2022 With just three regular rounds of Premiership action remaining before we can turn our thoughts to the semi-finals, it’s worth highlighting some of the players who have stood out for me this season. While I have tried to lean away from those who have been away for weeks on end with international duty, in one [...]
Prima Facie review: from Villanelle to victim, Jodie Comer is a ferocious force on stage alone April 28, 2022 Jodie Comer became one of the world’s most popular British acting exports as psychopathic predator Villanelle in Killing Eve, dispensing of victims with garden hoses, piano tuners, and dressed as a clown. In her West End debut in Prima Facie, a new play by Suzie Miller, Comer has done what all self-respecting A-Listers do when [...]
Formula E unveils ‘fastest and greenest ever’ Gen3 electric racing car April 28, 2022 Formula E chiefs have unveiled the new Gen3 car, which is set to be the electric racing series’ fastest and greenest vehicle yet. The Gen3 car, which will be used in next year’s championship by manufacturers including Jaguar, Maserati and Porsche, has a top speed of more than 200mph and is said to be the [...]
Extreme E announce partnership with Vodafone Business April 28, 2022 All-electric off-road racing series Extreme E have today announced a partnership with Vodafone business that will see them become Technology Communications Partner. The partnership will see Vodafone Business leading innovations such as 5G integrated into the global operations of the sporting discipline. The sport, which includes teams by Formula 1 outfit McLaren as well as [...]
Aramco Team Series 2022: What is it? How does it work? And what happened last year? April 28, 2022 The Aramco Team Series changed the landscape of women’s golf when it debuted on the Ladies European Tour last year, and the string of big-money tournaments is returning in 2022, complete with a date in London in June and a new fifth event which tees off next month. Here is all you need to know [...]
A managed Ben Stokes can light the fire under England’s Test team April 28, 2022 The search is over and there was no need for a photo finish or an umpire’s review. Ben Stokes is England cricket’s 81st captain of the men’s Test team in a race that only ever had one starter. Just a month after Joe Root resigned from the position, it was always likely that Stokes would [...]
Football super-agent Mino Raiola fighting for his life, reports say April 28, 2022 Football super-agent Mino Raiola – who manages the likes of Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Erling Haaland – is said to be fighting for his life after early reports suggested the Italian had died. Italian reports broke news of Raiola’s alleged death before agency Ansa reported that Dr. Alberto Zangrillo of San Raffaele hospital had [...]
Koko founder on £70m relaunch: ‘Camden’s always gonna have edge’ April 28, 2022 Camden’s iconic Koko venue – closed for three years and the victim of a devastating fire in 2020 – finally reopens tomorrow following a £70m renovation. To put that into context, that’s one fifth of the cost the original contractor quoted for building The Shard. It’s a staggering renovation for the historical venue, which has [...]