Emma Raducanu is big favourite on six-person shortlistAnti-Spoty awards 2021: Murphy, Erasmus and moreGet in touch: email Simon or tweet @Simon_BurntonWe kid, obviously. There are other contenders for the Emma Raducanu of the Year award, and they are: …
Ashes 2021-22: Australia v England second Test, day four – live!
The Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Email or tweet @TJAldredBroad thumps the pad and wheels into one of his celebrappeals, not even looking at the umpire – bad move. It’s not given and it’s umpire’s call on impact, so not …
Jack Grealish targets Manchester City treble but admits he must improve
Forward hopeful City can emulate United side of 1999‘Hopefully I will have a few medals around my neck’Jack Grealish believes Manchester City can win the treble this season but the forward says he needs to improve his personal goal and assist tally giv…
Covid chaos leads Klopp to demand action to tackle anti-vaxx players | Richard Jolly
Liverpool’s manager says he would not sign anyone who is unjabbed and that those players are ‘a constant threat for all of us’It is the time of the year when conversations tend to revolve around one topic and for football managers that is the January t…
Police make arrest over alleged racist abuse of Arsenal substitutes at Leeds
Players on bench allegedly targeted during 4-1 win Leeds pledge life-time ban: ‘Racism will not be tolerated’West Yorkshire police have made one arrest following allegations that racist abuse was directed at Arsenal’s substitutes from among the home cr…
Newcastle v Manchester City underlines the problem inherent in football | Jonathan Wilson
The game’s great dilemma is squaring the need for rich backers – no matter how unpalatable – with our longing for a football fix It has been another week of soul-searching for football. What is the game, what is it for and who does it belong to? With …
Ashes 2021-22: Australia v England second Test, day three – live!
Start time for play at Adelaide Oval is 2:11pm local/2.41pm AEDT/3.41am GMTThe Spin: subscribe to our weekly cricket newsletterAny thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkemp13th over: England 35-2 (Malan 8, Root 14) Neser, bowling fuller than England have bee…
Champions League 2021-22 last-16 draw – live updates!
The draw in Nyon, Switzerland, is due to start at 11am (GMT)Liverpool, United and City seeded but Chelsea are notEuropa League and Conference League draws from 12pm (GMT)Drop Daniel an email | Tweet @unitedrewindAnd here’s another. Feel free to send in…
Zoom call: how the camera became the action in TV darts
With its split-screen and facial close-ups, coverage of the sport has developed its own powerful visual grammar over 40 yearsChest puffed, eyes wide and fixed on their target, Gerwyn Price steps up to the oche at the start of a new leg in the final of …
Leicester out of Europa League after Elif Elmas double gives Napoli thrilling win
Leicester’s European campaign will go on but not in the way they wanted and, perhaps even more distressingly, there is no end in sight to their defensive problems. Brendan Rodgers’ team contributed embarrassingly to their own defeat to an under-strengt…