Day: April 18, 2025
Northampton hang on to edge out Newcastle in thriller
Newcastle 34-35 Northampton Champions and bottom club share 10 tries Northampton survived a late scare to snatch a narrow 35-34 victory over Newcastle at Kingston Park. A thrilling encounter saw Craig Wright cancel out Jamie Blamire’s opening try and after Brett Connon sent the Falcons ahead again from the tee, Northampton seized control just before…
Championship roundup: Solomon keeps Leeds top with victory at Oxford
Bristol City and Coventry tighten grip on playoff spots Plymouth stay bottom after injury-time Boro winner Leeds are on the verge of promotion after Manor Solomon’s goal secured a 1-0 victory at Oxford. The win keeps Leeds top of the Championship and five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United with three games remaining. Daniel Farke’s…
It’s complicated: Awkward marriage of Maresca and Chelsea provides great drama | Barney Ronay
Enzo Maresca loves controlled buildup play while Blues fans tend to like forceful football. Conflict seemed inevitable There was a news story this week about a team of a hundred scientists who have spent nine years analysing a single cubic millimetre of mouse brain. The one hundred scientists have finally published their results. And those…
Lucasfilm Announces ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ for 2027
Preview:Lucasfilm has officially announced director Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars’ movie.Ryan Gosling will star in the film, titled ‘Star Wars: Starfighter.’It’ll be out on May 28th, 2027.And just like that, Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars’ movie has made the leap from the rumor space to confirmed at hyper speed.
King Charles faces questions over ‘message of love’
King Charles faces questions over ‘harmony message’King Charles III remains steadfast in the face of criticism, acting upon his late mother Queen Elizabeth II’s lesson on spreading love and harmony among through his kind words and actions.The 76-year-old monarch has faced questions over his Easter…
Ruth Chepngetich and Peres Jepchirchir withdraw from London Marathon
World-record holder Chepngetich ‘not in right place’ Defending women’s champion Jepchirchir has ankle injury The women’s world-record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, and the reigning champion, Peres Jepchirchir, have withdrawn from the London Marathon, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks before the race. Kenyan Chepngetich broke the women’s record in Chicago last year, running 2hr…
Kyren Wilson: ‘It’s not just me that’s world champion. It’s my whole family’
The 2024 winner reflects on the emotional backstory to Crucible triumph amid major health concerns for his family “‘I still believed in myself but it was quite soul-destroying out there,” Kyren Wilson says in a back room at Barratts Snooker Club in Northampton. The world champion once worked here as a barman because he had…