Has Moore lost faith?

LIVErPOOL chief executive Peter Moore gave the impression at the Nordoff robbins football legends charity event that he has already given up on Jurgen Klopp’s team winning the Premier League this season — by entering the bidding to own the PL trophy for one day. lTHE

rise of women in sport this year is such that James Worrell, who runs top sports conference brand Leaders, has vowed never to put together another panel without a female representative. Nonetheless this year’s event, currently being staged at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, happens to be very male-dominated. LIGHT has been shed on the charity event that prevented Sir Ian Botham attending England’s Twenty20 match against West Indies at durham’s riverside Ground. An item on September 19 in this column stated durham had put out a press release saying the club’s chairman could not be at the game due to a prior commitment to a Beefy Foundation event, yet the occasion was not listed on the Foundation’s website.

In fact, Sir Ian was fulfilling a commitment as part of a prize that had been auctioned off, from which the Beefy Foundation and other charities will benefit. Apologies for any misunderstanding. lTHE

Rugby Football League have invited the mayor of Leeds to watch the Rhinos play Castleford in the Grand Final at Old Trafford on Saturday — but not the Mayor of Wakefield, whose district includes Castleford. Cas locals are not impressed.