Record wicket-taker has played a fifth of all England’s Tests, and the absence of his guile and skill will take some getting used to The day Fred Trueman took his 300th Test wicket, they aske...
The outgoing manager deserves another WSL title but her replacement will inherit a lot of quality young players Many will look at Emma Hayes’s 12 years as Chelsea manager and think her lastin...
Late Champions League semi-final comeback was merely the latest escape act for the Spanish giants led by Carlo Ancelotti At some moment, somewhere amid the mayhem, that symbol of the ridiculous...
The ECB’s proposals to invite private investment into its divisive tournament require further scrutiny with the wider game at stake Why should anyone be worried about the England and Wales Cr...
Logical brilliance of attacker stood out as he played with startling sense of freedom to lead team back to another final At what point, exactly, does the relentlessly unpredictable start to bec...
Changes encourage a more flowing game while giving a timely reminder that the league is first and foremost for entertainment The Giants’ centre, Jamie-Lee Price, caused a stir among Super Net...
Demons prove that show can go on even as weather turns with win that cements their AFL premiership credentials “If you want entertainment,” the former Stoke City manager Alan Durban once sa...
With crowds and participation booming after the World Cup, Sydney FC’s young stars represent the future of women’s football Cortnee Vine sprinted over in delight, meeting Shea Connors to ce...
Pep Guardiola’s side have not come near to scaling the heights of last season but remain unbeaten for five months Perhaps this is just what happens when a team gets into the habit of winning:...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have a big decision to make but will an unlikely FA Cup final win be enough to save the manager? And so the real business begins. The four months since Sir Jim Ratcl...
At the end of a goalless first half against Bournemouth, the German bought a penalty that tickled at the lines of the law This was a Premier League game that posed all kinds of existential ques...
Kieran McKenna has transformed Tractor Boys from a third-tier team into one that has upset clubs with far greater resources In Ipswich the businesses are decking their premises in blue and whit...
It is time for the talking to stop as Aidan O’Brien’s wonder colt returns to race in the first Classic of the season at Newmarket Even in a sport which thrives on optimism and uncertainty, ...
Either Melbourne City or Sydney FC will become the first to win five ALW titles this weekend – both behemoths worthy of the honour The A-League Women is a league that thrives on a sense of ch...
The 22-year-old’s blistering IPL form should have forced a recalculation for the otherwise conventional T20 World Cup squad Let’s be honest, we wanted it. You all did. Short of those active...
Having played under Benítez, Mourinho and Guardiola, the Spaniard has given his players a structure and identity Football is, fortunately, a game. Victory and defeat are sometimes decided by c...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2024/may/01/xabi-alonso-greats-leverkusen-education
No plan and poor communication sealed the coach’s fate, but under the right leadership the Rabbitohs can rise back up the ladder While much goes into coaching at the NRL level, at the end of ...
The tournament has turned into an arcade-style hitting competition because that is what the market wanted I’ve been kind of watching the Indian Premier League for the last five weeks. And th...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/apr/30/ipl-carnage-cricket-future-jonathan-liew
The former Diamonds captain joins the board of the ailing organisation with considerable knowledge and a clear blueprint to lift the sport Lasting, structural change rarely comes from one perso...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/apr/30/liz-ellis-netball-australia-appointed-board
One of the most talented and engagingly quirky chasers of recent years died on Sunday in a tragic stable accident There was a keen and widely shared sense of loss among racing fans on social me...