When Theresa May called a press conference at 5pm on Thursday, the editorial team at The Weekly gathered around the office TV screen half-anticipating a resignation speech from an increasingly embattled and isolated Prime Minister.
‘No deal’. And for once we are not referring to Brexit! Instead, the withdrawal by Shahid Khan this week of his £600 million offer to buy Wembley Stadium.
After another dramatic week of European football, any sports fan logging in to catch up on all the week’s action would assume the headlines would be filled with Messi’s silky dismantling of a stoic Spurs side at Wembley. Not so.
We accept that he has a pretty stressful job, but the Governor of the Bank of England appears to have been letting off some serious steam this week, making some rather bold (if not scary) predictions.
This weekend marked the start of the new Premiership Rugby season, and whilst the twelve clubs will be hoping for success on the pitch, there is no doubt either that they will be hoping for better fortunes off it too.
Whilst The Weekly’s sporting attention this weekend has been on the third Test between England and India at Trent Bridge and the second round of matches in the new Premier League season, yesterday saw the start of the biggest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympics.
