Premier League in Jersey? If the Springboks went, anyone could November 9, 2024 Jersey played hosts to South Africa’s Springboks earlier this month with the world champions following in the footsteps of the Lions and England in picking the Channel Islands as a training location. But why are the facilities so popular? “I am never washing my hands again,” exclaimed a youngster after a high five with Rugby [...]
David Howden: I will live and breathe the British and Irish Lions tour November 9, 2024 Howden Group CEO David Howden has insisted he will live and breathe the British and Irish Lions next year in what will be the insurance firm’s first tour as front-of-shirt partner. Excitement has been steadily increasing ahead of the tour to Australia, where the team made up of rugby players from England, Scotland, Wales and [...]
Don’t listen to Andy Farrell. Ireland WILL want All Blacks revenge November 8, 2024 For 108 years there was only one winner when New Zealand and Ireland met on a rugby field. But results versus the All Blacks have shifted.
Suprise Premier League club has the most top young players November 8, 2024 If anyone needed any further evidence that Brighton and Hove Albion are several steps ahead of the pack in the transfer market, it arrived this week in an academic study of the most valuable young players in world football. The list, compiled by the CIES Football Observatory, ranked the 100 most valuable players aged under [...]
Borthwick needs to learn not to pull substitution trigger November 8, 2024 For so much of their 22-24 defeat to New Zealand England looked solid and like a team who could topple the All Blacks. That’s not to say they enjoyed a free run at a win or that they were the dominant team for the full 80 minutes, but they were in it at the end, [...]
Carsley hands uncapped duo first call-ups in final England squad November 7, 2024 Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall and Southampton centre-back Taylor Harwood-Bellis have received their first England call-ups in interim boss Lee Carsley’s final squad. Hall has impressed for Newcastle this season, playing in all 10 Premier League games and could provide an answer to England’s left-back problems. Harwood-Bellis has also been an ever-present for Saints and has [...]
Hands off our underpants: F1 drivers slam meddling motorsport chief November 7, 2024 Formula 1 drivers have accused Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport governing body the FIA, of failing to provide financial transparency. In a wide-ranging open letter, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association hit out at the FIA’s policy of fining drivers for minor indiscretions, such as swearing, wearing jewellery and choosing non-fireproof underwear. The GPDA also [...]
Jersey RFC: The club resetting how rugby can be done November 7, 2024 This Saturday, while England take on Australia in the Autumn Nations Series, Jersey RFC will be hosting London Welsh in a top-of-the-table clash in Regional 1 South Central, the fifth tier of English rugby. A decade or so ago this could have been a Premiership fixture, but rugby finances in south London and in the [...]
Ed Warner: Chair the football regulator? No thanks, not even for £130k November 7, 2024 The job ad for the chair is being circulated widely by opponents of the concept of a regulator in the hope that a moderate rather than a zealot will land the role.
McIlroy: Smartest man Elon Musk can solve golf merger question November 6, 2024 Rory McIlroy believes “smartest man in the world” Elon Musk and US President elect Donald Trump can help solve the impasse plaguing global golf. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf have been negotiating a deal that could unite the major factions of the sport under one banner but those talks, which [...]