Close your eyes and you can hear Handl’s Zadok the Priest playing in the back of your mind. The UEFA Champions League is back after its winter hiatus, and the much-anticipated knockout stages are upon us. The groups threw up a host of shocks, leaving… Read More »UCL Preview: Haaland set to wreak havoc, Real’s Jude issues and Kane turns Bayern into Spurs
Rugby league kicking off in Las Vegas. The New Zealand Warriors finishing in the top four. Luke Brooks lining up for the Manly Sea Eagles. It’s enough to give Nostradamus a headache. And with another NRL season fast approaching, here’s how things will play out… Read More »Predicting the 2024 NRL season – Panthers’ era over, Dragons to get spoon, Cowboys rising – and the stars under most pressure
It’s beginning to feel like a movie we’ve all seen before. Two months ago, Manchester City were teetering; flirting with the idea of not genuinely contending for the Premier League title. Arsenal had emerged as the title frontrunner, and even Tottenham felt like a genuine… Read More »Closing a chapter of one of football’s great rivalries: Klopp and Pep to again fittingly duel out the final battle for EPL honours
When an underdog goes on a long run of challenging for the title, it becomes difficult for the neutral not to get behind them. The sad reality is that underdogs who come out of nowhere and go on a run of winning frequently tend to… Read More »Why Bayer Leverkusen and Xabi Alonso need to be taken seriously as other European underdogs start to unravel
I am a football referee and I support the need to address the ongoing problem of dissent in our game. But I hate the idea of introducing a blue card for football. I just don’t think it is the correct answer. Before I get onto… Read More »Football’s ‘blue card’ concept needs to be put in the bin as it is not the appropriate answer to addressing dissent