Snooker star Kurt Maflin is warned for giving the CUE BALL the middle finger after a wayward shot as he closed in on a maximum 147-break worth £40,000 in the World Championships Maflin was warned for making an obscene gesture in his match vs David Gilbert While attempting a rare maximum break, Maflin lost control … Read more
‘We believed a brief appearance would signal an end to proceedings’: Leeds incredibly try to defend their Championship title party after players celebrated in front of fans on an open top bus despite urging fans to stay away from Elland Road Fans had been urged to stay away from the Championship trophy lift Thousands of … Read more
Championship club Wigan Athletic – who won the FA Cup in 2013 – are placed into administration, blaming the ‘significant impact’ of coronavirus Championship club Wigan Athletic have been placed into administration Joint administrators have been appointed to save the club and staff jobs The suspension of the league season due to covid has been … Read more
The nuclear option, Championship club owners are calling it. In essence, it is evidence of their increasing despair over the impasse around player wages. Owners and chief executives in the second tier of English football have had conversations about a process known as group administration, the last desperate act to avoid ruin, if no common … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more