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Cod almighty!

Ballon d’Or! Ballon d’Or! Ballon d’Or. By @barneyronay.bsky.social

Real Betis 2-5 Barcelona, spectacular above, spectacular below 📸 Marcelo del Pozo

Good news somewhere in Plymouth. Parkway into the FA Cup first round for the first time in their history 🙌

‘The perception of me is that, basically, I am a madman. I’m outspoken. I’m a loudmouth. I’m very opinionated and I hate all things British. That’s from people who don’t know me. The reality is quite the opposite.’ James McClean with @donmcrae.bsky.social

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Definitely worth setting aside some time for this one

Still reeling from this

Tucked away on a Peak District hillside is an inn bursting with memorabilia and stories left by touring cricket teams of yore. Lovely piece and pics from a trip to The Maynard

The footballing beauty of Michael Olise and a world beyond awards. By @zeets.bsky.social

Thanks Christian Horner for our interview about his painful parting from Red Bull, the allegations against him, the impact on his marriage, why the last two Red Bull wins vindicate his work, suffering panic attacks and coming back to F1 if he can part own a team www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...

'What the hell is that?' In his own words, Mick Fanning on punching a great white

Sergio Camello and Rayo Vallecano. From @sidlowe.bsky.social

Well, this is an absolute delight

Next Generation 2026: the world class

Happy 25th anniversary to all those who celebrate. From @davidsquires.bsky.social

Next Generation 2026: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs. Here's the 13th annual edition …

'This is my area, west Leeds – I grew up down the road. I won’t let this go.' How David Stockdale and his family are rebooting Farsley. By @dombooth19.bsky.social

Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threats

This will (hopefully) make your day slightly better

Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth. The Saturday read, by David Conn

'Literally, there hasn’t been a day since 1984 when somebody hasn’t come up and said: you owe me a keyboard.' Daley Thompson interview, from @seaningle.bsky.social

Manchester City latest: Andy Burnham’s intervention has revived tensions between the PM and the Premier League

The new @footballweekly.bsky.social podcast is live. No guesses as to what we ended up talking about.

Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Premier League says the independent commission found Manchester City used schemes 'to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900m' during a nine-season period

Billy Kenny: ‘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. So I’m still bitter and frustrated today, at the age of 53. It was an absolute waste of talent.’ By @donmcrae.bsky.social

Manchester City found guilty on almost all of more than 100 charges

Fifa council members will demand Gianni Infantino include the ditched World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair in his proposed external review of governance

‘This is a full-on YouTube job: boil the kettle, load up those spells at Headingley, St Lucia and the rest, and take in the mesmerising sight of perhaps the fastest English bowler there has ever been. That’s probably the best way to remember Mark Wood’s career.’ By @tahahashim.bsky.social

Andy Burnham has signalled he may lift the ban on drinking alcohol in the stands at football matches, suggesting it is ‘unfair’ for fans to be singled out when it is permitted for other sports. Story: @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @tomjgarry.bsky.social

Anfield is the best stadium in England. Not my words, Carol, the words of over 54,000 Google reviews. Where does your team's ground rank among the 92? Find out in the searchable table in here:

Season-tickets have always been a symbol of the connection between fanbase and football club. But there is a growing fear some executives would prefer stadiums with fewer of them

Jim Ratcliffe's lament. By @davidsquires.bsky.social

Football v pseudoscience: 'It’s the science-practice gap, which is widening in my experience,' Dr Claire-Marie Roberts tells @samcunningham.bsky.social. 'I think it’s getting much worse. There’s so much sparkly marketing behind all these things. It’s bordering on exploitation'

‘We miss her the same every day’: Olivia Cusack on her late footballer sister Maddy

Brydon Carse will not face any charges after Derbyshire police dropped its investigation into an alleged assault last month

'We have removed the collection with immediate effect and are reviewing our approval processes to ensure nothing like this happens again'

Not the greatest set of reviews after the Madring's F1 debut, including Gabriel Bortoleto: 'I almost fell asleep'

Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel were forced to cancel their demonstration after discovering the Pakistan U-19 cricket team rather than a group of asylum seekers were staying there …

How Lumpy Stevens and two pubs led to the creation of cricket's middle stump. Very enjoyable

Loek Hartog pulled over after fellow competitor Ollie Millroy was involved in a fiery crash during Saturday’s China GT race, fighting the flames himself and then pulling him out to save his life. ‘I’m still alive tonight, solely thanks to one man,’ said Millroy www.motorsport.com/gt/news/hart...

Osnabrück stepping up the tifo game with their rollercoaster-themed special in the DFB-Pokal game against Bayern 📸 Lars Baron, Leon Kuegeler

This is the most gripping interview I've done all year. Thanks Ryan Caldwell for sharing his extraordinary story - from playing international rugby to concussion, drug addiction and suicidal depression in prison to healing himself in the Amazon jungle www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...