Restless Leeds United natives will be screaming “vamos” when their new Spanish manager, Javi Gracia, takes charge of his first match at Elland Road on Saturday, subject to a work permit. But come the end of the season, will the same fans be saying “gracias” to Gracia, feting their newest club hero, or will they be utterly distraught, yelling, “thanks for nothing”? Gracia answers Leeds SOS Gracia, brought in to succeed the sacked Jesse Marsch,…
Poor Graham Potter. The embattled Chelsea manager is enduring a Ranieri-esque experience at Stamford Bridge.
International sports governing bodies are jealously guarding their independence but where does that leave the athletes.
Publishers shouldn’t be frightened of Chat GPT, rather embrace the platform as well as other automated AI technology.
There are calls for greyhound racing to be banned, which got me thinking, why is there such a disconnect between a dog loving nation and the sport?
The Premier League managerial merry-go-round continues with Nathan Jones the latest to be sacked this season. Below, we look at all the top-flight sackings so far this term. Nathan Jones – Southampton Sacked on 12 February 2023. Jones was dismissed after just three months in the job. With a record of eight defeats in nine league games, and an overall record of nine defeats in 14 matches, there is nothing knee-jerk about the decision to…
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Ten Premier League clubs are at least part-owned by Americans. That’s half the top-flight roster.
It’s a case of “if at first you don’t succeed” as exponents of a European Super League (ESL) refuse to give up the ghost. After they were forced to beat a hasty retreat in 2021, the drivers of the proposal dusted themselves down and have now returned for another skirmish, this time hoping to win not only the battle, but also the war. The initial proposal was roundly criticized as “anti-football” and summarily rejected by…
Leeds United must push the boat out for Marcelo Bielsa and bring him back to Elland Road. No, such a move won’t be an embarrassing admission by the club that sacking the Argentine last term was a mistake in the first place. I’m all for giving managers a fair crack of the whip, but ultimately football is a results business, therefore pragmatism trumps sentiment. Axe falls on Marsch BIelsa’s successor, Jesse Marsch, has been sacked…