VIOLENCE is spilling from Britain’s cities to seaside resorts and country villages – thanks to the rise of ruthless Albanian gangs who live and die by their “besa” honour code. The changing landscape of organised crime has police chiefs increasingly worried as the Balkans mafia muscle in on the lucrative cocaine trade across the UK. […]
CHARLTON welcome Shrewsbury to the Valley as the two sides battle it out in the League one-play off first-leg. 16 points separated the two sides at the end of the season, with both sides losing their final games of the season. Shrewsbury won 2-0 at the last game at the Valley in February, but the […]
WITH the end of the season drawing closer, many are turning their attention to the play-off finals for the Football League. Due to the World Cup starting on June 14, fixtures have been reversed so that any players who are called up for international duty have the most time to recover. When are the play-off […]
SWINDON have given acting boss Phil Brown a two-year contract – despite failing to reach the play-offs. The former Hull manager won just two of his ten games in charge after replacing David Flitcroft in March. The Robins finished ninth – seven points off the play-off spots. Town owner Lee Power said: “The club needs some stability, […]
DANNY Dyer is to take a break from EastEnders to appear in a series of high-brow theatre productions. The cockney actor, 40, will take at least six weeks away from Albert Square to appear in two plays written by Harold Pinter, alongside Martin Freeman. The legendary British writer had a career spanning more than 50 […]
CRICKET’s most lucrative, enthralling and glamorous competition is back for another season of six-hitting action. IPL fever has swept the sub-continent as the Indian Premier League hots up. Here is how you can watch all the action from this year’s tournament. What TV channel and live stream is the IPL on? Sky Sports are the […]
LEINSTER are looking to become the most successful club in European rugby competition as they face Racing 92 in Bilbao. The Irish side have won three European Rugby Champions Cups – one less than Toulouse – and one Challenge Cup in their history. Racing 92 have yet to lift Europe’s top rugby prize, with the […]
IF YOU asked Boro supporters in August if they’d be happy with a play-off place after finishing fifth, a distance behind the automatically promoted clubs then the responses would not have been very positive. After a season of inconsistency and a managerial change along the way the mood is now very optimistic. Tony Pulis has […]
ENGLAND’S Under-17s are looking to extend their hundred per cent record in this year’s European Championship. They have won their opening two games against Israel and Italy and need just a point against Switzerland to qualify for the quarter-finals. They face a Swiss side who beat Israel 3-0 in their game on Monday. What time is […]
SPOTIFY USERS will no longer be able to find R Kelly on any of the music streaming service’s playlists following sexual misconduct allegations made against him. Effective from today, Spotify said it will no longer promote the R&B singer’s music in any way due to the terms of a new public hate content and hateful […]
MANCHESTER UNITED travel to face West Ham on Thursday as they look to put their disappointing result against Brighton behind them. The Red Devils lost 1-0 to the Seagulls last Friday with manager Jose Mourinho not holding back on his feelings after the game. He told BBC Sport: “I couldn’t persuade my players that second […]
BAYERN MUNICH are aiming for the double as Jupp Heynckes looks to add one more trophy to his haul before retirement. Here’s everything you need to know about the showdown: When is the DFB Pokal Final between Bayern Munich and Frankfurt? The clash will take place on Saturday, May 19. It will be held at […]
WAYNE ROONEY’S bumper £300,000-a-week deal at DC United will be paid by THREE different clubs. Rooney’s former side Manchester United are already subsidising his sky-high salary at Everton by paying £10million a year towards his wages. The ex-England captain’s impending move to the MLS will only go ahead if the Toffees are prepared to prop […]
HARVEY Weinstein’s estranged wife Georgina Chapman has broken her silence about the sexual assault, harassment and misconduct allegations against the movie mogul. The Marchesa designer revealed that following reports of Weinstein’s alleged behaviour she didn’t go out in public for five months. She hid out with her pal of 25 years, actor David Oyelowo, and […]
THERE’S nothing worse than a lukewarm glass of wine on a hot summer’s day, but sometimes you just can’t be bothered to wait for it to chill. Now one wine master sommelier (that’s a wine expert to you and me) has revealed how to chill your white or rose down in less than three minutes, […]
THERE is still a year until the first ball is bowled, but Cricket World Cup tickets are about to go on sale. Fans desperate to be there are able to snap up tickets to watch their nation TODAY. Here’s all you need to know to purchase tickets for the 2019 World Cup, following the release […]
THE ICC Cricket World Cup is just over a year away, but preparations are at an advanced stage and the fixtures have been revealed. A controversial new format has been introduced as just ten teams compete in one round-robin group and four progress to the semi-finals. When is the Cricket World Cup 2019? The Cricket […]
CRICKET’s most dramatic, exhilarating and glamorous domestic competition is back with the 2018 Indian Premier League taking place in the sub-continent. English stars such as Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jason Roy join some of the world’s best players for the two-month festival of T20 cricket across India. Mumbai Indians won last year’s edition with […]
IRELAND’s historic first Test match takes place in Malahide just outside Dublin against Pakistan over the weekend. Pakistan are the visitors for the landmark moment in Irish cricket. Here is how you can watch or stream all the action. What TV channel is it on? Sky Sports will show the Test match live in the […]
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SPURS will get a Champions League seeding boost if Liverpool oust Chelsea in the top four battle – but only if they then lose to Real Madrid in Kiev. Mauricio Pochettino’s side sealed their third successive season among the Uefa elite with their 1-0 Wembley win over Newcastle United. It means Tottenham are assured of […]
CRICKET’s most lucrative, enthralling and glamorous competition is back for another season of six-hitting action. IPL fever has swept the sub-continent as the Indian Premier League hots up. Here is how you can watch all the action from this year’s tournament. What TV channel and live stream is the IPL on? Sky Sports are the […]
SIMON Stevens currently holds the most senior position within the English NHS and has been its chief executive since April 1, 2014. The former president of the Oxford Union is a close friend of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Former Labour councillor Stevens was born in August 1966 in Birmingham and went to Balliol College, Oxford. […]
A COLLECTION of hilarious images show the subtle ways people have got revenge – including vacuuming at 3am to get your own back on a noisy neighbour. The brilliant pictures were all shared in an online gallery and demonstrate some of the most ingenious methods of punishing someone. One woman noticed someone was stealing her […]
WHO says kids get to have all the fun this summer? Now you can get adult paddling pools that look like the dream way to spend a day in the sun with a cocktail or two. Four-seat car paddling pool, £199 from Funboy – buy now Floats company Funboy has a colourful range of grown-up […]
