Nike kit deal puts England at No 2 in the world (but which country is top?)

As England’s new football strip – made by Nike – is revealed today, new research shows the English FA are now second in the world in terms of income from their kit manufacturer.

By Alex Miller | Football, Sport | Monday, 20 May 2013 at 4:52 pm

Great Easter sporting weekends

After the Boat Race and a cracking FA Cup clash, what other Easter sporting memories come to mind?

By Paul Howarth | Football, Sport | Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 1:15 pm

Brazil are on a steep learning curve – and England represent a real challenge

A new manager, a famous stadium, proper opposition, and the World Cup coming up fast on the horizon? For Brazil, 2014 starts now.

By James Young | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 6 February 2013 at 11:31 am

Joe Root helps England see the positives despite series defeat in India

The post-match declaration that a team will, ‘try to take the positives from the loss and move on’, is so frequently repeated that it has practically become a reflex action for vanquished captains, a usually meaningless morsel of management speak thrown to a hungry pack of journalists. However sometimes the oldest clichés happen to be wholly appropriate.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 11:47 pm

Back to the future: Felipe Scolari shows that oldies like Ronaldinho can be goodies for Brazil

Ronaldinho has reinvented himself since moving to Belo Horizonte. The legs are no longer what they were, but in their place a wiser, cannier playmaker has emerged.

By James Young | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 23 January 2013 at 3:04 pm

England’s captain Cook is once again enjoying his time in India

It seems Alistair Cook can do no wrong in India. Largely written off as a one-day player early in his career, Cook has proved his doubters wrong since being given his chance in the 50 over game.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Saturday, 12 January 2013 at 1:14 pm

Petty English fans should learn from Germany what to protest about

German fans are concerned not with blind loyalty to the name of their club, or their right to “reclaim” racist terminology, but with the essence of fandom, and the prosperity of the game as a social entity.

By Kit Holden | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 5 December 2012 at 2:50 pm

Britishness – it’s not just about The Beatles, Byron and bawdy jokes

When asked to define what Britishness is (for an article in The Guardian), the artist Tracey Emin described it as “looking out of a bus window, seeing sexy, stylish people laughing.”

By Emily Jupp | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 4 July 2012 at 3:55 pm

If in doubt, GET IT OUT! The English culture of pressure play

“If in doubt, GET IT OUT!”

This is the catchphrase that constantly rang in my ears and haunted my thoughts as a young lad playing Sunday-league football in the late eighties and early nineties.

By Lee Williams | Football, Sport | Thursday, 28 June 2012 at 2:00 am

Euro 2012: Thank goodness for England’s elimination

What if England had not only fluked their way past Italy but achieved a similar “miracle” in both the semi-final and, gasp, the final? What if England, THIS England, this bunch whose spirit and noble intent cannot mask their woeful technical shortcomings, had somehow actually gone on to win Euro 2012?

By Mike Ward | Football, Sport | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 2:39 pm