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Naming stadiums can be a bit tricky and sometimes awkward
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 26/07/2025
» When the new Premier League season kicks off, the fixtures will be graced by a brand new stadium courtesy of Everton FC which has finally left the "Old Lady" of Goodison Park after 133 years. The Toffees' new home at Bramley-Moore Dock on the banks of the River Mersey is called the Hill Dickinson Stadium after the international law firm that holds the naming rights.
Tractor Boys plough a winning furrow into Premier League
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 11/05/2024
» A dramatic final week in the Championship saw two well-known clubs heading in opposite directions -- Ipswich Town seizing the second automatic promotion spot for the Premier League and Birmingham City plunging into League One.
Japan's Osaka 'not sure' Olympics should happen as doubts grow
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» TOKYO: Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka admitted she was "not really sure" the coronavirus-hit Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as doubts grew about the Games just weeks before the opening ceremony.
Messi on song as Barca thrash Sociedad, Atletico edge past Alaves
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» MADRID: Lionel Messi scored twice on Sunday as Barcelona trounced Real Sociedad 6-1 to keep the pressure on Atletico Madrid, who squeezed past Alaves thanks to a late penalty save from Jan Oblak.
Wombles finally back where they belong
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/11/2020
» A slice of football history was made earlier this month when AFC Wimbledon returned to their spiritual home on Plough Lane after nearly three decades in which the club fought against all odds but somehow managed to survive in Phoenix-like fashion.
Clijsters 'feels good' despite losing first match in tennis comeback
AFP, Published on 18/02/2020
» DUBAI: Kim Clijsters says she is going to plough ahead with her tennis comeback despite losing her return match 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) to Garbine Muguruza in the opening round of the WTA event in Dubai.
Sport in 2019: Five stories you may have missed
AFP, Published on 18/12/2019
» PARIS - Sport has made the front pages as well as the back pages all around the world in 2019 with the rugby and cricket World Cups, the World Athletics Championships and the women's football World Cup to name just a few.
Australia's women footballers get landmark equal pay deal
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» SYDNEY: Women footballers playing for Australia's national team will earn the same as their male counterparts under a deal unveiled on Wednesday and hailed as landmark for gender equality in sport.
The Tractor Boys plough a deep ditch
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 10/11/2018
» The Championship is notoriously hard to get out of and no club knows this better than Ipswich Town, currently in their 17th consecutive year in the division after relegation from the Premier League back in 2002. However, that record could change this season, but not in the way fans of the Tractor Boys would have wished.