Premier League clubs fear new laws will not do enough to stamp out vile online trolls

Premier League clubs fear new laws to combat vile online trolls will NOT go far enough as Government vows to make social media firms more accountable after a string of attacks on players Clubs are not convinced that laws to tackle online abuse will be effective enough Government want to make Twitter, Instagram and Facebook more … Read more

SPORTS AGENDA: BBC under scrutiny over Test coverage… Premier League stars use loophole for a trim

Government regulators are closely monitoring the BBC website’s coverage of the England cricket tour of India, amid concern that the broadcaster is providing commentary on a series for which they have not paid. The BBC are adamant that their Cricket Social audio feed is not a live commentary, but rather discussion and analysis by the … Read more

Premier League footballers, YouTubers and pop stars battle it out to buy TikTok’s most viewed house

Premier League footballers, YouTubers and pop stars are battling it out to buy TikTok‘s most-viewed house for £1.25million. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Orpington, Bromley – dubbed the ‘footballer’s mansion’ by owner Tommy McNally – is any sports lover’s dream with its own indoor pitch featuring a ‘pinball style’ target system, as well as a cinema … Read more

Premier League footballers won’t be exempt from quarantine after some internationals

EXCLUSIVE: Footballers due to play March internationals in countries on Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine list will NOT be exempt from the new rules… meaning they must pull-out of the games or miss club matches when they fly back 56 players in the Premier League are from Portugal or South American countries Department for Transport guidance … Read more

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews makes his Triple J Hottest 100 debut

1. Glass Animals — ‘Heat Waves’ 2. Spacey Jane — ‘Booster Seat’ 3. Flume and Toro Y Moi — ‘The Difference’ 4. Ball Park Music — ‘Cherub’ 5. Tame Impala — ‘Lost In Yesterday’ 6. Cardi B — ‘WAP’ (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) 7. G Flip — ‘Hyperfine’ 8. The Jungle Giants – ‘Sending Me … Read more

Premier Inn owner Whitbread axes 1,500 jobs as sales plunge due to coronavirus restrictions

Premier Inn owner Whitbread axes 1,500 jobs as sales plunge due to coronavirus restrictions – but it says cuts are less than expected By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 Whitbread has confirmed it has axed 1,500 jobs as sales … Read more

Footballers cuddle after scoring last night – despite Premier League telling them NOT to

Just days after the Premier League was forced to issue tougher Covid rules to clubs outlawing hugging in goal celebrations, players breached them and embraced enthusiastically after each score in the top tier last night. Football’s governing bodies have come under pressure from government to eradicate the casual breaches of social distancing rules on and … Read more

Premier League clubs record 36 new Covid cases in latest round of testing

Premier League clubs have recorded 36 positive tests for coronavirus in the latest round of testing among players and staff. Some 2,593 tests were carried out between January 4 and 10 and the infection rate was 1.39 per cent. Top tier clubs have been tested twice a week for Covid since the turn of the … Read more

Premier League records 40 positive tests for coronavirus – more than double the week before  

The Premier League has revealed 40 new Covid cases in the latest round of testing – more than double the previous week and the highest figure yet recorded. The latest test results come amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases in the UK, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposing a new lockdown to keep the mutant Covid strain at bay, … Read more