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Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff had long stated that contract talks for the Brit would be delayed until after he had secured the Drivers Championship, with his win at the Turkish Grand Prix securing his title. However, after Hamilton contracted COVID-19 prior to the Sakhir Grand Prix, these talks were delayed even […]
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By Nathan Russell Embed from Getty Images After 17 years in the National Football League, Indianapolis Colts and former Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers has retired from American football. Rivers came along during a period of time when we have been blessed with so many phenomenal talents in his position that he can sometimes […]
Embed from Getty Images The UFC will host it’s second event of it’s third tenure on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi tonight with a headlining welterweight clash between former Ultimate Fighter winner Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny. After many years as a lightweight that just could not quite seem the win the big one, Michael […]
England Rugby will be without head coach Eddie Jones for the start of Six Nations training after being told to self-isolate. Jones had come into contact with forwards coach Matt Proudfoot who has recently tested positive. Proudfoot is currently showing no symptoms. Embed from Getty Images The positive case was caught during pre-tournament screening, along […]
There has always been a sense of comfort and excitement in a good old period drama. I guess it must be the escape from the real world we can get, transporting us to another century full of courting, lavish ball gowns and lust. These shows allow us to to spend hours in another world whenever […]
Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff said that Newport County goalkeeper Tom King scoring from a goal-kick was a “freak incident” in the 1-1 draw between the two sides at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium. Exiles goalkeeper King scored from his own penalty area after just 12 minutes, when his powerful goal-kick took a wicked bounce which caught […]
Embed from Getty Images Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City swept Chelsea aside with a 2-0 victory at the King Power Stadium, piling even more scrutiny on Frank Lampard who seems to have lost the ability to help his team to a win over tough sides. Goals from midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison were enough to […]
Embed from Getty Images The UFC will continue it’s hectic schedule tomorrow night in it’s third stint on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. Event headliners Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny will clash in the main event, with both men making the welterweight limit of 171 pounds earlier today. Chiesa enters fight week with the momentum […]
Cheltenham-founded fashion brand Superdry has said that they are uncertain about their ability to keep their shops open in 2021 due to the Coronavirus. Superdry’s shares fell 52% in the in the 11 weeks covering the Christmas period up until the 9th of January. But, the silver lining is that online sales were up 13.2% […]