Category: Sports

German has to stay fit like Salah, says Slot Giovanni Leoni moves summer spend past £300m Arne Slot has said Florian Wirtz must reach the standards set by Mohamed Salah to realise Liverpool’s ­expectations of their new record signing. Wirtz will make his Premier League debut when the champions open...

Winger left sport to go to US in January 2024 Player says Bristol was ‘the obvious choice’ Louis Rees-Zammit has sealed his return to rugby from American football after signing for Bristol. The 24-year-old, who has been capped 32 times by Wales, announced in January 2024 that he was quitting...

Dispute between governing body and commercial partner has forced top-flight clubs to suspend player salaries Crystal Palace may be disappointed the court of arbitration for sport ruled against them on Monday but at least they now know their fate. Imagine if all Premier League clubs were waiting for a court...

Presenter on mixing Sky and BBC duties, the benefits of a conversational style and replacing a legend Kelly Cates is about to begin the busiest year of her career. That, to be fair, is an estimate, because the football presenter and broadcaster has always been a grafter. From Setanta Sports...

Forward has not yet been registered by financially troubled club in a summer when Real Madrid have spent €200m La Liga begins again in Girona on Friday evening, a five-day weekend to start it off, and for the first time the division’s biggest clubs, every side competing for the title,...

Crowding out every other format from the centre of summer for this still seems odd, but if you sell it they will come and this was a good day “That was SO COOL!” What’s cool around here? The aggressively upbeat DJ box? The handsome supply teacher type with the roving...

Red Roses prop on her creative endeavours and England expectations before the Rugby World Cup on home soil “I like capturing people’s laughs; I think being able to hear it through the picture is so cool,” Maud Muir says as she discusses her favourite photographs from hundreds she has taken...

After the club’s two previous attempts to sign the forward, Ruben Amorim will be hoping they have found the real deal It has, for a while, appeared to be destiny. Benjamin Sesko’s arrival at Manchester United was third time lucky for last season’s Europa League finalists, having attempted to make...

Re-establishing themselves in the top tier will be tough but the Wearsiders are throwing everything at the challenge Guardian writers’ predicted position: 19th (NB: this is not necessarily Louise Taylor’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 4th in the Championship Continue reading...

Celebrities play it. Footballers play it. Gradually, insidiously, fantasy football has seeped into the way we consume the game Perhaps you’re a template kind of guy. Perhaps, by contrast, you’re spurning the triple Liverpool consensus and stacking your team with handy differentials like Jarrod Bowen and Donyell Malen. Perhaps even...