Sometimes the doctors run too fast and the manager ends up getting sacked. Sometimes the doctors run too slowly and the manager ends up humiliated at a major cup final. If only Roman Abramovich, wherever he is, could find a doctor to run at just the right speed, maybe he’d avoid these dramas and his club wouldn’t be a laughing […]

The goalkeeper refused to be substituted late in extra time despite going down with injury and No2 Willy Caballero ready to come on. Already under pressure with his job on the line, it left manager Maurizio Sarri fuming, storming down the tunnel before coming back to see his side lose on penalties to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final. […]

Simon is the creative force and managing director of body kit and customs firm Urban Automotive. We're in Milton Keynes to learn why the likes of Marcus Rashford, Ashley Young, Jermain Defoe and others have left their prize motors in his hands. Clients may have already spent £150,000-plus on their cars when they come here, but they're willing to splash […]

It was less than a year ago that his future at Old Trafford looked far from certain, with some team-mates fearing a campaign from Jose Mourinho against the full-back. At its worst Shaw had his commitment to play through the pain barrier questioned by Mourinho, as well as his focus and ambition. Come the end of last season it was […]

The NHL trade deadline is among the most exciting days of the hockey season for fans, with players being dealt at a rapid pace as teams buckle up for a playoff run.  Lost in the transaction intrigue is the fact that players are real people who suddenly have their lives uprooted.  Deadline change hit Mikael Granlund particularly hard this year. The 26-year-old […]

The Winnipeg Jets have made one more trade before the 2019 deadline. While the team made a big splash Monday morning with their acquisition of centre Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers, they stayed quiet until the final minutes before the deadline. The Jets traded a seventh-round pick for veteran left winger Matt Hendricks of the Minnesota Wild. Hendricks, […]

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie described Saskatchewan’s bid to host the 2020 Grey Cup as “world class.” “The bidders were challenged to raise the bar, and how do you build on a great Ottawa Grey Cup, an amazing Edmonton Grey Cup and what they are building in Calgary?” Ambrosie said. “You could have won the Olympics with that bid.” Ambrosie said […]

It's been a busy old week in racing and Chappers addresses some of the key talking points in his exclusive column. GOOD FOR the second weekend in a row Sam Twiston-Davies bagged the big betting event on ITV4 but wow in such different circumstances. A week last Saturday it was hotpot Al Dancer who Twisty steered to victory in the […]

The WWE move, once famously used by ex-UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 19 against Kurt Angle, is not often performed in the cage. However, in round one of Pereira’s openweight bout against Kim, the Brazilian ran up against the cage and moonsaulted on to his opponent. Though courageous, Pereira missed with his attack – but then followed up […]

The Winnipeg Jets have traded for center Kevin Hayes from the New York Rangers. Hayes, a Boston native and a veteran of the U.S. national team, has been a Ranger since the 2014-15 season, putting up 216 points in 364 NHL games. The price for Hayes is forward Brendan Lemieux and the Jets’ 2019 first-round draft pick, as well as […]