Oliver Harvey

HOURS after the chilling arson attack on a North London synagogue, a shadowy, Iran-linked terror group revelled in its poisonous “glory”. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al- Islamia (HAYI) u…

AS a radiation-ravaged wilderness since Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor blew 40 years ago, I had expected the inhabitants in the toxic Exclusion Zone to have fled decades ago. But there was Hanna Zavor…

DEEP in Mid-West fly-over country, Kansas City was long regarded as a sleepy, footballing backwater. The old cowtown is more famous on the global sporting stage for its Superbowl-winning gridiron t…

THE US and Iran’s fragile ceasefire threatens to explode into all-out war once more after months of bloodshed between the mortal enemies. But in a few days, footballers from the Mid…

SUITABLY well-oiled, the Wags arrived at Garibaldi’s bar in the sedate German spa town of Baden-Baden and ordered more champagne. Some were soon dancing on tables amid shattered bubbly flutes as Co…

ENGLAND’S sole surviving World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst says manager Thomas Tuchel would be his favourite German — if the Three Lions lift the trophy. Striker Sir Geoff, who famously scored a hat…

TRUDGING through “Brexit capital” Boston, Judith ­Currah says she has a celebration planned for Leave’s tenth anniversary later this month. The retired warehouse supervisor, 74, reveals: “I’ve got …

WAVING his mic like a maraca, DJ for the night Andy Burnham joked to his audience: “This goes out to all the politicians in the room.” The Manchester mayor then spun I Wanna Be Adored by local hero…

PEERING down Koksijde-Bad beach in the darkness, Belgian cops heard the unmistakable sound of an outboard motor revving at the water’s edge. The officers sent a drone primed with an infrared camera…

FIFA’S Team of Tournament features England’s Jude Bellingham, France’s Kylian Mbappe, Argentina’s Lionel Mess . . .  and an unlikely hero in Cape Verde’s goalkeeper Vozinha. The veteran goalie, 40,…