Day: May 4, 2025
Zhao Xintong takes 11-6 lead over Mark Williams in world championship final
Chinese player wins opening session 7-1 Williams recovers to take evening session 5-4 Crucible qualifier Zhao Xintong took a commanding 11-6 lead over Mark Williams on day one of the World Snooker Championship final, getting the best of the three-time champion on the biggest stage of his career. Aiming to become the first Chinese player…
Oscar Piastri wins F1 Miami Grand Prix to stretch lead in title race
Lando Norris second as McLaren dominate George Russell third, Max Verstappen fourth Demonstrating with emphatic effect that he must be considered now the front runner for the championship, Oscar Piastri’s drive from fourth on the grid to victory at the Miami Grand Prix was the stuff that defines the battling Aussie spirit. Taking the win…
Maresca believes Chelsea can reach ‘something important’ with Cole Palmer
‘If we want to finish top five, we need Cole,’ says manager Liverpool’s Arne Slot on defeat: ‘The margins are small’ “The kind of player who can do things that no one expects,” Enzo Maresca said of Cole Palmer after this game. Still, pretty much the last thing anyone expected Palmer to do in mid-January…
Watch the Marvel Movies in Story Order
It’s fair to say that the Marvel movies, specifically the Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, have reached “cultural event” status. And there’s a strong case to be made that the MCU is a currently a pop culture juggernaut, the likes of which we haven’t since the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy hit theaters for the first time.
Peter McParland, Aston Villa’s 1957 FA Cup final hero, dies aged 91
Forward scored twice in win over Manchester United He also netted for Northern Ireland in 1958 World Cup Former Aston Villa and Northern Ireland forward Peter McParland has died at the age of 91. McParland scored 121 goals in 341 appearances for Villa and got both goals in their 2-1 win over Manchester United in…
Jack Draper falls at final hurdle as Casper Ruud wins Madrid Open
Britain’s Draper loses 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to 14th seed Ruud Ruud clinches his first Masters 1000 title Jack Draper’s excellent breakthrough run on the clay courts of Madrid was halted at the final hurdle in a bruising, physical tussle against the 14th seed Casper Ruud, who brilliantly held his nerve to win his first Masters…
Cole Palmer moves off-grid to break free from ghost in Chelsea’s machine | Barney Ronay
Attacker was a captive spirit on the right and he delivered unprescribed moments of quality despite Maresca’s rigid system With 84 minutes gone at Stamford Bridge Cole Palmer did something off-grid, unprescribed and, in context, quite surprising, skittering past Conor Bradley near the corner flag, veering inside with that surprising gangly turn of speed and…