Category: Sport

After a historic series win against New Zealand in Christchurch in September the latest challenge for England on the way to their Commonwealth title defence next summer is three Tests against Jamaica on home soil, beginning on Sunday at London’s Copper Box Arena. If expectations were already high for the Roses after defeating the world […]

Patrick Vieira and Steven Gerrard locking horns in central midfield was a highlight of many a Premier League and cup encounter 15 to 20 years ago, not to mention a particularly gruelling group game at Euro 2004, but now there is the somewhat safer distance between the managers’ technical areas to separate them. Their aggressive […]

The Paris Saint-Germain sporting director, Leonardo, has insisted the club have not met with Zinédine Zidane and remain behind the manager, Mauricio Pochettino. It has been a tumultuous week for PSG and Pochettino, after Manchester United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjær on Sunday. United have revived their long-standing interest in Pochettino and he has done little […]

Both Jürgen Klopp and Ralph Hasenhüttl benefited from the work of top influencer Ralf Rangnick – although the late Wolfgang Frank was the Liverpool manager’s biggest inspiration – but bring contrasting form into their meeting at Anfield. The Southampton manager will be seeking improvement in front of goal following a wasteful defeat at Norwich. Klopp […]

The bloom is well and truly off Brighton’s rose as their strong start fades into the distance. Graham Potter’s side put in an uncharacteristically weak-willed display in defeat at Villa Park but Leeds present an opportunity to bounce back. Last season’s darlings are struggling, sitting two points above the relegation zone, and spirits may be […]

Tom Harrison, the England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive, insists he is still the right man to navigate the sport through the racism scandal he has described as an earthquake set off by Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of systemic discrimination at Yorkshire. Speaking after the publication on Friday of the ECB’s 12-point action plan to […]

Storm Arwen is expected to deposit the most significant rainfall for several weeks on Newbury racecourse before the Ladbrokes Trophy Chase on Saturday, which adds an extra layer of uncertainty to the task of sifting a value bet from a long list of possibilities. Second-season chasers have a strong recent record in this historic handicap, […]