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 [...]
Meet Georgina Kennedy: British squash No1, Harvard graduate and former athletics prodigy eyeing London Classic March 26, 2024 The Londoner on anxiety attacks in athletics and finding her home in squash.
Horner accuser rejects lucrative offers to reveal all on Red Bull complaint March 26, 2024 The suspended Red Bull employee at the centre of allegations relating to Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has rejected lucrative offers to sell her story, City A.M. understands. She was suspended by the team just days after Horner saw claims of inappropriate behaviour dismissed by what Red Bull called a “fair, rigorous and impartial” process. [...]
Hope for Reading as club enter exclusivity period with potential buyer March 26, 2024 Reading have entered an exclusive negotiation period with a prospective buyer as the League One side’s tenure under Dai Yongge looks closer to a conclusion. The sale of the Royals would see Dai’s Shares, the stadium and the club’s training ground all given up as part of the negotiation. Dai is very unpopular with the [...]
Wiegman slams player-coach relationships amid Leicester City investigation March 26, 2024 England manager Sarina Wiegman has weighed in on the player-coach relationship debate in women’s football, describing such associations as “very inappropriate”. The Lionesses’ boss was asked to comment on the situation after Leicester City boss Willie Kirk was placed under investigation by his club after he was accused of indulging in a player-coach relationship. “I [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Saracens up for Spurs repeat March 26, 2024 In the lead up to the 2023-24 Investec Champions Cup Round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Saracens, England In one of just two fixtures at the weekend [...]