Atkinson steals show in Anderson’s farewell England Test July 10, 2024 Debutant Gus Atkinson stole the show in James Anderson’s final Test match, taking seven wickets on an opening day where England dominated. The 26-year-old Surrey cricketer ripped through the West Indies batting order with captain Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and the departing James Anderson taking the other three scalps. Mikyle Louis added the bulk of [...]
Clinical Rybakina shines at Wimbledon as Krejcikova progresses July 10, 2024 Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina stormed into the semi-finals at the All England Club on Wednesday with a domineering 6-3 6-2 victory over Elina Svitolina. In one of just three quarter-finals to be played in SW19 on Wednesday, due to Alex de Minaur’s withdrawal from his last-eight tie against Novak Djokovic, Kazakhstan’s Rybakina stormed past [...]
McIlroy: I can bounce back from US Open disappointment July 10, 2024 Rory McIlroy has insisted he can bounce back from his US Open disappointment ahead of the Open this month. The Northern Irishman was leading on the final day at the notoriously difficult Pinehurst but missed key putts before losing the lead to eventual winner Bryson DeChambeau. “I look back on that day [at the US [...]
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment cost Manchester United more than £30m July 10, 2024 Ineos boss Ratcliffe completed his purchase of 27.7 per cent of United earlier this year.
England v Netherlands: Fans facing travel chaos ahead of Euro 2024 semi-final July 10, 2024 Fans face fresh problems with Germany’s creaking rail network and long tailbacks at the border with the Netherlands hours before kick-off.
America’s Fastest Growing Sport Arrives In The City of London July 10, 2024 | City Talk The game that has swept the US and quickly become the country’s fastest growing sport, has touched down in the City of London – Pickleball. Originally created in 1965 as a children’s playground game in America, and now the fastest-growing sport in the United States for the past 3 years, Pickleball brings together the best [...]
Inclusive Cricket Takes Over the City July 10, 2024 | City Talk This summer, the City of London is set to witness a unique sporting event as Culture Mile BID in partnership with Central London Alliance CIC and the Lord’s Taverners, brings free Table Cricket sessions to the Square Mile. Running from 9th to 11th and 16th to 18th of July, in Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden, with [...]
Wimbledon Wednesday order of play after Sinner dumped out July 9, 2024 World No1 and top seed Jannik Sinner crashed out of Wimbledon on Tuesday, beaten in five sets by Daniil Medvedev. The two Europeans traded sets early on before Sinner needed medical treatment for an apparent illness. The duo again traded the third and fourth sets but Medvedev, fifth seed, claimed the decider and a 6-7 [...]
Kane: Past experience can take England to successive Euros finals July 9, 2024 England captain Harry Kane has insisted that past semi-final experience can help the Three Lions reach a second successive Euros final. England take on the Netherlands on Wednesday in Dortmund with a place in Sunday’s final on the line. But Kane, who has been a key cog throughout Gareth Southgate’s tenure, says their 2018 World [...]
Run to Euro 2024 semi-finals triggers 1,300 per cent increase in England shirt sales July 9, 2024 The penalty shoot-out victory over the Swiss coincided with a 1,341 per cent uptick in sales.