The state of New Mexico is accusing three Texas oil executives of orchestrating “a fraudulent scheme” to pocket revenue from hundreds of oil and gas wells in New Mexico and offload the cost of plugging and cleaning up the wells onto the state’s taxpayers. The suit, filed in late December...
‘Alex Pretti was murdered’: NBA’s Haliburton among sports stars to condemn Minnesota killing
37-year-old shot dead by federal agents on Saturday Angel Reese and Ryan Clark also post about shooting Hall of famer Alan Page reportedly at anti-ICE protests A number of prominent US sports stars have condemned the killing of a registered nurse, Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday....
Leicester City sack Martí Cifuentes after dropping to 14th in Championship
Departure was ‘difficult decision’, says Foxes’ owner Andy King will take interim charge for Charlton match Leicester have sacked Martí Cifuentes after dropping to 14th in the Championship. The club held crunch boardroom talks on Sunday before deciding to relieve the manager of his position. The Foxes slumped to a...
Buendía and Watkins stun Newcastle to keep Aston Villa’s title hopes alive
Some wins are a little bit lucky and others downright fluky or simply ground out, but this Aston Villa victory belonged to a different category entirely. A triumph secured by goals from the impressive Emiliano Buendía and Ollie Watkins, and illuminated by Morgan Rogers’s skill, was firmly of the sort...
Patrick Reed wins duel with Puig in Dubai and casts doubt over LIV future
Reed seals four-shot victory after final round 72 Puig tied-seventh following two-stroke penalty A penny for the thoughts of the PGA Tour hierarchy, who awoke in Ponte Vedra Beach to news of a LIV duel in Dubai. A penny for the thoughts of LIV’s office bearers, who had information they...
Michele Kang’s largesse for women’s football leaves Fifa open to bias claims | Tom Garry
Multi-club owner’s Women’s Champions Cup sponsorship creates a conflict of interest, whatever her motivation You can imagine the meltdown across social media, if Stan Kroenke, Todd Boehly or the Glazer family were to enter into a partnership with the Football Association. Well, women’s football in the United States already took...
Bangladesh boycott brings a sad reality to T20 World Cup countdown | Taha Hashim
Swirling force of subcontinental politics and a governing body lacking in credibility has led to a far from joyous situation The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo may be hosting a one-day international series at the moment, but the real show begins in less than two weeks. The venue has been...
Seahawks set up Patriots Super Bowl clash after beating Rams in barnburner
Los Angeles Rams 27–31 Seattle Seahawks Darnold and Stafford shine in high-class QB duel Patriots grind out AFC championship in snow Sam Darnold threw for three touchdowns, the Seahawks’ “Dark Side” defense came up with a critical fourth-down stop, and Seattle advanced to the Super Bowl, beating the Los Angeles...
Arteta’s team of ruthless cyborgs malfunction in way that is all too human | Jonathan Wilson
Arsenal let game slip against Manchester United and need to quickly press the reset button And then the gap was down to four points. It is still four points, but the thought that Arsenal will struggle to suppress is that it could have been more, that it should have been...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Casemiro is thriving under Michael Carrick, Newcastle look short of ideas and Sean Dyche takes aims at … towels? Casemiro will depart Manchester United this summer. His four years in English football have been mixed but he may yet go out on a high. At one point in his first...