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Stevenage boss invites Hamilton to a game

Lewis Hamilton has been invited to come and watch League Two side Stevenage in action by manager Dino Maamria. Hamilton irked his home town community by referring to Stevenage as 'the slums' whilst on stage at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The five-time World Champion immediately corrected himself, but felt compelled to address his remarks on Instagram following a few days of uproar. But Maamria has offered Hamilton the chance to bury the hatchet once and for all by coming to support his home town football club. 'It was just the wrong choice of words I think,' Maamria told BBC Sport. 'He would have known that and he apologised for it. He's proud of where he came from and...
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