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Buffalo Bills NFL star Hamlin cleared to return four months after cardiac arrest

April 18, 2023

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin has been cleared to return to the field less than four months after he suffered a cardiac arrest during an NFL game. The 25-year-old Buffalo Bills safety suffered the heart issue during a match his team was playing against the Cincinnati Bengals in the first week of 2023. He has [...]
Graham Linehan – AKA Glinner – back on Twitter after latest ban

April 18, 2023

Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted now best known for his opposition to trans rights, has been allowed back onto Twitter after serving yet another ban for breaking the platform’s rules over hate speech and making threats. He was furiously tweeting again just hours after he was banned for a tweet in which he [...]
Exclusive: Diamond stands ready to save Worcester Warriors if Atlas deal collapses

April 18, 2023

Former Worcester Warriors boss Steve Diamond stands ready to rescue the financially stricken rugby club amid growing uncertainty over whether the Atlas consortium will meet a looming deadline to complete their purchase. Sources close to the situation told City PM that Diamond and previous Worcester Warriors sponsor Adam Hewitt maintain their interest in the club, [...]
Cash in the Cellar: The New Market for Old Liqueurs

April 18, 2023

Auctions for vintage wines and whiskies are nothing new, nor are record-breaking prices for rare bottles. However, the ongoing interest in cocktails, which only grew as people mixed their own drinks during the lockdown, has boosted a burgeoning market for vintage liqueurs, and for the savvy buyer there are real bargains to be had. Home-mixologists [...]
World Snooker chair Hearn: Just Stop Oil protestors committed ‘form of theft’

April 18, 2023

Chairman of World Snooker Barry Hearn has said that the protestors who disrupted the World Snooker Championships on Monday night committed a ‘form of theft’. Two individuals caused chaos last night in the first round of the championships at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with one of them mounting the table before discharging orange [...]
First football, now padel: US investors take fight to Qatar for future of the racket sport

April 18, 2023

Heard the one about the historically European sports property turbo-charged by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth and now in the crosshairs of serial sports investors from the US? This isn’t football, though, but padel, the fast-growing racket sport now at the centre of a tug of war between rival competitions backed by the Qatari owners of [...]
Wagatha Christie, Ambassador’s Theatre, review: Can we put this (bad) joke to bed?

April 18, 2023

Wagatha Christie was a great joke. The idea of Colleen Rooney being a modern day detective, the type Agatha Christie could have penned, is obviously hilarious. But can we end this joke now? Or I’ll call the real detectives in. In case you’ve been hiding in Miss Marple’s beehive for the past three years, this [...]
IN PICTURES: See Manchester City’s plans for £300m upgrade to Etihad Stadium

April 18, 2023

Premier League champions Manchester City have formally submitted a planning application for a £300m upgrade of their Etihad Stadium that would take capacity to more than 60,000. The improvements are centred on the North Stand, which is to get a new, enlarged upper tier and will connect to a new complex featuring a hotel, club [...]
Porsche 911 Dakar review: the world’s greatest sports car goes rogue

April 18, 2023

The Porsche 911 Dakar is genuinely capable – and fabulous fun – on rough terrain. But how does this mutant sports car measure up on the road?
Lampard happy with Boehly being in Chelsea changing rooms

April 17, 2023

Chelsea interim manager Frank Lampard insists he is comfortable with the club’s co-owner Todd Boehly playing an active role in the dressing room ahead of Tuesday’s must-win Champions League clash with Real Madrid. Boehly reportedly gave a speech after the Blues’ 2-1 loss to Brighton on Saturday in which he singled out one player for [...]