How Nike uses controversy to stay relevant

The new England football kit, NFL rebel Colin Kaepernick and transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney are among the controversial topics linked to Nike When the multi-coloured St George’s Cross on England’s new £125 kit forced Nike and the Football Association into full-blown crisis mode last week, one sentence was spun by insiders desperate to play down … Read more

Sarina Wiegman: Player-coach relationships are inappropriate – we must do more to protect players

Sarina Wiegman also said she was ‘surprised’ that Arsenal planned a 20,000-mile tour a week before an England international. Sarina Wiegman has condemned the relationship between player and coach as “highly inappropriate”, for the first time since the issue made widespread headlines earlier this month. Telegraph Sports has learned of at least 36 cases of … Read more

Mary Earps is deserved winner of BBC’s Spoty Award – or has she been rewarded for her failures?

Mary Earps with the Golden Glove Award after the World Cup final – Getty Images/Andy Cheung She deserved it for her heroics on and off the field If saving a penalty in England’s first senior World Cup final in 57 years isn’t enough to win the nation’s hearts, celebrating that save by angrily shouting “f— … Read more

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City lovers, Spanish kissers, failing cricketers – 10 things we learned in 2023

Manchester City achieved the holy grail of winning the Champions League in 2023, but did so against the backdrop of an unprecedented number of charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules. It was that kind of year in many ways. Spain made history by winning the Women’s World Cup, but was immediately … Read more

Where the Lionesses’ Olympic qualifying campaign went wrong – and there was one bright spot

England’s 6-0 win over Scotland was not enough to secure an Olympic spot for Great Britain – Reuters/Carl Recine There will be no Team GB squad involved in the Olympic women’s football competition in Paris next summer, meaning the women’s game will miss out on an important opportunity for prominence, and that’s because England – … Read more

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