THE Premier League is entering its final stages with all of the top six still clubs in the hunt for the Champions League. Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Manchester United are involved in a desperate battle for a top four spot, but will fourth position be enough? How many teams from one country are allowed to […]
BRYANA Holly marks fella Nicholas Hoult’s role as author JRR Tolkien — with a fun-to-see epic of her own. The US model, 25, turned awed of the strings — as she posed in a tie-up bikini. Brit Nicholas, 29, plays the Lord of the Rings author in a biopic released today. Lily Collins, 30, plays […]
ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE bagged a tie-turning double but Arsenal’s defensive fragilities were also clear to see in a 3-1 Europa League semi-final first leg win. Here’s our verdict on the Gunners, including a reshuffled backline and Mesut Ozil prompting in midfield, behind Lacazette and fellow scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Petr Cech Played what is almost certainly his […]
FOR a man who bears a passing resemblance to Count Dracula there is no doubt that Unai Emery comes alive on Europa League nights. The Arsenal boss masterminded yet another return from the dead as his team took a telling stride towards this month’s final in Baku. No other coach in history can match Emery’s […]
CHELSEA will return to Stamford Bridge with a crucial away goal after Pedro salvaged an equaliser on the stroke of half-time. Maurizio Sarri’s men fell behind when the in-form Luka Jovic superbly directed his header beyond the reach of Kepa Arrizabalaga on 23 minutes. It was his ninth Europa League goal of the campaign and […]
THE stars of the small screen will be out in force for this year’s TV Baftas. We have the lowdown on who will be hosting this year’s showbiz event. Who is hosting the TV Baftas 2019? Graham Norton was announced as the host of the 2019 ceremony, having previously hosted the awards bash in 2005. […]
KIDS hooked on Xbox? It could help them launch a gaming career. Esports — competitive video gaming — is booming and pro players can earn upwards of £1,000 a month. And like sports in the real world, its stars can earn MILLIONS. The industry offers a host of support roles, including broadcast and match production, […]
KATYA Jones put on a brave face as she reunited with her Strictly Come Dancing professional co-stars today ahead of going on tour. The 29-year-old was seen dancing with husband Neil, 36, as they attended a photocall just days after she was axed from the main-up for the BBC show. The Sun revealed last week […]
A WOMAN has revealed her horror at discovering a doctor allegedly artificially inseminated her mother with his sperm without her knowing. Eve Wiley, 31, from Texas, met Steve Scholl 14 years ago – the man she believed was her biological father. She grew close to the sperm donor, invited him on holidays and even asked […]
ELTON John sits alone on the large couch in his dressing room wearing a personalised Gucci tracksuit and nursing a non-alcoholic beer. As I join him, he assures me he’s emotional, but not sad. At 72, the Rocketman — who once told his husband David Furnish he wanted to die on stage — has started […]
VICKY McClure left viewers in tears tonight as her Our Dementia Choir documentary met families struggling with the severe brain condition. The Line of Duty actress has close personal experience of dementia, through caring for her Nana Iris, who died in 2015. During that period, and through her role with the Alzheimer’s Society, Vicky has […]
A BEAUTY queen got the shock of her life when a bruise on her nail turned out to be the same deadly cancer that killed Bob Marley. Karolina Jasko, 21, from Chicago, first noticed a thin black line on her thumb during a visit to the nail salon in 2016 but she didn’t see her […]
WELL, someone had to do it. Ruby Walsh will rightly be remembered as one of, if not the best jumps jockey to grace the circuit. But there’s a big elephant in the room. Yes, you know the one. Annie Power – Cheltenham, Mares’ Hurdle 2015 The world of sport was prepared for a Willie Mullins-Ruby […]
SERIAL killers, explosions and Underworld’s collapse have all chipped away at Weatherfield’s population – but the worst crisis to hit Coronation Street is the number of stars bailing out. Lucy Fallon became the SEVENTH actor to announce she was leaving the beleaguered ITV soap in just three months. In her four years as Bethany Platt, […]
VIEWERS joked that they were relieved when BT Sport’s commentary in Chelsea’s Europa League clash failed in the second half. After returning for the second half, the broadcasting giants suffered a technical hitch that saw them lose both commentator Steve Bower and co-commentator Nigel Spackman for 11 minutes. Instead viewers could hear Robbie Savage commentating […]
ARSENAL welcome Valencia in this Europa League semi-final first leg, knowing their best chance of qualifying for the premier competition is by lifting the title in this one. The Gunners have lost three in a row in the Premier League, leaving their top hopes in tatters – and may now rely on reaching – and […]
EMMERDALE fans were left shocked this evening as the usual policeman was replaced by two new coppers. Viewers are used to seeing PC Swirling, played by Andy Moore, attending all incidents in the village, but tonight there were some new faces in town as Harriet Finch’s (played by Katherine Dow Blyton) house was ransacked. Taking […]
EINTRACHT Frankfurt fans removed their own seats in protest of not being able to stand during their Europa League contest with Chelsea. Supporters of the German club are usually allowed to stand for their Bundesliga clashes which helps create a hostile atmosphere inside the Commerzbank-Arena. Uefa restrictions mean the club were forced to install seats […]
APPLE’S JADE can bounce back to her best in the Champion Hurdle (5.30). The mare owes connections nothing after landing 10 Grade 1s including a couple of times at this meeting. PA:Press Association Despite her highs, she is under something of a cloud after another flat effort at Cheltenham was followed by defeat at Aintree […]
THEY are responsible for the longest-reigning No1 by any female group after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts way back in 1992 with Stay. And a whopping 27 years after that release, Shakespears Sister are reuniting. I’m told Siobhan Fahey, who was previously in Bananarama, and Marcella Detroit are heading for a […]
THEY are responsible for the longest-reigning No1 by any female group after spending eight weeks at the top of the charts way back in 1992 with Stay. And a whopping 27 years after that release, Shakespears Sister are reuniting. I’m told Siobhan Fahey, who was previously in Bananarama, and Marcella Detroit are heading for a […]
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been stabbed in South East London today as the capital’s knife crime epidemic rages on. The teenager was found with stab wounds in Valley Grove, next to Charlton Athletic’s football stadium. He was taken by air ambulance from the football club’s car park to hospital. His injuries are not thought to […]
A FOOTBALL ground in Qatar dubbed the “Vagina Stadium” has finally been unveiled ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Fans ridiculed the Al Wakrah stadium which will host matches up to the quarter-finals and contains innovative cooling technology. It was designed by the late British-Iraqi architect, Dame Zaha Hadid, who reacted furiously when supporters suggested […]
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WWE legend Psicosis saved a man’s life in a horror car accident. The Mexican wrestler, who also appeared fo WCW and ECW, was travelling with two other men in a car in Canada. But in torrential rain, the vehicle is believed to have skidded off the Ontario highway, and into a ditch he claimed was […]
