3 h. ago Jason Hirst: Bradford Bulls’ return brings some nostalgia back to Super League

The identity of two additional expansion clubs is set to be revealed on Friday.

Sport

9 h. ago Bradford to return to Super League for the first time in 12 years

The Bulls jumped to 10th place in the IMG club gradings announced on Thursday, meaning they will replace Salford in next season’s top flight.

Politics

35 h. ago Premier League stars to take the knee for first time this season as major call waits

Premier League clubs will make a new decision over the place taking the knee has ahead of top-flight fixtures following this weekend's No Room for Racism matches

Politics

38 h. ago More rice, bigger chairs and reinforced toilets: sumo wrestling comes to London | Andy Bull

Royal Albert Hall to host Grand Sumo Tournament marking only the second time a full competition is held overseasThey play Major League Baseball at the Olympic Stadium, Tottenham’s ground is a second home for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association is staging a game at the 02 Arena next year, and South Africa just beat New Zealand in a rugby Test at Twickenham, but it’s been a long time since London has hosted anything on the scale of the Grand Sumo Tournament taking place at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Forty wrestlers have flown over from Japan to compete in it. That’s around six tons of elite athlete to be fed, watered, transported and supported.“We’ve actually had to source and buy new chairs which can take up to 200kg in weight,” says Matthew Todd, the Royal Albert Hall’s harassed director of programming. “Our usual standard is only 100kg.” They’ve also had to reinforce the toilets. “It’s the ones that are screwed into the wall which are the most ch...

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38 h. ago More rice, bigger chairs and reinforced toilets: sumo wrestling comes to London

Royal Albert Hall to host Grand Sumo Tournament marking only the second time a full competition is held overseasThey play Major League Baseball at the Olympic Stadium, Tottenham’s ground is a second home for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association is staging a game at the 02 Arena next year, and South Africa just beat New Zealand in a rugby Test at Twickenham, but it’s been a long time since London has hosted anything on the scale of the Grand Sumo Tournament taking place at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Forty wrestlers have flown over from Japan to compete in it. That’s around six tons of elite athlete to be fed, watered, transported and supported.“We’ve actually had to source and buy new chairs which can take up to 200kg in weight,” says Matthew Todd, the Royal Albert Hall’s harassed director of programming. “Our usual standard is only 100kg.” They’ve also had to reinforce the toilets. “It’s the ones that are screwed into the wall which are the most ch...

Politics

56 h. ago I was released by Celtic after not playing a single game but now I've landed dream chance with Chelsea

One former Hoops youngster has hit the jackpot after signing for six-time league champions Chelsea

Sport

4 d. ago Uefa plans to relax multiclub ownership declaration rules after Crystal Palace furore

New rules give clubs longer to sort out MCO issuesPalace lost Europa League place despite Cas appealUefa is planning to give clubs more time to resolve potential multiclub ownership (MCO) issues next season following the controversy that led to Crystal Palace being expelled last summer from the Europa League.In a proposed change to its regulations discussed with elite clubs at a meeting last week of the newly named European Football Clubs in Rome, Uefa is poised to relax the 1 March deadline, which Palace failed to meet last season in an oversight that led to the FA Cup winners losing their Europa League place to Nottingham Forest. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Plane carrying Premier League stars in emergency landing after windscreen cracks

A plane carrying the Nigeria football team was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing after its windscreen cracked during the flight. The aircraft was carrying five Premier League stars at the time, with the players returning to Nigeria following a clash with Lesotho

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5 d. ago Liverpool star sent home from international duty as injury fears build before Manchester United

Ibrahima Konate was forced off just after half-time of Liverpool's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Chelsea last Saturday with a thigh injury and has now been released from the France squad

Society

7 d. ago Former Premier League star, 45, 'could die at any time': After three kidney transplants and a £4m pay

An ex-Premier League star says he could die at any time after painkillers prescribed by his old club ruined his health following an undiagnosed condition. 

Economics

8 d. ago Ruben Amorim already knows his best Manchester United XI for Liverpool test

Ruben Amorim takes his Man Utd side to arch rivals Liverpool straight after the international break, seeking back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time

Politics

8 d. ago Last chance to get Amazon's Fire TV stick for lowest price ever in rare Prime Day deal

Football fans are running out of time to watch Champions League matches for a reduced price with the Amazon Fire TV Stick half price in a new offer.

Economics

9 d. ago Antoine Semenyo transfer just "a matter of time" after talks with Premier League club

Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo has been one of the standout players of the Premier League season so far after coming close to sealing a move away in the summer

Politics

9 d. ago Mo Salah accused by Wayne Rooney as Virgil van Dijk told how he must respond

Liverpool have lost three on the trot and have been removed from the top of the Premier League table, leaving Manchester United's all-time record goalscorer Wayne Rooney to point the finger at Mohamed Salah

Politics

1 week ago Martin Odegaard becomes first player in Premier League history to set unwanted record

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has become the first player in Premier League history to be substituted before half-time in three consecutive league starts

Sport

1 week ago Liverpool player ratings vs Chelsea as three 4/10s fail to impress for Arne Slot's side

Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with Estevao's 95th-minute winner handing the Reds consecutive Premier League losses for the first time since February

Sport

1 week ago Liverpool lose AGAIN as Chelsea score dramatic winner amid red card chaos

CHELSEA 2-1 LIVERPOOL: Super sub Estevao scored a winning goal deep into stoppage time to condemn the Premier League champions to a third consecutive defeat in eight days

Events

1 week ago Mikel Arteta worried about Martin Odegaard after latest injury setback

Odegaard was forced off before half-time for the third consecutive Premier League home match.

Events

2 w. ago Martinelli welcomes competition for places as Arsenal’s squad depth fuels belief

Arsenal substitutes have scored in five consecutive games and a sense of purpose is growing in Arteta’s sideGabriel Martinelli started the sequence when he came off the bench to open the scoring in Arsenal’s 2-0 Champions League win at Athletic Bilbao last month. He continued it when he came on again in their next game to conjure the stoppage-time equaliser against Manchester City in the Premier League. And together with everyone at Arsenal, not least Mikel Arteta, who has not stopped talking about the importance of “finishers”, he can luxuriate in how it has grown.When Bukayo Saka was introduced to score the clinching goal in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League victory over Olympiakos, it was the fifth match in a row that an Arsenal substitute had found the net. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago PSG snatch dramatic late winner over Barcelona and Juventus denied late on

Goncalo Ramos’s injury-time goal gave the reigning Champions League winners a 2-1 win, while Villarreal grabbed a last-gasp 2-2 draw with Juve

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