Derby County: Why West Ham United should fear a giant killing at the hands of resurgent Rams’ dad’s army January 30, 2023 It’s only six months since Derby County’s nightmare ended but already they are starting to dream big again. The former champions of England and founding members of the Football League spent two years with their existence in the balance – nine months of it languishing in administration, which they only exited after being relegated to [...]
The hangover: Why aren’t England’s stars of Euro 2020 shining this season? October 5, 2021 It is less than three months since England, propelled by the goals of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane and fortified by the defending of John Stones, got to within touching distance of victory at Euro 2020. For those players in particular, it must feel like far longer. Each of that trio, firmly established as key [...]
Pure Gym, Gym Group, Nuffield: Who owns Britain’s biggest gym chains? June 24, 2024 Following a forced shutdown during the pandemic, Brits have been heading back to the gym in droves helping many of the countries biggest chain to achieve bumper results over the past couple of years.
Virgin Media TV cuts out for over 10 hours December 3, 2021 Virgin Media suffered a national outage yesterday, with some customers without access for more than 10 hours. The problem started at 10:30 GMT prompting thousands of viewers to report problems across London, Birmingham and Manchester. Virgin Media apologised, and said it would fix it “as soon as possible”, with the issue being caused by “a [...]
Rail strikes: Brits face worst disruption to rail network in decades October 1, 2022 The biggest rail strike in decades threatens to grind the the network to a halt today, forcing Brits to make new travel plans.
Multiple US investors signal interest in £350m deal with Farhad Moshiri for Everton April 11, 2022 Everton are the latest Premier League club to attract interest from US investors, according to reports. The Merseyside club have made huge losses under owner Farhad Moshiri, who has spent heavily on players in a failed attempt to restore the Toffees to former glories. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also hit Everton, who have been [...]
Premier League and the race for European places: Which teams can still qualify for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League? May 17, 2021 The Premier League title and relegation may have been decided, but with two rounds of games to go one important question remains: who will qualify for Europe? Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League places are still up for grabs ahead of Gameweek 37, which begins on Tuesday 18 May. That means Leicester City, [...]
Asda takeover: Meet the British supermarket giant’s new private equity owner June 10, 2024 Meet the new private equity owner of supermarket giant Asda after one half of the billionaire Issa brothers sold it his shares.
Ollie Phillips: European rugby, McGuigan and Laporte December 16, 2022 The opening round of European Champions Cup action left me slightly confused; there were some cracking matches but also some really disappointing results. The SA Sharks’ win over Harlequins down in South Africa was proper entertainment, as was Lyon’s loss to the Bulls on the African continent. But Leinster’s demolition of Racing 92 was disappointing [...]
Mark Kleinman: Premier League cash deal for EFL clubs heads for extra time November 16, 2023 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column.