Liverpool’s woeful home form is now a full-blown crisis as Chelsea’s 1-0 victory inflicted a fifth successive league defeat – the worst run in the club’s history. It shows how far the defending champions have fallen that this was billed as a battle for a Champions League place but in reality there was only one…
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Jose Mourinho says his Spurs team failed to ‘kill the game’ in their close 1-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. The North London side picked up three points as a Tosin Adarabioyo own goal proved to be the difference. Heung-Min Son set up Dele Alli for the opener after a quick Spurs move. His flick…
Tottenham were the beneficiaries of the controversial handball law as they held on to a 1-0 win at Fulham that boosts their top-four hopes. The International Football Association Board’s meeting on Friday could not be more timely after the Cottagers were denied an equaliser by a harsh handball rule in the second half. After Spurs…
F1 has become more vocal in its wider messaging regarding social issues in recent times, launching its ‘We Race As One’ CSR programme last year and pledging to improve diversity. Newly-appointed F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali said last month that the drivers had to be aware of their roles as the public faces of…
The current schedule is for the season to start in Bahrain on March 28, with a race at Imola scheduled to follow on April 18. That would then be followed by a race on May 2 – which was at a venue ‘to be confirmed’ but was widely expected to take place at Portimao in…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced in December that it had upheld a ban on Russia from competing at world championship sporting events, relating to state-sponsored doping and cover-ups at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. CAS confirmed that it had cut the four-year ban proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to…
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Liverpool to host RB Leipzig in Budapest for Champions League last 16 second leg
by Emily SmithLast updated on 4 March 20214 March 2021.From the section European Football Liverpool lead RB Leipzig 2-0 after the first legLiverpool will play the home leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig at Puskas Arena in Budapest. The fixture has been moved to the Hungarian capital because of Covid-19 restrictions. The Reds…
Partick Thistle are among the clubs who have been waiting for a return dateA restart to the Scottish League 1 & 2 season has been approved from 20 March, but the SPFL board remains unconvinced that a 22-game season is realistic. That is the aim of the 20 clubs after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave…
New Kick it Out chief executive Tony Burnett is a Bolton fan and played semi-professional football in his youth before holding diversity and inclusion roles at Ford and West Midlands PoliceIt is “massively important” the incoming Football Association chair and players’ union chief “value inclusion”, says new Kick It Out boss Tony Burnett. Former FA…
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Coventry City close to finalising deal to return to Ricoh Arena next season
by Emily SmithThe Ricoh Arena, initially built for Coventry City, is now owned by Premiership rugby union side WaspsCoventry City are close to finalising a deal to return to the Ricoh Arena next season, BBC CWR reports. It is understood a deal with rugby union side Wasps – the owners of the ground – is all but…