Team GB star tipped to end 20-year wait at Sports Personality of the Year December 9, 2024 Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is tipped to become the first female track and field athlete to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year for two decades after the shortlist was announced on Monday. Team GB’s golden girl of middle distance running is the odds-on favourite with bookmakers to claim the prize, which is decided [...]
England finish Carsley tenure with bang and Nations League promotion November 17, 2024 Captain Harry Kane hailed Lee Carsley after England rounded off the interim manager’s stint in charge with a record 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at Wembley and promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League. Kane, Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher, Jarrod Bowen and Taylor Harwood-Bellis all scored in a 26-minute second-half [...]
Messi and LeBron beaten to top spot in athlete marketability rankings October 22, 2024 US gymnast Simone Biles has beaten LeBron James and Lionel Messi to be named the most marketable athlete in the world by sports industry experts. Real Madrid and Brazil footballer Vinicius Jr is second, followed by NBA legend James, women’s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark and Messi in the list published by SportsPro magazine. Biles, who [...]
Real Madrid become first club to reach $1bn revenue mark July 24, 2024 LaLiga giants Real Madrid became the first football club to surpass $1bn in revenue in a financial year. The Spanish side – boast the likes of Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Jr, and who have recruited Kylian Mbappe this summer – generaged $1.08bn (£836m) in revenue in the 2023-24 financial year. The revenues exclude player transfers [...]
Have England been lucky at Euro 2024? Examining the cases for and against July 9, 2024 That any successful team needs the rub of the green is one of the game’s most hackneyed cliches but, like many of them, does contain a kernel of truth.
The Undroppables: How star power is sapping the Euro 2024 favourites July 4, 2024 The overwhelming let-downs have been those carrying the most prominent personalities.
Trevor Steven: England have been so lucky but the crazy thing is we could still win Euros July 1, 2024 There was nothing positive to take from it other than that England didn’t give up and got out of jail.
Bellingham investigated by Uefa over gesture that broke ‘basic rules of decent conduct’ July 1, 2024 England No10 Jude Bellingham is being investigated by Uefa over a gesture in which he appeared to point towards his groin area. The governing body of European football said his gesture – after England’s miraculous comeback 2-1 victory over Slovakia on Sunday – broke “the basic rules of decent conduct”. In a video circulated on [...]
Southgate ‘had funny feeling’ before Bellingham saved England against Slovakia June 30, 2024 Bellingham’s wonder-goal was followed by a Harry Kane header early in extra time.
Euro 2024: Who do England play next in Germany? June 27, 2024 England are through to the Round of 16 at the Euro 2024 championships. And having avoided a number of tough teams, their path looks somewhat easier. The Three Lions are to face Slovakia on Sunday, at the Arena Aufschalke in Gelsenkirchen, the site of transport chaos after England’s opening match against Serbia on Sunday 16 [...]