Gavi’s injury will keep one of European football’s brightest talents off the world stage this season – Getty Images/Ion Alcoba One of them is in his thirties and has had most of a glorious career. The other is only 19 and there is so much more to come. Two players at different times in their … Read more
The Premier League is a confusing place at the moment. As if by accident, Arsenal went top this weekend, defying claims that Mikel Arteta’s side were struggling to reach the highs of last season. Liverpool, meanwhile, highlighted their title credentials with a point away to Manchester City, despite the Reds extending their run to just … Read more
Terry Venables with Paul Gascoigne ahead of Euro 96 – Reuters/Darren Walsh “What a sad day, cheers boss, xxxx,” Paul Gascoigne wrote simply, above a timeless photo of Terry Venables, decked out in his England coaching kit, eyes twinkling and a grinning face, as he held up a cup of tea to the tapping sounds … Read more
Terry Venables will forever be remembered as the manager who oversaw the summer that brought football home. The charismatic boss, who has died aged 80, enjoyed a colorful and controversial career, the undoubted highlight of which was bringing England within a penalty shoot-out of reaching the European Championship final on home soil in 1996 . … Read more
There were 92,453 people at the Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia on Sunday. It was a huge crowd, but 560 short of the highest attendance in cricket history. Where was that match played? In the same stadium a week earlier Melbourne Pasadena Wembley Manchester City will play Liverpool in the Premier League … Read more
Harry Maguire (left) was awarded a penalty for handball in United’s defeat to FC Copenhagen this month – Getty Images/James Gill Manchester United and England defender Harry Maguire has called on the Premier League to take a stand against ‘soft’ penalties and raise the threshold for awarding penalties. Maguire survived a criminal case against him … Read more