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Exclusive: Wasps apply to RFU to use Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium

May 3, 2023

Former Premiership club Wasps have applied to the Rugby Football Union to play at Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium from next season, City PM understands. The Coventry-based club fell into administration just weeks after the Warriors but with news of the Atlas consortium’s purchase of Worcester earlier today, it is understood that Wasps have asked the [...]
Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3 review: Effective but over-stuffed finale

May 3, 2023

Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3 review and star rating: ★★★★ 2014’s Guardians of The Galaxy was seen as a massive gamble for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It made some risky decisions, namely focussing more on lesser known characters, and bringing in a more unknown director, but the decisions paid off, as three movies and [...]
Play it again, Sam: Leeds confirm Allardyce appointment for four-game rescue mission

May 3, 2023

Leeds United have confirmed the appointment of former England manager Sam Allardyce in a bid to swerve relegation from the Premier League. Allardyce becomes the club’s third manager this season and replaces Javi Gracia, who has been sacked after winning just three times in his 12 games. Leeds currently sit 17th in the Premier League, [...]
England cricket team to tour Caribbean, West Indies to host 2024 World Cup

May 2, 2023

England’s white-ball cricket team will play three One-Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals in the Caribbean, Cricket West Indies announced today. Jos Buttler’s side – coached by Matthew Mott – will head to Antigua for two 50-over matches on 3 and 6 December against the West Indies before travelling to the Kensington Oval in Barbados [...]
Brecel’s Crucible win ‘can help push on generation of snooker players’

May 2, 2023

Luca Brecel’s 18-15 win against Mark Selby on Monday at the Crucible can spearhead a new generation of snooker players, according to the World Governing Body of Snooker and Billiards chairman Jason Ferguson. The Belgian became the first from continental Europe to win a world title in Sheffield when he beat his British opponent at [...]
Track and field must shine in 2023 or risk a painful death

May 2, 2023

So a new track and field season is upon us, with the Diamond League set to begin on Friday in Doha. And while those in Qatar may have their eyes fixed on Manchester United at the moment, the athletics circus is returning to their back yard in a year in which the sport is looking [...]
Sam Allardyce set for comeback as Premier League manager bloodbath continues

May 2, 2023

Leeds United are poised to ring the changes and hire survival specialist Sam Allardyce in a desperate bid to preserve their Premier League status. Owner Andrea Radrizzani is set to sack Javi Gracia just 12 games into his tenure after the Spaniard failed to drag Leeds clear of the relegation fight. Radrizzani dispensed with his [...]
English football eyes change to post-Brexit transfers – here’s what it means

May 2, 2023

For better or for worse remains to be seen, but Brexit’s impact on English football has changed the game for how teams now operate in the transfer market. Clubs now face various legal hurdles and visa requirements to get international talent in their colours, with immigration rules allowing teams to sponsor an elite player who [...]
Fifa threatens England with ban on watching Lionesses at 2023 Women’s World Cup

May 2, 2023

English football fans could be denied the chance to watch the Lionesses bid to win this year’s Women’s World Cup after Fifa president Gianni Infantino threatened a broadcasting blackout. Infantino said the biggest tournament in women’s football would not be shown in Europe’s “big five” markets unless media companies serving Britain, France, Germany, Italy and [...]
Printworks: London has the power to bring us back, says founder

May 2, 2023

Printworks, one of London’s most important cultural venues, closed yesterday. Its foundertells Adam Bloodworth his hopes for the future It’s not an exaggeration to say there is nothing like Printworks. For music fans, the venue feels Cathedral-like, with its towering ceilings, but also because of the relationship people have with the building. In the 6,000-capacity [...]