The GuardianNFL conference championship picks: Brady v Rodgers, and a Chiefs shockTwo decorated veterans face off at Lambeau Field, while the best of the next generation play in Kansas City. Who makes the Super Bowl? Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers met earlier this season and the Buccaneers emerged as victors. Photograph: Mark LoMoglio/AP Tampa Bay…
The official Premier League logo (Getty Images) FIFA has gone on the offensive amid ongoing speculation about a European Super League, insisting any breakaway by leading clubs “would not be recognised by either FIFA or the respective confederation” while players would risk being banned from the World Cup and other major tournaments if involved.The threat…
Author of the article:Jim Parker • Windsor StarPublishing date:Jan 20, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 3 minute readDetroit Lions new general manager Brad Holmes speaking to media about running the football team. Photo by Image courtesy of Detroit Lions /Windsor StarArticle contentNew general manager Brad Holmes can empathize with long-suffering fans of the Detroit Lions.This…
Johnny Flynn is a man of many talents. Alongside his wide-ranging musical endeavours, he’s also developed a celebrated acting career, including roles as disparate as a cad in the BBC’s recent take on Les Miserables to a central role in breakout comedy Lovesick. His new role, however, brings together his deep and abiding love of…
Forward Mohamed Salah has sent a message to Liverpool by reiterating his long-term future lies in the club’s hands. The Egypt international, the Premier League’s top scorer this season with 13 goals, has a contract until the summer of 2023 and has said he wants to stay and continue to break records with the Reds.…
Everton comfortably beat bottom club Bristol City to record their first win in six Women’s Super League games.Izzy Christiansen fired the Toffees into an early lead and Simone Magill capitalised on a goalkeeping error to make it 2-0 at the break.Christiansen netted her second with a rising angled drive before Megan Finnigan added a fourth…
Manchester United and Liverpool have one of the truly great rivalries in football, despite both clubs being located in different cities. The two giants of the English game continue to battle for supremacy and, whisper it quietly, the Red Devils could be on their way back to the top after having to deal with a…
One thing I didn’t appreciate about children before I had them is that when they like something, they REALLY like something. You read the same books hundreds of times. You watch the same shows hundreds of times. You listen to the same song on repeat for hours. It’s like teenage me dealing with a crush…
In the early 2000s back in Bournemouth a friend and I had an idea. We decided to form a fake band. The idea was simple. We’d come up with a name and doctor some pictures of us. In six months’ time we’d make our live debut, at a gig that we’d put together. During that…
The EFL reported 112 positive tests from its strategic league-wide testing programme this week.The testing programme involved 3,507 players and staff from 66 EFL clubs who are involved in FA Cup or league action this weekend. The six clubs who did not feature will be tested ahead of their next league fixtures. It is understood…
