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Bre Graham: My Italian prawn and pistachio tagliolini recipe

March 29, 2023

This recipe is an extract from Table for Two, the new cookbook from Bre Graham There is a pathway that runs along the coast of the Ligurian Sea, near the Italian city of Genoa, named after Anita Garibaldi, a Brazilian republican revolutionary and wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi. It is said to be one of the [...]
Dugout rivals become first managers inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame

March 29, 2023

Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have become the first two football managers to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. Former Manchester United boss Ferguson and ex-Arsenal coach Wenger are the two longest-serving managers in the Premier League area, with both leading their clubs for more than 20 years and over 800 [...]
From cow herder to corporate chief – meet the man who leads Axa’s City division

March 29, 2023

Axa’s UK chief executive Claudio Gienal is willing to admit he’s a tough boss. Speaking to City PM, the Swiss exec, who took up his position as the head of Axa’s UK & Ireland business in 2017, is very clear that he doesn’t like “excuses”. He’s also clear that the people around him have to [...]
Premiership Rugby’s Newcastle Falcons deny plan of voluntary relegation

March 29, 2023

Newcastle Falcons have denied suggestions that the club’s recent cost-cutting is paving the way to voluntarily drop out of the Premiership next year. City PM has learned of a growing belief in English rugby that the Tyneside team could be looking to ease their financial situation by joining the Championship as part of a wider [...]
The Michelin Guide 2023 is out – find out which London restaurants got a star

March 29, 2023

The capital has a brace of new Michelin two-starred restaurants and four new one-star restaurants, including one that’s only been open four months. Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal moves into the upper echelons of the London restaurant scene. The guide praised the chef’s “impressive and accomplished” dishes, calling them “exquisite in appearance and, like [...]
Cross-code skills: Why we’re seeing rugby league coaches in union

March 28, 2023

So often sports cross-pollinate: sharing ideas from one discipline to another, exchanging mindsets and capitalising on strengths. Rugby is no different. And while some of the game’s leading lights step into completely different sports – such as Gilbert Enoka, responsible for New Zealand Rugby’s “no dickheads” policy, joining Chelsea – others stay closer to home, [...]
Mead set to miss Women’s World Cup due to knee injury, says Wiegman

March 28, 2023

Euro 2022 Golden Boot winner Beth Mead is set to miss this year’s football Women’s World Cup Down Under, England head coach Sarina Wiegman said yesterday. The 27-year-old Arsenal forward suffered a knee injury (ACL) in November 2022 and is unlikely to be ready to travel down to the World Cup in Australia and New [...]
Allowing athletes from Russia back into sport ‘works’ despite Ukraine war, says Olympic chief Bach

March 28, 2023

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach today doubled down on plans for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be allowed back into competitions, adding that his plans “work” despite the war in Ukraine. The German spoke at the IOC’s executive meeting. There was, however, no decision on whether Russians and Belarusians would [...]
Premier League chief denies trying to kick football regulator into the long grass

March 28, 2023

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has rebuffed suggestions that the organisation tried to “kick into the long grass” talks over an independent football regulator. Masters was persistently questioned on the point by MPs at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on Tuesday. After denying that the expression had been used by anyone [...]
Football regulator: Tracey Crouch MP criticises Premier League’s lack of support

March 28, 2023

The Premier League has been criticised for a lack of support for an independent football regulator by Tracey Crouch MP. The former sports minister and author of the fan-led review into English football governance made the comments at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee hearing today. Crouch praised the Football Association and English Football [...]