Month: February 2022

12:45 PM GMT A consortium of investors including a South African World Cup-winning captain, Francois Pienaar, has completed a £32 million ($43.47m) takeover of Saracens, the English Premiership club announced. Saracens, five-time Premiership champions, were relegated at the end of the 2019-20 season as punishment for multiple salary cap breaches. But they won promotion back
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5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in
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11:12 AM ET Associated Press MEXICO, Maine — A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died. She was 106. Myrtle Milledge, of the town of Mexico, was well into her 40s when the Patriots became a franchise in the old American Football League in 1960. The Patriots honored
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10:22 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Toledo has found a new athletic director, as sources told ESPN the school is expected to hire Washington State deputy athletic director and COO Bryan Blair as the school’s next athletic director. In Blair, 37, Toledo is tabbing one of the country’s top young administrators. He brings extensive experience from
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8:22 AM ET Michael Masi has been removed from his position as F1 race director after the investigation into his handling of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December. Masi botched the finish of the title decider between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton last year. The race was settled by a one-lap sprint, which saw
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