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Racing
2022 Cheltenham Festival: Highlights from the biggest week in horse racing
With the dust now settled on the 2022 Cheltenham Festival, we look back at the highlights of the four days, picking out the week’s top performances from a fantastic week of horse racing. Race of the Week Wednesday’s Champion Chase was all set to be a duel between Shishkin and Energumene once more, but a deluge of rain saw Shishkin pulled up early on, gifting the race to Energumene and denying racing fans a clash they badly wanted.
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Sport
Criticism of Newcastle United’s Saint-Maximin undeserved
The gap between Newcastle United’s two Premier League encounters with Everton was just over five weeks, but for Allan Saint-Maximin, they were worlds apart. On the evening of February 8, the Frenchman stood in the centre of the St James’ Park pitch, arms outstretched, singing along to ‘Hey Jude’ by the Beatles as he was serenaded by 52,000 people having inspired a season-turning victory.
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Sport
Thomas Tuchel has handled Chelsea crisis brilliantly
Chelsea are in uncharted waters; English football is reeling. Years of turning a blind eye to the origins and intentions behind big business transactions are beginning to sting. Everybody is aware of the real story from which this sporting strand has arisen; in comparison, it almost feels in bad taste to fixate on it.
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Sport
Romelu Lukaku was Abramovich’s last great Chelsea mistake
There are much bigger concerns in regards to the sanctions imposed on Roman Abramovich but, from a purely footballing point of view, the impact on Chelsea will be severe. As much as Thomas Tuchel has tipped the club to continue competing with the elite, the simple fact of not having a Russian oligarch’s money to play with will obviously change the landscape.
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Sport
Who are the key players in the FA Cup quarter-finals?
The quarter-finals of the FA Cup take place this weekend, with four juicy ties on the schedule. Chelsea are seeking to put off-the-field issues behind them by reaching the final for the third year in a row, but Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest hope to do the Championship proud.
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Sport
Luka Modric getting even better with age
Even as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo face, Luka Modric stands as the only player to have disrupted their dominance of the Ballon d’Or over the last 15 years. Indeed, the Croatian midfielder won football’s most prestigious individual prize in 2018 after a series of eye-catching performances for club and country that year.
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Sport
Carlo Ancelotti would be a disaster for Manchester United
Few will need reminding that Manchester United are an institution renowned for their quite frankly mind-boggling decision-making. The myriad of mistakes the club have made since, and probably before, the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 need little more explaining but appointing Carlo Ancelotti at this stage would be up there with the worst of them.
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Sport
Gareth Southgate can’t afford to gamble on Harry Maguire
From the moment Manchester United made Harry Maguire the most expensive defender in history, the centre back has had a target on his back. Unfortunately for him, Maguire has recently given his critics plenty of ammunition to aim his way with the United captain currently enduring an extremely difficult individual season.
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Sport
5 players Chelsea could lose this summer
Amid all the confusion around Chelsea right now, a handful of players may be keeping an eye on the Stamford Bridge exit door to see if they can find a way out of an unprecedented situation. The club cannot sell or buy players, but luckily years of stockpiling talent means a batch of loan stars are in line to return to Chelsea for next season if there is no change of ownership.
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Sport
Is Frank Lampard the right man for Everton’s relegation battle?
Even as Frank Lampard took charge of an Everton team that had won just once in 13 matches, sights were set on the upper echelons of the Premier League. Now, though, the realisation has come crashing down on the Goodison Park club that they are in the midst of a relegation fight.
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Sport
Who are the best Ukrainian Premier League players ever?
Out of all the former Soviet states to emerge at the start of the 1990s, very few have produced high-quality players quite like Ukraine. The Eastern European powerhouse has constantly churned out players who have become known for sublime technical skills and a powerful presence on the pitch.
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