Rory Smith

In an extract from a new book, Rory Smith writes about the nostalgia and yearning signalled by wearing a classic football shirt

Two men broke the ‘impossible’ two-hour marathon barrier last Sunday, but the Ethiopian who came second is sanguine – and says he can ‘absolutely go quicker’

It’s not just Tottenham who are racked by fear of relegation – two new trends have a host of clubs scared

José Mourinho seems bound for a return to football’s biggest soap opera

At this time of year, it is vitally important that certain conventions are upheld, no matter how tempting, or honest, it would be to break them. Football, after all, is not only inherently superstitious – nobody wants to tempt fate – but it takes a zero tolerance approach to anything that might even resemble presumptuousness.

End of season blues engulfs two teams ready to see back of this league campaign

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After two years of penalty box mayhem, a foul is finally called in the biggest moment of the Premier League season. Why did it take so long?

Just before Christmas, Lamine Yamal found himself briefly at the centre of a minor squall. These things happen, every so often, for a player of his prominence; this was not the first, nor the most serious, of the year. He had faced a flurry of criticism over his 18th birthday party, a few months before. His various romantic entanglements, too, had increasingly been played out in public.

LEBANON, Pa. — The Coos Cute Hoppers 4H Rabbit and Cavy Club went to the 2026 Pennsylvania State Rabbit Convention hosted by the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeder Association, held at the Lebanon Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa., from Feb. 6-8.