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Footballers are acting in a ‘brainless’ way that is ‘an insult to the NHS’ by engaging in group hugs after scoring goals, senior politicians have claimed. Players have been warned to avoid ‘unnecessary contact at all times’ including ‘handshakes and hugging’ in a set of tough new rules sent to Premier League clubs on Friday. … Read more
Promising footballer, 20, whose career was shattered by injury while his brother signed for Chelsea faces second jail term for dealing class A drugs Warren Simeu, 20, admitted to having 36 wraps of heroin with intent to supply Simeu suffered broken foot days before Chelsea trial ruining his life-long dream As a result, the 20-year-old … Read more
Just days after the Premier League was forced to issue tougher Covid rules to clubs outlawing hugging in goal celebrations, players breached them and embraced enthusiastically after each score in the top tier last night. Football’s governing bodies have come under pressure from government to eradicate the casual breaches of social distancing rules on and … Read more
Premier League clubs have recorded 36 positive tests for coronavirus in the latest round of testing among players and staff. Some 2,593 tests were carried out between January 4 and 10 and the infection rate was 1.39 per cent. Top tier clubs have been tested twice a week for Covid since the turn of the … Read more
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me On The Pitch! Reality TV star Mark Wright makes his pro football debut for Crawley with cameo in FA Cup giant killing of Premier League Leeds Mark Wright was named on the bench for Crawley Town’s FA Cup tie with Leeds The former TOWIE star was sent on in the … Read more
Millions of football ‘fans’ are just faking it for Instagram as almost a quarter of the site’s Premier League clubs followers are identified as false or non-existent Researchers spotted signs of fake fan through bogus addresses and false names Premier League minnows Burnley has the highest percentage of fakers at 36% By comparison, Leeds United boasts … Read more
Crystal Palace donate Selhurst Park for use as an NHS vaccination site – with the Premier League stadium becoming one of the biggest such venues in London Crystal Palace will donate Selhurst Park to be used as an NHS vaccination centre The 25,486-capacity ground was pinpointed as an excellent location for the NHS Co-owner and … Read more
EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sportsmail can reveal top flight clubs have been sent ’emergency guidance’ which includes a host of new, stringent protocols, which have raised concerns.
Professional football’s manic desperation to carry on playing no matter the cost – the threat to lives and freedom of speech included – is now a national scandal. So is the government’s connivance in this disgrace under the disguise of its reckless concessions to elite sport. As more and more footballers test positive for coronavirus, … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Liverpool’s FA Cup tie at Aston Villa in doubt as hosts are forced to shut their training ground after a ‘significant’ Covid outbreak with ‘a large number of first team players and staff’ testing positive Aston Villa and Liverpool’s FA Cup clash is in doubt after a Covid outbreak A large number of … Read more