Alan Tyers

It was a genuinely pleasant surprise last week to turn on Sky Sports Cricket at the crack of dawn each morning and be greeted by the murmur of the

Mike Dean's flip-flopping over a possible penalty during Liverpool's win over Chelsea only served undermine fans' confidence in any decisions made out in the middle

Former referee’s vacillating on Sky only adds to view it is becoming too tough to rule on decisions with any authority in the time available

Chelsea vs Newcastle United, live: lineups and latest updates from the Premier League

Viewers want to watch live sport, not the Rock promoting his latest film or Lord Gower plugging a soulless Pakistan housing development

Will the real Spurs please stand up? They beat Manchester City and Aston Villa in their last two games in this stadium and some were calling it the best week of Ange Postecoglou's reign. It was bookended by defeats to Galatasaray and Crystal Palace and now this muddled struggle against Ipswich, who hung on for the first win of the season.

Noel Gallagher turned football analyst on TNT Sports last week; the Oasis bandleader joined Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist for co-commentary and punditry of Manchester City's heavy defeat by Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.

Lineker will leave Match of the Day after a quarter of a century when the Corporation can find a presenter who will stick to the football

Netflix claimed a peak viewership of 65 million for the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson fight ; it is speculated that they might add 10 million subscribers in Q4 of this year. The depressing possibility is that this wild success will serve only to encourage them.