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The Sports Governance Code published in 2016 by UK Sport outlines what needs to be done, including recommendations on board representation, and why progress has been so slow. My last job was in financial services. Supported the 30% Club, which aims to increase female representation on boards from 12% to 30% in 2010. The campaign […]
Newly signed from Manchester City, Savinho was unveiled by the club alongside Vivianne Miedema, promising to write his own chapter in the club’s history. The 20-year-old Brazilian winger signed a five-year deal last season and helped Spain qualify for the Champions League.Savinho was a boyhood favorite with Riyad Mahrez at City and chose to take […]
The Premier League title that City have held proudly for the past four years will soon head to one side of Stanley Park, but their Champions League fate is in the other end after a late loss to Everton.Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovacic sealed a victory that even Guardiola couldn’t have foreseen to keep City […]
Lesley Ugochukwu’s extra-time equalizer ensured Southampton drew with West Ham and equaled Derby’s record-low Premier League points total. Already relegated Saints remained the worst team in Premier League history after Jared Bowen gave the hosts the lead.But they weren’t the worst side in what had long been a dreadful game at the London Stadium and […]
Manchester United have unveiled a giant tifo that proclaims they will “never stop”.Then there was an electric finish against 10-man Lyon in extra time, late in the club’s pantheon.Lyon, who have been second in continental finishes of late, have done just that. Those who were here will never forget the 114-120 minute (+34 seconds) drama.United […]
Ao Tanaka sat in the far dressing room and cried.The Japanese midfielder did not shed tears of joy after helping Leeds to a crucial win at Middlesbrough earlier this month.”I said to Ao, ‘Why?’” said his manager, Daniel Farke.”I don’t know boss, I’m empty.” It’s April.With four games remaining, difficult and harsh painfully No one […]
Ange Postecoglou’s fortunes may finally be reversed.After the manager complained that the football gods were against him last week.Dominic Solanke’s penalty after intervention by the video assistant referee sealed his side’s progress to the Europa League semi-finals in one of Australia’s pet peeves. Postecoglou is likely to regret his decision to recall in September following […]
Oxford is about 60 miles west of London and 75 miles south of Birmingham, with the nearest towns, Northampton and Reading, competing in the local league, and the second-biggest club will begin a journey of more than 350 miles over eight weeks over the next nine months in Lancashire on Saturday. That fate befell Oxford […]
Considering last season’s 13th-place finish, Marco Silva was keen to put it in “the context of what happened in the summer”, a pointed reference to Fulham’s loss of Aleksandar Mitrovic to the Saudi Arabian Football Federation on transfer deadline day when João Palhinha moved to Bayern Munich. More than a year after the Portuguese midfielder […]
Erik ten Hag will start with a selection dilemma as he waits to see how many defenders will be available for Saturday’s Community Shield clash with Manchester City. Harry Maguire Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are doubts, Lisandro Martínez only returned to training this week after winning the Copa América with Argentina, New […]