FA Cup-winning manager and former King of the Jungle has live hopes of landing the big Boxing Day prize at Kempton with Jukebox Man He has been a professional footballer, an FA Cup-winning manager and the King of the Jungle over the storied course of the past 60 years, but...
Five big Boxing Day Ashes Tests: Botham, Pietersen and Warne
Opening salvos before a huge MCG crowd are often among the most memorable meetings between Australia and England – here are five crackers In the first session Australia set off at a lick, surging to 102 without loss with David Warner’s 83 the crux. Warner would go on to notch...
Amorim challenges Manchester United to ‘step up’ after Bruno Fernandes injury
‘It’s impossible to replace Bruno … we need more leaders’ United host Newcastle in Premier League on Boxing Day Ruben Amorim has described Bruno Fernandes as “impossible to replace” but has told Manchester United’s players the captain’s injury is a chance for them to step up. Fernandes was forced off...
Enticing Salah would be a coup for Saudi league searching for an identity
Egypt forward could change face of a league so far mostly reliant on ageing stars and alter perception of football in the Arab world Mohamed Salah has made an impact in Morocco with an injury-time winner to spare Egypt’s blushes in their Africa Cup of Nations opener against Zimbabwe but...
English cricket meets Spinal Tap as Rob Key delivers latest Ashes autopsy | Barney Ronay
The England men’s cricket MD offered a postmortem that didn’t address the nuts and bolts of the system he manages “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” David St Hubbins, lead vocalist, Spinal Tap. “There’s a real difference between aggressive and dumb.” Rob Key, managing director, England cricket....
‘We’ve fallen behind’: why Germany’s biggest teams have split from DFB
Ownership of Frauen-Bundesliga is being taken over by the clubs, who want to keep pace with game in England “The reason we started this whole process was a fear of losing more and more the connection to the top,” says Katharina Kiel, the head of women’s football at Eintracht Frankfurt....
David Squires on … the Premier League enjoying a rare Christmas at home
With just one top-flight Boxing Day fixture this year, our cartoonist takes a look at how players, coaches and officials might spend their time David’s favourite cartoons of 2025 | Buy one here And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...
Afcon roundup: Nigeria squeeze past Tanzania as Jackson double helps Senegal win
Group C: Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania; Tunisia 3-1 Uganda Group D: Senegal 3-0 Botswana; DR Congo 1-0 Benin Ademola Lookman scored a superb second-half winner as Nigeria earned a 2-1 Group C victory against Tanzania in the pouring rain in Fes, a positive start for the silver medallists from the previous...
Sivert Guttorm Bakken, Winter Olympics hopeful, dies at training camp aged 27
Norwegian biathlete found dead in hotel room in Italy Bakken, 27, was 13th in this season’s overall standings Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken has been found dead in his hotel room in Lavaze, Italy. The Norwegian Biathlon Association said the cause of the 27-year-old’s death was unknown. The International Biathlon...
Van Gerwen shows his class but Peter Wright crashes out of PDC World Championship
Van Gerwen looked in form in win over O’Connor Two-time champion Wright averaged just 79.20 Michael van Gerwen showed his class as he powered into the third round of the world championship. The three-time champion struggled in his opening match but brought his best to brush past William O’Connor 3-1....