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Twickenham considering staging Six Nations games on Friday nights
The Rugby Football Union would consider staging England matches during the Six Nations on Friday nights if it works for broadcasters amid a push from organisers for unions to show more flexibility on kick-off times.
This year’s Six Nations begins on Friday night with France hosting Wales at 9.15pm local …
IPL billionaires pay £60m for stake in the Hundred’s Oval Invincibles
The Ambanis, India’s wealthiest family and the owners of Mumbai Indians, have secured a 49% stake in Oval Invincibles after a landmark day for English cricket that saw the sale of the eight Hundred teams get under way.
The winning bid by Reliance Industries Ltd, chaired by Mukesh Ambani, is …
Ravens kicker Justin Tucker accused of sexual misconduct by massage therapists
Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior towards a number of massage therapists, according to the Baltimore Banner.
to six massage therapists at four spas and wellness centers around the Baltimore area. The accusations include claims that Tucker exposed …French rugby needs some Dupont magic to blow away clouds of scandal | Andy Bull
Antoine Dupont doesn’t do many interviews. “I don’t necessarily like to talk about myself,” he has said, “to do yet another interview where I talk about what I’ve done, how I’ve played, and how my game has evolved; honestly, it tires me more than anything else these days.” But after …
‘We’re not gonna be woke’: Middlesex chief risks ECB wrath over new diversity rules
Middlesex’s chief executive, Andrew Cornish, has risked antagonising the England and Wales Cricket Board by appearing to criticise a central element of the counties’ new diversity rules that come into force on Saturday.
At a club forum last week Cornish told Middlesex members “we’re not gonna be woke and just …
Let the guessing games begin: Coe pitches for top job amid murky Olympic politics
No sooner had the crucial presentations for the biggest job in sport ended than the guessing games began. Sebastian Coe mixed flattery with oratory over the course of his 15-minute pitch for the job of International Olympic Committee president, before promising the IOC’s 110 members he would lead them into …
BBC apologises to staff who ‘felt unable to raise’ Russell Brand concerns
Soul, sermonising and wrestling Satan: James Brown’s 20 best albums – ranked!
20. The Amazing James Brown (1961)
If you want a roll call of James Brown’s formative influences, just check the covers on this album: Hank Ballard, Roy “Good Rockin’ Tonight” Brown, dirty blues supremo Bull Moose Jackson and Billy Ward’s impressively morbid The Bells, which – never knowingly understated – …
Ben Duckett promises England ‘won’t rein it in’ after keeping India series alive
England are not ones for “reining it in” with the bat according to Ben Duckett, the opener defending his side’s six-hitting approach as they attempt to launch a comeback in the five-match Twenty20 international series against India.
The hosts lead 2-1 going in to the fourth match in Pune on …