26 h. ago Fan, 52, killed himself from 'embarrassment' after police launch football match probe

Andrew Paul Hewitt dead at his family home the day after he attended a Chester FC away fixture at Warrington Town

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36 h. ago Football fan dad killed himself over 'embarrassment' after alleged racist incident

Andrew Hewitt's bother Alan said the dad-of-one's behaviour was 'completely out of character' and he'd 'got caught up in the moment', at a football match

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38 h. ago Chester FC fan took own life from 'embarrassment' hours after racist gesture probe

Keen Chester FC fan Andrew Paul Hewitt, 52, from Flint, North Wales, took his own life following a police investigation into an alleged racist gesture at a match, an inquest heard

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39 h. ago Football fan, 52, hanged himself after being shamed for racist gesture towards black player at match

Andrew Paul Hewitt, 52, was filmed making the gesture towards Warrington Town player Bohan Dixon after he celebrated his team's opening goal against Chester FC.

Sport

46 h. ago Female football fan lifts up top and gives rivals eyeful after 'slapper' taunts

One Bolton Wanderers fan wasn't going to take the taunts of Lincoln City supporters lying down as she hit back at their brutal chants with some jaw-dropping banter of her own

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47 h. ago Everton fan plots to ruin Liverpool's Premier League title celebrations with devious plan

A crafty Everton fan has come up with a cunning plan to try and spoil the party as Liverpool supporters prepare to celebrate winning the Premier League

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2 d. ago Pope Francis 'roared laughing' at Man Utd fan as he taunted her with nine

Pope Francis was a passionate football fan and once shared a joke with a Manchester United supporter, according to an expert who spent time with the pontiff

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3 d. ago Pundits’ showy partisanship reflects football’s embrace of fan

The coverage of Manchester United’s win over Lyon last week was just the latest sign that fandom is consuming everythingImpartiality fan here – for my sins! – but you have to say Robbie Savage and Rio Ferdinand during the closing minutes of Manchester United v Lyon on Thursday night were absolute class. It all starts in the 118th minute, with United 6-5 down on aggregate, and the TNT Sports camera lingering on the face of a crying boy in the crowd. “Let’s hope we can put a smile on that young man’s face by the time we finish,” the commentator Darren Fletcher says.And it’s worth unpacking those 17 words, because contained within them are at least three layers of assumption. Foremost among which is the assumption that it would be a good thing, all round, if United won. The child is crying. Is there any cause more catholic or universal, any image more reliably guaranteed to tug at the tear ducts, than a crying child? The coefficient can wait for now. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fan arrested after assistant referee hit on head with object at St

Match against Lyon interrupted for about 40 minutesSt-Étienne say they will impose ‘strictest sanctions’A man has been arrested after an assistant referee was hit by an object thrown from the stands during Saint-Étienne’s 2-1 home win over Lyon in Ligue 1 on Sunday.Lyon were about to take a throw-in in the 44th minute when the official, Mehdi Rahmouni, was shown holding a hand to his head after being hit by what appeared to be a coin, L’Équipe reported. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago I'm a football supporter who was saved by a rival fan when I collapsed after a game

This is the heartwarming story of how David Norman, 66, from Northampton, was saved by the quick-thinking of Reading supporter Pippa, after she attended a match.

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5 d. ago Football fan who drank 14 pints a night loses 17 stone after getting stuck in turnstiles

'Fat drinker' Steven Duffield said it took three staff members to help unstick him from Boxing Day football turnstiles - much to the embarrassment of his nephews

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8 d. ago Everton fan, 62, slapped with lifetime ban from new stadium after filming himself stealing food

The stadium has not officially opened yet and will become the permanent home of Everton for the 2025/26 season

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9 d. ago The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effectsThe Legend of Ochi creates such a complete visual experience that studio heads who have led countless multimillion-dollar trips to the green-screen warehouse should hang their heads in shame when they see it.It’s not that writer-director Isaiah Saxon and his collaborators have abstained, monk-like, from modern technology in assembling this children’s fantasy film; though it consciously throws back to puppetry, matte paintings and other practical effects that were more common in live-action family films of the 1980s, The Legend of Ochi clearly makes use of digital tricks, too. (When its trailer first dropped, online hordes were even convinced – wholly incorrectly – that its relatively low-budget world-building must be the product of generative AI tech.) But all of these non-AI techniques, as well as vivid location shooting in Romania, have been pulled to...

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9 d. ago April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers

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1 week ago Shoplifter killed football fan after running into her as he fled from Sports Direct with £66 worth of stolen socks

Christine Vasey, 68, was walking with her husband to watch the game when Joseph Smith, 37, rounded a corner and crashed into her - causing her head to strike the pavement with a 'horrific' sound.

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1 week ago Manchester United investigate fan treatment after teargas incident in Lyon

French police used teargas at Europa League tieSupporter’ groups criticise response of authoritiesManchester United are investigating the treatment of their fans who attended Thursday’s 2-2 draw at Lyon. The local government admitted French police used teargas but said it was “proportionate” to restore calm.Posts on social media showed United fans feeling the effect of the spray at the Europa League quarter-final first leg. The Rhône prefecture said in a statement: “English fans were seated in the away section waiting to be allowed to join their bus. They attempted to force their way through the security measures deployed by the national police. Projectiles were also reported to be thrown at the police. The police therefore used moderate, proportionate and necessary force (tear gas) to restore calm. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man City: Jack Grealish and Phil Foden 'don't feel good' after fan incidents against Manchester United

Guardiola said the world is “not in the right path” and the problem goes beyond football

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1 week ago Pep Guardiola admits footballers live in 'crazy world' after Jack Grealish attacked by fan

Pep Guardiola has said that footballers live in a 'crazy world' after his Man City stars endured a tough week, with Jack Grealish slapped by a Man Utd fan and Phil Foden receiving crude chants about his mum

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2 w. ago Football fan's wild celebration at Arsenal match ends in assault charges

Corey Bills admitted assaulting two young football fans with his exuberant celebrations

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2 w. ago Prince William's seven bombshells in shock live football chat dressed in 'lucky clothes'

We've seen him at England matches over the years since assuming the role of FA President in 2006, but any doubt that the Prince of Wales wasn't much of a football fan were well and truly blown out the water on Wednesday night

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