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Head coach is keen to focus on positives but Nations League squad hints at desire for greater tactical options Thomas Tuchel should be listening to the 0.1%. As Tuchel unveiled his first England squad since the World Cup, he said 99.9% of supporters he bumped into did not talk about his substitutions during the Argentina game. According to him, the conversation is far more positive. Memories are shared of the knockout wins over Mexico and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It seems those who want to take the England head coach to task over the retreat in the semi-final in Atlanta are in the minority. This is, of course, hard to quantify. Is it really 99.9%? We can take Tuchel at face value, but relying on anecdotal evidence goes two ways. A lot of fans are not ready to move on yet. The national mood is far more downbeat than Tuchel imagines and he is kidding himself if he thinks people have forgiven the way England folded after going 1-0 up against Argentina early in the second half. Continue reading...

Oxford United have been forced to abandon a new range of American sports-influenced merchandise given its jarring association with one of the aircrafts hijacked on 11 September

Spurs are getting into attacking areas but failing to make or take chances as Roberto De Zerbi tries to forge a settled side

The Metropolitan police have been granted special powers to tackle violence as the south and east London teams meet again on Saturday after 14 years

Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity – but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appeal Have you seen the 40-second video that will change the way you think about women’s sport, women’s bodies, just, you know, women? It’s been unavoidable on social media this week – brazen, unapologetic, dominating the algorithm like an AI kitten hacking a banana-bread recipe while lip-syncing to Cardi B. I for one have enjoyed it at least 50 times already. It starts with some carefully curated passive-aggression – “Dear Sydney”, “Hey Sydney”, “Respectfully Sydney” – and follows up with clips of what, in its own words, “a woman in sport actually looks like”. It shows its subject pounding the treadmill or powering down the back straight, flooring a rival with a tackle or a roundhouse kick, lifting weights or throwing herself through the air. It is, inevitably, soundtracked by Dua Lipa. Training Season is getting a serious bump this week. Continue reading...

Jürgen Klopp has said Germany’s football team can help ensure ‘national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people’ after a recent far-right AfD election victory

The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned

* Rapper dropped from tour after pro-Palestine remarks * Former NFL star settled case over collusion in 2019 Colin Kaepernick has accused NFL owners of colluding against Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over comments he made onstage about Palestine. Kaepernick, whose NFL career was effectively ended in the wake of his protests against police violence, says he sees parallels between himself and Macklemore. Continue reading...

The 20-year-old forward was delighted with the faith put in him by Andoni Iraola for the Tottenham game and now wants to kick on With a man of the match award in one hand and his phone in the other, Lewis Koumas made a very important call before stopping to speak to the media inside Anfield on Wednesday night. What it means to represent your boyhood club, and to shine for it, was apparent for all to see. “That was my mum,” said the Liverpool forward, still beaming from the award that Cody Gakpo handed to him following the 3-1 Carabao Cup third round win over Tottenham. “She was here tonight with my nan, my granddad and my sister. They were all in the box. I rang them straight away to show them the trophy and they were buzzing.” Continue reading...

ALT: Gattuso: Sometimes Good, Sometimes Shit

‘Robbo’ leaves the club on Sunday after nine years having won the lot and been loved by those who watched him play

Ex-England footballer also admits to failing to provide a specimen as he appears at Basingstoke magistrates court