Mike Walters
Writer at The Daily Mirror
Bitter and twisted, slightly zany Marxist tycoon and @DailyMirror sports writer. My views etc
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5 days ago |
mirror.co.uk | Mike Walters
Simon Yates atones for past heartbreak as he claims Giro d'Italia glory in RomeSimon Yates previously endured a near miss in the Giro d'Italia but seven years on from that disappointment he claimed glory as he rode into Rome to claim another Grand Tour successHis tears fell like melting Alpine snow on the forbidding slopes where imminent triumph had evaporated seven years ago.
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6 days ago |
mirror.co.uk | Mike Walters
Luke Littler suffered defeat in the Premier League Darts finale this week after he was beaten 11-8 by Luke Humphries, but that hasn't stopped rival Nathan Aspinall hailing the impact he has had on the sportNathan Aspinall believes Luke Littler’s impact has catapulted darts into a golden era where players will enjoy the celebrity of film stars and top footballers.
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1 week ago |
mirror.co.uk | Mike Walters
Luke Humphries is used to being enemies with Luke Littler on the darts circuit but soon they will put their rivalry aside for the World Cup of Darts - and he is excited by the prospect of them teaming upLuke Humphries can’t wait to be Luke Littler’s team-mate at the World Cup of Darts next month - because they meet so often as rivals.
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1 week ago |
mirror.co.uk | Mike Walters
Oldham chairman saved club after rowing Atlantic solo as Latics bid for EFL returnIn the battle of clubs who beat the Grim Reaper, fearless eccentric Frank Rothwell reveals rowing 3,000 miles across the Big Pond and scaling Africa's tallest peak were simple exercises compared with his rescue mission at Oldham AthleticPeople's champion Frank Rothwell is an intrepid eccentric who has rowed solo across the Atlantic twice in his seventies and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
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1 week ago |
mirror.co.uk | Mike Walters
Luke Humphries went one step better than this time a year ago, as the world number one overcame Luke Littler in a tense Premier League Darts final at the O2 ArenaRevenge is a dish best served 12 months later, and this time Luke Littler was on the sharp end of the swordsman’s epee. In front of a record 14,000 sell-out crowd at London’s O2 arena, Luke Humphries - the beaten finalist last year - completed the Triple Crown of darts by winning his first BetMGM Premier League title.
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On this day 40 years ago, 56 people went to a match @officialbantams and perished in a terrible fire. If you were alive in 1985, take a moment to remember them. And if you have ever sat in a tinderbox wooden stand, thank your lucky stars - it could have been you. RIP the 56
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RT @SamJDean: Since beating Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final in 2020, Arsenal have failed to win any of their subsequent eight semi…