For Arsenal winning the title was catharsis No 1. There's another one out there waiting - in Europe. Commentary on their Champions League final v PSG, the scars from 2006 and that wonderful 5am photo. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

A tale of two grounds.... How the West Ham and Tottenham stadiums, five miles apart, tell a story about the danger the two clubs are in. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

A tale of two grounds.... How the West Ham and Tottenham stadiums, five miles apart, tell a story about the danger the two clubs are in. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

For Arsenal winning the title was catharsis No 1. There's another one out there waiting - in Europe. Commentary on their Champions League final v PSG, the scars from 2006 and that wonderful 5am photo. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Made me laugh. Read through this piece and a third of these billionaires live in Dubai, Monaco, Switzerland etc. There are donors to Reform and the Tories (remember their PM churn?)

After the Ashes fiasco It'll take more than dropping Zak Crawley to restore faith in Brendon McCullum and Rob Key. A column on the England Test team at the crossroads... observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

My report from Fulham on Andoni Iraola: his 16-game unbeaten run, Champions League qualification push and likely future at the top in management. To lose so many good players and still produce a team this good is astonishing.... observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

My report from Fulham on Andoni Iraola: his 16-game unbeaten run, Champions League qualification push and likely future at the top in management. To lose so many good players and still produce a team this good is astonishing.... observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

On R4 a Reform councillor just said they're going to "make Essex great again." And he wasn't being ironic.

Hands up who wants to live in the Britain of David Attenborough, not the Britain of Reform.

As with Trump, many voters just ignore revelations/allegations about Farage/Reform... - Multiple allegations of racism against Farage at Dulwich - Tice's tax affairs - £5m gift for Farage from Crypto tycoon Etc etc This switching off or shutting out by electorates is a huge modern danger.

Not content with being conned once by Farage, over Brexit, swathes of Britain are going back to get conned again.

Luis Enrique's transformation of PSG from 11 individuals into one fighting force with youth, energy and spirit has been one of the great reinventions in football management. Imagine how hard it was to smash that culture and start again.

As opposed to "working from Dubai."

Monday night - regain control of the title race. Tuesday night - reach Champions League final. What an auspicious 24 hours for Arsenal.

A column on PSG 5 Bayern Munich 4 and why our Business Model League couldn't give us a game of such wild beauty (with thoughts on Man Utd-Liverpool). observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Neil Kinnock on Brexit, in The Observer...

Chelsea advance to the FA Cup final after 5 league defeats without scoring and Liam Rosenior thinks: "Et tu, Brute?"

How Southampton preserved the FA Cup's honour, even in defeat to Man City. My report from Wembley.. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Man City don't play again in the Premier League for 9 days but Guardiola isn't taking any chances with fatigue (8 changes) here at Wembley. Southampton (6 changes) play Ipswich on Tuesday night as their amazing promotion drive continues.

The end of the Saudi gravy train in sport and why nation state involvement is never a free ride. Commentary observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

While Chelsea lurch about, sacking managers and torching money, look where these three stable clubs are in the table...

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.

From LIV Golf to Dead Golf? Sport was deluded if it thought gulf state generosity was forever. Via NYTimes..

A column in praise of Harry Kane, the most weirdly under-appreciated great British footballer of modern times. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Tony Adams, in print today..

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. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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.

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. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

"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. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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's four-day lurch from magnificent to mediocre - and Danny Welbeck's memo. My live report... observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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 observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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

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 observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

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.

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. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Today's Observer Sport.

Classic Six Nations unpredictability... France - scary, then defensively shambolic at Murrayfield. Blow Grand Slam. England- 12 wins, then implode mid-tournament Scotland - lose to Italy, then brilliant wins over England and France