Ex-England star Brian Moore piles into Wetherspoons owner Tim Martin over £20,000 payment

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Coronavirus: Wimbledon consider cancellation with decision to be made at emergency meeting next week

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

WIMBLEDON UNDER THREAT: SW19 refuse to switch dates as event chiefs still plan to proceed as normal

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Horrified health inspectors shut down chicken shop after finding raw sewage in the sink

Horrified environmental health inspectors shut down fried chicken shop near Clapham Junction after finding raw sewage in the kitchen sink Inspectors found the shop flooded with raw sewage, including faecal matter  Chicken wings were defrosting in a sink next another with raw sewage in   The magistrates declined to view video footage, saying they had seen … Read more

The All England Club would rather cancel Wimbledon than stage iconic event without spectators

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at 17, dated the rich and famous and was embroiled in a drugs scandal

Maria Sharapova was the cover girl tennis star who won Wimbledon at 17, dated the rich and famous and was embroiled in a drugs scandal… all after her family had fled Belarus to avoid the impact of Chernobyl Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from tennis on Wednesday The Russian became a global star when she … Read more

Andy Murray at risk of missing Wimbledon as 32-year-old waits to see if requires third hip op

‘I have become quite pessimistic about time frames’: Andy Murray at risk of missing Wimbledon as he waits to see if he requires THIRD hip operation Andy Murray has not played since suffering from pelvic bruising in November  He has been practising on court and could play at the Miami Open next month But 32-year-old … Read more

Should you go from fan to financier? AFC Wimbledon raises £3.5m

Economics teacher Cormac van der Hoeven does a fair imitation of a Cockney market trader. ‘Get your Plough Lane Bond!’ he yells at confused bankers at Canary Wharf Tube station. ‘Help AFC Wimbledon return home!’ But the bankers aren’t biting. Cormac, 32, is trying to raise £5 million to help his club play at Plough … Read more