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Nov252020 by adminNo Comments

Andy Murray says tennis players should ‘probably’ be required to take Covid vaccine

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Andy Murray thinks tennis players should "probably" be required to take a Covid-19 vaccine to be able to continue to play on the tour.World number one Novak Djokovic said in April he "wouldn't want to be forced to take a vaccine to be able to travel".But Murray hopes players would "do that for the good of the sport, providing everything has proved to be safe"."I'm confident that players would be into it if it meant the tour going back to normality," said the Briton, 33."I guess we're not going to know the long-term effects potentially for a while. But what I've been hearing on the TV and on the news is that there shouldn't really be any long-term effects."Djokovic, who tested positive for Covid-19 in June, accepted he would have a difficult decision to make should taking the vaccine ever b...

Apr192020 by adminNo Comments

Andy Robertson’s isolation to-do list, Frank Lampard’s joke about Roy Keane, Marcos Rojo’s kindness and more things we’ve loved

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Another week goes by without sport, but there have still been some entertaining moments. From a five-year-old Leeds fan bidding for Brighton defender Ben White to Andy Robertson’s hilarious isolation diary, talkSPORT.com has listed the best bits below. Nick Kyrgios relates to an unbothered young tennis player Nick Kyrgios is very emotive during his matches Kyrgios hit the headlines at last summer’s Wimbledon tournament when he was seen at a pub the night before his second round clash with Rafa Nadal, which he went on to lose. The Australian star is known for losing his cool during his tennis matches, and once called an umpire ‘a tool’ before smashing two rackets last year. A recent video showed a young tennis player refusing to hit tennis balls – and it caught...

Feb12020 by adminNo Comments

Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill dies, aged 64

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Andy Gill, the founding member and guitarist of British post-punk band Gang Of Four, has died aged 64.The musician's scratchy, staccato riffs provided the band with their signature sound, and influenced the likes of Nirvana, Fugazi and Franz Ferdinand.His bandmates announced his death in a statement, saying: "Our great friend and supreme leader has died today".Gill had developed a "respiratory illness," after finishing an Asian tour with Gang Of Four last year, they said."This pain is the price of extraordinary joy, almost three decades with the best man in the world," wrote his wife, Catherine Mayer, on Twitter. "Andy's final tour in November was the only way ...

Dec232019 by adminNo Comments

Bengals’ Andy Dalton ‘not worried’ about NFL Draft, possible replacement

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MIAMI, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is not worried about the upcoming NFL Draft, despite the team being linked to his potential replacement, LSU star Joe Burrow. Dalton made the comments after the Bengals staged a fiery comeback effort against the Miami Dolphins, but ultimately fell short of a victory. The loss dropped the Bengals to 1-14 on the season, sealing their No. 1 overall slot in the 2020 NFL Draft. "You're not worried about the draft while you're playing this game," Dalton said. "You shouldn't be worried about the draft. Nobody's worried about the draft. Everybody is worried about doing what they can do to win a game." Dalton completed 33 of 56 passes for 396 yards and threw four touchdowns, helping the Bengals overcome a 23-point fourth-quarter d...

Dec82019 by adminNo Comments

Anthony Joshua: Andy Ruiz blames being overweight for defeat

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Media playback is not supported on this device Andy Ruiz Jr said three months of partying and a lack of proper training left him "overweight" for his world title rematch with Anthony Joshua.Ruiz, 30, was comprehensively out-pointed in Saudi Arabia, six months after shocking the boxing world by stopping Joshua in New York.The Mexican vowed he would be "a lot better" if he gets a third fight. "I should have trained harder. I should have listened to my team and coaches," he said."For this fight I was overweight. I didn't move how I wanted to."Joshua 'emotional' after rega...