[ad_1] Businessman Daniel Kretinsky is in talks to buy a 27% stake in West Ham United – in a deal which would value the club at over £600m – with Czech billionaire already owning large stakes in Royal Mail and Sainsbury’s Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky made his money through his Czech energy company Kretinsky owns Sparta…
[ad_1] With the local elections less than three weeks away, how will the voting process work during the COVID-19 pandemic? Last year, the government made the decision to delay the local elections until 2021 as they were deemed unsafe to carry out during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. With social distancing guidelines still in place,…
[ad_1] It is so long ago now but, in 2019, I said in this column I would train up and enter my first triathlon. The whole of 2020 was pretty much a wipe out for casual triathletes like me. They got the Blenheim Palace Triathlon on but not much else and, as a token acknowledgement…
[ad_1] Guardian sports photographer Tom Jenkins has been attending many top level matches behind closed doors since football restarted and like many of us keeps thinking about the lack of fans at the games. To mark their significance the Guardian is offering readers the chance to buy exclusive prints from Tom’s archive featuring fans attending…
[ad_1] Diego Maradona’s last words before he died were: ‘I feel sick.’ The Argentinian football legend, 60, suffered a heart attack at home on Wednesday just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain. Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, having knocked England out…
[ad_1] Jose Mourinho given suspended one-match European ban and Tottenham fined £23,000 after the Portuguese manager is deemed responsible for late kick-off in Europa League match with Royal Antwerp in October Tottenham were late for their Europa League match against Royal Antwerp Manager Jose Mourinho has been deemed responsible for the late kick-off Mourinho has…
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: EFL give green light to Abu Dhabi royal’s £60m takeover of Derby County… with change in owner set to end the reign of under-pressure boss Phillip Cocu Derby’s takeover bid from Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan edged closer The EFL gave it the green light at a board meeting that took place on…
[ad_1] Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Khaled – cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour – closing in on sensational takeover of Derby County Derby are set to be taken over by the cousin of Man City owner Sheikh Mansour Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan is close to getting a green light for the deal…
[ad_1] Gareth Bale and Dele Alli may well think they are better than a runaround on a Thursday tea-time – but they best get used to sitting in reserve at weekends after both were hooked and humiliated in this humbling defeat. Alli is barely a Premier League substitute these days and he lasted only 45 minutes…
[ad_1] Deta Hedman will celebrate her 61st birthday before making her PDC World Championship debut Deta Hedman is a darting pioneer – instrumental in putting women’s darts on the map. Later this year, Hedman will become the second oldest debutant in PDC World Championship history and you’d struggle to find anyone that begrudges her this…