The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70
Will snooker really boom in China after Zhao Xintong’s landmark win? May 6, 2025 Predictions of a snooker boom in China following Zhao Xintong’s landmark World Championship victory may be more bluster than substance, say global sports business experts. Zhao’s stylish triumph at the Crucible on Monday made him the first Asian to win the title and raised expectations that the sport will rocket in popularity among China’s 1.6bn [...]
Liverpool may demand fee from Real Madrid for Alexander-Arnold release May 6, 2025 Real Madrid have asked Liverpool to release Trent Alexander-Arnold from his contract early so that he can play for them in this summer’s Club World Cup. The England right-back confirmed his impending departure from Anfield on Monday and is set to join the 15-time European champions in July after his deal with Liverpool expires. But [...]
Northampton Saints a Champions Cup tonic for English Premiership May 6, 2025 With Northampton Saints in the Investec Champions Cup final, the English Premiership has a representative for the first time since 2020. At the end of January former Investec Champions Cup winners Exeter Chiefs were dumped out of the competition without a win to their name, Premiership leaders and title favourites Bath were dumped out with [...]
Saints and Bordeaux prove Champions Cup magic remains May 5, 2025 Whether or not you are a betting person you only needed to have a gander at the bookmakers’ predictions for the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals to get a good read on how each of the two matches last weekend should have gone. The first semi-final of the weekend saw tournament favourites Leinster host English champions [...]
Michele Kang eyes new faces after London City Lionesses reach WSL May 5, 2025 London City Lionesses and their owner Michele Kang have already begun drawing up plans for their first season in the Women’s Super League (WSL) after clinching a historic promotion on Sunday. The Lionesses held off a comeback from Birmingham City to draw 2-2 at their title rivals and clinch the Championship on the final day [...]
Global jockey league: Dettori among stars set for $15m competition May 5, 2025 Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore and William Buick are among a dozen elite riders who have signed up to compete in a global jockey league that its backers believe will revolutionise horse racing. Australian James McDonald, Brazilian Joao Moreira and French jockeys Christophe Lemaire and Mickael Barzalona have also committed to the competition, which could start [...]
Lewis Hamilton insists Ferrari move hasn’t turned sour after Miami spats May 5, 2025 Lewis Hamilton insists he has no problems with Ferrari or fellow driver Charles Leclerc but says he won’t apologise for spiky exchanges with the team during a frustrating Miami Grand Prix. The seven-time Formula 1 champion snapped at race engineers on the team radio as he waited for them to ask Leclerc to let him [...]
Trent Alexander-Arnold: ‘Leaving Liverpool is something I need to do’ May 5, 2025 England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has paved the way for an anticipated free transfer to Real Madrid by announcing his departure from Liverpool. The right-back, 26, will leave Anfield after two decades at the club at the end of the season, when his current contract comes to an end. Alexander-Arnold is widely expected to join Real [...]
Messi and Ronaldo dance endures as clubs fluff their semi-final lines May 4, 2025 During the peak of the white-hot rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they exercised a near-monopoly on club football’s biggest prizes. In a golden spell from 2005 to 2018, when both seemed to be engaged in a game of one-upmanship to decide who was the world’s best player, either Messi or Ronaldo won the [...]
Pat Cummins: Top players should take pay cuts to save Test cricket May 3, 2025 Australia captain Pat Cummins has suggested that leading international players should take a pay cut to help save Test cricket. Cummins says he would be open to accepting a lower central contract as the price for providing more funding to the smaller nations to ensure they can continue to play and compete in the Test arena. The [...]