There is growing sentiment that the coronavirus pandemic will see the abrupt termination of this year’s football season. Today Fifa’s chief doctor, Michel d’Hooghe, warned against restarting the interrupted 2019/20 campaign and in France it was announced that the Ligue 1 season would not resume. While d’Hooghe suggested teams and governing bodies focus their attention […]
Sport
Are we set for a sporting annus mirabilis in 2021?
Speaking as someone who postponed his wedding today, it’s easy to cast your eyes away from the disappointment of current events. As an ardent sports fan, this summer looked set to be full of highlights capable of igniting passions and inspiring hobbyists. For now at least, that’s all gone: club football, the Six Nations, Euro […]
Sport must do more to combat drug cheats
The handling of doping irregularities by athletes was put into sharp contrast today. Chinese swimming star Sun Yang received an eight-year ban for a missed test, having previously served a three-month suspension in 2014 for taking a prohibited stimulant. Hours later, the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), Brett Clothier, warned that the high-profile […]
Klopp right to adopt hardline stance
Everyone loves Jurgen Klopp. The smile, the charm and the exciting playing style of his teams have long made it hard for us not to. But now with Liverpool unbeaten in the league and strolling to the title, he’s also hugely admired for his success. So it must be a shock to suddenly receive criticism. […]
It could be lonely this Christmas for Szczęsny
At the start of the season it was difficult not to feel a little sorry for Wojciech Szczęsny. The Polish goalkeeper joined Juventus back in the summer of 2017. He signed for the club on the understanding that he would be Gianluigi Buffon’s understudy for the final season of the Italian’s career, and would then […]
Tottenham fans should enjoy honeymoon period while it lasts
When Mauricio Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham Hotspur last week, the vast majority of football fans’ first reaction was one of shock. They decried the lack of patience the Argentine was afforded and believed over the previous five years he had built up a reserve of credit which was far from empty at the time […]