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Stellini sacked: What Levy said as Tottenham Hotspur switch manager AGAIN

April 24, 2023

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked Cristian Stellini from his duties as interim manager after his side were humiliated 6-1 by Newcastle United on Sunday. Spurs conceded five goals inside the opening 21 minutes at St James’ Park in a thrashing at the hands of Eddie Howe’s men. Ryan Mason will take over at the Tottenham Hotspur [...]
Premiership and Championship to join for landmark rugby competition

April 24, 2023

The rugby clubs in England’s Premiership and Championships will come together next year for a cup competition. The 24 teams across the country’s top two tiers will be divided into four pools of six teams with group matches and knockout fixtures next season. The move comes amid increasing frustration from clubs in the second tier [...]
Exclusive: 777 Partners confirm they’re looking at ‘interesting assets’ amid Everton takeover rumours

April 24, 2023

777 Partners has confirmed it is “looking for interesting assets” amid reports that the US investment group is close to takeover of struggling Premier League club Everton. Owner of the British Basketball League and its leading club London Lions, as well as European football clubs Hertha Berlin and Genoa, 777 has been on a buying [...]
Wrexham targeting successive promotions after sealing return to Football League

April 24, 2023

Wrexham are targeting another promotion next summer after the Hollywood-owned Welsh club clinched their return to the English Football League on Saturday. The decisive 3-1 win over Boreham Wood came two years after actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took charge at the Racecourse Ground, and executive director Humphrey Ker insists they are just getting [...]
From a surprising new Rolex to a Muppet in the month window

April 24, 2023

Cross the (tastefully appointed) maximum-security threshold of Watches and Wonders and the hierarchy is instantly apparent. There’s Patek Philippe with its parked-up spaceship, conveying its blue-blooded, dyed-in-the-metal pedigree. And then there are 30-something other Swiss watchmakers all clamouring to make a noise in the revitalised, post-Covid white noise of horological newness. This is an industry [...]
Working 9 to 17: Patek Philippe’s stunning Calatrava Travel Time

April 24, 2023

A 24-hour-display dial takes a bit of adjustment to read as instantly as your usual 12-hour. But not as long as you’d think. Patek Philippe’s Calatrava Travel Time was the blue-eyed posterboy of the resurgent Watches and Wonders event, Geneva’s luxury watchmaking fair, which took place earlier this month. A consolidation of the now-defunct ‘Baselworld’ [...]
New Mercedes-Maybach EQS is the ultimate electric SUV… for now

April 24, 2023

The new Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV will take on forthcoming electric versions of the Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
Why Turkey’s south western beaches are taking flight this spring

April 24, 2023

Ancient sites and untouched beaches: Angelina Villa- Clarke on a fab corner of Turkey’s Turquoise Riviera In the abandoned town of Kayakoy, the streets are dusty and thyme grows tall and wild, scenting the air with a sweet piquancy. Derelict houses have gaping windows; ancient churches are in ruins, their frescoes faded and mosaics crumbling. [...]
Succession’s Brian Cox lands ‘villainous’ role in new James Bond TV series

April 24, 2023

Many of us are still reeling over the final series of Succession, but Brian Cox is already looking to the future: he will play a “villainous” character in an upcoming James Bond TV series. Amazon Prime Video has collaborated with EON Productions to launch 007’s Road to a Million, an unscripted series where contestants will [...]
Premiership rugby top four decided with season set for drab final round

April 23, 2023

It is a shame that in a Premiership rugby season praised so highly for its competitiveness and unpredictability that no matter any result in the final round of fixtures, in a fortnight’s time, we already know the top four, who plays who and where they play. Saracens’ 45-21 demolition of London Irish ended the Brentford [...]