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Clock ticking on Premier League and EFL redistribution deal, warns new regulator
David Kogan: ‘There is an 18-month window to do that’ Labour grandee reveals donations to Starmer and Nandy The government’s preferred candidate to become the independent regulator of English football has warned the Premier League and EFL they have less than 18 months to agree a deal on financial redistribution. David Kogan sat before the…
Fearless Lamine Yamal leaves his mark to give Barcelona hope for the future
Teenager was a revelation across an incredible semi-final tie and Spanish side have much to be proud of in defeat On the afternoon before the most extraordinary Champions League semi-final anyone could remember, Lamine Yamal said he had left fear behind in the park in Mataró years ago. Everything else he left behind at Montjuïc…
Acerbi’s preposterous goal summed up ‘crazy Inter’s’ last-chance warriors
The oldest man on the oldest Champions League team delivered when it mattered to show they can go all the way What was he even doing there, in the 182nd minute of a two-legged tie, a 37-year-old centre-back attacking the opposition’s six-yard box, the furthest man forward on his team? Francesco Acerbi had not scored…
Watford’s Renée Hector: ‘It always helps to see somebody who looks like you’
The Watford Women manager on being included on the Football Black List, Hope Powell’s importance and the reasons she quit playing at 26 When Renée Hector was getting the football bug as a youngster playing at Stevenage Borough Vixens, she idolised England internationals such as Alex Scott, Rachel Yankey and Anita Asante, But the only…
Inside the Exeter meltdown: Rowe’s revival plan not for the faint-hearted
A 79-17 defeat for the 2020 champions’ set the alarm bells ringing and the ‘embarrassed’ owner is pulling no punches How swiftly the sporting wheel can turn. Less than five years ago Exeter were the Double-winning darlings of English club rugby, their fairytale rise ranking alongside Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen and…