Sam McPhail

The new Champions League format has been a disaster

29 January 2025 1:24 am

Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain could be knocked out of the Champions League tomorrow night. So thank God for the…

What does Greenland have that Trump wants?

16 January 2025 5:00 pm

Donald Trump’s favourite President, William McKinley, added Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the American fief at the turn of…

Darts is a real sport

4 January 2025 4:30 pm

The end of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace is the end of the festive period for many sports…

How accurate are the US election polls?

6 November 2024 12:25 am

Is Donald Trump going to lose Iowa? That’s the conclusion many US pundits came to after a bombshell poll over…

Erik ten Hag cornered himself

29 October 2024 9:50 pm

‘I’ve proven in my career that I will always win,’ Erik ten Hag told the press last month. ‘In the…

Sven-Goran Eriksson was an England great

27 August 2024 2:58 am

Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died aged 76, was an unlikely choice for the England job in 2000. He was inexperienced…

Who are the Olympics for?

26 July 2024 4:00 pm

For the first time since its first race in 1903, the Tour de France didn’t finish in Paris this year.…

Madrí wouldn’t fool a true Spaniard

15 June 2024 9:00 am

Four years ago, Madrí didn’t exist. Today, the faux Spanish lager is sold in a quarter of British pubs, which…

Don’t get rid of VAR!

5 June 2024 9:38 pm

The Premier League’s 20 football clubs will vote tomorrow on whether to scrap video assistant referee (VAR) technology. Five years…

Football fans’ loyalty no longer lies with clubs, but players

29 July 2023 9:00 am

Football fans’ loyalty no longer lies with clubs, but players