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Former footballer Joey Barton denies assault outside golf club

He pleaded not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Evening Standard · Apr 7

It’s the Big Ten’s World. The Rest of College Sports Is Living in It.

Michigan’s run through the men’s NCAA tournament cements the fact that the Big Ten is the dominant league in all of college sports.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 7

And then there were 48 ... how the World Cup has expanded since 1930

The first World Cup to boast 48 teams will explode into action on 11 June at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City with a match between Mexico and South Africa. Over the following 39 days, 104 games will take place in 15 other cities in the United States, Mexico and…

Radio France Internationale · Apr 7

Sharper Hawks claim thriller over Cats with one mad minute of the utmost drama

Hawthorn and Geelong have offered some of the best football of the modern era in their Easter Monday clashes, but this year’s classic surpasses them all

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6

World Cup should not be about ‘making as much money as possible’ – Swinney

The First Minister said the tournament should be a ‘celebration of football’.

Evening Standard · Apr 6

Spanish school emerges again as the superior model for Champions League success

Italy have been left behind with man-marking approach, and if Germany go down this path it could happen to them too

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6

Arteta’s ChatGPT Guardiola-ism is down but history beckons for Gunners

The quadruple dream may be dead but Arsenal are now just four games from achieving an unprecedented nonruple

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5

Why all is not lost for the rarest of breeds – a true No 9

Lack of specialist training may explain drop in influence, but many feel the centre-forward is due a revival

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5

Tottenham women’s Martin Ho: ‘Coaches are like thieves, because you take from one another’

Tottenham Women’s head coach, Martin Ho, tells Suzanne Wrack that the players deserve credit for rebuilding psychologically and overcoming adversity

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5

‘It was huge for my career. It was about fine margins, and playing in those big games where everyone was watching, you learn a lot about yourself. Are you at that level?’ Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers on playing Champions League football

Morgan Rogers played his first Champions League season with Aston Villa last term

FourFourTwo · Apr 4