Winterbottom’s high expectations are fuelled by a promising 2020 season that saw him and teammate Scott Pye finish in 10th and ninth in the points respectively. The team has also bolstered its engineering stocks over the break, recruiting the highly-rated Richard Hollway to oversee race engineers Manuel Sanchez and Phil Keed. That’s left Winterbottom confident…
Date published: Sunday 21st February 2021 8:34 – Will Ford Jurgen Klopp says he is “convinced God is a Man City fan” as the Liverpool boss blamed the wind for his side’s defeat to Everton on Saturday. The Reds were 1-0 down inside three minutes as Richarlison latched on to a James Rodriguez through ball…
No footballer in the history of the sport has been more worthy of a compilation of their goals set to Alan Partridge’s “foot like a traction engine” commentary as Serie A cult hero Adriano. While the Brazilian couldn’t quite maintain his Pro-Evo pomp in real life, he was a force of nature on his day.…
Date published: Sunday 21st February 2021 7:54 – Will Ford Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Willian impressed as Arsenal’s front three in their opening game of the season, with Aubameyang and Lacazette both scoring and Willian notching two assists. They were undoubtedly Mikel Arteta’s Plan A, starting the first three games together and five of…
Almost exactly 10 years on from the devastating Tohoku earthquake of March 2011, the Fukushima region some 300 kilometres north of Tokyo was hit by a magnitude 7.3 quake that reportedly left more than 100 injured and thousands of homes without power. A major expressway was also blocked by a resultant landslide, while the ‘Shinkansen’…
Honda announced at the beginning of October that it would be ending its involvement in F1 at the end of the 2021 season, but was open to allowing Red Bull to continue to run its power units beyond this date. It prompted Red Bull to seek a freeze on engine development that would allow it…
For with teams forced to carry over their chassis from last season to this one, as part of cost-saving measures introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the scope for radical overhauls are quite limited. But McLaren will be a different story though, for its switch from Renault to Mercedes engines has forced it to do quite…
Cindric, the reigning series champion, held off a frantic charge from Brett Moffitt over the two-lap overtime and came away with the victory in the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. The win is the first for Team Penske on the Daytona oval track in Xfinity Series competition. Cindric, 22, will also compete in Sunday’s…
Mohamed Salah has already secured his status as a Liverpool legend, but how does his goalscoring record compare to two of the club’s other great forwards of the modern era? After joining from Roma in the summer of 2017, Liverpool’s Egyptian King will complete a fourth full season at Anfield, meaning he’s outlasted Luis Suarez…
Date published: Saturday 20th February 2021 11:13 – Ian Watson Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted the happiest man at the club after their first win at Anfield in 22 years was his assistant Duncan Ferguson. An early goal for Richarlison and a late penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson consigned Liverpool to a fourth successive home defeat…