Photograph: Wikimedia Commons / Marcello Casal Jr/ABr “It’s a really good ball. It’s Tshabalala! Goal Bafana Bafana! Goal for South Africa! Goal for all of Africa! Jabulile, rejoice&#82…

“Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: ‘So far so good… so far so good… so far so good.’ How you fall doesn…

This week I watched cricket. The pavilion at Lord’s stands proud and defiant. Like a lonely lighthouse in a storm, the home of cricket is weathered by the ever-changing landscape around it. I…

This week I watched table tennis. “I know it’s hard to believe but I’m telling you, this game, it fills stadiums overseas and it’s only a matter of time before I’m staring a…

Photograph: Provided by North London Lions. This week I watched Australian Rules Football. As I walked around the pitch at the Oliver Tambo Recreation Ground on Saturday, it might have been easy to…

This week I watched netball. The Mildmay line train from Highbury & Islington to Stratford pulled up just after 6.30pm. The overground was busy again – commuters, pub-goers and football fans lo…

This week I watched squash. The hot, humid air in the Wimbledon Club enveloped me when I stepped out of the cold, windy night and through the sliding doors of the small building in SW19. The back o…

Standing on the Clock End at the Emirates Stadium last Saturday evening I turned to my Dad, put my head on his shoulder and told him that I was exhausted. We had suffered through an agonising 96 mi…

Mercedes driver George Russell (right) won the first race of the new Formula One season. Photograph: Heute.at Creative Commons. This week I watched Formula One. No one really likes change, but the …

A hat-trick from Lamine Yamal ensured that Barcelona stretched their lead at the top of La Liga to four points with an impressive 4-1 win over Villarreal. The winger was sensational as he helped himse...

This week I watched hurling. There was not an awful lot going on around South Ruislip Underground when I stepped out of the station third from last on the Central Line. With just a scattering of co…

Arsene Wenger had been Arsenal boss for 10 years. Photograph:Wikimedia Commons / Ronnie Macdonald “When Arsène Wenger eventually does leave, he will leave it in immeasurably better hands than when …

Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem sparked widespread political debate. Photograph: Heute.at Creative Commons. This week I watched American Football. Except, the 60th…

Manchester City were handed just their second defeat of the Women’s Super League season as they were outplayed in Sunday's 1-0 loss to Arsenal

Wirtz and Ekitike stepped up for Arne Slot as the big-money summer signings helped fire Liverpool to a comeback victory against Newcastle. When the Magpies took a deserved lead, the French forward too...

Bayern Munich dropped points in the Bundesliga for the second consecutive game as they struggled to a 2-2 draw against Hamburg in north Germany. Harry Kane and Luis Diaz had put the league leaders ahe...

This week I watched ice hockey. The stand that runs alongside the rink at the Alexandra Palace was completely filled and there was little room as hundreds squeezed around the Perspex perimeter sepa…

The former Aberdeen midfielder, now with Swindon, opens up about the debilitating effect of suffering an ACL injury during her time in Scotland “People need to know what happened,” Laura Holden says as she reflects on her difficult two years at Aberdeen when injury changed the course of her life. “It’s not all sunshine and roses. There are demons that just get brushed under the carpet without having the light shone on them.” It has taken the Swindon Town midfielder time and a change of club to process everything that happened in Scotland. Holden joined the Dons in August 2023, determined to establish herself as a key player at one of the biggest clubs in the Scottish Women’s Premier League. But just six matches and 31 minutes into the first season, she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament away at Hibernian. This is an extract from our free email about women’s football, Moving the Goalposts. To get the full edition, visit this page and follow the instructions. Moving the Goalposts is delivered to your inboxes every Tuesday and Thursday. Continue reading...

The former Aberdeen midfielder, now with Swindon, opens up about the debilitating effect of suffering an ACL injury during her time in Scotland

This week I watched basketball. A shudder rippled down my spine as I entered the Copper Box Arena in Stratford for the Eurocup game between London Lions and Niners Chemnitz. Seeing the kaleidoscope…

Manchester United women’s player ratings as goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce is the hero as the Red Devils clung on to steal a 0-0 draw away at Arsenal in the first WSL game of the new year

This week I watched darts. Yet the story begins ten years ago, when an awe-struck 13-year-old boy from the small Dutch village of Poederoijen watched his sporting hero, a 45-year-old former pub lan…

This week I watched Baller League. At 10.30pm on a Monday night I am in a weird sporting purgatory. There are at most a couple hundred spectators left in the Copper Box Arena. The raucous music bla…

Rock bottom Mainz were mightily close to shocking Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena before a late Harry Kane penalty rescued a fortunate point for the Bavarian giants. Vincent Kompany’s side were uni...

This week I watched chess. It is unusual to walk across the Ken Friar Bridge to a sporting event at the Emirates Stadium and not be among a sea of red, chanting in unison. On a blustery day in nort…

Mohamed Salah was left on the bench as Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz helped Liverpool to a vital three points in Sunday's 2-0 win over West Ham

President Donald Trump had claimed his granddaughter Kai was ‘really good’ at golf before she finished last in her LPGA debut. Photograph: Heute.at Creative Commons This week I watched …

Barcelona continued to play their role as La Liga’s entertainers as they beat Celta Vigo 4-2 to move within three points of leaders Real Madrid

Manchester City capitalised on Chelsea's draw with Arsenal on Saturday to go top of the Women's Super League after a closely contested 2-1 victory over Everton

Arsenal fan Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons / Bingjiefu He On 19 October 2013, five days after his 22nd birthday, a student at Bowdoin College tweet…

As part of a new series for this blog, I will be watching and writing about a new sport every fortnight. This week I watched rugby. And you only need to be on the platform at Vauxhall Station for a…

Arsenal's Eberechi Eze has shared that he was ready to sign for the Gunners' rivals Tottenham Hotspur before a call with Mikel Arteta sealed his move to the red side of north London. The former Crysta...

Jack Wilshere spent most of his career at Arsenal and played alongside the current Gunners boss Mikel Arteta. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons / joshjdss Who is this Jack Wilshere? A question many wou…

Mikel Merino was the hat-trick hero as a mesmerising Spain toyed with and then tore apart a helpless Turkey in a rampant 6-0 World Cup qualifying victory in Konya.

Pressure is on Mikel Arteta to deliver silverware this season. Photograph: WIkimedia Commons/Prime Video AU & NZ It is difficult to know how to feel about Arsenal. After being burned by three c…

Fermin Lopez showcased why he can take the next step up and become a key player at Barcelona as he inspired the Blaugrana to a 5-0 victory over Como.

“When you wake up and the first thing on your mind is suicide, and before you go to bed, the last thing on your mind is suicide, it’s a problem,” Johnny

For my ACL Archives series, I speak to Welsh international forward Megan Wynne about injuring her ACL injury on her final game of the season for Perth Glory, missing the Euros and her road to recov…

Husband-and-wife fighters Numan Hussain and Amy Andrew know that one mistake could prove costly to an already finite career

After drawing 2-2 in normal time, Portugal were crowned Nations League champions for a second time after beating Spain 5-3 on penalties.

Tonight, the Women’s Champions League final returns to Lisbon for the first time since Tyresö lost 4-2 to Wolfsburg. Amid this run to the final, the club was gripped by financial turmoil and teeter…

For the next article in the ACL Archives series, Nicole Payne speaks about her ACL injury. The Nigerian international is trying to remain positive, despite suffering the injury for the second time,…