One of the problems with sport, imported from heartwarming mid-90s books about Man Feelings and their attendant movie adaptations featuring Colin Farrell looking sad in a hoodie, is the idea that football in particular has something to tell us about life. In many ways this is correct. It’s just that the things football has to … Read more
The England squad went to cookery school during their training camp in York this week. They were given all the ingredients to make a steak dinner and let loose in the kitchen. Some followed the recipe to the letter, others made things up as they went along and it is not too much of a … Read more
Bayern Munich wasted a two-goal lead in front of a home crowd to slump to a 3-2 Bundesliga loss to Bochum, but second-placed Bayer Leverkusen were unable to take advantage, going down 2-0 at home to Werder Bremen. Bayern, who beat Leverkusen 3-0 in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday, looked to be … Read more
There was much to encourage and concern Arne Slot – and Paris Saint-Germain for that matter – as the Liverpool head coach looked down from the Anfield directors’ box on another victorious step towards the Premier League title. The leaders toiled against Southampton until a triple half-time substitution ignited the spark that resulted in a … Read more
As a man who has negotiated with Roman Abramovich and Daniel Levy, Jonathan Goldstein is no novice when it comes to investing in sport, but even he professes to have been stunned and thrilled when participating in last month’s Hundred auction. The Chelsea director “maintained discipline” as a rival Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature No Emiliano Martínez for Aston Villa; Robin Olsen starts in goal instead. Marco Asensio is also not included in the visiting squad, making this game around 50% less interesting for the neutrals. Both players didn’t travel to the Gtech due to … Read more
Ireland’s grand slam chase ended in a hole in the road here and their championship aspirations took a bruising as well, left relying on things to go their way in next weekend’s final round. The hope that Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray and Cian Healy could sign off their last game on Lansdowne Road with a … Read more
Bobby Thomas scored a last-gasp winner to give Coventry a thrilling 3-2 win against Stoke at the CBS Arena. Victor Torp had scored a first-half double to put the Sky Blues ahead before substitute Sam Gallagher netted two of his own to haul Stoke level. But Thomas sent the home fans into raptures in the … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble The saying goes that if you’re not going to be here for a long time then you might as well be here for a good time. The coaches today are at opposite plots of the long time/good time axis. Matt … Read more
Can we just hear it for Nottingham Forest please? Sure, Manchester City continued their plummet from Premier League champions to scrambling to qualify for the Champions League, but the achievements of Nuno Espiríto Santo’s team deserve full recognition. Callum Hudson-Odoi scored the winning goal seven minutes from time to enhance Forest’s hold on third place, … Read more