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World Snooker Championship: Mark Williams knocked out by Si Jiahui in last-frame thriller as seeds keep tumbling
Three-time world champion Mark Williams beaten 10-9 by 2023 semi-finalist Si Jiahui…
The story of one of football’s most horrific injuries – as told by those involved
“It sounds stupid, but it was as if the stadium went quiet…
Mark Clattenburg: The celebrity referee turned PGMOL agitator… via Gladiators
This is an updated version of an article first published on March…
Usain Bolt, Burnley and the story behind one of the season’s strangest photos
It was one of the more unexpected social media posts of the…
Wrexham are a good story, yes, but they are no footballing fairytale
Accrington Stanley owner Andy Holt’s tweet was dripping with Lancastrian sarcasm. “Congratulations…
This is still a three-horse title race – the 10 reasons why Man City might drop points
It seems unlikely that north London denizen TS Eliot was an Arsenal…
Ryan Giggs and football: A very complicated relationship
The celebration was almost as glorious as the goal itself. The fuzz…
The Premier League title race: Every fixture analysed
The Premier League remains a European outlier this season. Everywhere you look…
How do you know if a football manager is actually good at their job?
An important thing to remember about Andre Villas-Boas is that he had…
Do big sporting wins cause an increase in birth rates among fans?
Football arguably doesn’t need anything extra to feed its collective sense of…
The Briefing: Will Haaland’s form cost Man City? Cole Palmer: MVP? Xabi Alonso’s power move
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three…
Ukraine qualify for Euro 2024: ‘The world is going to watch and see we never give up’
More than 40 members of Ukraine’s national-team party were spread around the…
The men who want to buy football clubs: Chris Kirchner, the $25m fraudster
In the first of our series about the men who want to…
Football’s best up-and-coming managers: Thiago Motta, a fascinating tactician
This is the first article in a six-part series looking at some…
Jamie Cassidy – the Liverpool prodigy who became a cocaine conspirator
He appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court like a familiar-looking…
Forest handed four-point deduction for breaching Premier League’s financial rules
Nottingham Forest have been handed a four-point deduction following a breach of…
Michael Edwards – the football visionary FSG simply cannot live without
This is an updated version of an article first published in June…
Dissecting Haaland vs Van Dijk: When the league’s best striker took on its best defender
The best striker in the Premier League versus the best defender in…
Playing out from the back: Why teams do it and is it worth the risk?
Picture the scene: a team has been awarded a goal kick. The…