The tragedy of Wayne Harrison, once football’s most expensive teenager
The scrapbook is meticulously preserved, a series of newspaper clippings saved and collated by a proud father.It charts almost every ...
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Jesse Lingard is a non-footballing footballer – he won’t be the last
It’s Jesse Lingard’s birthday. He turns 31 today and, at this stage of his life, he must realise it is ...
Unai Emery and Aston Villa: Inside a stunning transformation
In the refurbished gym at Aston Villa’s training ground, players are regularly put through their paces, spend time building up ...
The curious case of Quincy Promes and how Amsterdam’s underworld preys on footballers
When Marylio V was escorted from his cell in Amsterdam’s district court on October 31, his alleged accomplice in a ...
Why Cristiano Ronaldo is being sued in $1bn lawsuit by people who bought his NFTs
Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a $1billion class action lawsuit in the U.S. after promoting his non-fungible token (NFT) collaboration with ...
Marie-Louise Eta – Union Berlin’s quiet Champions League trailblazer
This season, The Athletic is following Union Berlin, a Bundesliga club from the former East Germany who were playing regional-level football less than ...
An addictive personality can facilitate sporting greatness – but what are the consequences?
The British gymnast Nile Wilson steps on stage and introduces himself.In a broad Leeds accent, the 27-year-old describes himself as ...
Every Premier League club’s stadium plans – from new stands to ground moves
As the Premier League gets bigger and bigger, so – it seems – do the stadiums that play host to ...
Why football fears tramadol: ‘It’s an evil drug – it nearly killed me’
Last week, every footballer in England and Wales received an email warning them about a painkiller that, until now, they ...
Sir Elton John and Watford, a ‘rock ‘n’ roll chairman’ in platform heels
Think of superstars buying unfashionable football clubs and Wrexham, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney probably come to mind.But in the ...
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