Simon Evans
US Sports Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Columnist at Spiked
Co-Host at Miami Total Futbol
US Sports Correspondent, Agence France-Presse (AFP). Based in Miami. Previously Milan, Budapest and Burnley. MLS, Soccer, NFL, NBA, Golf, Tennis, F1.
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spiked-online.com | Simon Evans
Share Topics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. Thomas Skinner is, as he wouldn’t say, ‘having a moment’. It’s not hard to see why the former market trader and pillow salesman, who made his name on BBC One’s The Apprentice in 2019, has become so popular, gaining a huge online and pop-cultural following. In a world suffocating under layers of meta-this and ironic-that, Skinner cuts through.
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sports.yahoo.com | Simon Evans
Lewis Hamilton showed his frustration with his Ferrari team's tactics at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday as the Scuderia once again struggled to compete. Hamilton finished eighth with team-mate Charles Leclerc seventh as Ferarri remain with just one podium finish so far this season -- Leclerc's third place in Jeddah. AdvertisementA fired-up Hamilton fired off several barbed comments over the team radio after asking for Leclerc to allow him to pass.
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barrons.com | Simon Evans
Italian 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli will start Sunday's Miami Grand Prix in the second row of the grid as he continues his impressive rookie season in Formula One. And while the sight of the teenager, who only got his driving licence in January, finishing P3 ahead of his Mercedes teammate George Russell and a host of more experienced drivers has caught the imagination of the public, it doesn't shock four-time world champion Max Verstappen.
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sports.yahoo.com | Simon Evans
Red Bull's Max Verstappen grabbed pole position for Sunday's Miami Grand Prix with a blistering fastest lap of 1:26.204 in qualifying on Saturday. The Dutchman was 0.065 of a second ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris with 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes again impressing as he powered into third place on the grid.
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japantoday.com | Simon Evans
McLaren's Lando Norris won a chaotic sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday, pipping championship leader and team-mate Oscar Piastri in a race delayed due to torrential rain. Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton finished third while 18-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli, who had started on pole for Mercedes, finished in tenth. Antonelli lost his lead at the first turn where Piastri forced him wide and when he returned to the track he was down in fourth.
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I find it hard to believe that anyone who has actually been watching the games over the years can seriously state that the quality of play in MLS hasn't improved significantly in the past decade.
This week we have former USMNT 🇺🇸player @EricWynalda as a guest for 2 episodes. Episode 1 is out on YouTube where Eric goes through EVERYTHING that is wrong with MLS ⚽️🇺🇸 Link: https://t.co/9TaMT1HgMB https://t.co/DH4PwezcM2
Two more goals from Brian White. There's nothing better for a striker than playing and scoring week-in-week-out. There's no doubt he could score at international level - the question is will the chances be created for him?
Obviously the Germans, Dutch, French, Italians, English and everyone else in the world coaching kids have it all wrong. And Messi joined his local club at the age of four....
The fact that Raphinha 🇧🇷 never played for an academy until he was 18 just comes to show that youth development has nothing to do with coaching or the facilities at your disposal. It’s culture and that’s the biggest issue with soccer youth development in the USA 🇺🇸 Something
