Under the warm light of a hanging lamp, Marty Landorf carefully crumbled the dried flower head of a black-eyed Susan between her fingers, teasing apart the chaff to uncover its puny black seeds. Each one was destined for long-term cold storage alongside roughly 46 million other seeds at the Chicago...
Yes, relegation is now a very real possibility for Tottenham | Jonathan Wilson
Spurs’ slide from title hopefuls to relegation candidates is a story of complete mismanagement and widespread injury Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Last week, after Tottenham had lost 4-1 at home to Arsenal, Igor Tudor was bullish. It was possible leaving his post-match press conference to think...
Targett double sets Middlesbrough on the path to victory against Birmingham
Matt Targett’s first-half double helped Middlesbrough return to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Birmingham and further boost their hopes of promotion to the Premier League. Third-place Millwall’s triumph against Preston at the weekend cut the gap to just the one point coming into the match, but Kim Hellberg’s...
Getafe deal blow to Real Madrid’s La Liga title hopes with Bernabéu victory
Martín Satriano’s superb first-half volley earned Getafe a shock 1-0 victory at Real Madrid in La Liga on Monday, a result that left Barcelona four points clear at the top. Real dominated possession from kick-off and controlled the game but failed to turn pressure into goals, squandering several chances in...
Lord Allen to become latest casualty of horse racing’s intractable politics
It was possible to spin his 2025 arrival as a clean slate but the former businessman soon lost the confidence of key players The wait continues for confirmation that Charles Allen’s brief, troubled – and ultimately ineffectual – tenure as chair of the British Horseracing Authority is over. In racing...
‘We have to take bold decisions’: Williams chief James Vowles on 2026 hopes and F1 title dreams
Williams team principal on pre-season travails, why McLaren are an inspiration and closing the gap to the top “I didn’t realise it until I saw the notice,” James Vowles says of the third anniversary in January of his arrival at Williams as their team principal. On a rainy afternoon he...
Borthwick plans England overhaul with Fin Smith expected to start against Italy
Back-line may feature one survivor from Ireland defeat Ben Spencer, Cadan Murley and Seb Atkinson in frame Steve Borthwick is ready to radically overhaul his misfiring England side for the Six Nations clash against Italy on Saturday, with Fin Smith expected to be handed the No 10 jersey. The Northampton...
Everton fans left in the dark with need to find home comfort at new stadium
Dockside site will transform club’s finances, but fans are frustrated with kick-off times and results at venue so far David Moyes has numerous theories on why Everton do not yet feel completely at home at Hill Dickinson Stadium, beyond the fact that change is inevitably strange after 133 years at...
Ian Holloway: ‘If you can’t hear other people, you are isolated from the world’
To mark World Hearing Day, the Swindon manager talks about wearing hearing aids, his family’s experience of deafness and communication in football Ian Holloway is talking about one of the telltale signs, away from frontline management, that led to him wearing hearing aids. “I became more and more aware how...
Infantino’s idolisation of Trump has left football with blood on its hands | Barney Ronay
The Fifa president’s sycophancy towards the US president has left the organisation facing a new nadir, but any reckoning seems a distant prospect Mr President. Fellow exco members. We’re going to need a bigger Board of Peace. How many mini‑pitches are we up to now? Gaza got 50 of them...