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In trying to end uncertainty, the Premier League’s Big Six showed they know nothing of their sport
The owners of these clubs betrayed football’s meaning by rendering the players’ effort and the fans’ passion void.
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How empty stadiums are killing the character of sport clubs
Playing sports behind closed doors undermines the crucial role of supporters in shaping their club’s identity.
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Mourinho was always a bad choice for Spurs, but I know better than to despair
Spurs are a middling club doomed to end up middling – now made worse by a muddling, meddling manager. But…
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Keep your wild swimming – I lost my heart to municipal swimming pools
A council swimming pool is for everyone – you can bob around in the shallow end or take a family of five…
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From cheerful suffering to purring, polished artistry: Man City’s strange path to glory
Under Pep Guardiola's watch, the club has been transformed from the butt of the joke into a footballing giant.
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Why the British/Irish 2030 World Cup bid is among the strongest – but its chances are slim
Bidding to host international sporting events is a wheeze beloved of new governments: a source of patriotism and public excitement, a ready-made…
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Moeen Ali’s journey to the margins shows English cricket still struggles with difference
A subtle sense of "otherness" has always followed the international career of a multi-talented cricketer who remains strangely under-appreciated.
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