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Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; so close for Aston Villa. At 2-0 down on the night and 5-1 on aggregate it all looked over before they rallied thanks to goals from Youri Tielemans, John McGinn … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble In an age of steel and glass stadia, San Siro remains arguably the most iconic cathedral of football left on the continent. Internazionale and Bayern are fitting giants of Europe, nine European Cups between them. And while you might be … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble Noventi minuti en el Bernabéu son molto longo. Those were the words of Real Madrid’s Juanito after his side lost 3-1 to Internazionale in the first leg of a Uefa Cup semi-final in 1985-86. Ninety minutes at the Bernabeu are … Read more
Luis Enrique had one word to describe Gianluigi Donnarumma. “Sensationnel,” the Paris Saint-Germain manager said, briefly switching into French from his native Spanish; no translation required. Donnarumma was the difference for PSG against Aston Villa on Tuesday night, the goalkeeper making five saves in the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Villa Park, three of … Read more
THRILLER AT THE VILLA With the bin workers of Birmingham having been on strike for more than a month, we can but wonder what the players of Paris Saint-Germain made of the stuffed polythene sacks of stinking rubbish piled high and lining the streets as their coach wended its way towards Villa Park last night. … Read more
Unai Emery said Aston Villa must use their agonising Champions League quarter-final defeat against Paris Saint-Germain as fuel to qualify for the competition again quickly. Villa stirred from 5-1 down on aggregate but a 3-2 win on the night was not enough to advance to the semi-finals, in which PSG will face either Arsenal or … Read more
French tennis player Lois Boisson has responded to Harriet Dart’s on-court claim that “she smells really bad” with a social media post that pokes fun at the incident. During a change of ends in Tuesday’s match in Rouen, Dart asked the umpire: “Can you tell her [Boisson] to wear deodorant because she smells really bad?” … Read more
Manchester City have been hit by another serious injury blow after the Australia forward Mary Fowler sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Sunday’s Women’s FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester United. The 22-year-old, who has scored 10 times this term, is likely to be out for at least the remainder of the year. … Read more
“A tie is like kissing your sister,” Edward J Erdelatz said to the New York Times in 1954. Erdelatz was the United States Navy’s head football coach and his side had just drawn 0-0 against Duke University. “No one asked the mild spoken navy coach to explain,” the report adds. Well, quite. But sister or … Read more
Every March, I tune in to the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships, a ritual I associate with the arrival of spring. It also reminds me of my own athletic tenure. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and started wrestling when I was five, and went on to compete at the Division I level in … Read more