Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James has time to respond to analysts such as Stephen A. Smith and critical fans on social media. After the Lakers’ heartbreaking 119-117 loss to the Chicago Bulls, James took responsibility for Los Angeles blowing a 13-point lead midway through the final frame, which ended with a 47-foot buzzer-beating three […]
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LEWIS HAMILTON’s brother, Nicolas, has made a stunning return to motorsport after almost two years out.
Hamilton has been announced as a driver in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for Un-Limited Motorsport in a Cupra Leon as the team expands to a third car for the season.
The younger half-brother of the seven-time Formula One champion had been without a seat for a season-and-a-half, a 20-month period.
He previously raced for Team Hard from 2021 to 2023 before the team collapsed in July 2023.
However, in an unexpected twist, he will now join fellow BTCC returnee Dexter Patterson and 2024 Mini Challenge runner-up Max Hall behind the wheel this season under team principal Bob Sharpless.
Hamilton, who has cerebral palsy, told Autosport: “To be brutally honest, I wasn’t planning to race this year.
“We didn’t even know that I’d ever get back on the BTCC grid, but Bob and his team got in touch at the end of December, which is very late to be able to go and get sponsors and everything that you need.
“He gave me a real good deal that I thought would be possible to get in terms of the funding, and I said to him, ‘Yeah, why not? I’ll give it a go.’
“I get all my funding and budget myself, so it was just one of those situations of ‘let’s see how I get on over the next couple of weeks, and if I get the budget together then I’d love to join.’
“Fortunately through blood, sweat, tears and some late nights, and thanks to my partners that believe in me, I got the budget together and I’m back on the grid!”
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Hamilton made his debut in the sport in 2015 with AmD Tuning but did not start actively racing in the series until 2019.
His best result was a sixth-placed finish at Donnington Park with Team HARD.
Hamilton, who turned 33 today, revealed he celebrated the occasion by testing his new BTCC car at Brands Hatch circuit and by tucking into some of his favourite cake, red velvet.
The season does not start until April 26-27 at Donnington, with official testing starting at Croft next week.
Like his older brother Lewis, Hamilton is socially conscious, with the pair sharing a close bond.
But while the F1 star is driven towards empowering young people under his Mission44 foundation, Nicolas wants to ensure there is a place in motorsport for disabled people.
He added: “I want to make the world realise that motorsport is inclusive, that disabled people should be proud, and that motorsport can accept them.
“You don’t necessarily have to be a racing driver to be a part of the industry. A lot of people just take pictures next to their car and say that they’re back racing.
“This year I really wanted to use my platform to help inspire the industry to bring more disabled people into the sport.”
On the move, Sharpless said: “He [Hamilton] is hugely determined to get back on the BTCC grid, and I’m proud that we could make it happen.
“Nic is not just an incredibly well-known driver – he’s an inspiration worldwide. The fact that he’s put his trust in our team speaks volumes about how far we’ve come in such a short time.
“We’re excited to support him on this journey and can’t wait to see what we achieve together.”
It has not been an easy ride for Hamilton over the years, having previously opened up on his gambling addiction and mental health struggles.
FOOTBALL has flourished for a century and a half.
It is the world’s biggest sport and certainly one of its greater preoccupations.
It is loved by players, spectators, TV viewers and children from an early age.
It gives £8billion to the Treasury every year.
And it provides livelihoods, dreams and dramas, excitement and disappointments.
To some it is a life in itself.
So, what does it need?
It is easier to tell you what it does not need — a regulator as judge and jury of professional clubs.
Problems are plentiful — they always have been — and our first occupant is due to take their bow fairly soon.
There is no question a revolution is on its way and a heck of a lot of money to go with it.
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It will become law towards the end of the year.
The bill passed through the House of Lords this week and they sent it to the Commons.
I sit in the Lords and the debate convinced me that the introduction of a regulator for professional leagues will bring little reward and a lot of work and expense.
Our game has been settling wrangles forever.
A regulator hasn’t been required before and isn’t now.
He or she will have considerable power in granting each of the 116 clubs a licence to operate — each with separate conditions governed by the law of the land.
Breaches of licence conditions could result in teams being thrown out the league, stadiums being closed down or even a stint in jail — although a few nights in the Scrubs do not seem likely.
However, a serious offence could result in a named director being fined as much as £75,000 a day.
The regulator also has a duty to ensure that each club is sustainable.
If it is not, the club may look to sell assets, probably stars players.
That’s when the riots could start.
Regulators have a patchy record. One of them, Ofwat (the water services regulation authority), has been paddling round the question of dumping waste into many rivers, lakes and the sea.
Swimming filthy rivers such as the Wye has become a risk to health.
And the post under Ofcom has become slow and indecently expensive.
Regulators are seen by many politicians as a cure-all.
But, frankly, they would, wouldn’t they?
Many fans may also feel this way although I suspect there will be considerable mind-changing when they realise what interference might do to their club.
The Premier League’s riches and status have caused envy elsewhere — most obviously within the EFL.
Many EFL clubs I speak to hate the idea of being answerable to a regulator with untold powers to tell them what to do and how to run their clubs
This is partly understandable — even if Championship clubs are reasonably well off.
That is, after all, the sixth richest league in the world, having just signed a new £1billion TV rights deal.
But while nine clubs in that division are owned by billionaires, quite a few in the lower divisions are hard up.
Accrington Stanley, one of the founding members of the Football League, have not had a home crowd anywhere near 3,000 this season.
And for one League Two night game in September their gate was just 791.
Of course such poor relations should be propped up — and most Premier League clubs appreciate the fact.
That is why we send £1.6BILLION down the pyramid while the PL Stadium Fund has contributed more than £207m towards projects including 577 clubhouses and changing rooms, 832 stands, 682 floodlights and 480 pitch improvements.
Further talks on an alternative to politicians’ pet scheme should be held between the FA, the Premier League and the EFL.
Many EFL clubs I speak to hate the idea of being answerable to a regulator with untold powers to tell them what to do and how to run their clubs.
The initial plan for the new regulator is that a report will be published on the state of the game.
This will take 18 months but there is such a lack of detail and clarity in the bill that the bundles of legal challenges will be a nightmare!
Neither are the outcomes at all promising.
And who would pay for the grandiose schemes?
Well, it will be the Premier League of course.
Every penny spent on the regulator is a penny taken away from all the good causes, and all the pyramid funding.
And, that’s the real tragedy.