Virgil van Dijk is not good enough for Liverpool any more
At times Virgil van Dijk has been “too good for the highest level,” as Jamie Carragher eulogised last year.Sometimes, however, you have to leave...
The Boat Race is an elitist relic – and Channel 4 knows it
It’s not easy to revamp an event that has been running for nearly 200 years.Much has changed about the Boat Race since Charles Merivale...
Chelsea’s gross rule-bending must make Everton and Forest feel like fools
And so Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly wept, not for there were no worlds left to conquer but because so much money had been...
Thomas Tuchel is undoing all of Gareth Southgate’s good work with England
The international football friendly falls somewhere between a waste of time and player abuse. Thomas Tuchel turned England’s final engagement before the announcement of...
My England XI to start the World Cup – including Trent and Maguire
It has not been a good week for England manager Thomas Tuchel. A 35-man camp and two games against beatable opposition, at home, were...
Tiger Woods is over
Finally, word from Tiger Woods. It took four days after his arrest to confront the inevitable, accepting that he needed help following his arrest...
England have a serious Harry Kane problem
Do you remember that weird six-month period, which unhelpfully included Euro 2024, when people seriously thought that England needed to move on from Harry...
England’s three winners and five losers from dire World Cup warm-ups
England 0-1 Japan (Mitoma 23′)WEMBLEY — This was supposed to convince the country to believe. Instead age-old concerns over England’s modus operandi of glorious...
My bold County Championship predictions – with England reject the best bowler
Despite dire warnings over the future of some clubs and financial problems for many, most seriously Sussex and Middlesex, nothing can stop the excitement...
Roberto De Zerbi to Tottenham is a PR disaster in the making
Accordingly De Zerbi will step into a fanbase that is already divided and toxic. Plans to offer the Italian a five-year deal prompted a...
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“Liar and Manipulator”: Angel Reese Fires Back at Old Friend After...
Even the “Unapologetic” version of Angel Reese has a line. This time, it wasn’t crossed on the court. It happened mid-conversation, in a setting...
