The Fiver | Newcastle, Sunderland and shows of outright contempt for fans | Football
WHAT A BUSINESS It really wasn’t meant to be like this. As June approached, Newcastle fans were brimful of optimism...
Day: June 4, 2020
Rafael Nadal would ‘not travel to New York today’ to play tennis | Sport
Rafael Nadal has said tennis should not resume until players are able to travel safely in order to compete around...
Talking Horses: Royal Ascot prize fund for 2020 slashed by 50% | Sport
The huge impact that the two-and-a-half month suspension and the ongoing requirement to race behind closed doors will have on...
Newmarket racecourse scare as window crashes into empty stand below | Sport
For once, racing had reason to be thankful that it has been forced to go behind closed doors, as a...
Women’s W Series motor racing abandoned with promise to return | Sport
Motor racing’s all-female W Series cancelled its 2020 season on Thursday due to the Covid-19 pandemic but promised to return...
My favourite game: when Blackburn stunned Arsenal in the 2013 FA Cup | Michael Butler | Sport
It is a wonderful thing to live next to a football ground. Every other week my road, bordering the Emirates...
Darren Stevens: ‘If I never played cricket again I’d feel robbed’ | Sport
“I feel as fresh as a 34-year-old” is not a statement likely to inspire a great swell of confidence in...
Brees sorry after LeBron James leads backlash to QB’s criticism of anthem protests | Sport
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has apologized for his lack of “compassion or empathy” after he said he disagrees...
Joshua Kimmich: ‘We have to wear masks, sit alone and shower at home’ | Football
“This year we have to drink all the beer,” Joshua Kimmich says, his tone deadpan as he ponders how weird...
‘Man, this isn’t MLS’: An oral history of USA’s quarter-final run in 2002 | Football
On 7 October 2001, the US men’s national team carried the weight of a nation’s grief on their shoulders. The...
