The challenge for tennis and other sporting bodies is weighing their financial partnerships with human rights concernsAmid global concern for tennis player Peng Shuai, Tennis Australia posted a job advertisement demonstrating the importance of China to…
The Fiver | The 47 recommendations to safeguard English football’s future
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Following the publication of the government’s fan-led review into football governance, The Fiver’s immediate and entirely predictable reaction was to wait for some industrious Big Boy News reporter to …
Manchester United in advanced talks to make Ralf Rangnick interim manager
Rangnick is Lokomotiv’s head of sports and developmentUnited agree consultancy role to follow for at least two yearsManchester United are in advanced talks with Ralf Rangnick over becoming their interim manager until the end of the season.Rangnick, the…
Conte and Gerrard pour fuel on ketchup wars in tasty cultural divide within football | Jonathan Liew
The sauce is a source of enduring obsession and furious debate in football – and speaks to our confusion as a nationAs with most wars, nobody can really trace the origins of English football’s enduring obsession with ketchup. Perhaps, like many things,…
Abramovich to miss Chelsea’s clash with Juventus despite London visit
Chelsea owner makes first visit to Stamford Bridge since 2018Thomas Tuchel says Russian billionaire is ‘in love with the game’Roman Abramovich will not attend Chelsea’s Champions League tie against Juventus at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night despite t…
After Escribá’s sacking where will Elche’s new owners take them now? | Sid Lowe
Fran Escribá was a consistent presence after Elche’s sale last year but after his sacking the owners – one of whom is a striker at the club – will have to show what their intentions arePissing off the boss is rarely a good plan and losing lots of footb…
Multiculturalism in the UK was rejected long ago | Letters
Bethan Benwell says it was actually New Labour that first turned its back on the findings of Lord Parekh’s report, while Martin Rose wonders if the phrase British Asian is itself a token of non-acceptanceIt is true that Lord Parekh’s report and its vis…
Lewis Hamilton to harness power of new engine in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Mercedes believe engine change will be advantage in JeddahMax Verstappen leads by eight points with two races leftLewis Hamilton will go into the crucial penultimate round of the Formula One season with a vital advantage in his Mercedes car. After Hami…
Manchester United fan view: ‘Don’t blame Ole, the system is a joke’
Solskjær had his shortcomings but shocking mismanagement by the Glazers is the real reason for club’s under-achievement“They’ll be fine. I’ll watch them and support them,” stuttered Ole Gunnar Solskjær, fighting back the tears in his emotional farewell…
Robbie Dunne to face hearing over Bryony Frost bullying allegations
Series of charges for jockey at disciplinary hearing next weekDunne denied allegations against him when interviewedThe British Horseracing Authority said on Monday that the long-awaited hearing of a disciplinary case against the jockey Robbie Dunne, wh…