Sammi Minion

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Sammi Minion is a Sports Writer at JOE, with more than two years experience working in journalism and publishing, a NCTJ qualification from Darlington College, and a degree in History and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. As well as writing about the latest football news and transfer rumours, Sammi helps out with the weekly JOE Pub Quiz!

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  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 630

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 630

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 630, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

    2 days ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 629

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 629

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 629, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

    3 days ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 624

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 624

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 624, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

    1 week ago

  • QUIZ: Name all 48 qualified teams at the 2026 World Cup

    QUIZ: Name all 48 qualified teams at the 2026 World Cup

    It’s the biggest tournament ever! The 2026 World Cup is already set to be the biggest of its kind in history, with a massive 48 teams competing, including four nations who are making their debuts. While the eight sides that have won World Cups before might be an easy enough start, it’ll take a real […]

    2 weeks ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 504

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 504

    Let’s party like it’s 2004! Welcome to the 504th edition of the JOE Friday Pub Quiz, which I bring to you in especially good spirits. After a lifetime — well, 22 years to be exact — of hurt and disappointment, my beloved team Arsenal finally won the Premier League on Tuesday, their first title since […]

    1 month ago

  • Former Arsenal keeper Alex Manninger dies aged 48

    Former Arsenal keeper Alex Manninger dies aged 48

    He won Premier League and FA Cup titles with Arsenal. Former Arsenal and Liverpool goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died aged 48, as confirmed by the Austrian Football Association. Reports quoted in The Mirror, have indicated that the retired footballer died as the result of a traffic collision between his car and train in the city […]

    2 months ago

  • Football match ends in tragedy as referee shot dead on pitch

    Football match ends in tragedy as referee shot dead on pitch

    Attackers reportedly stormed the pitch and shot the referee in front of players and supporters. A referee was shot dead whilst officiating a neighbourhood football match in Ecuador, as reported by The Mail, quoting news from the South American nation. The event is said to have sent shockwaves through an entire community in the town […]

    2 months ago

  • Footballer dies aged 20 after armed robbers attack team bus

    Footballer dies aged 20 after armed robbers attack team bus

    Tragic news. 20-year-old Ghanian footballer Dominic Frimpong has died after suspected armed robbers attacked his club Berekum Chelsea’s team bus, according to the west African country’s football association. In a statement made by the GFA (Ghanian Football Association) on Monday, the organisation made clear their “profound shock and deep sorrow” at the tragic incident, before […]

    2 months ago

  • JOE’s 12 Days of Quizmas 2025: day 1

    JOE’s 12 Days of Quizmas 2025: day 1

    The real 12 days of Christmas There are lots of things to enjoy about this time of year. The food, family and friends, Christmas music and films, the TV specials. Allow us to add some quizzing to that as well. We’ll be guiding you through this festive period with 12 daily quizzes, starting in the lead-up to […]

    6 months ago

  • Love Actually actor Jill Freud has died

    Love Actually actor Jill Freud has died

    BREAKING British actor Jill Freud has passed away at the age of 98, her daughter has confirmed. Freud is best known for appearing in the beloved Christmas film Love Actually, where she featured as the housekeeper in Hugh Grant’s Downing Street. The role was Freud’s last in a long acting career. Freud’s death was confirmed […]

    7 months ago

  • Cadbury swapping out Heroes classic for new chocolate this Christmas

    Cadbury swapping out Heroes classic for new chocolate this Christmas

    History in the making Fans of the iconic “Heroes” chocolate box can look forward to the start of an exciting new era this Christmas, as Cadbury begin the process of rolling out paper tubs of the sweets for the first time ever. The new boxes are currently limited to select Tesco stores, meaning that those […]

    8 months ago

  • Graham Norton brands Hollywood A-lister his ‘worst ever guest’

    Graham Norton brands Hollywood A-lister his ‘worst ever guest’

    ‘It was hell’ Iconic Irish TV host Graham Norton has revealed his show’s worst guest in its almost 20-year history. Since its first episode aired back in 2007, the Graham Norton Show has featured a broad range of guests from the very height of Hollywood fame, to up-and-coming local artists and comedians. After resisting naming […]

    9 months ago

  • Doctor admits to having sex with nurse halfway through operation

    Doctor admits to having sex with nurse halfway through operation

    The doctor was absent for a period of eight minutes A doctor left a patient under anaesthetic on an operating table so they could go and have sex with a nurse in another room, according to a medical tribunal that was first reported on by the BBC. The doctor involved, who has been named as […]

    10 months ago

  • Fundraiser for woman jailed for life in Dubai removed after ‘violation’

    Fundraiser for woman jailed for life in Dubai removed after ‘violation’

    News of her arrest emerged yesterday A GoFundMe account set up in support of a young British woman jailed in Dubai has been removed from the fundraising platform. Liverpool local Mia O’Brien has been arrested and is currently being held in Dubai’s city centre jail for an unspecified offence. The only information about the arrest […]

    10 months ago