Manchester City WIN appeal against Champions League ban: FFP breach overturned by CAS

Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed ‘serious breaches’ of its Financial Fair Play regulations. But many of the alleged breaches were more than five years old while … Read more

Beyoncé champions ‘black excellence’ in powerful trailer for visual album Black Is King

Beyoncé has shared a powerful trailer for her upcoming visual album Black Is King with Disney Plus, set for global release on July 31. The musician, 38, who is said to have signed a $100 million (£80 million) to work on three new projects with the network, makes a grand appearance alongside her husband Jay Z, her … Read more

Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool’s Champions League match led to MORE deaths

A consultant working in intensive care has described the decision to let two Stereophonics gigs go ahead at the start of the coronavirus outbreak as ‘downright insane’. David Hepburn, who made the comment on Twitter, works at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport – which has seen one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in … Read more

Celtic ‘to be crowned CHAMPIONS on Monday as SPL clubs agree to stop the season, relegating Hearts’

Celtic ‘set to be crowned CHAMPIONS on Monday as SPL clubs agree to cut the season short, handing Neil Lennon’s side nine consecutive titles and relegating Hearts’ Following a meeting between SPL clubs on Friday, Celtic are set to be crowned  Hearts will be relegated, with them and Rangers reportedly opposed to the move The … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Champions League of polo WILL go ahead despite Covid 

At last, some sporting joy for the Queen, who’s been self-isolating at Windsor Castle with Prince Philip since the beginning of lockdown. The Cartier Queen’s Cup — the Champions League of the polo world — appeared to have fallen victim to the virus. But I can disclose that the organisers’ determination to save the tournament, which … Read more

Champions League qualification ‘will be decided on sporting merit’ if season can’t be finished

UEFA have decided that if top European leagues are unable to finish their current campaigns due to the coronavirus crisis then next season’s European places will be chosen on ‘sporting merit’. A statement from Europe’s governing body read: ‘The ideal scenario, should the pandemic situation permit it, is to have the currently suspended domestic competitions completed … Read more