Wissa and Elanga shine as Szoboszlai breaks Jordie hearts with 99th minute penalty Liverpool managed to snatch a highly undeserved point at St. James’ Park thanks to a Dominic Szoboszlai penalty, coolly converted into the top corner, which debutant Víctor Muñoz won after Lewis Hall brought him down with just seconds on the clock remaining. It was a real shame as Lewis Hall was so dominant on the left-hand side for the entirety of the fixture, but as is with football, one mome

All attempted astute predictions need to begin with a recap of a previous campaign to help craft well-thought-out ideas, observations and intuitions going into the new season. However, going off last season's bizarre outcomes and how the ‘alleged’ top 6 finished, with clubs such as Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Newcastle all having an underwhelming season, and the uprise in quality and table positioning from sides such as Bournemouth, Brentford and Sunderland, makes this seas

The Premier League has returned. For many, this predictable development will bring untold emotion – ecstasy, horror and a glimpse of second-hand glory with a pint in hand. Some, of course, having just got over the disruption of the World Cup, will roll their eyes as the circus continues. But we don't really need to worry about them. So aside from the football itself, what can we expect? Fresh Faces Teams Like the new kids at school, the three promoted teams – Coventry, Hull

Earlier this month, a 16-man squad was announced for England Men’s three-match series against Pakistan. The inflated number of players, more appropriate for a touring party than a truncated late-summer home series, offered a tentative sketch towards the team’s new era. The New Zealand defeats provided little more than an elaboration on all of the flaws of the Bazball regime that had been made perfectly clear before. The botched backing and then firing of Brendon McCullum, me

Ben Shelton has become a back-to-back Montreal Open champion in an all American final seeing the new World No.6 not drop a set throughout the entire tournament. Lets have a closer look as to how he achieved this, and what this tournament could mean leading up to the US Open in 2 weeks time. Montreal started off with a bang, as top seed Alexander Zverev bowed out to dutchman Tallon Griekspoor - his largest win of the season. But the toppling of the top seeds did not stop here.

It’s been an odd few weeks for what was once England’s summer sport. The newly privatised incarnation of The Hundred has rattled on, with the star-studded investment vehicles occasionally producing exciting finishes and high-grade hitting. The competition remains a qualified success, accruing attention from newcomers to the sport, and occupying a heartening amount of free-to-air minutes on BBC Two. The spectacle, however, remains largely hollow, and the identities of each fra

2026 has been an astonishing year for Alexandra Eala, claiming her first WTA title and becoming the first Filipino to do so. And while the spotlight remains brightly on her, let’s take a look at how she made it to this moment. This isn’t the first record Eala has broken in her short career so far. Turning professional in March 2020, she has gone on to become the youngest and lowest-seeded junior to win an ITF title (2021), earning her entry into the WTA rankings, to which she

For all that the extraordinary Aidan O’Brien has accomplished, some say he has never trained a truly great flat horse, but could that change when Constitution River lines up at York this month? When it comes to O’Brien, whose legendary hurdler Istabraq was an undisputed jumps champion, there is a danger his best horses, to some degree, blur into one, but that’s probably because he’s trained so many. Officially, Hawk Wing, with a rating of 133, is the finest he has had through

Football needs its villains. Mourinho, Suarez, Pepe, Terry. The beautiful game is made so, in part, by the dark arts that leave us seething at men hundreds of miles away who will never know our name. The blood boils, then cools. All part of the circus. What's not so grand is when the object of fans' disdain is governing bodies. You'll struggle to find a football lover who accepts corruption as a necessary evil for fiery derby matches. I am, of course, referring to Gianni Infa

Be it the scoreline, identifying figures on a player's jersey, or obscene monetary values, the beautiful game would be nothing without its numbers. Naturally, the World Cup is no different, with the 2026 edition conjuring a bounty of stats to keep pundits and commentators in hot dinners for another few weeks at least. If you wanted the most popular sporting event in history distilled into cold, hard stats, you’re in luck. The final Argentina registered more punches thrown (1)

How Wimbledon 2026 brought a breath of fresh air to Tennis... As always, Wimbledon delivers a spectacle like no other. The women’s bracket gave us a new champion for the 9th tournament running, while a familiar face strode comfortably to yet another men’s Wimbledon title. Let’s have a round-up of yet another fantastic year of Wimbledon. Wimbledon Championship Final… Czech! Familiar names emerged for this year’s Women’s bracket - Sabalenka, Rybakina, Swiatek, yet it was the Cz

Royal Birkdale hosts golf’s most traditional major this week, and it comes with the opportunity for more patriotic glory, partnered with the world cup of course… With the absence of typical British weather to worry about due to the unfathomable heatwave, its important to recognise the positive effect this has on the likelihood of seeing a fantastic display of quality this weekend. There is, nevertheless, the brisk breeze that comes with links golf, with winds up to 30 mph exp