The small errors of technique that can contribute to huge narrative swings...

Kai Havertz's missed header in added time at Man City.

With the Premier League's creativity shortage, losing Bernardo Silva at the end of the season felt even more galling today.

He was magnificent against Arsenal.

Nobody could accuse Arsenal of choking at Man City.
It was all the earlier slip-ups that made losing a tight game to very experienced rivals so costly.

Roberto De Zerbi looks quite nervous on the touchline.

He likes to project positivity and a tough image but even he'll be daunted by the threat facing Spurs.

At Brighton too he could be tense around the biggest games.

Very good.

From LIV Golf to Dead Golf?

Sport was deluded if it thought gulf state generosity was forever.
Via NYTimes..

We don’t appreciate Harry Kane, our great ambassador of t... There are no paragons in elite sport, but for over a decade Harry Kane has led by example with modesty, hard work and bags of goals. We mock his virtues when we should cherish them

A column in praise of Harry Kane, the most weirdly under-appreciated great British footballer of modern times.
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Tony Adams, in print today..

How Tony Adams gave himself a sporting chance | The Observer A new book adds layers to the Arsenal legend’s recovery story

Interviewed Tony Adams for The Observer about how 1996 changed him from 'Mad Tone' on a 44-day bender to sober rescuer.
"I haven't wet the bed for 30 years," he says in a hair-raising conversation about his new book.
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This is so well done. 👌

Obviously didn't read the Brexit promises etc etc...

Everybody has to eat..

Not sure I'll ever get used to Jurgen Klopp hamming it in those Trivago ads.

Then again there's an actor in all great managers.

Will golf ever kick its addiction to Tiger Woods? The legend’s shadow will hang over the Masters despite his absence to deal with his issues

There are two addictions in the tale of Tiger Woods.

His - and American golf's dependency on his pulling power, even as he poses a threat to others as much as himself.

My piece on the fame and the fawning after crash No 4.

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You were brilliant on this today on Talksport.

‘This Sussex team will be broken up at the end of the sea... Head coach Paul Farbrace on the battle to survive and even prosper after financial disaster

"Everybody's getting fed." The economics of pulling Sussex back from financial crisis and motivating a team that will probably break up.
My interview with coach Paul Farbrace and chief exec Mark West.
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For some reason my eyes saw this as "Ben White arrested."

I thought - booed, scored, gave away a pen, then nicked...He really went through the menu last night.

Reform's Trumpian tactic fails...

(Note also Nigel Farage's recent attempts to wisecrack like the US President during speeches to supporters).

Liverpool given reality check after Brighton defeat Days after imperious Champions League performance, the Reds’ topsy-turvy Premier League season continued

Liverpool's four-day lurch from magnificent to mediocre - and Danny Welbeck's memo.

My live report...

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Sport’s first super agent Jon Holmes on negotiating, ment... The original super-agent, Jon Holmes, is retiring. He tells Paul Hayward the secrets of his 50 years in the business

Jon Holmes, Britain's first big sports agent, is retiring after 50 years of looking after Shilton, Lineker, Gower, Atherton and many more.

Here's my story-packed interview with him for @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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Hegseth, in case it's not obvious.

The new Crusades. Or, religious gibberish from a sociopath who's placing us all in danger. You decide.

Afcon chaos just latest blot on world football record – b... The powers that be trying to manipulate results should be a deep-fakery wake-up call for us all

Re-allocating the African title from Senegal to Morocco is a modern warning: every story can be rewritten by those in power, every truth repossessed.
My commentary
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Interesting innovation by England to call up Jason Steele as a training goalkeeper.
He's an outstanding character, very popular, knowledgable and positive.

France win the Six Nations despite conceding 96 points in their final two games.

What a mad and wonderful competition it is.

Have just seen an exceptional performance by Newcastle's defence in the 1-0 win at Chelsea.
Thoughts of the Barcelona tie (1-1, first-leg) didn't distract them.
They made them impregnable.

Nice mention for Bath City and Eastbourne Borough on TNT in this Real Madrid-Man City game.

Antoine Semenyo played in this eight years ago...as a sub.

With international law shredded, the distinction between military and civilian targets has also disappeared.

The trauma and mega-violence inflicted on civilians by all sides in this Middle East war looks like Putin's barbaric assault on Ukrainians.

Thanks Shaun.

Cheltenham Festival: Racing’s rite of spring still suffer... Cheltenham’s iconic festival is fighting back after falling crowds, rising prices and Irish dominance. But can it retain its hold on the racing public?

The Cheltenham Festival is having to sing for its supper as never before. A piece on how jump racing's rite of spring is adapting to protect its popularity.

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