Struggling to know who to blame when your striker misses a sitter from six yards out? Then David Squires is here for you with a handy referee grudge tracker theguardian.com/football/pictu…

Football agent Saif Alrubie acquitted of sending an intimidating email message to former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia – the so-called 'right hand' of Roman Abramovich.

Story: Simon Goodley theguardian.com/football/2024/…

THE BIG ONE!

I've always wanted to put the fued between Mike Baldwin / Ken Barlow from Coronation Street to Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Today I did. Enjoy your evening x

Poison in the pool: why the latest Chinese doping row is proving so toxic. By Andy Bull theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

Welcome to the loneliest seat in sport.

Jonathan Liew on the elaborate torture, solitude and powerlessness of The Chair theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

‘In a way it was refreshing. There is so much heavy systems football around. How liberating to see a team with no plan whatsoever.’

Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea. By Barney Ronay theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Pepe Reina getting the cold sweats

As gloom goes … Canterbury, for Kent v Surrey

📸 Justin Setterfield

Up, Pompey

Hillsborough 35 years on: the 97 people who died, as remembered by their families in deeply loving personal statements.

theguardian.com/football/ng-in…

‘Ninety-seven people unlawfully killed, not one person held accountable, how do you think we feel?’

Hillsborough, 35 years on: the pain of injustice remains raw as ever. By David Conn theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Max Holloway with an all-timer UFC KO

Once again, the Championship will do it to you

Favourite photo (and there are so many) from the Athletic Club Copa del Rey celebrations in Bilbao, from Miguel Tona

Think they may have bigger fish to fry

4.54 billion years of evolution has led to this.

By David Squires theguardian.com/football/pictu…

The end of the level playing field, or the saviour of long-distance racing?

The unstoppable rise of the carbon-fibre super shoe. By Tim Lewis theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

I am OBSESSED with this Tik Tok from a kebab shop in Llangollen 😭

‘Thank you, that’s all I need’

Spectacular Nascar behaviour/sponsor crossover