Experts believe club would be lucky to escape with fine and suspended transfer ban but further penalties may follow The Premier League’s judgment against Chelsea for breaking football’s rules – during an eight-year trophy spree under Roman Abramovich – concludes that the club engaged in “deception and concealment”. The breaches,...
‘Worst experience’: Liam Livingstone criticises Key and McCullum regime
‘No one cares about you,’ says Lancashire all-rounder The 32-year-old alleges England group is too cliquey Liam Livingstone has given a scathing account of his handling by the current England regime, claiming “no one cares about you”. The Lancashire all-rounder has exactly 100 caps for his country across all three...
Brentford’s European hopes take a hit as Arokodare caps Wolves’ comeback
When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad, scored his fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. By full-time, the quest to reach European football for the first time in club history had...
‘I just wanted to be who I am’: the extraordinary story of Tony Powell, the secretly gay footballer
Former Norwich defender lived for years in an LA motel, cut ties with his family for more than three decades and is now the subject of a documentary “I hated it,” Tony Powell says on a spring afternoon in Los Angeles of his past as a secretly gay professional footballer for...
Iran say they are negotiating with Fifa to move their World Cup games to Mexico
Iran are due to play all three group games in the US Trump said Iran should not play for their ‘life and safety’ Iran’s football federation has said it is in discussions with Fifa about moving the team’s World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States owing to concerns...
‘I was struggling to feel my hands’: Aston Martin’s problems laid bare by Alonso’s woe in China | Giles Richards
So severe is the vibration problem caused by the car’s Honda engine that the team principal feared his drivers suffering permanent nerve damage The next round of the Formula One world championship in Japan will be the home race for the Aston Martin team’s engine manufacturer, Honda, at the Suzuka...
‘We were all so happy’: Arsenal bid to harness feel-good factor against Leverkusen
Riccardo Calafiori reflects on Max Dowman’s impact as Mikel Arteta’s side bid to reach the Champions League quarter-finals Even the man who Mikel Arteta has described as his chief “chaos creator” almost found things a bit too much. Riccardo Calafiori was in the thick of the celebrations after Max Dowman’s...
‘I’m not the brightest but I know how to play golf’: Robert MacIntyre on major ambitions, the Masters and nappy duty
Scot put in a late challenge for the Players Championship and says he has ‘a chance’ at winning whenever he tees off It is just as well Robert MacIntyre cares little for publicity. He also does a fine line in self‑deprecation. When asked to compare his approach with Matt Fitzpatrick,...
Scientists discover heavier version of proton with upgraded detector
Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of the proton, the subatomic particle that sits at the heart of every known atom in the universe....
Oldest-known whale song recording provides new insight into ocean sounds
Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it is the oldest such recording known....