By Brian Sears 24 December 2015 Christmas is a time for reflection and a time to look forward and neither offers any merriment for Aston Villa. Ten points away from safety as things stand, they can look to no precedent in the Premier League era (the ‘monied’ era, since 1992) for a club with single-digit points at Christmas […]

REVIEW By Lizzy Ammon  6 October 2014 Kevin Pietersen is nothing if not canny. This week is an international week in football meaning the sports media cycle is dead. He’s released his book. It’s an explosive read. In a quiet week, he’s getting maximum column inches. He picked his ghost wisely in David Walsh, a […]

By Lizzy Ammon 12 December 2013 If you were to read the UK newspapers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that England have already handed the urn back to Australia. It’s not quite that bad as England prepare for the Third Test in Perth that starts tomorrow (Thursday night, UK time). Two down with three to […]

By Lizzy Ammon 4 December 2013 So sledging raised its head again, as it does with boring regularity, following Michael Clarke’s audible “get ready for a fucking broken arm” jibe to Jimmy Anderson. The consensus is seems to be that sledging is fine as long as it doesn’t “cross a line” but where’s the line? […]

  Stories Contracts via Football Leaks: Sale of Anthony Martial to Man Utd from Monaco – here Monaco & MUFC – Martial; Sale of Suarez to Barca from LFC – here Liverpool & FC Barcelona – Luis Suárez; Sale of Aguero to Man City – here Aguero to City . CIRC report into doping in cycling, 9 March […]

* England haven’t won a series in India for 27 years. The last time they won one was thanks to double centuries scored by Graeme Fowler and Mike Gatting in the midst of a series marred by political turmoil following the assassination of Indira Ghandi and then the British Deputy High Commissioner. England have only […]