Covid scare in England team delays startThe Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Email or tweet @tjaldredEngland are on their way. Start time delayed by 30 minutes.You can also listen to Geoff (and Adam Collins and Emma John) d…
Premier League fans’ half-term reports, part one: Arsenal to Leicester
Fans rate the best and worst of the season so far – the stars, the flops and what needs to change in 2022Part two: Liverpool to WolvesGoing into Boxing Day in fourth is more than we could have hoped after our worst start ever. The recovery has definite…
Euro 2022 can kickstart a great leap forward for women’s football | Suzanne Wrack
The tournament in England could be huge as the hosts are contenders and the game is championed as never beforeWe are becoming accustomed to hearing moments in women’s sport – on and off various fields, pitches, courts, pools and tracks – be described a…
Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2021: Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics
The greatest gymnast in history opened up about her mental health issues in Tokyo – and collected a bronze medalAs Simone Biles entered the Ariake Gymnastics Centre for the women’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics, the eyes of the sporting world slowly…
2021 was the year when football’s silent majority finally found its voice | Jonathan Liew
European Super League protests showed us that when fans and players are on the same page, no one in the game can stop themRemarkably, the website is still live. Eight months after the European Super League disintegrated in an embarrassing fireball, you…
Premier League fans’ half-term reports, part two: Liverpool to Wolves
Fans rate the best and worst of the season so far – the stars, the flops and what needs to change in 2022Part one: Arsenal to LeicesterIt’s going pretty much how most Liverpool fans expected: we’re up at the top and we cruised through the Champions Lea…
Great escapes and all-time thrillers: the history of Boxing Day Ashes Tests
The MCG fixture has become a major part of cricketing folklore but it was a surprisingly recent addition to the calendarHowever incompatible they superficially appear, the link between English cricket and Christmas has blossomed since the moment their …
Australia and England ring the changes for Ashes Boxing Day Test
Scott Boland becomes only the second Indigenous men’s cap for the hosts, while Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley are among four changes for the touristsAustralia and England have rung the changes for the Boxing Day Test, with Scott Boland set to become ju…
Insatiable Robert Lewandowski now has stats to rival Messi and Ronaldo
Striker’s relentless desire to improve in a record-breaking 2021 has put him top of our rankings for a second year runningOne always thought that going past Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at the summit of individual achievement would require a diff…
The alternative 2021 sports awards: quotes, gaffes and animal cameos
The best and worst of 2021 – featuring the culture war, dogs and a phenomenal third legLee Anderson MP, shrugging off the critics in July after his boycott of England didn’t catch on. Anderson, who called players taking the knee at the Euros “an attack…