Lampard asks Everton crowd to “stick” with players after loss December 27, 2022 Everton manager Frank Lampard insisted the Goodison Park crowd “stick” with the team after their 2-1 loss to Wolves last night in the Premier League. The Merseyside club conceded in the 95th minute to hand Julen Lopetegui his first league win as manager of Wolverhampton. “It was a poor goal and we had control on [...]
Best of 2022: Michael Doughty on quitting football to found ethical brand Hylo Athletics December 26, 2022 In this interview first published in October 2022, former Premier League footballer Michael Doughty explains why he walked away from the game to set up sustainable sportswear brand Hylo Athletics. The longer that Michael Doughty’s playing career went on, the harder he found it to ignore the effects of climate change. “I saw way more [...]
A year in sport: The big moments from 2022’s sporting calendar December 25, 2022 It’s been a monumental year for sport both on British shores and further afield. Take a look at some of the year’s biggest moments ahead of another year of exhilarating action. January Cricket: Ashes series concludes with 4-0 defeat for England. The result would extend England’s winless run in Australia to 15 matches and mark [...]
Best of 2022: Sir Geoff Hurst: ‘My own memory could fade. You expect it to happen’ December 25, 2022 In this exclusive interview first published in July 2022, Sir Geoff Hurst says seeing most of his 1966 World Cup winning team-mates suffer with dementia convinced him to preserve his memories in the form of a digital artwork and raise money for Alzheimer’s charities. Every morning Sir Geoff Hurst goes for an hour-long walk through [...]
World Cup hangover: Now Premier League is back, which clubs will be most affected? December 24, 2022 As the Premier League prepares to resume, which clubs are likely to be most affected by fatigue and suffer a World Cup hangover? City PM crunches the numbers to find out. No sooner has the ticker tape been cleared from the field of the Lusail Stadium following the World Cup final than the Premier League [...]
Best of 2022: Brexit transfer shake-up not helping English players in Premier League December 24, 2022 In this article from November 2022, Frank Dalleres reveals that tougher transfer market regulations following Brexit are not yet having any beneficial effect on the progress of English players in the Premier League. Brexit has drastically shrunk the pool of footballers available to English clubs without having any clear benefit to the prospects of homegrown [...]
Germany fall below Morocco in Fifa world rankings December 22, 2022 Germany have fallen below Morocco in the Fifa world rankings after they crashed out of this month’s World Cup in the group stages. Brazil remain at the summit of the rankings but Argentina climb up to second, with France third and England below Belgium in fifth. Italy – who failed to qualify for the showpiece [...]
Ed Warner on the sporting year that was December 22, 2022 And so we reach the end of a year of sporting excess, or at least an excess of sport. Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Final was the calorific dessert that may well have caused you to come over all Mr Creosote, exploding under the temptation of just one more dish of must-see sporting competition. While we [...]
Beth Mead wins Sports Personality of the Year 2022 December 21, 2022 Beth Mead has been named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a ceremony at Media City in Salford. The footballing star beat gymnast Jessica Gadirova, curling star Eve Muirhead, snooker’s Ronnie O’Sullivan, cricketer Ben Stokes and athlete Jake Wightman to the annual gong. Stokes came second with Muirhead third. Lioness Mead was part [...]
Argentina homecoming: World Cup champions touch down December 20, 2022 World Cup champions Argentina have returned home to Buenos Aires today with the country declaring Tuesday as a national holiday in celebration. The Albicelestes beat France in Sunday’s World Cup final in Qatar 4-2 on penalties after regular and extra time saw the two sides tied 3-3. Many have declared the Doha final as one [...]
