Chris Kermode interview: ATP Tour chief on the men’s tennis circuit’s rebranding, efforts to attract new audiences and the future of London’s ATP Finals host status November 13, 2018 The iceberg looming for men’s tennis is the shelf life of the superstar players who have virtually monopolised the game’s top prizes for the last decade – according to conventional wisdom, at least. Chris Kermode, president and executive chairman of the ATP Tour, has bigger worries, however. For Kermode, the greatest challenge facing the elite [...]
Changing lives for good November 13, 2018 When ActionAid decided to launch a five-year strategy that focused on the rights of women and girls, funding from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery proved vital. It allowed us to scale up our work tackling the violence women and girls face every day worldwide. ActionAid has a long history and reputation for its grassroots [...]
Sam Torrance: Tasty vintage Lee Westwood is playing as well as ever November 12, 2018 Lee Westwood swung as well as I have seen him swing for a long, long time on his way to a magnificent victory in the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City in South Africa on Sunday. The Englishman, 45, hadn’t won for four years but looked oustanding all week and some of the golf produced [...]
England’s narrow defeat by New Zealand shows Eddie Jones’s side have turned around poor year November 11, 2018 England may have lost Saturday’s match against New Zealand, but the fact the majority of the 82,149 people left Twickenham disappointed shows just how much Eddie Jones has turned things around. Ahead of the autumn internationals the prevailing mood was more pessimistic than optimistic. England had endured a difficult 2018, failing in the Six Nations [...]
Manchester City brush off financial allegations with dominant derby win over Manchester United November 11, 2018 If last week’s Football Leaks reports suggested that Manchester City’s success owes as much to creativity in their accounting as in their attacking play, then the visit of Manchester United to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday could hardly have been better timed. Because for all of City’s alleged gaming of Financial Fair Play rules by [...]
Five things we learned from the Premier League weekend: Lucky Arsenal, in-form Jordan Pickford, Fulham test Shahid Khan’s patience, Roy Hodgson’s gripes and Tottenham earn a breather November 11, 2018 There have been many occasions during Arsenal’s rollercoaster 16-game unbeaten streak when it seemed like the run was about to end and the 1-1 draw with Wolves on Sunday was certainly one of them. The match had every one of the hallmarks of Unai Emery’s short reign: a slow, ponderous first half, an improvement after [...]
Tottenham warned for promising Champions League football in delayed new stadium November 9, 2018 Tottenham Hotspur have been warned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for an advert claiming their new stadium would be "the only place to watch the Champions League in London". The watchdog have sent Tottenham an advice notice, warning them to "avoid making claims in future advertising that they cannot fulfil". The north London club [...]
Football Leaks: Who is behind the whistleblowing platform and where does the information come from? November 8, 2018 Even if you’ve not heard of Football Leaks you will have read some of the stories which originated from the whistleblowing website. That’s because they’ve been nearly unavoidable, intermittently dominating news cycles worldwide for the last three years with subjects which go well beyond football. While things like transfer fees details and third-party ownership may [...]
Ollie Phillips: Chris Ashton is exactly the type of weapon England need to trouble New Zealand November 8, 2018 Chris Ashton’s selection to face New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday is an exciting and bold move by England head coach Eddie Jones. Ashton is a natural-born try-scorer who is dangerous across all areas of the pitch. He has a fantastic record and will certainly cause the All Blacks headaches defensively. Jack Nowell, who he replaces, [...]
New defensive coach John Mitchell is Eddie Jones’ secret weapon as England prepare to face New Zealand November 8, 2018 John Mitchell is the Kiwi in the England camp and could give Eddie Jones’s side the edge this weekend as they look to inflict what would be only New Zealand’s second defeat in the past year. England’s new defensive coach was brought in to the set-up by Jones ahead of the autumn internationals to shore [...]