This was a game to reflect the tyranny of analytics-based football, where thought and expression are abandoned for the playbook, set pieces rule, and long throws become key events. For Brentford’s Michael Kayode, read Leeds’s Ethan Ampadu, both taking an age before hurling the ball into a mass of bodies,...
Frank warns Tottenham ‘not a quick fix’ after ‘very bad performance’ at Forest
Manager says it will take time to turn club around Spence reaction to substitution will be investigated Thomas Frank said Tottenham’s 3-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest offered a sobering reminder his side remain a “work in progress” and amid increasing scrutiny the head coach reiterated improving Spurs’s fortunes is “not...
England make one change for third Ashes Test as Harry Brook vows to ‘rein it in’
Josh Tongue comes in for Gus Atkinson for Adelaide Test Brook rues ‘shocking shots’ in Perth and Brisbane England have made one change to their line-up for the third Ashes Test, with Josh Tongue coming in as a like-for-like replacement for Gus Atkinson in the bowling attack. Seamer Atkinson failed...
Guardiola impressed with fighting spirit as City’s title push gathers momentum
Head coach praises ‘real leader’ Dias as defence holds firm Win at Selhurst Park extends Manchester City’s run to five Pep Guardiola has warned that Manchester City are growing in resilience after Erling Haaland and Phil Foden secured the side’s fifth win in succession and maintained pressure on the Premier...
Nick Woltemade own goal ushers in pantomime season on Wearside | Barry Glendenning
German striker was given a sarcastic ovation by the Sunderland fans after his inadvertent match winner On numerous occasions during the 75 minutes he spent on the pitch during the Wear-Tyne derby, Nick Woltemade cut an extremely isolated, peripheral and forlorn figure in the opposition box. A bad afternoon for...
England need to be introduced to concept of consequences after Ashes flops | Mark Ramprakash
Players and coaches need to realise they will not be immune if fortunes do not change in the third Test in Adelaide There’s always a lot of white noise around an Ashes series but at the moment for England it must be overwhelming, not just given their performances in the...
Special delivery: how a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica
A letter to the king has added a royal flourish to life at Rothera Research Station, where mail remains a vital link to the world It might be traditional to write to Father Christmas with a gift list, but when Kirsten Shaw wanted a new postbox for staff at the...
Little Foot hominin fossil may be new species of human ancestor
Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our...