………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ……….NEW YORK — Democrats won’t pick their nominee for another year, but President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are acting like the 2020 presidential contest is already a two-man race.Almost completely ignoring his 23 Democratic …
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Will your favourite team lift the World Cup?
By Jawad Jamil Published: May 28, 2019 0 SHARES Share Tweet Email A group shot during the Captains Media Day prior to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. PHOTO: GETTY Based on the teams and the roster of players, it looks like the cricket World Cup is going to be super exciting. The team which …
The Cricket World Cup has grown into a commercial behemoth
The Cricket World Cup returns to England as one of the most lucrative and most watched events in all of sport. The tournament is now the third biggest stand-alone world championship in any sport, below football and rugby, according to Sportcal, a sports market intelligence company. It will generate about £400 million for the International Cricket …
How Manchester City tweaked their tactics to counter Liverpool threat
Football changed in 2008: Pep Guardiola became the manager of Barcelona. Football had been evolving anyway. There had been amendments to the laws to encourage more technical, attacking football (the backpass law, the liberalisation of offside, the crackdown on intimidatory tackling). There had been changes to the economics such that the gulf between rich and …
‘EU won’t change one dot or comma’: Nigel Farage declares it is ‘absolute rubbish’ to suggest new Tory PM could renegotiate May’s Brexit deal as he blasts Jeremy Hunt’s No Deal u-turn
Nigel Farage has lambasted Tory leadership candidates who claim they could renegotiate a better Brexit deal than the one tabled by Theresa May, saying it is ‘absolute rubbish’ to think the EU would change even ‘one dot or comma’. The triumphant Brexit Party leader launched a round of media appearances on both sides of the …
Ajax 2 Spurs 3 (3-3): Moura hat-trick seals epic comeback to put Spurs into final against Liverpool
WHERE would you like your statue, Lucas? Brazilian hero Lucas Moura, in for his hat-trick deep into injury-time, smashed it beyond Andre Onana. Ajax’s shell-shocked players fell to the floor and nobody could lift them in the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. This was Liverpool-Barcelona and then some. The 95th-minute goal, with the stadium stopping …
Prince Harry ‘has ghosted Natalie Pinkman since marrying Meghan’
SKY Sports’ Natalie Pinkham has been “ghosted” by Prince Harry since he wed Meghan, friends claim. Natalie, 40, was a trusted pal of Harry’s before he married Meghan last year — but was not invited to the ceremony. And she has now told friends that their relationship is all but over. A source close to …
Manchester City edge Liverpool to retain Premier League title
Premier League Results Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United made it three in a row in the 2008-09 season, after which point the Premier League has changed hands year on year. City now have their fourth title in the past eight seasons and can contemplate the prospect of a similar era of dominance under Pep Guardiola, having …
Egan on song ahead of Premier adventure
Most sporting observers are now familiar with the ‘Allez Allez Allez’ chant that has swept Europe and crossed codes. Liverpool fans put their own lyrics to the old Italian disco hit on their run to the Champions League final last year, and fans of other clubs have also put their own slant on it. Last …
Women’s World Cup 2019: the complete guide to all the stadiums
Stade de Lyon Capacity for the tournament 57,900 Completed January 2016 Matches at France 2019 Semi-finals, 2/3 July; Final, 7 July. History lesson: During construction work builders found artefacts dating back to the Roman occupation of Gaul around the 1st century BC, including an iron spear, shields and human skulls. Those are now on display …