Football should consider eliminating heading, the leading researcher into dementia in the sport has said, after new evidence provided “the missing link” between repeated heading and neurodegenerative disease. Dr Willie Stewart of the University of Glasgow, who leads the landmark...
Eye-witness accounts and video evidence of ticketless fans posing as stewards to gain entry into Wembley during the Euro 2020 final has put the Football Association’s security of the showpiece under further scrutiny. The FA’s position is that is “security and stewarding...
England face Denmark in the semi-finals of Euro 2020 at Wembley on Wednesday night. Gareth Southgate’s side will be looking to make history under the arch, while the visitors continue on their quest to emulate their surprise 1992 European Championship success. Here, we look ahead...
Five years ago, Ukraine lost 1-0 to Poland in Marseille to complete a miserable Euros campaign in which they lost all three games and failed to score. Their football was leaden and uninspired, predicated on three lumbering holding midfielders and the vague...
On Wednesday evening, most of the England players will gather to watch the final Euro 2020 group games. Some, like Harry Kane, don’t actually like to get too wrapped up in the rest of the tournament. Others, like Declan Rice, can’t get enough of...
This is now the story of another long shot. Scotland must beat one of England or Croatia to survive in Euro 2020, after one of the greatest goals in the competition’s history turned a grand homecoming into another vintage tournament defeat. Patrik Schick...
To get a sense of the kind of stance Harry Kane is facing, it is worth knowing Daniel Levy’s approach to one of the first major deals he was responsible for. It was, of course, a sale. Michael Carrick was in a similar...
Tottenham manager Ryan Mason has played down talk of Harry Kane leaving the club this summer, insisting his only focus is Spurs’ final two games of the season. Kane has spoken to the Tottenham hierarchy requesting permission to seek a new challenge in his career,...
The collective strength of Leeds United showed up Tottenham’s star names and derailed their outside chance of sneaking into the top four with a comprehensive 3-1 triumph at Elland Road. Marcelo Bielsa’s impressive charges moved to ninth with 50 points,...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has called on Manchester United fans to “keep it peaceful” if they turn up to anti-Glazer protests at Old Trafford on Sunday. Supporters groups are hopeful thousands will turn up to make their feelings known about the owners at 2pm...
