Category: Sports
The amazing Manchester City career of Tony Book: from a building site to the title | Simon Hattenstone
Tony Book. Mr Manchester City. Skip. One of our greats. Yet few fans have specific memories of him playing. Not necessarily because we didn’t see [more…]
Draper defies Kokkinakis and partisan Australian Open crowd to win thriller
For the second time in as many matches, Jack Draper found himself on the brink of a painful, early defeat at the Australian Open as [more…]
Australian Open 2025: Draper beats Kokkinakis in thriller, Fearnley and Gauff through – as it happened
Here are our reports so far from day four in Melbourne: So there we go. That was an expletive brilliant match, the best of the [more…]
Conor Gallagher is at the centre of Atlético Madrid’s charge up La Liga
Andrea Berta left Atlético Madrid earlier this month after a decade as the club’s sporting director. As a parting gift, he gave Diego Simeone a [more…]
Moving the Goalposts | ‘We’re witnessing extraordinary change’: Ecuador get ready for Copa América Femenina
Gigi Moreira is more than just the captain of Ecuador’s women’s national team – she’s an ambassador for a country that this summer has a [more…]
Arteta must revive Emirates roar as much as Arsenal’s fortunes on pitch
Mikel Arteta was sitting in the Emirates Stadium away dugout when he realised the scale of the task that awaited him. It was December 2019, [more…]
Australian Open 2025: De Minaur and Boulter in action, Raducanu battles through – live
Australian Open 2024 – day three! As ever we’ve all sorts for you in this evening session. Local favourites Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin [more…]
Lazio fire far-right eagle mascot handler over his social media penis posts
Lazio fired the far-right sympathiser who handles their eagle mascot on Monday after he posted a series of videos and pictures of his erect penis [more…]
The future is Oranje: Kluivert arrival underpins Indonesia’s Dutch shift
In 1938 Indonesia, with their bespectacled captain, Achmad Nawir, went to the World Cup as the Dutch East Indies and “Dutch” should perhaps be put [more…]
Nottingham Forest and Liverpool revive rivalry forged in late 1970s | Will Unwin
At the end of the 1970s, there were two teams dominating English football: Bob Paisley’s much-lauded Liverpool and an up-and-coming Nottingham Forest under the guidance [more…]
