Raducanu blames schedule, day match and outdoors tie after loss February 12, 2024 Emma Raducanu cited a lack of preparation for her 6-0 7-6 defeat to unseeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina at the WTA Qatar Open. The 2021 US Open winner blamed a lack of practice outdoors and cited her match as her first in the day in a year. Raducanu made 48 unforced errors in a match that [...]
Ivory Coast celebrate Afcon triumph with bank holiday February 12, 2024 Ivory Coast celebrated winning the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a public holiday on Monday, announced by President Alassane Ouattara after their 2-1 win over Nigeria. Celebrations across the country erupted after the final whistle on Sunday and continued further afield as the Ivorian diaspora across the world celebrated their third Africa Cup of [...]
Sir Mo Farah leads tributes to world record holder Kelvin Kiptum February 12, 2024 Kiptum ran the quickest ever marathon time in Chicago last year.
‘Rugby can’t be seen as boring to new fans. It will drive them away’ February 12, 2024 Deputy Sport Editor Matt Hardy talks England’s Six Nations atmosphere, boring rugby and glorious Ireland in this week’s column. “There was a lot of stopping and starting, nothing seemed to happen and the people around me kept saying how boring it was.” That was the one sentence review from a colleague after their first ever [...]
School of Hard Knocks lunch raises £100k on proud day for Square Mile February 12, 2024 A major success was hailed last Thursday as the great and good of the City of London and beyond descended on Threadneedle Street’s M Restaurant for the annual School of Hard Knocks Long Lunch. Rugby World Cup winners, international sports players, broadcasters and brokers all played their part in raising over £100,000 for the School [...]
Team GB snap up partnership deal with TikTok February 12, 2024 TikTok have promised to provide athletes “specialist training and guidance” on creating content.
Super Bowl LIX: How to read Roman numerals ahead of NFL American football February 11, 2024 We may be at the 59th (LIX) Super Bowl but many are still oblivious to the bunch of apparent letters that change every year. So here is how to read Roman numerals. What are Roman numerals? Roman numerals are, shock horror, symbols that represent numbers based on the ancient Roman system. Alphabet symbols are used [...]
Arsenal reach new heights as they hammer West Ham in record win February 11, 2024 Mikel Arteta took Arsenal to heights Arsene Wenger never did on Sunday afternoon as the Gunners recorded their biggest ever away win against West Ham. The away side smashed six goals past West Ham to boost their hopes of mounting a serious title challenge against Liverpool and Manchester City. But skipper Martin Odegaard played down [...]
Six Nations: Ireland Grand Slam mission alive after Italy thrashing February 11, 2024 A clinical Ireland side toppled Italy 36-0 yesterday in the final match of the second round of the Six Nations to stamp their authority as tournament favourites. Dan Sheehan crossed for a brace while Jack Crowley, Jack Conan, James Lowe and Calvin Nash contributed to the whitewashing of the Azzurri, in round one only lost [...]
Super Bowl LVIII ad review: BMW, Uber Eats, Kris Jenner and Lionel Messi February 11, 2024 Super Bowl commercials have, for some time now, been on a trend of featuring more and more celebrities, in ever intriguing and beguiling ways. Indeed, the NFL has had its very own celebrity endorsement this season, with the Grammy award winning singer, Taylor Swift, dating the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end, Travis Kelce. Her sheer [...]