Chelsea sale: Todd Boehly consortium won’t revisit Super League if they buy club April 6, 2022 One of the members of the Todd Boehly-led bid to buy Chelsea has pledged that they would not revisit plans for a European Super League. Barbara Charone, a music industry publicist and long-time Blues fan, is in line to offer supporter representation on the board if Boehly’s consortium wins the race to buy the Premier [...]
Middlesex aim for promotion in fifth year out of top flight April 6, 2022 “I didn’t want to finish my career plodding along,” said former Middlesex captain Dawid Malan in 2019 after he chose to depart the County Championship team for England captain Joe Root’s Yorkshire. “I’ve been captain of Middlesex for two years, and I’ve been banging my head against a wall for a wee while.” Back in [...]
Trevor Steven: Chelsea must rise above off-field uncertainty against Real Madrid April 5, 2022 Chelsea go into their Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid in a uniquely challenging position, because of the sanctions placed on their owner Roman Abramovich. Having been in a comfortable position for so long, there is now uncertainty surrounding the future of the club which will be affecting it from top to bottom. Until it [...]
Kieron Pollard among Hundred draft movers as David Warner misses out April 5, 2022 West Indian star Kieron Pollard has joined London Spirit in today’s Hundred draft as David Warner is among those who miss out. The men’s draft saw over 550 players register for just 42 places after many of the spots were already filled with players from last season. Aussie Warner joins the likes of world No1 [...]
Getting lost on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire at La Fosse April 5, 2022 THE WEEKEND: Getaway from the city by escaping to La Fosse in the idyllic village of Cranborne, which is postcard-perfect: simply strolling about will make you feel like you’re on the set of a period drama. Around a two hour drive from London, Cranborne is a much-loved corner of Dorset that remains unspoiled by tourist [...]
Don’t snarl at the beach resort – Sandals is a great way to experience Jamaica April 5, 2022 On his show Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain spoke of the “Two Jamaicas”. There’s the Jamaica where citizens “live, cook and struggle” — what he calls the “Real Jamaica”. And then, he says, there’s the Jamaica “you’re probably more familiar with”. As he says it, we see a sunburned tourist, cocktail in hand, splashing in the [...]
New Maserati Grecale: first official photos of V6, hybrid and electric SUV April 5, 2022 The new Maserati Grecale compact SUV will be launched with V6 and hybrid power. A fully electric version Folgore version follows in 2023.
Twisted Land Rover Defender EV review: Defending the faith April 5, 2022 Yorkshire-based Twisted has given the classic Land Rover Defender a modern electric makeover. John Redfern gets behind the wheel.
Masters 2022: Bryson DeChambeau vows to play major against doctors’ advice April 5, 2022 Former US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau says he is risking injury by playing the Masters this week. The big-hitting American injured his hip and hand in a table-tennis accident in February and said he had returned early against the advice of doctors. “This comes around once a year and I got to give it a [...]
Liverpool FC NFT sale: Reds raise £1.1m but 95 per cent of digital artwork left unsold April 4, 2022 Liverpool have closed their controversial NFT sale after selling just over five per cent of the available digital artworks of players such as Mohamed Salah. In the biggest project of its kind from a Premier League football club, Liverpool partnered with Sotheby’s to sell up to 171,072 NFTs for $75 (£57) each – $12.8m (£9.8m) [...]