From Dion Dublin to Eric Cantona, the signatures I collected with my dad in the 1990s record a time when the Sky Blues seemed almost invincible John Barnes: got. David Beckham: got. Ruud Gullit: got. Andrei Kanchelskis: got. Matthew Le Tissier: got. Alan Shearer: got. Looking back through the football...
England Women are dominating rugby in a way few have done in any sport | Sarah Rendell
The way a weakened side flattened Scotland brings to mind the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s and Pep Guardiola’s peak Manchester City Is this England side the most dominant sporting team to have existed? That is the question many are now asking after watching the Red Roses demolish Scotland 84-7...
‘Big, big compliment’: Arne Slot hails Liverpool’s mentality in win at Everton
Liverpool win derby in 100th minute after difficult run ‘Five games in 15 days with mainly the same players’ Arne Slot claimed Liverpool provided the perfect answer to questions over their mentality and character as Virgil van Dijk’s 100th-minute header clinched victory in the first Merseyside derby at Hill Dickinson...
Noah Caluori repeats five-try display as Saracens demolish sorry Sale 85-19
Hosts concede 13 tries as season of regression continues McCall: ‘One of the better wing performances I’ve seen’ There was a time when Sale were largely unbeatable at home, their uninviting base on the outskirts of Salford inhospitable to visitors and a fortress to Alex Sanderson’s players. Not any longer....
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Curtis Jones sums up Liverpool’s approach, Eddie Howe’s transfer record under scrutiny and Tammy Abraham shows his worth For Manchester City, Gianluigi Donnarumma has always been a case of risk and reward. Perhaps only Thibaut Courtois is as fine a shot-stopper as Italy’s Euro 2020 hero, though many goalkeepers are...
Nico O’Reilly’s fearless quality exposes collapsing Arsenal’s title credentials | Barney Ronay
Deep lying creator is an excellent Manchester City story and confirmed why he is England’s best left-back It’s not over, not over, not over yet. Although, let’s be honest, it kind of is over. Isn’t it, don’t you think, at the end of a day when Manchester City and Arsenal...
Fitzpatrick hits ‘out of this world’ shot to defeat Scheffler in RBC Heritage playoff
English player wins at first playoff hole with birdie Fitzpatrick claims second PGA Tour victory of year England’s Matt Fitzpatrick beat the world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage for the second time. Fitzpatrick took a three-shot into the final round at Hilton Head...
Castleford’s shock win over Wigan shows NRL that Super League still has a lot to offer
The Tigers’ victory, in the week Australia rugby chiefs mull over potential investment, illustrates depth of competition The talks have started and the jockeying for position in the boardrooms has begun. In the coming weeks, we will find just how strong an offer Australia’s National Rugby League is prepared to...
Starwatch: Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies
First recorded in 687BC, the meteoroids were once part of the tail of a comet discovered in 1861 This week, the annual Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies. Although active since 16 April, the shower peaks during the late evening of Wednesday 22 April and early the next...
Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row
Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM Few people foresaw humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as the 19th-century French author Jules Verne, whose two works –From the Earth to the Moon and Around the...