Modern-day players are weak – sometimes you need a good rollicking
The talk now is about Maro Itoje being captain, does he have those leadership qualities. Watching from afar if you are one of the 80,000 at Twickenham…
Heather Knight’s remarkable century not enough to stop Australia taking control of Ashes Test
Day Two: Australia 337-9 dec, England 235-8 (Trail by 102) It was an all too familiar sight for an England team in Australia this winter as, once…
Rafael Nadal reaches sixth Australian Open final with historic 21st grand slam in sight
Rafael Nadal withstood a fightback from Matteo Berrettini to reach his sixth Australian Open final. Having scraped through a five-set contest with Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals,…
Liverpool make £37.5m bid for Porto winger Luis Diaz
Liverpool have bid an initial £37.5 million for Porto’s Luis Diaz and hope to sign the Colombian before the transfer deadline. The Anfield club have moved following…
Tottenham on verge of finally agreeing deal to offload flop Tanguy Ndombele
Tottenham Hotspur are finally close to agreeing a deal to move on their flop record signing Tanguy Ndombele. Paris Saint-Germain want to sign the 25-year-old midfielder and…
Exeter Chiefs’ fudged decision feels like a victory for gesture politics
Supporters of the Atlanta Braves, the reigning World Series champions, still participate in practices that have somehow rendered Exeter beyond the pale. They perform Tomahawk Chop chants…
Duncan Ferguson joins Frank Lampard and Vitor Pereira in hunt for Everton job
Everton interviewed former Italy international Fabio Cannavaro last week but he has not made the final round of talks. Neither has their former player Wayne Rooney, Derby…
Will Greenwood: My England XV to face Scotland in Six Nations opener
8. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins) Super tight selection at No 8. Sam Simmonds certainly gets the nod on the bench after narrowly missing out on the starting XV….
Unemployed must look for jobs outside chosen fields or face benefits cuts
The unemployed will face benefits cuts if they fail to search for jobs outside their chosen field as the Government attempts to plug post-pandemic shortages in the…
Free bacon sandwiches and coffee to lure commuters back on the railways
Commuters will be offered free bacon sandwiches and coffee as part of a government charm offensive to get Britons back on the railways. A commuter rewards website…
EU launches trade action against China despite German export fears
The European Commission said China has retaliated with trade restrictions, which “include a refusal to clear Lithuanian goods through customs, rejection of import applications from Lithuania, and…
Music giants face investigation into ‘excessive power’ claims
Record labels and music streaming giants will be investigated by the competition watchdog to determine if they wield “excessive power”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is…
How Europe’s titans of industry became Putin’s puppets
Gerhard Schröder, the former German Chancellor who preceded Angela Merkel, has been chairman of Russian energy giant Rosneft since 2017, earning $600,000 a year. Known as one…
Five ways to navigate the current markets turmoil
In my opinion, we are seeing a long overdue correction in one rather frothy part of the market, albeit one that has an outsized influence on the…
As another fraud scandal threatens VW, have German carmakers really cleaned up their act?
Volkswagen’s chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, said he was “stunned” to discover the company had cheated emissions tests when he revealed the “dieselgate” scandal to the world. In…
Dashing of Mark Zuckerberg’s Libra dreams threatens the bigger cryptocurrency bubble
Its botched cryptocurrency plans, however, have demonstrated what happens when central banks feel threatened. “He [Zuckerberg] completely underestimated the backlash that he would get from states,” says…
Calling cars ‘self-driving’ should be criminal offence if human input needed, says Law Commission
Elon Musk’s questionable claims to have created a “self-driving” car pose a fresh challenge for Tesla after ministers were advised to make using the term a criminal…
Apple avoids global microchip crunch with $124bn record sales
Apple has shrugged off a global chip shortage to post record sales and profits as demand for its iPhones hit new highs. The world’s most valuable company…
Wasps and bees force Heathrow take-offs to be abandoned
Eight passenger planes were infested by insects that forced take-offs to be abandoned at Heathrow airport last summer, an investigation has found. Wasp and bee nests blocked…
Hong Kong is on its knees and China must decide whether it lives or dies
Consumer spending has slowed, many of its biggest factories have been forced to pause production, and there has been a wave of job losses. The timing couldn’t…
Trade battle with Brussels looms over wind farm contracts
Earlier this month, developers including BP, SSE and Shell agreed to stump up £700m to the SNP government for rights to build in Scottish waters, as part…