The Spanish prime minister has called for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest over its military action in Gaza. Pedro Sánchez noted Russia has been banned from the contest since 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine, and said there should not be “double standards”. Israel came second in the contest’s grand final...
Not one, not two, but three of my books have been removed and banned from the United States Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library by the order of President Donald Trump’s appointed defense secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth. The New York Times reports that 378 others were also removed. Naval students and sailors must...
Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White has been banned from driving for six months after pleading guilty to several speeding offences. The 25-year-old was caught speeding six times on the A52 in the Radcliffe-on-Trent area of Nottinghamshire between December 2024 and February this year. He admitted five counts of exceeding 70mph on the dual...
German referee Felix Zwayer, who once served a ban for alleged involvement in a match-fixing plot, will take charge of next week’s all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United. Zwayer, now 43, was given a six-month suspension in 2006 after he was investigated for taking a £250 bribe from official Robert Hoyzer, who was...
Vaughan said days after the match she was informed by her club that she needed to provide a statement because she had been reported by a member of the opposition club, via football anti-discrimination body Kick It Out, to her local county FA. “I was confused because I didn’t think I’d done anything wrong,” she...
Should legislators be allowed to express their opinions–and the opinions of the people who voted for them? Apparently not, according to the Democratic legislature in Maine. Some views are so heinous that they should never be uttered. Views like “men should not be allowed to play in women’s sports.” This seems to run contrary to...
Darts player Andy Jenkins has been banned for 11 years and fined more than £17,000 for match-fixing. A Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) disciplinary committee found Jenkins, 54, guilty of fixing 12 matches in which he was involved between February 2022 and July 2023. Jenkins had denied match-fixing but admitted placing 88 bets on matches between...
I find this to be a really fascinating – and encouraging – turnaround. Forty years ago this past March, Denmark banned nuclear power outright and sold their virtue-signalling, collective soul to the Green grifters. On this day, 40 years ago, Denmark banned nuclear power over vibes Since then ???????????? Burned coal for decades❌ Helped shut...
Getty Images Ireland’s interim head coach Simon Easterby has been disqualified from driving for six months after being caught speeding. The former rugby player was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on a dual carriageway in Bodmin, Cornwall, last August. On Monday, Cardiff Magistrates’ Court considered Easterby’s work and family commitments that require him to...
Serena Williams says she would have been banned for 20 years and had some of her Grand Slam titles taken away if she had committed the same anti-doping offence as men’s world number one Jannik Sinner. Italy’s Sinner, 23, is serving a three-month doping ban after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)...
Tanzania’s main opposition party has been barred from participating in this year’s election, days after its leader was charged with treason. Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said that Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was due on Saturday, meaning the party was disqualified from...
Two police officers have been banned from serving after breaching honesty and integrity standards over a speeding ticket. Sgt Harjit Singh, 48, and former PC Samuel Mitchell, 28, from West Mercia Police, were found guilty of gross misconduct and barred following a police conduct hearing on Thursday. Mitchell had been driving a marked police vehicle...
Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell has been given a two-match touchline ban and fined £2,750 after being sent off at Lincoln City. The Grecians boss admitted a charge of improper conduct, which occured after Exeter had a 92nd-minute goal disallowed in the 0-0 draw at Sincil Bank. It is Caldwell’s second suspension of the year...
Forward Matheus Cunha has been banned for an extra game and fined £50,000 for his actions at the end of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ FA Cup defeat at Bournemouth. The Brazil striker admitted a charge of acting in an improper manner after he was sent off for clashing with Cherries defender Milos Kerkez in the final minute...
Warrington Wolves winger Josh Lynch has been banned for 16 months for use of a prohibited substance. The 21-year-old was tested by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) in December 2023 during a training session with the sample returning a ‘adverse analytical finding’ (AAF) for the growth hormone ibutamoren, which is prohibited in sport. Lynch has been out...