Sports quiz of the week: World Cup, Masters and County Championship Have you been following the big stories in football, cricket, rugby league, boxing, golf, F1, athletics, rowing and chess? The Guardian - UK · Apr 3
Barcelona Femeni belong on football’s biggest stage – and the headliners proved it at Spotify Camp Nou A historic stage for a historic team - Barcelona Women light up Spotify Camp Nou to thrash Real Madrid and reach another Champions League semi-final FourFourTwo · Apr 3
Hodgson wins on Bristol City return, Alisson faces injury layoff: football news – as it happened Lincoln City moved to the verge of the Championship, Roy Hodgson made a winning return to the dugout, and Rino Gattuso’s time with Italy came to an end The Guardian - UK · Apr 3
Haas boss Ayao Komatsu makes surprise Coventry City FC training visit after Japanese GP Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu paid a surprise visit to Coventry City Football Club during the post-Japanese Grand Prix break Motorsport · Apr 3
'Odd couple' shine: Madge of honour relishes Walsh 100 Flamboyant Brisbane fullback Reece Walsh has found his best football under hard taskmaster Michael Maguire and will notch his 100th NRL game against the Titans. AAP · Apr 3
The nonprofit status of NCAA athletic departments is starting to raise questions With all the talk of busted brackets, game-winning shots, point spreads and Cinderellas, it was easy to miss the eye-popping offer University of Michigan star forward Yaxel Lendeborg claimed to have received during the first weekend of March Madness. The Conversation · Apr 2
Why American billionaires are abandoning Wall Street for English soccer clubs The structure and culture of global football is the perfect fit for Wall Street's animal spirits. Fortune · Apr 2
The Untold Stories of Women Football Fans: celebrating memories, calling out prejudice It’s one of the clearest things about me. I’m black and white … I think I cried for a month when we lost the FA Cup Final in 1974. I was only ten and it was near my birthday as well. I was absolutely gutted. [Jo, Newcastle fan since the… The Conversation · Apr 2
Japanese fans praised for ‘wonderful’ gesture after Wembley win Japanese football fans were filmed tidying up their section of Wembley Stadium following their team’s 1-0 victory over England. The Independent UK · Apr 2
Italian football in crisis as FA chief resigns and Ceferin issues Euro 2032 warning The crisis engulfing Italian football has deepened with the country’s football federation president resigning and Aleksander Ceferin warning that it risks losing its co-hosting rights for Euro 2032 The Guardian - UK · Apr 2
Championship chaos resumes with Millwall, Mr Roy and much more In today’s Football Daily: An old-fashioned Easter EFL double-header, and Steven Gerrard puts a call in The Guardian - UK · Apr 2
Italian football in crisis as chief resigns after World Cup humiliation IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 2
Why this exhilarating Canadian city I once called home is the perfect World Cup host Food, football and thrills blend seamlessly in Canada’s dynamic multicultural metropolis, says James March The Independent UK · Apr 2
No more Matildas or Socceroos blockbuster matches if top teams won’t make the trip The pressure is on Football Australia to sustain interest in the national sides but luring elite opposition to play friendlies at home is ‘bloody difficult’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 2
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Gianluigi Buffon joins Italy chief in resigning after failing to deliver World Cup qualification again Italy missed out on World Cup qualification for the third time in a row after their play-off final defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Guardian - UK · Apr 2 Going to the match: can you guess the grounds these fans are walking to? Quiz time! Can you identify the British football stadiums pictured in the matchday images below?
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Six candidates to lead Italy into painful reset following World Cup ‘disgrace’ The Azzurri were felled by Bosnia to miss out on a third straight World Cup and head coach Gennaro Gattuso’s job is under serious threat. Who might replace him in the role?
The Independent UK · Apr 2 University students demand names of Epstein associates be removed from campus buildings Students are calling for US universities to remove the names of Jeffrey Espstein associates from campus buildings
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Man United to face arch-rivals in Dublin as pre-season plans begin to take shape United will face rivals Leeds at Croke Park, which hasn’t hosted a football match in 17 years
inkl · Apr 2 The Last 10 Minutes: Why Football Matches Become a Different Sport After 80’ There’s a moment in football that doesn’t belong to tactics boards or pre-match analysis. It begins quietly around the 80th minute. Legs are heavier, yes—but that’s not the story. The real shift happens in the mind. Matches stop being structured contests and turn into something raw, unpredictable, almost primal. The…
Sports Illustrated · Apr 2 Chelsea Facing ‘Dressing Room Divide’ Over Enzo Fernandez Comments One Blues legend offered an explicit warning to Fernández over his flirting with Real Madrid.
AAP · Apr 2 Not fair: Matildas pan Asian Cup pay inequality Matildas players have been let upset at the lack of prize money on offer at the 2026 Women's Asian Cup, and they want future events to match the men's pay.
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Jermain Defoe is a long way from the Premier League but ready for Woking ‘gamble’ The former England, Tottenham and West Ham striker has dropped into the fifth tier for his first managerial job but is keen to earn his stripes and says there will be no excuses if success doesn’t come
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Why England fans shouldn’t panic about their World Cup hopes after a dismal international break England struggled to create chances in their 1-1 draw with Uruguay and 1-0 defeat by Japan at Wembley, but the time to fine-tune this team is not in March
Evening Standard · Apr 1 England: Thomas Tuchel issues Man City star warning amid World Cup squad uncertainty Forward struggled in a new role in latest England defeat