This is it, the new 3pm on Saturday: the time you have traditionally associated with noise and excitement, with dreams and expectation, is now a time for silence and uncertainty. We are standing on the corner of Skerries Road, adjacent to the towering presence of Anfield. The stillness all around us will be the same … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday 13 March – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta on Friday despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of … Read more
UEFA CORONAVIRUS MEETING LIVE: Norwegian FA claims Euro 2020 is postponed until June 2021, as insiders claim UEFA wants domestic leagues somehow finished by JUNE UEFA will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the future of football President Aleksander Ceferin will host representatives on video calls on Tuesday AMITAI WINEHOUSE will provide live updates … Read more
The 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood (pictured) fears for his restaurant and the wider industry as coronavirus panic sweeps the country Businesses fear they are on the brink as a restaurant bookings plummet by 75 per cent, a sports ban hits bookies’ profits and self-employed couriers attack ‘paltry’ sick pay. Restaurant boss Simon Wood revealed he’s … Read more
Businesses fear that they are on the brink due to the coronavirus and a Masterchef winning restaurant boss is begging diners to keep eating out while bookmakers warn of a loss of profits thanks to the ban on Premier League matches. Simon Wood – who won the competition in 2015 – says he’s already noticing … Read more
‘It’s a big shock for everyone’: Tottenham player Jan Vertonghen reveals his terror over machete raid on his family home Jan Vertonghen has spoken of horror of family being terrorised by masked thugs He said: ‘I’m OK. The family are in shock but OK. It is what it is’ It is thought Vertonghen’s wife complied … Read more
Well, shiver me pilchards! It’s Demelza the drugs mule: Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson, 27, swaps the Cornish coast as she plays a smuggler in Outer Space for latest role Eleanor Tomlinson plays gun-toting drugs mule in new sci-fi drama series Her role in Intergalactic sees her play ringleader of gang that hijacks spaceship She has also … Read more
It’s the pitchside bottle-throwing habit which drives some Premier League club doctors mad. A player will catch one, drink from it and throw it back over the white line from where it will be placed back in the rack for anyone else to use — a ready-made means to transmit the viruses to which elite … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday 13 March – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta on Friday despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of … Read more
All mass gatherings and sports events are set to be banned from next weekend, it can be revealed. In a major escalation of the coronavirus crisis, ministers are preparing to introduce emergency legislation early next week to allow this. The unprecedented move puts key summer events such as the Glastonbury Festival, VE Day commemorations, Chelsea … Read more