In a rare interview, the former Manchester United manager tells the story of his life in 21 matches

There are no real precedents and emotions are still raw, but good can come from this mess if ownership models change

There are no real precedents and emotions are still raw, but good can come from this mess if ownership models change

When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealth, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Friday’s verdict against Manchester City changes everything we understood about their era and Premier League title triumphs

With no away fans present at Celtic Park, Rangers beat Celtic for the second time in a week, winning 1-0 thanks to Ryan Naderi’s goal

The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned

The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned

Surely that’s the lesson the Reform polling furore should teach us. Politics should be about actually helping people, not mastering the line on a graph, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Surely that’s the lesson the Reform polling furore should teach us. Politics should be about actually helping people, not mastering the line on a graph, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Surely that’s the lesson the Reform polling furore should teach us. Politics should be about actually helping people, not mastering the line on a graph, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The 15-year-old is tailor-made for short-form cricket, but he may just have the power to reimagine red-ball batting

The 15-year-old is tailor-made for short-form cricket, but he may just have the power to reimagine red-ball batting

The 15-year-old is tailor-made for short-form cricket, but he may just have the power to reimagine red-ball batting The ball is short outside off. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes to pull it, hoiks it high to deep midwicket, is out for 44 off 37 balls. Almost immediately, a portion of the 12,000 fans who have risen at dawn to queue outside the Chepauk Stadium for free tickets begin to vacate their seats. The Duleep Trophy final in Chennai between East Zone and South Zone is scheduled for five days and has been going for barely an hour. But for some, the show is already over. Of course, Sooryavanshi is part of the reason the final is taking place in Chennai in the first place. It was originally slated for the national academy on the outskirts of Bengaluru, only to be moved in order to accommodate the thousands of fans desperate to glimpse the child prince of Indian cricket in the flesh. Sooryavanshi is the hottest player in the world right now, a 15-year-old left-handed jaw-dropping genius with records spilling out of his pockets. But when it comes to red-ball cricket, the classic form of the game, he’s still – by any objective measure – not very good. Continue reading...

In January, Guardian columnist Marina Hyde wondered, why is British politics a raging bin fire? And things only went downhill from there.

Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Jeering and heckling are increasingly commonplace, even at grand slams, as spectators try to influence matches

Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats?

Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats?

Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats? Perhaps the only thing you really need to know about the modern midfield role is that Enzo Maresca reckons that Marc Guéhi can play it better than Mateo Kovacic. Guéhi, in reality a centre-back, started the season in midfield for Manchester City, ahead of Kovacic, the now-departed Nico González, and Matheus Nunes. In this context City’s purchase of Enzo Fernández for a club record £125m can be seen in one of two ways: either an enormous statement of intent, or a hell of a lot of money to pay for Guéhi’s understudy. We jest, of course. Fernández is in fact a very different kind of midfielder to Guéhi, largely on the basis that he actually is a midfielder. Versatile, able to receive deep from the goalkeeper or the centre-halves; capable of recycling or progressing the ball in tight spots, driving into final-third positions as a No 8, ghosting into the penalty area and offering an advanced goal threat. Like Elliot Anderson, signed from Nottingham Forest for £116m but so long ago that in transfer window time it no longer counts, Fernández is one of the new breed of Premier League central midfielders who seems to offer everything; albeit in modest qualities, and whose primary attribute appears to be the absence of exposed risk he represents. Continue reading...

These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

These things are undermining not just our public spaces but the very nature of being human. Let’s shame them off the streets, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

It might be too early to push the panic button after the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle but Roberto De Zerbi faces a huge task if he is to turn Spurs around

It might be too early to push the panic button after the 2-0 defeat by Newcastle but Roberto De Zerbi faces a huge task if he is to turn Spurs around

In January, Guardian columnist Marina Hyde wondered, why is British politics a raging bin fire? And things only went downhill from there.

Barcelona target left exposed after draw with Villarreal as supporters vented their fury at his ‘dream’ to leave