5 h. ago Kasper Schmeichel on Ronaldo relationship with a twist as Celtic goalkeeper names factors in extending playing career

Denmark and Portugal go head to head in the Nations League with Scotland keeping a close eye on the outcome

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52 h. ago Rory McIlroy’s St Patrick’s Day delight gives him perfect Masters springboard

McIlroy beat JJ Spaun in a three-hole Monday play-off to win the prestigious Players Championship for the second time in his career

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5 d. ago Baroness Sue Campbell on changing the game – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Baroness Sue Campbell joins Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey to discuss her journey and her recent book, The Game ChangerOn today’s podcast, Suzy Wrack and Sophie Downey sit down with Baroness Sue Campbell to talk about her new book, The Game Changer, and her remarkable career in sport. From kicking a ball around in the school playground to leading the transformation of women’s football as the FA’s Director of Women’s Football, Campbell shares the challenges and triumphs of her journey. She discusses her role in the London 2012 Olympics, the importance of grassroots development, and the impact of England’s historic Euro 2022 victory. Plus, Baroness Sue Campbell shares her thoughts on the future of the game and what still needs to be done to ensure lasting progress. Join the Fantasy League this season on FantasyWSL.net. Code GUARDIANWFW.Sign up for our weekly women’s football newsletter – all you need to do is search ‘Moving the Goalposts sign up’ or follow this link. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Michael Schumacher's gift to rookie F1 driver set for his home debut this weekend

Michael Schumacher played an important role in the racing career of Jack Doohan, the Formula 1 rookie who begins his season on home turf in Australia this weekend

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8 d. ago Szczesny’s human touch lends higher meaning to Barcelona’s title charge | Jonathan Liew

The anarchic Barça goalkeeper may not be an idealised athlete but he is writing an extraordinary closing chapter to his careerAccounts differ on just how late Iñaki Peña was to that team meeting in Jeddah. Some reports say two minutes; some go as high as four. Either way, Hansi Flick is nothing if not a coach of fine margins, and by such fine margins was Peña summarily dropped for the Supercopa semi‑final against Athletic Club in January. His replacement: Barcelona’s third goalkeeper, a 34‑year‑old smoker by the name of Wojciech Szczesny.I think it matters that Szczesny smokes. Not because smoking is cool, which any eye-rolling Gen Z will tell you is no longer actually true, but because there is the idea here of competing motivations: of instant versus delayed gratification, of compromise in a sport that brooks none. The bible of modern football reads: your body is your work. Hone it. Optimise every detail. Squeeze out every last drop of capital it has to offer. Szczesny responds by...

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9 d. ago Manchester United's 'relaxed nice guy' could prove to be sign of things to come in transfer market

Ayden Heaven has made a positive start to his career at Man Utd and could be play a role in the first-team next season.

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1 week ago Jurgen Klopp admits he desperately regrets not signing two Premier League superstars

Jurgen Klopp was fortunate to sign plenty of star players over his managerial career, but he admits that there were two big names who got away from him, and he's always regretted it

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1 week ago Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all

Troxy, London Touring his 2024 solo album No Name in a barnstorming gig, the former White Stripe plays fast and loose with the truth but is absolutely the real deal“Do you believe me yet?” yells Jack White from the lip of the stage, a few songs into his second night’s work at this classy art deco venue in east London. It’s a very Jack White kind of location: highly stylised, lovingly restored, but not entirely removed from its unglamorous surroundings.Lit in deep blue and strobing white, the colour palette of his solo career, White and his band have played tracks from his most recent album, the surprise-released No Name, first handed out free on white-label vinyl to unsuspecting shoppers at Third Man stores in Nashville, Detroit and London last summer (Third Man Records is White’s own imprint). It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking) is a particularly rousing workout full of guitar shock and awe, from an album that has drawn relieved and delighted comparisons to White’s first band, th...

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1 week ago Branching out or nipped in the bud? Could Groot be getting a solo Marvel movie?

Vin Diesel is excited by the possibility of the talking tree in its own movie – but with only three words to play with, the chances of a whole film set on Planet X are stick thinThere comes a time in every veteran actor’s career when they ask themselves: have I spent too long playing a large, talking tree? But for Vin Diesel, that moment is clearly yet to arrive. More than a decade after he first portrayed Groot in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the action star is still giddy with excitement about the prospect of stepping into the studio once again and uttering the three simple, anodyne words with which his character has become synonymous, over and over again. In an Instagram post this week, Diesel revealed that Marvel is considering some kind of Groot movie – or at least, we think that’s what he was saying. “Disney wants their Planet X! Which some say is Marvel’s most anticipated movie, haha,” wrote Diesel. “The film where Groot returns to his home planet.”For those of you not fam...

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1 week ago Dangerous heat is a real threat for the 2026 World Cup. Are teams ready?

Experts warn that cooling breaks and later kickoff times may be needed to cope with scorching temperatures when North America hosts the tournamentOver the course of a playing career that wound through Spain, Mexico and the sunbaked fields of Major League Soccer’s summers, American midfielder Tab Ramos was never hotter than at the 1994 World Cup in the United States.The day before the United States men’s national team opened its tournament against Switzerland in the Pontiac Silverdome, it had been 99F (37C) in Michigan. By the 11.30am kickoff on matchday, the temperature reached 90F (32C) again. Worse still, the Silverdome was an NFL stadium designed for winter – to keep heat in, rather than out. The first World Cup match played indoors was conducted in a dome without air conditioning. On the field, the temperature reached 106F (41C). The grass laid over the artificial turf had been watered so eagerly that, with the sun beating down on the stadium’s fabric roof, the air turned soupy ...

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1 week ago AI brings female football trailblazer back to modern day as new research reveal half of Brits are unaware of 50

In a bid to raise awareness of the unsung talent and inspire the next generation of female players, the woman who scored more goals in her career than Cristiano Ronaldo has been brought back to life by Three UK using AI technology to share her incredible story.

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1 week ago Robin van Persie shows where loyalties lie with telling Man Utd vs Arsenal response

Robin van Persie enjoyed successful spells with both Manchester United and Arsenal during his playing career with both of his sides set to go head-to-head in the Premier League this weekend

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1 week ago Mason Greenwood 'gives up on England' and applies to switch international allegiance

Mason Greenwood has applied to switch international allegiance and play for Jamaica after his England career ended in disgrace following his arrest and charges

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1 week ago Liverpool fans told Alisson WILL LEAVE in the summer as Arne Slot faces huge blow

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has been playing some of the best football of his career this season but the Brazil international has been tipped to leave in the summer

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1 week ago I missed out on Celtic record with teammate nearly a decade after he RUINED my Golden Glove chance

Schmeichel agonisingly missed out on the Premier League golden glove in 2016 after the Foxes defied the odds to win the title

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1 week ago The big difference between Celtic and Man City laid bare as Kasper Schmeichel stares ‘catastrophe’ in the face

The veteran shot-stopper believes he has been given a new lease of life since joining the Hoops

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1 week ago Thuram and Martínez quell Feyenoord’s fire as Inter give Van Persie harsh lesson

Robin van Persie may have found that, for this year at least, fairytales have their limits. Only 10 days have passed since he was tasked with leading the club that forged him and it was a delicious twist of fate that Inter, contributors to a formative moment in his playing career, posed his first Champions League test. This proved a harsh introduction to the sharper end of management and it will be a shock for the ages if a depleted Feyenoord, willing but callow, can turn around a two-goal deficit at San Siro next week.Inter simply weathered an early storm and, summoning the poise and wisdom that so often helps Serie A sides dismiss irritating arrivistes, brought their potent strike force to bear. Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez finished clinically either side of half-time and at this point it would be a stretch to claim Piotr Zielinski’s missed penalty may be consequential. While Milan had fallen here in the playoffs and been humbled in the return leg too, their city rivals simp...

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1 week ago Kasper Schmeichel slapped with Celtic paycheck one liner as Roy Keane responds to bizarre aftershave probe

The Hoops keeper was teased in front of the Overlap panel in a short clip on X

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2 w. ago Name five Premier League footballers from their list of clubs in our new quiz

Five Premier League footballers, five sets of clubs, appearances and goals and your job: to name the player solely from their career path

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2 w. ago Celtic goalkeeper Josh Clarke says learning from Kasper Schmeichel has prepared him for Ayr United title fight

United's new number one has been part of the Celtic first team setup this season and will now aim to help Ayr's title bid.

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