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Burnley players take a knee and their fans on Zoom hold up homemade ‘Black Lives Matter’ signs on their return to Premier League action… three days after a ‘White Lives Matter’ plane flew over their last game Burnley reinforced their support for the ‘ Black Lives Matter ‘ movement Players from Burnley and Watford took … Read more
Tyson Fury has slammed Anthony Joshua’s Black Lives Matter speech as ‘bull****’ and claims he would have been ‘crucified’ for making similar comments. Joshua, the IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion, was criticised after addressing protesters in his hometown of Watford earlier this month. In part of his speech, which came in the … Read more
‘I think once the first comes out, there would be loads’: Watford captain Troy Deeney says there is ‘probably one gay player in every football team’ Troy Deeney claims there is probably one gay player in every football team He says gay players are worried about the responsibility of publicly coming out Deeney believes that … Read more
‘It hurts, some of the accusations that have been flying his way’: Promoter Eddie Hearn admits boxer Anthony Joshua has been stung by criticism of his Black Lives Matters speech telling people to boycott ‘their’ shops Anthony Joshua read out speech written by someone else during the protest He encouraged local community to shop at … Read more
‘If you think I’m a racist, go f*** yourself’: Anthony Joshua hits back at critics of his speech during Black Lives Matters protest where he told people to ‘abstain from spending money in their shops and invest in black-owned businesses’ Anthony Joshua has hit back at critics who have labelled him as a ‘racist’ The … Read more
Ultimately, football got it right. It didn’t curtail, it didn’t panic, it didn’t crush dreams or thwart ambition. It waited. It ignored the calls for action, the demands to do something, anything. The first question of crisis management is always: what happens if we do nothing? Sometimes nothing is better than something. So June 17 … Read more
Jamie Carragher says he can’t understand why Watford’s players are staying away from training after the club confirmed three positive coronavirus cases on Tuesday night. The Hornets reported half of all positive coronavirus cases of the 748 tests that were carried out by Premier League clubs on their return to group training. The club’s captain Troy … Read more
Watford had THREE of Premier League’s six positive coronavirus tests as more stars join captain Troy Deeney in refusing to train Watford have had a player and two members of staff test positive for COVID-19 The squad were informed about the positive tests late on Tuesday evening Several players have now refused to take part … Read more
Watford ‘had THREE of Premier League’s six positive coronavirus tests as more stars join captain Troy Deeney in refusing to train’ By Jordan Seward For Mail Online Published: 22:14 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 19 May 2020 Several more Watford players are refusing to train after the club provided three of the six positive coronavirus … Read more
The Premier League is facing a race against time to meet its restart target of June 12 after managers and players expressed doubts about the viability of the planned resumption date. In video conferences on Wednesday, chaired by the Premier League’s medical officer Mark Gillett, both groups gave tentative backing to resuming training next week, … Read more