To make an end is to make a beginning: the end is where we start. Wise words there from TS Eliot, who, to be fair, never had to rebuild a high-end Premier League team while also dealing with closing out a title race, natural era-wastage, and losing your most successful homegrown player since the glory … Read more
Andy Farrell gathered his newly appointed British & Irish Lions coaches at the upmarket Rosewood hotel in London on Monday. They spent most of Tuesday chewing the fat, then sunk their teeth into a steak dinner at Hawksmoor restaurant. Bread was broken, the next significant signpost towards the summer tour of Australia ticked off. If … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Arsenal’s Leah Williamson has said: “It’s the biggest month we’ve had in terms of knockout competitions. This game is no different. I think the work that we’ve done, you can see the direction that we’re going in. We need to make … Read more
Barcelona’s best player was not at their final training session at San Joan Despi before facing Osasuna on Thursday night. Instead, as his teammates took to the practice field on Wednesday morning, Raphinha, scorer of 27 goals and provider of 20 assists this season, was still somewhere over the Atlantic. The same was true of … Read more
The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust has written to the Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, calling for an investigation into the connections of the club’s co-owner Todd Boehly with the ticket exchange and resale company Vivid Seats. Boehly is a director and investor in Vivid Seats, an American site that allows users outside the United Kingdom … Read more
Australia will tour England for the first time since 2003 this autumn, with Everton’s new stadium to stage one of the three Tests. The Kangaroos will take on Shaun Wane’s side in three matches at Wembley, Bramley-Moore Dock and Headingley on 25 October, 1 November and 8 November, respectively. England have not faced Australia since … Read more
The sister of the double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has told a court that she was struck in the face by their father as a child for forgetting her heart-rate monitor. The incident is said to have occurred in 2018 or 2019 when Ingrid, who is now 18, was driving to training with her father, … Read more
The lights go up on two dancers, each isolated in a zone of light. As the two trade moves and trade places, recognizable elements keep recurring: the side-to-side head isolations of Indian dance, a duck walk from vogueing, a hip-hop crotch grab. The ingredients are familiar, but the combination is novel. Such is “A Duo,” … Read more
An independent legal opinion has concluded that there are “strong grounds to challenge the lawfulness” of the controversial decision to ban three Cambridge students from taking part in next month’s Boat Race. The two crews will be formally announced this evening in an event at Battersea Power Station in London with Cambridge unable to select … Read more
Brazil were humiliated 4-1 by bitter rivals Argentina in South American World Cup qualifiers as the pressure mounted on manager Dorival Júnior after his side were comprehensively outplayed and fortunate not to lose by more. After edging Colombia 2-1 at home on Thursday, Brazil came crashing back to earth against the world champions, who started … Read more