The Boat Race is the last Varsity contest that is still relevant beyond Oxford and Cambridge, but for how long? March 29, 2024 The trend is in keeping with one that goes beyond sport, with fewer people caring about Oxford and Cambridge.
London Lions: ‘Do-or-die’ EuroCup semi-final has crowds flocking to Copper Box March 29, 2024 Over 7,000 fans are expected to cram into the Copper Box tonight as London Lions take on Paris in the EuroCup semi-finals. The British Basketball League side come into this second leg of three with a deficit but know they’re on the cusp of an incredible achievement against competition favourites Paris. “I’ve already forgotten about [...]
Red Roses dominance is bad omen for women’s game (but they’re great to watch) March 29, 2024 Having beaten Italy 48-0 with 14 players in their Women’s Six Nations opener, it is fair to say England’s Red Roses continue to be one of rugby’s most dominant teams ever. Yes, that makes successive World Cup failures harder to stomach but the England national team are otherwise seemingly unstoppable. However, their impressive win in [...]
Ed Warner: What Ivan Toney and Shohei Ohtani say about sport and gambling March 28, 2024 From football to baseball, sport is intertwined with betting.
Premiership rugby: Saracens make £5m loss and clubs to battle government? March 27, 2024 England’s top-flight Premiership rugby clubs are at loggerheads with the government over the repayment of loans worth over £150m from the Covid-19 pandemic. The first raft of repayments are due imminently, according to the Mail, and clubs are hoping to get repayment dates pushed back. The government is said to have provided low interest loans [...]
The Boat Race: Rowers urged to stay out of water due to E. coli March 27, 2024 Celebrations for the winning teams in this year’s Boat Race have been warned not to throw their cox in the Thames, as per tradition, due to the threat of E. coli in the water. Men’s and women’s crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities will take part in the iconic Boat Race along a stretch of [...]
Prosecutors seek two-and-a-half-year sentence and £86,000 from Rubiales over ‘kissgate’ March 27, 2024 Spanish prosecutors yesterday announced that they are seeking a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a €100,000 (£86,000) fine from Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish football chief at the centre of the “kissgate” scandal with international player Jenni Hermoso. The Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court (AN) spoke with regards to the former chief of the Royal [...]
‘So many unknowns’: Threadbare England leave Southgate Euro 2024 squad riddle March 27, 2024 Injuries to key players have muddled Southgate's thinking.
Inside Fulham’s Riverside Stand, the ‘premium experience unlike anything in football’ March 27, 2024 Fulham hope Michelin-starred chefs will make it a year-round destination.
English rugby ref body ‘regret’ events that saw Premiership TMO get ‘distracted’ by pundits March 26, 2024 English rugby chiefs have described an incident whereby it looked as if a Television Match Official (TMO) was influenced by TNT Sports commentary as “regrettable”. In the second half of the Premiership match between Saracens and Harlequins, TMO Stuart Terheege was heard stating that his officiating team couldn’t look at a potential foul play incident [...]