Managers rise and managers fall and often there isn’t much reason for it. It was only a year ago that Gary O’Neil seemed one of the brightest young managers in the Premier League, but by December it was over. This is how football is: when a blip becomes a slump becomes a spiral, the only … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature An email: “On American TV, Graeme Le Saux has just asked if the pigeons on the pitch might have been standing in an offside position in the Brentford penalty area,” writes Justin Kavanagh. “He’ll get himself banned from the US, if … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Before things get wild, let’s take this opportunity to tip the cap to young Nick Dunlap. The 21-year-old shot 90 on Thursday, and many a player would have responded by playing the illness or injury card to minimise embarrassment before withdrawing … Read more
You expect to find Jim Nantz waiting for the Masters champion in Butler Cabin on Sunday evening, but it must be a surprise to find God is in there with him, too. But, as Bernhard Langer explained after finishing his 136th and final competitive round at the Masters on Friday evening, apparently that’s what happened … Read more
It should be the best of times for Nottingham Forest but the great expectations of securing an historic Champions League spot risk making it the worst if they miss out. A Murillo mistake gifted Everton victory in stoppage time as the pressure started to show at the City Ground. The Brazilian centre-back lost the ball … Read more
Celtic could be crowned Premiership champions on Sunday following a 5-1 hammering of Kilmarnock at Parkhead. Brendan Rodgers demanded better from his players following the shock 1-0 defeat at bottom side St Johnstone last weekend and with only 11 minutes played his side were two goals to the good through a terrific strike from midfielder … Read more
Substitute striker Muhamed Tijani scored an 88th-minute winner as basement side Plymouth dealt a huge blow to Sheffield United’s automatic promotion hopes at Home Park. Tijani scored from 12 yards out after United failed to clear Bali Mumba’s dangerous cross and the ball fell kindly to the striker. Ryan Hardie cancelled out Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s 44th-minute … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A reminder that qualifying begins at 5pm. Stay tuned until then. Who fancies pole in Bahrain? Share Practice: Oscar Piastri and McLaren were quickest in practice in Bahrain. The Australian was was 0.668 seconds faster than Lando Norris and 0.834 secs … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Fighting talk from Aoife Wafer. She told Sarah Rendell that “Ireland want to shake England up a bit” and shock the favourites in Cork. Well worth your pre-game perusal. Share France 42-12 Wales The early kick-off in this third round of … Read more
When the race car driver Aurora Straus first began competing professionally aged 16, she was the only female racer on the tracks in North America. Unsurprisingly, her entry into the male-dominated world of motorsports was not without its sexist challenges. In one incident, while she was being filmed for a documentary, she returned to her … Read more