Christmas wine for your dry bird: How to pick the perfect festive bottle December 15, 2021 It is the festive season, and we will soon be shoving turkeys into ovens to feed the masses, but turkey is a notoriously dry bird and calls for the right wine to help wet our whistles. Though traditionalists may feel the classic Bordeaux is always acceptable beware of drying tannins. A wiser choice if you [...]
Xmas Drinks 2021: The spirits you need on your cabinet over the holidays December 15, 2021 The Botanist Islay Dry Gin is ideal for seasonal cocktails. Made by the experimental Scotch whisky-makers at Bruichladdich, using a rare, salvaged Lomond still, the Botanist combines nine traditional gin botanicals with a further twenty-two ingredients foraged from the island. The resulting spirit is incredibly smooth, enlivened by citrus, mint, and harmonious floral flavours, that make [...]
Saracens’ European game with Pau off due to positive Covid-19 tests December 15, 2021 Saracens’ upcoming European Challenge Cup game against French side Pau has been called off due to a series of positive cases in the London club’s camp. Saracens, recently promoted back to the Premiership, were huge favourites for this competition before it began last weekend. In a statement, Saracens said: “Saracens can confirm that the club [...]
Barclays to pump record £30m into WSL and women’s UK sport December 15, 2021 Banking giant Barclays are set to double their investment in Women’s football as they extend their sponsorship deal to include the Women’s Championship. The deal will begin from the 2022-23 season and run through to 2025, and will see Barclays pump £30m into the women’s game. Sasha Wiggins, Barclays Group head of public policy and [...]
Anderson and Broad included in England’s second Ashes Test squad December 15, 2021 Bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad have been included in England’s 12-man squad for the second Ashes test. The match is due to get underway at 4am UK time on Thursday and will be a day-night Test match. Pace bowler Mark Wood has been rested for the Adelaide Test. England’s leading wicker-takers were left out [...]
How a day-night Test and a pink ball could help England level the Ashes December 14, 2021 On Thursday morning, cricket fans in the UK will be able to tune in to the last few hours of live coverage of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Why? Because this year it is a day-night Test match. Play between England and Australia gets underway at 4am UK time and is set to conclude [...]
Could we be nearing the end of Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1? December 14, 2021 He may be due to be knighted later on today, but Lewis Hamilton was denied his coronation as an eight-time world champion Formula 1 driver on Sunday. In the immediate aftermath of that controversial final lap in Abu Dhabi, the 36-year-old declined to commit to continuing racing: “I’ve felt great in the car in the [...]
My night watching the Ashes with England’s Barmy Army December 14, 2021 As London’s clocks struck 11pm on a cold Tuesday night in the capital, the sound of cheering, chanting and chatter pierced the night air as I entered a heaving sports pub in Victoria. I was there to watch the start of the 2021-22 Ashes series. Cricket’s biggest rivalry was an hour from its first ball, [...]
Stokes signs new three-year deal with County club Durham December 14, 2021 England’s Ben Stokes has signed a new deal to keep him at his County club Durham until at least 2024. The all-rounder has played 64 times with the red-ball for the club and scored over 3,500 runs. He said: “I am delighted to commit to a further three years with Durham. “I have had some [...]
United game postponed as League reports record Covid-19 cases December 14, 2021 Tonight’s game between Manchester United and Brentford has been postponed after a series of positive cases in the Old Trafford club. Yesterday, United closed their training ground in a bid to stop the spread of the virus after a number of players and staff tested positive on Sunday morning after their 1-0 over Norwich in [...]