Manchester City’s manager has always backed his bosses publicly but says he would leave immediately if he ever felt they had misled him

Disputed facts and an investigator’s calculations raise questions about European soccer’s commitment to enforcing its financial fair-play rules.

With more cricket on the horizon, South Africa are turning to exchangeable pitch to future-proof their major venues

Nine years of wrongdoing - as laid out in the independent commission's damning judgment - disfigured English football

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Traditional woods have had a good innings but rising temperatures mean the need to find alternatives is pressing What happens if you run out of trees? It is a situation cricket must face in the perfect storm of an expanding game and more precarious growing conditions due to accelerated climate change. Cricket and willow are the sun and moon of sport. The handcrafted bat, the beautiful, insect-rich tree. But there are now 200 million regular cricketers worldwide. The UK produces half a million willow clefts a year, Kashmir between 1.5 to 3m. With one cleft equalling one bat, the numbers no longer add up. Continue reading...

Last week, 16-year-old Isaac Konde became that rarest of things - a player to switch between two clubs who hardly ever do business

Everton’s great lost talent of the 90s explains the drinking culture that enveloped him as a teenager, his time in jail, struggles with depression and how he got clean “I was just a kid and no one was there for me,” Billy Kenny says as he wipes away the tears of hurt and regret on a September afternoon in Liverpool. “I’m angry with Everton for not looking after me. “Listen, I’m no angel. I’ve played my part, but there are other people who played their part in the demise of Billy Kenny. So I’m still bitter and frustrated today, at the age of 53. It was an absolute waste of talent.” Continue reading...