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Piquet’s comment reminds us why role models in F1 matter ahead of British GP

June 29, 2022

Home country hero Lewis Hamilton has, and there’s no other way to put this, dominated the British Grand Prix in recent years. On a run of three consecutive wins – seven wins in eight years – you’d be forgiven for thinking Hamilton and Silverstone were joined at the hip. But as he, his Mercedes team, [...]
Pride in London: How to avoid crowds or party with the masses

June 29, 2022

Making a noise about Gender Recognition Act reforms or just, well, making a noise, here’s where to spend Pride in London this weekend After a few dreary weather days it’s looking up for Pride in London on Saturday, where over 1.5 million queer people and allies will fill the streets of the West End with [...]
Kylian Mbappe enters Web3 with Sorare deal

June 29, 2022

Paris Saint-Germain’s superstar footballer Kylian Mbappe has become NFT and fantasy gaming company Sorare’s first player ambassador. The French international joins the group in a long-term partnership. “Off the pitch, the most important thing for me is helping empower young people – who might not have access to the type of opportunities others have –to [...]
Wimbledon: Serena’s motivation, going under the radar and order of play

June 29, 2022

As Wimbledon’s courts once again get set to be graced by Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray, Serena Williams has spoken of her first round loss. Here is your SW19 latest. Williams motivated Yesterday’s evening session saw 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams crash out at the earliest possible stage of the tournament. Asked about what [...]
Champions Cup offers London clubs chance to shine on greatest stage

June 29, 2022

At a swanky Dublin event yesterday afternoon the best and brightest of European, and South African, rugby discovered their fate in next season’s Champions Cup. In a recent shake up in format, there are no longer six pools of four but instead two pools of 12. Teams now play a team from the other two [...]
Formula E, Extreme E and E1 Series co-founder Alejandro Agag on the future of sport

June 29, 2022

In the overcrowded market that is sport it’s difficult to stand out. New ideas, usually brainchilds of multi-millionaires, come and go – often passing within the blink of an eye. And if they are successful one year, there’s little certainty of a cut through the next. But with growing concerns surrounding the environment and the [...]
Yamazaki limited edition Tsukuriwake selection 2022

June 28, 2022

Yamazaki was Japan’s first whisky distillery, blazing a trail by producing multiple styles at the same site, so that it could blend whiskies of depth and complexity, with a delicacy that would appeal to Japanese palates. At first they did this out of necessity. As the sole whisky distillery in the country, they could not [...]
Inside the brilliantly creative Glastonbury Theatre & Circus fields

June 28, 2022

It’s not all about Macca and Billie Eilish, don’t you know? Some of Glastonbury’s best areas involve no music at all. For instance, the Theatre & Circus fields are some of the festival’s oldest areas, where performers surprise punters with spontaneous shows as they pass by, and there are full-scale acrobatics pieces that you’d pay [...]
McLaren deal with Neom could stimulate economic growth away from oil

June 28, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s latest venture into sport has come with an increased presence in electric racing. Yesterday motorsporting giant McLaren announced that Neom – a region of the Middle Eastern Kingdom that’s set to become an eco hub at a cost of $500bn – would become title partner of both the Formula E and Extreme E [...]