As we storm towards the halfway point of the Premier League season, the title race is becoming the most unpredictable contest since Leicester won the grand prize in 2016. Just seven points separate the top 10 sides. Results have been impossible to predict this season – remember when Liverpool got...
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The New Orleans Pelicans announced their decision to dismiss head coach Alvin Gentry on 15 August. As we approach two months since the firing, the question still remains: who will become the Pelicans’ new head coach? Gentry was sacked in part due to an underwhelming performance during the NBA restart...
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England’s national football team is forever a topic of heated discussion in this country. For the past 50 years, fans and pundits alike seem to draw the same conclusion from England performances – ‘we just aren’t quite good enough, are we?’. In this time, we have found ourselves so close...
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The NBA playoffs tip-off on 17 August, nearly four months after they were originally scheduled to begin. After 22 teams finished the regular season in the ‘bubble’ at Disney World Florida, we are finally down to the 16 best teams – each ready to take part in the most intense,...
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Arsenal won a record extending fourteenth FA Cup as they beat Chelsea in an absorbing final at Wembley. Gunners talisman Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang was the hero with both Arsenal goals, following up a fantastic performance in the semi-final. Despite Arsenal’s eventual 2-1 triumph, Chelsea started the brighter of the two teams...
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What is wrong with Arsenal? Over the last 15 years of loyal support, I have repeatedly found myself asking this question and unable to find any answers. What’s worse is that the issues at Arsenal are becoming increasingly complex as they continue to fester throughout the club. I write this...
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Harry Ward argues that universities are not doing enough to justify the tuition fees, especially considering UCU strikes and the coronavirus pandemic.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has agreed upon plans to restart its season, which was halted on 11 March, by holding all games and training sessions at Florida’s Disney World Resort. The restart is targeted for 31 July – a date which still seems a frustratingly small dot on the...
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Despite its excellent production, fascinating storyline and dramatic events, ‘The Last Dance’ should be taken with a pinch of salt, writes Harry Ward.
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Arsenal legend Ian Wright shared several screenshots of abhorrent racist Instagram messages that he received on social media last week. The disgusting abuse has been condemned as “humiliating” and “dehumanising” by the former England striker, who is a leading activist against racism in football. A young man, believed to be...
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It’s back! The greatest game in the world returns on 16 May, with the eagerly-anticipated restart of German club football. The Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga will resume after German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that lockdown restrictions in the country would be eased, as a reflection of Germany’s comparatively successful response...
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In an address to the French National Assembly on Tuesday, the country’s Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that “big sporting affairs” will not be allowed to return until at least September 2020 due to the continual threat of coronavirus to people’s health. From a European football point of view, this...
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From the infamous collapse of their title challenge in 1996 to Mike Ashley’s controversial ownership of the club from 2007, Newcastle United are never too far from the headlines. Now, this famous old club finds itself in the spotlight once again as Ashley’s tumultuous reign looks increasingly likely to come...
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