Barcelona president Joan Laporta reveals debts at crisis club have grown to £1.15bn following Lionel Messi departure August 16, 2021 Barcelona, once hailed as the model for all football clubs to follow, are now £1.15bn (€1.35bn) in debt, according to their president Joan Laporta. The five-time European champions’ financial crisis was highlighted last week by their inability to afford a new contract for Lionel Messi, their greatest ever player. Laporta said Barcelona’s wage bill exceeded [...]
Watford FC to feature Doge on football shirts August 16, 2021 Watford’s shirt sleeve sponsor for the upcoming 2021-22 season will be the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin. According to an insider at Watford FC, the deal is worth upwards of £700,000 and will exceed the £1m sponsorship deal which the Premier League club inked with its previous sleeve partners Bitcoin if the bonus conditions are met. Dogecoin [...]
Goals galore: Full houses witness Premier League’s second highest scoring opening weekend ever August 16, 2021 The return of fans to full stadia coincided with the highest scoring opening weekend in the Premier League for almost 20 years. For the first time since March 2020, England’s top-flight clubs were allowed capacity crowds at matches as the new season got underway. And supporters were treated to a feast of goals, with a [...]
Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City among Super League rebels to return to European Club Association August 16, 2021 Nine of the rebel football clubs who agreed to join a breakaway European Super League – including six Premier League sides – have rejoined the European Club Association (ECA). The teams renounced their memberships of the influential group, which represents more than 200 of Europe’s leading clubs, as part of their decision to join the [...]
One of the world’s finest wines is Kent’s Squerryes 2011 Brut August 16, 2021 Get ready for something seriously tasty to tickle your tastebuds. Over 18,000 wines were blind-tasted at the largest, most renowned wine competition internationally, The Decanter Awards. The Judges then allocated the select few winners Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum medals, but this is not the pinnacle. Get ready to feel patriotic. Of those 18,000 wines, [...]
Government to invest £232m in 2024 Olympic and Paralympic athletes August 16, 2021 The government has announced it will provide £232m to support Olympic and Paralympic athletes ahead of the Paris Games in 2024. The elite sporting agency UK Sport will be given £77.4m per year, a rise of 44 per cent compared to funding provided ahead of the Tokyo Games. The money will be used to fund [...]
Nyck de Vries wins Formula E drivers’ championship August 16, 2021 Mercedes-EQ driver Nyck de Vries won his maiden Formula E world championship on Sunday after finishing eighth in the final race in Berlin. De Vries benefited from three of his rivals failing to finish: Jaguar driver Mitch Evans experienced a technical failure on the grid, Rokit Venturi’s Edoardo crashed into him and later British driver [...]
Watch: Roger Federer says knee surgery gives him a ‘glimmer of hope’ August 16, 2021 Roger Federer will miss the upcoming U.S. Open and be sidelined for many months because he needs more knee surgery, an operation that the Swiss great said will give him a “glimmer of hope” that he can resume his glittering career. Watch the full report.
After long wait to bare it all: Naked bikers return to central London August 16, 2021 World Naked Bike Ride has returned to central London once again after being cancelled due to the Covid pandemic last year. Hundreds of cyclists bared it all as they rode from Victoria Park to Hyde Park wearing nothing but smiles and, in some cases, face masks. The reasons the bikers were in their birthday suits [...]
London revealed as best European city for runners August 16, 2021 London has been named the best city in Europe to run in after a study found its conditions to be the best for a metropolitan jog. Sportswear brand Puma measured the cities’ suitability using a number of factors, including air pollution, temperature, congestion, the number of running clubs, quality of water and elevation. The team [...]