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Women’s Six Nations: New dates, new sponsor, same old winners?

March 24, 2022

Change is in the air at this year’s Women’s Six Nations, which now has its own slot in the calendar and a first title sponsor in TikTok – but that looks unlikely to extend to the outcome. Champions England start as hot favourites this weekend – no surprise given their 18-game winning run, which includes [...]
Where to go on holiday? That’s easy: Andalucía is the natural choice

March 24, 2022 | Sponsored

The coronavirus pandemic has changed many of our attitudes and the way we do things, but now that international travel restrictions are being eased after two years when it has been difficult and often inadvisable to go anywhere, many people are starting to think about having a holiday this year. The big question, of course, [...]
Ashleigh Barty hints at career in new sport following shock retirement from tennis

March 24, 2022

Women’s tennis No1 Ashleigh Barty has hinted she could take up another sport professionally following her shock retirement. Barty, 25, played cricket to a high level during a previous break from tennis, competing in the Women’s Big Bash. She is said to have a single-figure golf handicap and has also been linked with a move [...]
Ed Warner: Does it really matter if Chelsea buyers are true Blues fans?

March 24, 2022

Who are the wannabe owners of Chelsea trying to impress when they flaunt their fandom? Investment bank the Raine Group is only likely to give a jot when someone first stood in the Shed, or how long they’ve sat in the same seat in the Matthew Harding Stand, if this matters to HM Treasury. If [...]
Chelsea handed £30m cash boost and permission to sell tickets as government relaxes licence

March 23, 2022

Chelsea have been handed a £30m boost from the government and given permission to sell some tickets again. The strict licence that the Premier League club has been operating under since owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned was relaxed slightly today. It means Chelsea can receive up to £30m from their parent company “in respect of [...]
iPad Air 2022 review: A worthy follow-up to the best tablet in years

March 23, 2022

While the launch of a new Apple device is usually pretty difficult to miss, you could be forgiven for overlooking the iPad that hit UK shelves in March 2020, in the week leading up to the first lockdown. That would have been a shame, however, because the iPad Air 2020 (“Air” being Apple’s mid-range iPad, [...]
Arsenal set goal of selling out 60,000-seater Emirates Stadium for women’s game

March 23, 2022

Arsenal’s new commercial chief Juliet Slot believes their women’s team can attract sell-out crowds to the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium as the club embarks on a wider push behind the Women’s Super League leaders. Arsenal Women switch big games from Boreham Wood FC to Emirates Stadium to allow for bigger attendances and are due to play [...]
Russia labelled ‘trolling infants’ over plans to scupper UK and Ireland Euro 2028 bid

March 23, 2022

Russia’s football association has confirmed that it hopes to scupper the UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028 with a rival proposal. The move drew immediate and fierce condemnation, with MPs accusing Russia and the Russian Football Union (RFU) of behaving like “trolling infants”. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland’s [...]
European football to scrap Financial Fair Play for new spending rules

March 23, 2022

European football’s governing body Uefa is set to ditch its controversial Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules in favour of new cost-control regulations that will limit clubs’ spending to a proportion of revenue. Teams will only be allowed to spend 70 per cent of their income on transfers and wages under the new rules, which will [...]
UK and Ireland set to be confirmed as hosts of Euro 2028 today

March 23, 2022

The UK and Ireland are today expected to be effectively confirmed as joint hosts of Euro 2028 after no other bidders came forward. Russia and Turkey had been in the running but the war in Ukraine caused the former to drop out and the latter lacked the support to rival the UK and Ireland. The [...]