Chelsea consider beefing up security for under-pressure manager Potter after death threats

Chelsea consider beefing up security for under-pressure manager Potter after death threats

Graham Potter has revealed he and his family have received vile death threats as a result of Chelsea’s miserable form. The Chelsea gaffer on Friday that he has been a target of vicious abuse wishing him and his family dead because of the Blues’ poor form. The struggling Blues boss...

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Potter’s Blues: ‘Burning it all down and starting again makes sense if you’re Everton, but this is Chelsea’

Potter’s Blues: ‘Burning it all down and starting again makes sense if you’re Everton, but this is Chelsea’

Two wins in 14 matches across all competitions for Chelsea since the first week of November. A run of form even bleaker than the final weeks of Jose Mourinho’s second spell at the club in 2015-16, when a Premier League title defence came to resemble an unthinkable relegation battle amid...

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Victor Osimhen: Lethal Serie A top scorer’s heroics divides Napoli fans who wore black face masks

Victor Osimhen: Lethal Serie A top scorer’s heroics divides Napoli fans who wore black face masks

Italy manager Roberto Mancini has defended children ‘blacking up’ as Serie A top scorer Victor Osimhen during carnival week in Naples. Sporting costumes, masks and capes, both adults and children traditionally attend the carnival dressed as one of their heroes – and this year several children chose to embody Osimhen,...

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Man United shares plunge on New York Stock Exchange following fears Glazers are just playing games

Man United shares plunge on New York Stock Exchange following fears Glazers are just playing games

Manchester United’s share price plummeted over nine per cent on Tuesday amid fears the Glazer family won’t sell the club after all. Shares valued at $25.55 on the New York Stock Exchange at the opening of Tuesday’s trading had slumped to $24.27 within 30 minutes. A slight rebound...

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Body of Ghanaian football star Christian Atsu killed in Turkey earthquake arrives home

Body of Ghanaian football star Christian Atsu killed in Turkey earthquake arrives home

The remains of Ghanaian football star Christian Atsu arrived home Sunday following his death in Turkey’s devastating earthquake. Atsu’s coffin, draped in Ghana’s flag, arrived by plane in Accra and was received by his family and with military honours. The 31-year-old athlete was discovered dead on Saturday following the 7.8-magnitude...

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NBA giant LeBron James erases basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s points record, vows to carry on

NBA giant LeBron James erases basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s points record, vows to carry on

NBA superstar, LeBron James has vowed to keep playing after surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading points scorer. The Lakers forward, 38, went into the match-up with Oklahoma City needing 36 points to take the scoring record, and he finished with 38 points in a 133-130 loss....

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Man City loss to Spurs exposes deep fissures in relationship between striker Haaland and manager Guardiola

Man City loss to Spurs exposes deep fissures in relationship between striker Haaland and manager Guardiola

Erling Haaland is reportedly ready to ‘divorce’ Manchester City as he has a ‘very distant’ relationship with Pep Guardiola, who has created a ‘bad atmosphere’. The prolific striker only joined Manchester City last summer. They activated his £51 million release clause to recruit him from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. Haaland...

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Reprieve from rape and sexual assault charges allows Man United striker Greenwood to consider China move

Reprieve from rape and sexual assault charges allows Man United striker Greenwood to consider China move

The staff at Manchester United are reportedly ‘split’ over whether Mason Greenwood should play for the club again with some arguing that he is owed a “duty of care”. The 21-year-old has been facing charges of attempted rape and assault but on Thursday it was announced that the case has...

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Chelsea’s $724 million squad mocked, envied and resented in equal measure after drab draw to Fulham

Chelsea’s $724 million squad mocked, envied and resented in equal measure after drab draw to Fulham

Chelsea’s co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali felt the effects of gravity once again as they watched another drab display after pulling off one of the greatest ever football heists. “What a waste of money,” chanted the Fulham supporters who gleefully mocked Chelsea’s world record 2022-23 transfer spend that, at...

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Kicked out of Australian Open in 2022 for declining Covid jab tennis star returns to win his 22nd Grand Slam title

Kicked out of Australian Open in 2022 for declining Covid jab tennis star returns to win his 22nd Grand Slam title

One year after he was deported for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine – precluding him from playing in the 2022 Australian Open – tennis star Novak Djokovic on Sunday made history when he returned to Australia to win his 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam title. With Bill Gates in...

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