From the Den to Old Trafford, via Craven Cottage and the Emirates, I saw it all during my years pulling pints for fansI was 17 when I started working at football grounds for some extra cash on the weekends. As the youngest of three girls, I could easily have followed my older sisters into a Saturday job at a local cafe. Instead, I signed away my life (and …

The 58-year-old was soundly beaten by Paul, who is 31 years his junior, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in November in a clash viewed by over 65 million people on Netflix.

The Portuguese has lifted the prestigious trophy five times in a glittering career, first tasting glory with Man United in the 2007-08 final against Chelsea, before winning it five times with Real Madrid.

Hoy, 48, was given between two to four years to live by doctors after being diagnosed with primary cancer in his prostate which then spread to his bones.

Wright, who at 54 is 25 years his adversary's senior, has two world titles to his name - in 2020 and 2022 - but is currently ranked 19th in the world. Humphries, meanwhile, is world number one.

Jacques Villeneuve has been left red-faced after failing to update his account.

Novak Djokovic will get his campaign underway at the Brisbane International.

India's Nitish Kumar Reddy hits 11 boundaries as he records his first Test century on the third day of the fourth Test against Australia.

India's Rishabh Pant is caught by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Scott Boland after a failed scoop shot on the third day of the fourth Test.

There are only two English managers or head coaches in the Premier League, a lower total than ever before - but why?

The January transfer window is just days away

‘The Nuke’ is back in action tonight at Alexandra Palace

Arsenal do enough to beat Ipswich but are no closer to solving the problem of their star attacker’s injury absenceIn the north London mist, Arsenal came no closer to stumbling upon a temporary heir to their starboy. This was ultimately an exercise in doing the necessary, making sure realistic hope of a title challenge extended towards the season’s second …

From thunderbolts to delicate dinks, chips and flicks, via team goals and more – enjoy our pick of 2024’s best goalsHere’s a sublime wallop from just inside his own half by Heracles’ Mario Engels against Ajax on 21 October. Unfortunately his side let their lead slip and lost 4-3. Continue reading...

Following on from reviews of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, here are a few more moments to savourBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogSuch is the volume of Test cricket played by England that perspective is hard to discern – great wins soon displaced by great defeats, social media heroes elbowed out by social media …

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting won historic gold medals in Paris, but the future of both fighters remain in doubtIt was the full hero’s welcome for Imane Khelif on her return home from Paris to Algiers. An open-topped bus parade on a humid evening that had followed a meeting with president Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the El Mouradia Palace where she was granted …