Retired footballer Alex Manninger, who played for Arsenal and later Liverpool, has been killed in a car crash in Austria at the age of 48, according to local media reports. Local media said his car was hit by a train in Salzburg. The Austrian Football Association (OFB) posted on social media: “The news of Alex Manninger’s death is deeply shocking.
Ultra-endurance athlete Zach Vella is approaching the halfway mark of his extraordinary London-to-Malta run, having covered 1,210 kilometres with 1,489 kilometres to go. The run, Miles From Home, part of his Homebound project, has already raised €60,000 for YMCA Malta, to help people experiencing homelessness. On Tuesday, Vella crossed into Italy