Roman’s got to go. Hand in your keys to the club before you do more damage to those who don’t deserve it. As it turns out, plenty of people who said politics had no place in sports really meant politics that they don’t agree with experienced no room at the table. Loud banishment of policy […]
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Liverpool manager makes the case for not shutting down English Premier League — and he might be onto something
With seemingly every major sports league in “ This is fine ” mode, the prevailing logic on how to calm the spread of the virus is to take a break to allow the latest variant-induced wave to pass so COVID-ravaged teams don’t have to scramble to fill lineups. English Premier League clubs possess been hit […]
Taxi Driver’s ‘Heroic Efforts’ Praised For Locking Suicide Bomber In Car To Prevent Horrific Explosion At Women’s Hospital
A taxi driver in the English city of Liverpool is being praised worldwide on Monday after a quick-thinking decision to lock a would-be suicide bomber in his cab and prevent what could have been an “ awful disaster. ” The bomber, who has not been publicly named by authorities, died alone at the scene of […]
Prince William Releases Statement Condemning Racist Abuse Against English Soccer Players — But Twitter Reminds Him The Royals Did NOTHING For Meghan Markle
Prince William should have thought twice before hopping on Twitter! In Monday’s episode of “Everything that happens in the UK will be tied back to Meghan Markle somehow,” England is in uproar after losing the final match for the Euro Cup to Italy. While the exciting soccer (or should we say, football) game came down […]
English soccer tells fans to please stop being racist
Boris Johnson is truly awful on a lot of levels, including in his approach to race, but even the English prime minister knows that it’s a bad look when fans boo athletes who take a knee as a form of peaceful protest. Read more…
Super League supernova: Completely oblivious, gutless league pancaking, taking Man U chairman with it
Well, what was your favorite Super League memory? Read more…
Whisky redemption: Biden administration lifts hated tariffs on Scotland’s most famous export
Scottish whisky producers got pulled into Trump’s trade war in 2019 as part of a 17-year-old trade dispute that had nothing to do with the famed cocktail. Read More
Europe’s airline and hotel stocks soar after British holidaymakers get the all-clear to book travel
The great reopening trade: Shares in EasyJet and Ryanair are sharply higher on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined a roadmap to resume air travel. Read More
Is there such a thing as a ‘COVID vaccine rally’? Look no further than the U.K.
The pound has rallied faster than any other major currency this year, and U.K. stocks have been generating outsized gains in dollar terms. Read More
Drugmakers hit back at U.K. plan to delay the second dose of COVID vaccines
Global drugmakers added to doubts raised about Britain’s strategy for giving Covid-19 vaccines to as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. Industry groups representing pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday joined the top medicines regulators in both markets in questioning any moves to alter the timing or dosage […]