Palace relegated from Europa League with Forest to take their place August 11, 2025 Crystal Palace’s relegation from the Europa League to the Europa Conference League has been decided after the Eagles lost their appeal at CAS. A club delegation, headed up by club co-owner and chairman Steve Parish, argued their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne last week but the judgment set to be [...]
Peaty stars for Team Gordon Ramsay at London T100 Triathlon August 11, 2025 British Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty starred for future father-in-law Gordon Ramsay’s team at the London T100 Triathlon. The three-time gold medal winner finished his Olympic distance triathlon in a time of 2:34:37, nearly 10 minutes quicker than the next best Team Ramsay competitor. The Michelin star chef did not compete on doctor’s advice. “That was [...]
Premier League players could be paid in crypto as blockchain evolves August 11, 2025 Premier League football players could have their salaries paid for in crypto, a new report into the future of the blockchain suggests. After over £400m was spent in the 2024-25 sporting season on deals and sponsorships, it has been suggested that digital currencies could replace traditional payments for player transfers and salaries. In 2021 Spanish [...]
Fayder: The fan and athlete platform tackling sport’s funding problem August 11, 2025 Vwaire Obukohwo dreams of rowing for Team GB at the LA 2028 Olympics, although her more immediate concern is how she will afford her weekly food shop. Like many elite athletes, the 23-year-old from south-west London receives some central funding to pursue the ambition of representing her country on the biggest stage. But funding has [...]
Formula 1 to open new F1 Box venue in London’s Westfield Stratford August 11, 2025 Formula 1’s love affair with a new generation of fans is set to expand further with F1 Box, a new experience for fans in east London. Opening at Westfield Stratford in time for next weekend, F1 Box stems from the popular F1 Arcade in the Square Mile. The set-up will include a new simulator experience [...]
Kate Waugh eyes home success at London T100 Triathlon August 8, 2025 Kate Waugh is the great-granddaughter of an All Black and daughter of a record-breaking hurdler, so perhaps it should be no surprise that she is blazing her own trail in triathlon. The 26-year-old from Gateshead is a former world champion at age-group level and now challenging for the senior equivalent on the T100 Triathlon World [...]
Exclusive: WSL facing row with clubs over in-game manager interviews August 8, 2025 Women’s Super League chiefs are facing a row over demands that clubs make their managers available for broadcast interviews during matches next season. At least three clubs are understood to have objected to the radical proposal, which would apply to each team at least once per season. There has also been disquiet at what some [...]
Liverpool fans face biggest Premier League ticket scam risk, data shows August 8, 2025 Football ticket scammers fleeced fans out of £2.5m across the last two seasons with the government issuing a warning ahead of the Premier League season. Victims lost an average £128 through ticketing scams, according to data released by Lloyds in association with the Home Office. It is estimated that there have been over 12,000 victims [...]
Chicago Bears set for £6.5bn valuation after NFL franchise equity deal, report August 8, 2025 NFL team the Chicago Bears could be valued at £6.5bn after two major shareholders agreed to an equity share of late investor Andrew McKenna. Former Aon director McKenna’s stake was shared between the McCaskey and Ryan families in an agreement which resulted in NFL commissioner Roger Goodell not needing to get involved in settling where [...]
Australia put on British and Irish Lions tour of a lifetime August 8, 2025 Before leaving a rainy Sydney to return to (a sunny!) Blighty, I sat down with fellow rugby fans in a Darling Harbour bistro to dissect a British and Irish Lions tour which, by all accounts, blew everyone away. It is fair to say that I was within the group of those who had questions as [...]