The age of asterisk: Manchester City’s glittering era of success is tainted now | Barney Ronay
Friday’s verdict against Manchester City will change everything we understood about their Premier League title triumphsWelcome, then, to the age of asterisk. Whatever punishment Manchester City and their owners receive at the end of this process, the…
Thomas Tuchel warns Cole Palmer about ‘missing way too many’ England camps
Head coach said latest withdrawal is ‘missed opportunity’England host Spain in Nations League on SaturdayThomas Tuchel has thrown Cole Palmer’s England future into major doubt by questioning whether the Chelsea attacker wants to be part of his…
We Manchester City fans fear relegation and losing trophies … but club are bang to rights
Despite attempts to legally filibuster the charges out of existence for the past three years, we’ve rightfully failedIt couldn’t have been more prophetic. In 2008, 15 years before Manchester City were charged with financial fraud, fans started singing…
Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules
City face sanctions after more than 100 rule breachesClub insist on innocence and are expected to appealManchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of more than a hundred charges related to breaches of the Premier League’s financial…
I love a drink in the stands, but Burnham’s beer proposal feels out of step with modern football | Marva Kreel
Focusing on the right to drink at your seat is an odd place to start when discrimination in the game runs much deeperAndy Burnham is right that football fans have historically been treated differently from other sports fans. But if we’re going to talk…
Kimi Antonelli hits wall as George Russell takes F1 Azerbaijan GP pole
Championship leader Antonelli crashes out in Q1Mercedes teammate takes pole by 0.837 from LeclercFor all his youth, such has been Kimi Antonelli’s consummate control this season he has barely put a foot wrong. In qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix,…
‘You learn more from the losses and the draws’: Red Roses relishing clash with revitalised Black Ferns
A week after Canada ended their winning run, England’s World Cup winners face a New Zealand team aiming to inflict more pain at TwickenhamA wounded animal is the most dangerous. The Red Roses might not have lost to Canada last Saturday but they did not…
João Félix strike for Portugal enough to sink Wales but Ronaldo fever falls flat
There was a comic-strip feel to another eventful evening in the kingdom of Cristiano Ronaldo. Where to start? It was the 67th minute when his No 7 went up on the fourth official’s board, the cue to remove the captain’s armband from his left bicep before…
Jos Buttler injury and Kusal Mendis century derail England as Sri Lanka level ODI series
Wicketkeeper sustains hamstring injury while taking runSeries goes to a decider at the Oval on SundayA beautiful batting surface and a greased lightning outfield made this second one-day international wildly different from the first 48 hours earlier.…
Former England player Andy Carroll reveals he was sexually assaulted in 2021
Carroll was assaulted by a man at his home while he sleptAttacker found guilty of sexual offences after player testifiedThe former England forward Andy Carroll has revealed in his autobiography he was sexually assaulted by a man in 2021. The 37-year-old…