Ed Malyon
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Grand (Prix) Designs: Meet the man who designs the world's best street circuits for Formula E
Walk down Monte Carlo's Avenue du Port this weekend, swing a left at the lively La Rascasse bar and you find yourself on one of motor sport's most iconic stretches - the Boulevard Albert I. An ever-increasing skyscape of super yachts sit in the marina to your right as Monaco rises from sea level to the cloud-tipped mountains high above on your left. → Read More
Antoine Griezmann transfer: Atletico Madrid president 'disappointed' with Frenchman as Barcelona and PSG fight it out
Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has revealed his 'disappointment' in Antoine Griezmann after the France international told the club he would be leaving this summer. Griezmann, 28, advised Atleti in a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday that he wanted to leave and would be depositing his release clause of €120m (£105m) in order to terminate his contract. → Read More
England's first statue of a woman footballer to be unveiled at National Football Museum
The UK's first ever statue of a female footballer, trailblazing winger Lily Parr, will be unveiled next month at the National Football Museum. Nearly a century after the first women's football match, played between combined XIs of the best players in England and France, the life-size bronze work was commissioned by FA sponsors Mars to "inspire the Lionesses" at this summer's → Read More
Real Madrid transfer news: Paul Pogba one of many big targets for Los Blancos as they and rivals Atletico prepare lavish summer rebuilds to signal end of an era
Football in Madrid is burning, and even the sloshing pints of more than 100,000 English football fans descending on Spain’s glorious capital in two weeks won’t be able to put it out. → Read More
Bond 25 may not be Daniel Craig's last film as 007, co-star Naomie Harris hints
James Bond star Naomie Harris has suggested Daniel Craig could stay on for the iconic spy franchise’s 26th film, despite being widely expected to leave after filming the as yet unnamed Bond 25. → Read More
Next Brighton manager: Swansea’s Graham Potter is leading candidate to replace Chris Hughton
Graham Potter of Swansea City is a leading candidate to replace Chris Hughton after the Brighton manager was sacked on Monday morning. The Seagulls only narrowly survived relegation after a dreadful run of form in 2019, winning just two games since January, but Hughton was dismissed without the club ever actually falling into the drop zone and despite reaching an FA Cup → Read More
Crystal Palace confirm club legend Julian Speroni will leave club at the end of the season
Crystal Palace have confirmed that Julian Speroni will leave the club at the end of the season after 15 years at Selhurst Park. The Argentinean goalkeeper arrived in 2004 from Dundee, just as Palace ascended to the Premier League under Iain Dowie. Little did he know what a roller-coaster ride the club would take him on. Little did the fans know that a player whose home debut → Read More
Liverpool vs Barcelona: Jordan Henderson warns there is 'no room for sentiment' as Coutinho and Luis Suarez return to Anfield
Jordan Henderson has warned there is "no room for sentiment" when Philippe Coutinho and Luis Suarez return to Anfield on Tuesday night. The Liverpool captain needs to rouse his side to a win by at least three goals against FC Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final. Barca were held in check by an impressive Liverpool performance at the Nou Camp until → Read More
Irreplaceable and unmistakable, Diego Godin leaves Atletico Madrid a different club from the one he joined
Diego Godin is joining Inter Milan but he will never leave Atletico Madrid. The Uruguayan, one of the last of a dying breed of 'pure' central defenders, announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving Atleti after nearly a decade of throwing himself in front of everything that threatened the goal he had sworn to protect. "This is not just a club for me, it has been a family, a → Read More
Iker Casillas speaks for the first time since 'big scare' of surgery after suffering heart attack at training
Iker Casillas has shared a picture from his hospital bed, assuring fans and wellwishers that he is fine after suffering a health scare on Wednesday. → Read More
Iker Casillas hospitalised after suffering suspected heart attack at FC Porto training ground
World Cup winner Iker Casillas is in hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack during training. The former Spain international, who now plies his trade with FC Porto after spending the rest of his career at Real Madrid, is understood to be 'out of danger' after being urgently taken into care this morning. → Read More
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas says he would prefer to sell Tanguy Ndombele to Juventus, rather than Manchester United or City
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has admitted that he would prefer to sell in-demand midfielder Tanguy Ndombele to Juventus this summer, if all offers are equal. The 22-year-old France international will almost certainly be sold in the off-season, with Aulas having placed a price tag of €100m (£86.3m) on Ndombele. → Read More
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly out for rest of season and African Cup of Nations with knee injury
Eric Bailly will miss what remains of Manchester United's turbulent season as well as Ivory Coast's African Cup of Nations campaign after the Old Trafford club's doctors found medial ligament damage. United have confirmed that the centre-back has been ruled out of their final two games in the Premier League, against Huddersfield and Cardiff. → Read More
Trump congratulates Nick Bosa on NFL Draft despite player deleting tweets supporting him
Donald Trump has congratulated Ohio State University product Nick Bosa on being selected second overall in the 2019 NFL Draft despite the rookie recently deleting a number of messages in support of the president. Considered the best defensive player in the draft, Bosa was taken by the San Francisco 49ers after quarterback Kyler Murray went to Arizona with the first pick on → Read More
England facing selection crisis ahead of Cricket World Cup and Ashes as Alex Hales, Sam Billings and Ollie Pope bring bad news
It's the start of the county season, so perhaps it is only fitting that it never rains but it pours. That must be the feeling for Trevor Bayliss right now, who learned in the past few days and hours that he will be without Alex Hales, Sam Billings and Ollie Pope in the short-to-medium term. → Read More
Lisa Vanderpump: ‘I’ve been given a platform in life – now I have a duty to help others’
Some houses have porches, other houses have basketball hoops in the driveways and others boast a bird bath in the front garden. Villa Rosa has a moat populated by swans and turtles. Avoid the sometimes overzealous welcome of those swans, pass through the mottled shade of two willow trees that arch over a wooden bridge and, all rather majestically, it leads you to the front → Read More
Lisa Vanderpump: ‘I’ve been given a platform in life – now I have a duty to help others’
Ed Malyon meets a British success story in America, who has leveraged her reality show success to expand a restaurant empire and activate far-reaching charity work → Read More
Emiliano Sala’s father Horacio dies suddenly in Argentina, three months after tragic plane crash that took his son
Horacio Sala, the father of Emiliano, has died of a heart attack three months after his son's tragic plane crash . The news was confirmed by Julio Muller, a local politician, who told local media that Sala had passed away in the night and couldn't be saved by paramedics. "2019 doesn't let up in shocking us with news in this town," Muller said. → Read More
NFL Draft 2019 LIVE - Every first round pick, updates and more with Oaklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray set to go No 1 to Arizona Cardinals in Nashville
The NFL Draft is finally here with the first round tonight in Nashville. The Arizona Cardinals hold the No 1 overall pick with most expecting them to take a quarterback for the second successive year in the first round. The electric Kyler Murray is tipped to move to Phoenix, with Josh Rosen failing to convince under difficult circumstances in his rookie year. → Read More
For fans of American football, the NFL Draft springs hope eternal
To understand the interest in the NFL Draft, you have to get inside the mind of a sports fan. In Britain, the burgeoning eyeball economy of the internet has seen transfer news take on a whole new level of importance, with clubs and media companies (spot the difference, in some cases) pouncing on the surges of interest that brings. → Read More