Bringing state back in

Appearing on the show in 2016, he told Holly and co-host Phillip Schofield that 'negative energy' was to blame for the prostate cancer he'd been diagnosed with three years earlier but claimed he'd cured himself with a £2,300 electromagnetic pulse device and 'positive energy'. … [Read more...] about Noel Edmonds now – cancer controversy, tragic suicide bid and bizarre radio show for plants

And while there’s still work to be done, for the first time in a year, Crew fans can focus on soccer. Unfortunately coach Gregg Berhalter has departed to take charge of the US men’s national team, and their best player, Federico Higuain, will turn 35 this year. Still, they’re good problems to have. “I think Crew fans are still grappling with the fact that we actually have a future,” says Miller. … [Read more...] about How a group of fans in a bar saved Columbus Crew from extinction

There’s something about immediate targets that drives them and may be just human nature; there are priorities in life, moments when everything else is left behind, the daily grind giving way to something grander or more important, moments when the threat of loss brings a realisation of what you have, a renewed seriousness. Madrid won three consecutive European Cups but Zidane always insisted the league satisfied him more, because he knew how elusive consistency can be. This is the team that embraced the 2019-20 La Liga campaign as a post-pandemic sprint more than a season-long slog and, defeated by sides half their size this season, won in Barcelona and Seville, beat Internazionale twice, and now defeated the team no one else could. … [Read more...] about Zinedine Zidane does it again as Real Madrid pull back from the brink

French football’s crisis is far from over. Canal are playing hardball over the deal and some clubs are worried about going bankrupt. “When you don’t have any TV rights money, ticketing money or hospitality money, you’ll have to explain to me how we are supposed to keep our business running,” said Reims president Jean-Pierre Caillot earlier this month. “If the league cannot get a new loan, which is far from assured at this point, I think that in February or March, there will be a lot of clubs who will not be able to pay their players and employees. Because we often forget that a football club is not just 11 players.” … [Read more...] about Ligue 1 clubs stare into financial abyss after huge TV deal collapses