London Lions head coach Vince Macaulay hopes the continued drive for equality in sport can help give the next generation from ethnic minority communities the confidence to pursue their own ambitions to take leadership roles. Research commissioned by the Lions revealed that 39 per cent of those surveyed feel there are not enough role models in sport management for them to look up to, which rises to 50 per cent within those from ethnic minorities. Part of the study, which was across a nationally representative cohort of 2,086 respondents, also showed 21 per cent would like to work in the field of sport management, but have no support to do so – either professionally or in their community, a figure which rises to 38 per cent among ethnic minority groups. Macaulay, who made the transition from player to team owner and head coach, believes there have been positive changes in recent years which gives genuine hope of sustained progress, even if there is still work to …
Zhao triumph latest step on road to Chinese domination, predicts snooker chief
Zhao Xintong’s stunning win over Luca Brecel to clinch the UK Championship title in York could herald a new era of Chinese dominance of the sport, according to Jason Ferguson, chairman of its governing body, the WPBSA. Ferguson believes there is every chance of crowning the first world champion from the Asian nation at the Crucible next year, after Zhao’s success which followed hot on the heels of Yan Bingtao’s Masters triumph at the start of the year. For Ferguson, it is no surprise that snooker’s balance of power is starting to shift as it reaps the consequences of long-term investment in the sport in Asia in the wake of Ding Junhui’s initial ranking event win in Beijing in 2005. Ferguson said: “I think we are approaching the time within the next few years when we are going to see a Chinese world champion. Recommended Former Shrewsbury and Plymouth striker Marvin Morgan dies aged 38 Newcastle begin removing Sports Direct branding from …
Cricket | Time to get rid of the baggage and modernise the LBW law
The 12th century French thinker and theologian Peter Abelard is credited with the saying, “Only god can judge the intentions of an individual.” Human beings can only judge actions. Yet, when the leg before wicket law was codified, in the 18th century, it stated the batsman was out if he “put his leg before the wicket with a design to stop the ball…” Umpires were thus called to judge intention. Law 36 has remained a bugbear, calling for judgement of line, intent, and recently, predictive path decided by a robot. It requires the impact to be between wicket and wicket. The batsman could be out even outside the off stump, according a later refinement, if he made no attempt to play the ball. But a ball pitching outside the leg stump, as every schoolboy knows, cannot get an LBW decision. The Don’s take In the 1930s, Don Bradman wrote to the Marylebone Cricket Club, custodians of the Laws, suggesting that a batsman be given out to a ball pitching outside the off stump if in the opinion …
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India has become a huge market: Qatar 2022 CEO
Qatar 2022 CEO Nasser Al-Khater on Thursday said Indian sports aficionados are slowly looking beyond cricket and have developed an interest in football, thanks to the Indian Super League (ISL). “India has become a huge football market with the coming of the [Indian] Super League. They were a lot more interested in cricket but there is a growing liking for football now,” Al-Khater told select media. Al-Khater, also the Assistant Secretary General, Tournament Operations with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, is confident the West Asian nation will see a massive influx from India during the FIFA World Cup next year. “It is hard to put a number on how many people will come to the World Cup from India. But having attended the U-17 World Cup in 2017 and seen the popularity of football among people there, I can assure you the interest will be huge,” he said. Qatar —since it secured hosting rights for the quadrennial showpiece on December 2, 2010 —has drawn flak from …
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Kocca Music Studio, specially designed for livestreaming concerts, opens
The Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca)'s new Kocca Music Studio in Seoul Olympic Park in Songpa District, southern Seoul, opened its doors on Tuesday morning. [KOREA CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY] The Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca)’s new Kocca Music Studio in Seoul Olympic Park in Songpa District, southern Seoul, opened its doors on Tuesday morning. The Kocca Music Studio is a performance venue specially designed for livestreaming concerts, which have skyrocketed in both numbers and popularity due to the Covid-19 pandemic that has restricted K-pop artists from performing in person. In an effort to revive the live performance industry that has been struggling due to the pandemic, Kocca joined forces with the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (KSPO) and the Korea Sports Industry Company to create a space optimized for livestreaming concerts. The music studio is equipped with cutting-edge resources specialized for virtual music performances: extended reality (XR) technology, …
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Man City transfer round-up: Bernardo asking price named as Haaland clause confirmed
Manchester City's season may have looked a whole lot different had things played out differently in the summer. Bernardo Silva was strongly linked with a move away from the club, as City successfully pursued Jack Grealish and unsuccessfully chased Harry Kane. In the end, Silva stayed where he was and the Portugal international has arguably been the team's standout player this season. His brace against Watford put City back on top of the Premier League on Saturday night. Mirror Sport has the latest City transfer news, including details on how close Bernardo came to leaving the club in the summer. Silva's asking price revealed According to Fabrizio Romano, Bernardo would have left City to join Atletico Madrid in the summer had they matched City's €70 million (£60 million) valuation of the player. It's suggested the La Liga giants were only willing to part with £38.5 million to sign the playmaker and as a result Guardiola was able to keep him at City. …
What voters actually want levelling up to achieve is pretty simple
Just what is “levelling up”? The question of how to reduce the profound differences between the affluent southeast and more deprived areas of the north of England and West Midlands has been the biggest policy challenge – Covid-19 notwithstanding – since the 2019 election. After nearly two years of dithering, Boris Johnson used the last cabinet reshuffle to finally focus his government on the problem. It now falls to Michael Gove , he of the famously wide-ranging education reforms, and Neil O’Brian – surely the best ministerial team Johnson has at his disposal – to come up with something tangible before the " red wall " gets to decide whether double down on its 2019 electoral gamble – or to flip back to Labour at the next election. Although another delay in publishing the White Paper on levelling up until January 2022 is not encouraging. Surely answering the “what” question before the “how” would be sensible for Gove et al. Best to ask what would success for …
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Video of Lauren Boebert leading crowd in “Let’s Go Brandon” chant goes viral
Video has emerged of Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert wearing her "Let's Go Brandon" dress while urging a crowd to join in with the popular right-wing chant. The footage, believed to have been filmed in early November, shows the GOP representative on stage at wearing the red dress she first revealed on Thanksgiving while meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. After getting the crowd to sing "Let's Go Brandon"—a Republican catchphrase and direct replacement for the "f**k Joe Biden " chant which was heard at major public events for several weeks—Boebert adds: "That is more than a phrase, that is absolutely a movement and we are taking our country back." The clip was shared by the Patriot Takes Twitter account on Sunday, where it has since been viewed more than 107,000 times. The dress with "Let's Go Brandon" emblazoned on it is a riff on New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasia Cortez's "Tax the Rich" white dress that she wore at the Met …
Tesla head Elon Musk claps back after he’s trolled for unconventional haircut
Tesla, Inc., owner and founder Elon Musk jokingly got into a battle on Twitter when some users started commenting Monday on his unconventional haircut. Musk, 50, the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $297 billion, took to the platform to discuss his company with The Wall Street Journal during a live feed on the outlet's account. However, while the meeting may have been all business, the Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley noticed that Musk was rocking an unusual swooping hairdo for the event, and quoted the tweet by simply stating "nice haircut @elonmusk." Musk, who is known for his numerous and sometimes bizarre interactions with other Twitter users, eventually replied to the tweet around half an hour later with a laughing emoji, adding that he "did it myself." It is likely that the interaction was all in good fun, though, as the Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley appears to be an online club for fans of Musk's electric car company. Based in Silicon …
Juve sinks lowly Genoa
Juan Cuadrado and Paulo Dybala scored as Juventus eased to a 2-0 win over Andriy Shevchenko’s Genoa on Sunday to register its fourth victory in five Serie A games. Cuadrado struck direct from a corner that sailed over the head of Genoa goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu in the ninth minute, with Dybala drilling a second late on to send Juve up to fifth place. The victory begins an important month for Massimiliano Allegri’s side which will hope a run of favourable fixtures can allow it to close the seven-point gap to the Champions League places. Juve is 11 points adrift of leader AC Milan ahead of matches against Venezia, Bologna and Cagliari in the run up to Christmas and the winter break. Genoa has won once in 16 games this term, picking up just one point in four outings since the appointment of former Ukraine and Milan star Shevchenko. It has yet to score under the 2004 Ballon d’Or winner and did not attempt a single shot against Juve. Ciro Immobile grabbed a pair of goals in …