Joke: King Charles III is West Ham fan and Hammers are all gaga about having the monarch in their midst
The markings, however, are believed to have been made by schoolboys during the 18th and 19th centuries, meaning it could actually be a West Ham logo given the club was founded in 1895.
Human rights: It’s expecting too much of Messi and Ronaldo to be moral arbiters when they sign business deals with Saudi Arabia
Messi and Ronaldo have become very wealthy from football and lending their faces to products. Why should advertising holidays or even a World Cup bid in Saudi Arabia differ? Pep Guardiola and Xavi were ambassadors for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid and they remain highly regarded. At a time when football asks for gentle moral consistency rather than outright moral guidance from its most prominent figures, what difference does it make to these superstars?
Should world’s greatest footballers – Messi and Ronaldo – shun Saudi Arabia’s porky offers?
The legacy of sporting figures is complicated. Those who believe in it often focus on highlights rather than entire storylines. Few Ronaldo fans bring up his miss in the penalty shootout at the 2008 Champions League final, instead preferring to talk about the header he scored in normal time.
How Qatar’s outspoken World Cup guards from Kenya were jailed, deported and blacklisted for demanding wages
Qatar’s international media office confirmed that approximately 200 employees of Stark Security, which hired Maganga, were involved in a protest in January. It also said Qatar does not “arrest or deport workers for seeking to resolve their employment disputes”.
Details of Lionel Messi’s secret trip to Arabia: The megastar to earn $1.1 million per day if he play in Saudi league
In negotiations led by the state, Messi’s whole package could be worth $400 million annually (£320 million), exceeding even the £165 million that Cristiano Ronaldo is being paid annually to play in Saudi until the summer of 2025.
Cameroonian pivot Joel Embiid crowned NBA MVP, making him second African player to do so
It’s no accident that Philadelphia has found its way back to the top thanks to the arrival of “JoJo” (one of his nicknames). The Yaoundé, Cameroon native embodies the franchise’s long-term strategy, the “Trust the Process” project launched at the dawn of the 2013-2014 season by then-GM Sam Hinkie.
High incidence of ACL tears in women worries organisers of World Cup as big names are ruled out
After all, with female footballers “three to six times” more at risk of suffering such an injury than their male counterparts, according to a July 2021 study, the attraction of pre-emptive measures is understandable.
Chelsea faithful say Blues lucky not be fighting relegation, won’t get even a point in remaining fixtures
Their fixture list won’t be doing them any favours with the Premier League’s current top four – Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Newcastle – all among the remaining six fixtures for the west London side.
Pep Guardiola reminds Mikel Arteta he’s still the master and Man City has no time for tete-a-tete with hapless Arsenal
This 4-1 humbling was the Gunners’ 12th successive league defeat to City and will probably condemn them to a 20th year of searching for their first title win since the Invincibles victory of 2003-04. City were the team who looked invincible last night. Their football was irresistible. They had too much for Arsenal in every single department. This win took them a giant step closer to winning the treble.
PSG’s Kyllian Mbappe now more likely to join Man United after Madrid cooled interest in the France ace
PSG head coach Christophe Galtier could lose his job and Kyllian Mbappe may also push for an exit out of the Parc des Princes.
