England Men’s summer 2022 cricket schedule confirmed: New Zealand Test series, white-ball July and South Africa in all formats September 8, 2021 England cricket chiefs have confirmed the men’s team’s schedule for next summer, which will begin with a three-Test series against world champions New Zealand. They will then play one-day and Twenty20 series against India and South Africa in July before another three-Test series with the Proteas in August and September. “It has been a scintillating [...]
Tickets go on sale for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games – including track cycling in London September 8, 2021 Tickets for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the biggest multi-sport event to be held in Britain since the Olympics, have gone on sale today. Prices start at £15 for adults and £8 for children, with more than 1m seats being offered at £22 or less. London’s Lee Valley Velopark is staging the track cycling events [...]
Manchester City and Leeds United chiefs hit back at Fifa bid for more frequent World Cups September 8, 2021 Manchester City and Leeds United chiefs have joined the chorus of opposition towards Fifa’s plans to stage the World Cup every other year. City chief executive Ferran Soriano told The Times: “There is no space [in the calendar] for anything. No room at all. The players cannot play more games, for sure.” Leeds chairman Andrea [...]
Mixing It Up at hayward Gallery is a sprawling, unruly exhibition September 8, 2021 Collective exhibitions are tricky things. The work of each artist demands attention all of its own, but needs to be in dialogue with those around it. The best have a solid theme to tie all the unruly ideas into something approaching a thesis, such as Among the Trees, an exhibition all about… well, trees, which [...]
This Kentish winemaker has just released the UK’s sweetest wine September 7, 2021 When you think of the great sweet wine producing regions you probably think of Sauternes in Bordeaux, the rolling hills of Austria, or the warm and humid vineyards of Hungary. But climate change is slowly but surely rewriting the rulebook for winemakers, and a Kentish producer has just released a late harvest wine with 122g [...]
What does it really take to win the title Master of Wine? September 7, 2021 There are only 419 living Masters of Wine in the world, and a further 77 who are no longer with us, which means that more people have been in space than have successfully passed this rigorous test of wine academia. This total includes the three Masters of Wine who joined the ranks just last month, [...]
Financial Fair Play is not about making football more competitive, says one of the executives behind the new rules September 7, 2021 Proposed changes to European football’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules will not address concerns about competitive balance, says one of the executives involved. New regulations involving a salary cap and luxury tax are set to replace the current, 10-year-old framework, which is loosely based on breaking even. Economists and legal experts have warned that the [...]
World 12s: Plans unveiled for rugby union’s £250m answer to the Indian Premier League, featuring eight franchises playing 12-a-side, 30-minute matches September 7, 2021 Some of rugby union’s biggest names have announced plans to launch a new 12-a-side tournament, World 12s, in England next year. The competition would feature eight franchise teams playing in 30-minute matches over three consecutive weekends in August and September. World 12s chairman Ian Ritchie, the former head of the Rugby Football Union and Premiership [...]
Watch: Daimler presents all-electric Mercedes EQE at Munich car show September 7, 2021 Daimler has presented their new Mercedes EQE, the first fully electric vehicle for the premium carmaker’s high-performance AMG brand and a concept car for its luxury Maybach brand ahead of the Munich IAA car show opening. Watch the full report.
Emma Raducanu to enter world top 75 following dream run at US Open – and British No1 ranking is next in teenager’s sights September 7, 2021 British tennis sensation Emma Raducanu is guaranteed to reach the top 75 of the women’s rankings for the first time as a result of her dream run at the US Open. The 18-year-old from Bromley beat American Shelby Rogers on Monday night to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows, where she is yet to even [...]