Ban on Russian teams competing internationally has been lifted but days of friendly relations between Norwegian, Finnish and Russia players are a distant – if fond – memoryFor years, playing ice hockey against teams from Russia...
Read MoreFishing town in disbelief the morning after its footballing minnows beat mighty Arsenal on penaltiesOn a wet and windy night on the north-west coast of England, a League Two side sensationally knocked the Premier League...
Read MoreReal Madrid forward was dropped by brands for comments Chinese media generally steered clear of outlining It’s been a bad start to the week for the France forward Kylian Mbappé. He missed out on joining the elite roster of...
Read MoreThe fixture’s relevance waned as the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry faded. Can Lamine Yamal and Mbappé lift it into a new era?For the best part of a decade, el clásico was more than just soccer’s biggest fixture. It was the defining...
Read MoreIn 1996 doctors told me I wouldn’t walk again unaided, but in 2022 I took the record for the most Everest summits by a non-SherpaI grew up in Slough, Berkshire, in a bungalow beside a farm. My father was a scout leader, and I...
Read MoreWith You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But do they ever come out well?In You Can See...
Read MoreCity behaved much like other top clubs but their rule-breaking deserves to be punished. The Bundesliga, where members have a controlling stake, can show the way forwardDo we have to reassess Manchester City now? In my columns, I...
Read MoreDirector of football is tarnished by recruitment record and Amorim stint but has received glowing review from aboveLisandro Martínez is not naive. At 28, he has experienced plenty in football and knows the causes of success and...
Read MoreThe popularity of Hand’s book Not the Perfect Victim is the latest twist in a story that puts the spotlight on how society responds to sexual assault allegationsNikita Hand had a compelling reason to not pursue a civil rape case...
Read MoreThe 52-year-old reflects on the pain of being sacked after two decades turning Red Bull into an F1 powerhouse, questioning his purpose in life and dealing with panic attacksChristian Horner should be in steamy Singapore,...
Read MoreFormer England winger could face a prison term next month and his career collapse raises many questionsIn another world, where careers broke in different directions, Raheem Sterling would be in this England squad now, playing...
Read MoreOn the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisitionIt was somehow fitting that Tuesday’s damning ruling against...
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