Andrew Butler
Acting Deputy Sports Editor at The Observer
Deputy sports editor (acting) @ObserverUK, @leytonorientfc hypeman on @LOFCLive
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Andrew Butler
On June 6 2023 a verdict was handed down that threatened to tear apart the sport of snooker. In the 58-page document, ten Chinese players were handed bans ranging from 20 months to life for match fixing. One of them, Zhao Xintong, was given a 20-month suspension from the sport after admitting to ‘agreeing or making an effort to agree to contrive the outcome of the match’ of two of his close friend Yan Bingtao’s matches against Ricky Walden and Oliver Lines in March 2022.
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Mar 7, 2025 |
tortoisemedia.com | Andrew Butler
The most watched game of football this weekend won’t be Arsenal v Manchester United or Liverpool v Southampton. It will be Sidemen v YouTube Allstars, a sold-out charity match in front of 90,000 people at a packed out Wembley and millions more online. Now in its sixth year, the amateur fixture was set up by a group of British YouTubers and shows boxing isn’t the only sport in which influencers are getting more attention.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
tortoisemedia.com | Andrew Butler
The Premier League’s bottom three clubs are on course to break the record for the combined lowest points tally for relegated clubs in the league’s history. Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton have together gained just 43 points in total after 26 matches. All three clubs were promoted from the Championship last season and have struggled to keep pace in England’s top tier.
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Oct 28, 2024 |
tortoisemedia.com | Andrew Butler
Erik ten Hag has been sacked by Manchester United following the club’s abject start to the 2024/25 season. The Red Devils’ 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Sunday afternoon left them 14th in the Premier League table on 11 points – their second-lowest points tally after nine games of a Premier League season.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
tortoisemedia.com | Andrew Butler
More than 100 professional women’s footballers have called on the sport’s governing body to drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as a sponsor. Fifa signed a four-year deal in April, thought to be worth £400 million, which gives the company sponsorship rights to the 2026 men’s World Cup and the 2027 women’s World Cup. An open letter, signed by 106 players from 24 countries, said the deal was “worse than an own goal” and that Fifa “might as well pour oil on the pitch and set it alight”.
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