Manchester United posts record revenue, but performances hurt income September 25, 2018 Manchester United posted record revenue of £590m for its full year today, receiving a £10m boost to its broadcasting income after finishing second in the Premier League last season. But broadcasting revenue dropped in the fourth quarter after the team was knocked out of the Champions League by Sevilla in the round of 16 as the team's [...]
Trevor Steven: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp should resist wholesale changes against Chelsea in Carabao Cup September 25, 2018 Maurizio Sarri may have given us a clue as to how he will approach Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie at Liverpool when he remarked at the weekend that his Chelsea team were at least a year behind the Reds. Although the Italian has started very well in west London, neither Chelsea nor any other Premier League [...]
Anthony Joshua proves the heavyweight division is built on his brilliance with brutal knockout of Alexander Povetkin September 25, 2018 When the referee stepped across Anthony Joshua as fallen challenger Alexander Povetkin crashed on the canvas for the second time in a matter of minutes on Saturday night, it was clearer than ever that the world champion remains the defining figure in heavyweight boxing. The match-up had always been an awkward one for Joshua. [...]
Sam Torrance: Tiger Woods’s second coming is here and he is capable of anything now September 24, 2018 I think we can safely say that Tiger Woods is back. Five years and several rounds of surgery on from his previous win, he stood up and batted off all of his rivals at the Tour Championship on Sunday – just as he always used to. He was magnificent, it is huge for golf [...]
Kanye West, rap’s most enigmatic star, has dreams of making affordable, brutalist homes September 24, 2018 The students were a combination of shocked and awed when their lecturer jumped on top of a desk and cried, “The world can be saved through design!” It could have been a scene from 1989’s Dead Poets Society, but in fact it was an overexcited Kanye West taking a class at Harvard Graduate School of [...]
Charity lottery reform will help communities nationwide September 24, 2018 Charity lotteries raised an amazing £255 million last year, over £21 million a month, benefitting charities and communities across the country, from hospices and air ambulances, to museums, sports teams and community halls. One such community to benefit is Handbridge in Chester, where a brand new community centre opened this summer to replace the [...]
The art of inclusivity: Any path to a fairer economy should have culture at its heart September 24, 2018 Culture and commerce have thrived alongside one another in the Square Mile for centuries, arguably since it was a bustling Roman port and commercial centre. Today, the City of London is home to a number of world-leading cultural institutions, with an enviable reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. You may be surprised to learn [...]
Arsenal make it five wins in a row with victory over Everton, but Unai Emery’s Gunners remain an enigma September 23, 2018 Unai Emery isn’t the easiest Premier League manager to understand and his Arsenal team are also likely to prompt outbreaks of head-scratching. To give the Spaniard his due, Emery’s English is vastly improved since his arrival in May and he now seems able to express himself with clarity and fluency. His team, on the [...]
Five things we learned from the Premier League weekend: Chelsea stumble, Palace home woes, Klopp in denial, Spurs scrape win, Burnley off the mark September 23, 2018 1. Chelsea stumble at last Chelsea’s perfect start to life under Maurizio Sarri was always going to be tested once they started their Europa League campaign and so it proved on Sunday at West Ham. Less than 72 hours after their win over PAOK in Greece, the Blues – featuring six of the same [...]
Is it time tennis allowed on-court coaching? September 23, 2018 Serena Williams’s now-infamous exchange with umpire Carlos Ramos during her US Open final defeat to Naomi Osaka earlier this month provoked extensive debate across the media landscape about sexism, gender roles and perceived double standards in sports officiating. It also revived debate over the issue of in-game coaching. Williams was penalised for three code [...]