After a slow start, the Sweden striker is now appearing regularly on the scoresheet with six goals in eight games At times during that difficult start to his first season at Arsenal Viktor Gyökeres looked more likely to fall over than score a Premier League goal. But why compromise? Why...
Frank backs Romero as Spurs captain despite red card at Manchester United
Head coach says defender apologised to him and his team ‘There is not any regret in making him captain’ Thomas Frank will not consider stripping Cristian Romero of the Tottenham captaincy despite the defender invoking a four-game ban after he was sent off in the 2–0 defeat by Manchester United...
‘We lived a miraculous thing’: Castel di Sangro, 30 years on from their epic rise
Small town club’s Serie B adventure captivated football and inspired a famous book. That spirit remains and is being passed to their successors The WhatsApp group flickers into life at about 6am every day. It is the manager who goes first because, when you are 79, old habits die hard....
Team GB lose Cas appeal over new skeleton helmets at Winter Olympics
Cas ruling deems helmets illegal due to protruding rear Setback for Team GB’s Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt Great Britain’s skeleton team have been banned from wearing its new aerodynamic helmets at the Winter Olympics after the court of arbitration for sport ruled they were illegal because its “rear significantly...
Sloppy Scotland stunned as Italy make winning start to Six Nations amid deluge
Italy 18-15 Scotland Azzurri resist fightback in appalling conditions They say the Six Nations is all about momentum and Scotland, again, find themselves sliding rapidly downhill. Passion and effort are guaranteed from any Italy team, but they were clinical and defended magnificently in Rome. Gonzalo Quesada’s side ruthlessly capitalised on...
Wales’ woes are not just for their team and fans, but a crisis for the Six Nations | Michael Aylwin
England did not play all that well in thrashing Wales and it is hard to see how the visitors pull themselves out of the rut England really didn’t play that well. Certainly, if the number of points left out there is any guide. There were times in the first half,...
Cortina awakens to embrace competitive curling couples and Vonn’s valiant gold bid | Andy Bull
The well-dressed alpine town, all art deco and Prada, is watching Mouat and Dodds dominate before the focus turns to Vonn’s daredevil act The sun rises late in Cortina d’Ampezzo, like everything else in this little alpine town. It’s gone eight o’clock in the morning by the time the daylight...