Sent off for COUGHING? Footballers will be shown a red card if they cough deliberately at an opponent or referee, as the FA gets tough with new Covid-related rules Players who deliberately cough at another player or referee will be shown red New FA guidance has ranked deliberate coughing as seriously as punching Referees will … Read more
Footballers are warned they risk DEATH by mixing sleeping pills with alcohol – with one star ‘seeking professional help’ after growing addicted to Premier League players’ ‘new party drug of choice’ Players have been warned of potentially fatal dangers of the combination of sleeping pills and alcohol, which produces a legal high A Premier League … Read more
Dele Alli’s girlfriend has thanked well wishers for their support as she described the knife-point robbery at his £2million mansion as a ‘horror of an experience’. Ruby Mae was reportedly playing pool with the Tottenham and England star when he was punched in the face by knife-wielding thugs who forced their way in to the … Read more
England footballers are the world’s best penalty takers and score 90 per cent of those awarded in matches — but bottle it during shootouts, a German study found. The researchers revealed that the English team’s success rate drops by a third when the ‘Three Lions’ face off against sudden death. However, help may be at hand … Read more
PFA chief Gordon Taylor hits out at the government’s ‘extraordinary’ decision to single out footballers over pay-cuts as he calls for spotlight to be turned on to bankers and hedge fund managers PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor says players were singled out over pay-cuts Players launched their own collective initiative to raise money for NHS … Read more
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
Gary Lineker has warned against a ‘judgemental pile-on’ on footballers who have not taken a pay cut during the coronavirus crisis after Matt Hancock urged them to ‘play their part’ and use their wealth to support club staff being furloughed. The former England striker and Match of the Day host believes that Premier League stars … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock demands Premier League footballers ‘play their part’ in tackling coronavirus crisis and ‘take a pay cut’ Matt Hancock said ‘everybody needs to play their part’ in fighting coronavirus He said given the ‘sacrifices’ others are making, footballers should take pay cut Comes amid growing pressure on star players after clubs put … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock demands Premier League footballers ‘play their part’ in tackling coronavirus crisis and ‘take a pay cut’ Matt Hancock said ‘everybody needs to play their part’ in fighting coronavirus He said given the ‘sacrifices’ others are making, footballers should take pay cut Comes amid growing pressure on star players after clubs put … Read more
It’s the pitchside bottle-throwing habit which drives some Premier League club doctors mad. A player will catch one, drink from it and throw it back over the white line from where it will be placed back in the rack for anyone else to use — a ready-made means to transmit the viruses to which elite … Read more