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Daily Archives: July 11, 2018
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Scorching temperatures in south London have made the grass much tougher this year and in turn the ball bounces higher. A higher bounce favours Nadal and his dangerous forehand and Roger Federer agrees that is plays into the world No 1’s hands. “It’s definitely helped a certain style of player, […]
GETTY The England team leave for Italy under a cloud of controversy That was Italia 90 – the last World Cup I covered before this one. I was actually serving my notice at the Coventry Evening Telegraph before joining the Daily Mirror, so I was fortunate the sports editor still […]
Butcher, writing exclusively for the Daily Express during the World Cup, has sent Southgate and his players a video message ahead of Croatia match in Moscow. Butcher played 77 times for England over a 10-year period and took the armband from Bryan Robson at Italia 90. And in an exclusive […]
HELSINKI, Finland — One of China’s emerging commercial launch companies says it has designed a methane- and liquid-oxygen-powered rocket it aims to test launch in 2020. Beijing-based Landspace is developing the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) rocket with the goal of completing ground testing in 2019 ahead of debuting the launch vehicle the […]
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE A Colorado woman is suing United Airlines for allegedly failing to protect her from an off-duty FedEx pilot she says touched her sexually three times during a flight from Hong Kong to San […]
Gay “propaganda” is banned in Russia, but that did not stop a group of soccer fans at the 2018 World Cup from promoting LGBTQ rights in Moscow with a subtle — yet colorful — protest. Activists from Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia traveled to the Russian capital […]
More than 10,000 fans have made the journey to Moscow for the semi-final showdown with Croatia, with many now looking to the black market for tickets. Touts were selling match tickets for £11,723 on website StubHub while prices on secondary selling site Ticombo soared to £9,400. Russian officials said nearly […]