Fans. Where would football be without them? We are about to find out. Close the doors. It is the only available option. Postponement, play-offs, ending the season now, none of it works, none of it would be fair. Not every team is like Liverpool, in a position to claim moral victory as champions less than … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Formula 1 car of the sky: Incredible 16ft-wide manned drone that can fly at 87 MPH with a person on board performs rolls and loops on its maiden flight Big Drone is able to fly at 87 MPH using 12 motors and propellers keeping it up It is about 16ft across and built around the … Read more
Football teams with a home stadium at a high-altitude are more likely to win against a team from sea level as ‘the players are better adapted to low oxygen levels’. Results from more than 2,000 matches in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League between 2008 and 2016 were examined for the study by Ghent … Read more
What exactly did Manchester City do wrong? European football’s governing body say City have made ‘serious breaches’ of their club licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations which they committed by ‘overstating its sponsorship revenue in its accounts and in the break-even information submitted to UEFA between 2012 and 2016’. UEFA also said City failed to … Read more
Manchester City banned from Champions League for next two seasons over breach of Financial Fair Play rules Manchester City banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons Premier League club deemed by UEFA to have broken Financial Fair Play rules City were found guilty of having falsely inflated their sponsorship revenues The decision … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo reacts FURIOUSLY as pitch invader grabs him by the neck after Juventus’ win at Bayer Leverkusen Cristiano Ronaldo was the target of a selfie-wanting pitch invader in Germany Ronaldo was left irate after he was grabbed by the neck after the final whistle Stewards led the supporter away before he could be granted … Read more
Violent clashes in Paris mar Champions League tie as one PSG fan is beaten and stripped by Galatasaray supporters after allegedly burning the Turkish flag Build-up to Wednesday’s Champions League match in Paris saw street violence PSG and Galatasaray supporters have clashed in the city centre of the capital Chairs were thrown and teargas used … Read more