Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said the controversial Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system had been “embarrassing” after his side came through an incident-packed FA Cup replay against Rochdale at Wembley on Wednesday. Spurs, who eventually won 6-1 on the back of a second-half hat-trick from Fernando Llorente, were twice denied goals, had one penalty claim rejected and another accepted on the word of the VAR during an extraordinary opening period at the national stadium. Fans at Wembley, Spurs’s temporary home...
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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte welcomed his selection headache ahead of a vital few weeks for the English champions after a much-changed side thrashed Hull City 4-0 to reach the FA Cup quarter finals on Friday.Willian was the star of the show with two fabulous strikes from outside the box, while Pedro Rodriguez and Olivier Giroud with his first for the club also struck as all four goals came in the first-half.Conte had left Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, N’Golo Kante and...
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office on Monday charged a unit of Barclays over alleged fraud linked to emergency fundraising from Qatar during the financial crisis a decade ago, the bank said. The announcement follows a decision by the SFO in June last year to charge Barclays PLC, or the unit’s parent group, over the same alleged offence. “The SFO has today charged Barclays Bank PLC with the same offence in respect of the loan as charged against Barclays PLC on 20...
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino fears English football’s obsession with over-analysis of decisions and a fixation with diving could kill the sport. Pochettino’s side drew 2-2 at Liverpool on Sunday in a match marred by contentious penalty decisions by referee Jon Moss. Tottenham were awarded two penalties which have been the source of fierce debate in the past two days, while Spurs midfielder Dele Alli was also booked for diving. Pochettino felt all three calls were correct, but Liverpool counterpart Jurgen...
Britain’s House of Lords begins scrutiny Tuesday of a key piece of Brexit legislation, as a leaked government report said...
Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver — whose organisation celebrates 50 years in 2018 — dreams of a world in which...
The former top official in Britain’s trade ministry on Tuesday compared the government’s plans for EU ties after Brexit to swapping a three-course meal for a packet of crisps, ahead of a major speech defending the policy by his ex-boss.Martin Donnelly, who was the senior civil servant at the Department for International Trade until March last year, criticised plans to leave the EU’s single market after Brexit in March 2019.“You’re giving up a three-course meal, which is the depth and...
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will on Wednesday attempt to heal divisions between UK europhiles and those backing his own...
Arsene Wenger conceded Arsenal’s hopes of ending their Champions League exile are in severe danger after Harry Kane condemned them to a damaging 1-0 defeat against bitter rivals Tottenham.Kane’s second half header at Wembley on Saturday left Wenger’s sixth placed side languishing six points adrift of the Premier League’s top four.Worryingly for Wenger, that gap could grow even bigger on Sunday when fourth placed Liverpool play their game in hand at Southampton.Failing to qualify for next season’s Champions League via...
Wetter winters and coastal erosion linked to climate change are threatening the future of golf, a report backed by governing body the R&A warned on Wednesday. Golf is facing an increase in unplayable holes, winter course closures and disruption to professional tournaments due to increased rainfall, while rising sea levels could jeopardise all the world’s coastal courses by 2100. Cricket is also facing “disruption at every level” of the game as a result of wetter winters and more intense summer...
The European Union’s trade policy with America is “very unfair”, President Donald Trump said in an interview to be aired Sunday, warning that his many problems with Brussels “may morph into something very big”.“We cannot get our product in. It’s very, very tough. And yet, they send their product to us-no taxes, very little taxes. It’s very unfair,” Trump told ITV News in the interview conducted Thursday.“I’ve had a lot of problems with (the) European Union, and it may morph...
Former welterweight world champion Amir Khan will end a near two year hiatus from the sport with a bout in Liverpool on April 21 against an unnamed opponent he announced on Wednesday.The 31-year-old — whose most recent activity was spent on a reality TV programme in the jungle — made the announcement alongside British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn with whom he has signed a three fight deal.The 2004 Olympic lightweight silver medalist’s last outing was back in May 2016 when...
