Paul Newman

“England will have to take a risk or two and then it’s just a question of them being a little more street-wise at the big moments."

Australian cricket legend Mark Waugh tells Paul Newman how England can win their first overseas Ashes in 14 years.

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Everton 0 Tottenham 3: How did Van de Ven end Moyes’ unbeaten home and set-piece record? Analysis of Tottenham's Premier League game away to Everton

💥 VDV unstoppable from corners
😤 Everton lose at new stadium for the first time
🇫🇷 Randal Kolo Muani's encouraging first start
3⃣ Three goals, three points and third in the table

Full breakdown of Everton 0-3 Spurs up on @theathleticfc.bsky.social now

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Tawanda Muyeye: ‘Test cricket and playing for England has been a goal of mine for so long’ The Kent batter has made waves since arriving in the United Kingdom as a refugee from Zimbabwe and is targeting an England future

“I don’t just want to play two or three times for England. I want to play at least 50 Tests.”

Tawanda Muyeye fled Zimbabwe at 17, seeking asylum in England. Now, at 24, he talks to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social about targeting a Test future with his adopted country

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The sad decline of West Indian Test cricket: ‘We seem to have given up’ West Indies travel to India with their Test team at its lowest ebb and memories fading of their world dominance from the 1970s and '80s

“West Indies used to be the envy of the world but we expected our dominance to last forever and stopped doing what we were so good at. Now we seem to have given up.”

Andy Roberts, and others, spoke to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social on the state of West Indian cricket

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Regardless from here; it’s another win for county cricket today in Birmingham.

Afraid not but starting work at The Athletic again soon 👍

Congrats @somersetccc.bsky.social. Proper cricket club. The T20 finals day should be the biggest occasion in the domestic calendar. Hopefully it will be again next year….

Baz is bored of Bazball - the Aussies will be delighted Brendon McCullum has reiterated his disdain for the 'Bazball' term - but England should learn to love it before this winter's Ashes series

Total Football, Tiki Taka and Bazball? Brendon McCuulum needs to lean into his team’s mythology rather than repudiate it ahead of this winter’s Ashes. For @ipapersport.bsky.social inews.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Ange Postecoglou set to be appointed Nottingham Forest head coach after Nuno exit The Australian head coach was dismissed by Spurs in June after winning the Europa League but finishing 17th in the Premier League.

Ange Postecoglou is set to be appointed Nottingham Forest head coach after Nuno Espirito Santo was relieved of his duties.

The move is expected to be confirmed in the next 24 hours.

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The View From The Lane: A show about Tottenham: Time will Tel + your questions answered! Host Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's Jay Harris and Dan Kilpatrick to discuss Mathys Tel's omission from the UCL squad. Plus! They go through your wonderful questions, including: Moura vs J...

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Hamburg reach agreement to sign Tottenham’s Luka Vuskovic on loan The deal is a straight loan, and does not include an option nor an obligation to make the transfer permanent.

Hamburg have reached an agreement in principle to sign Tottenham Hotspur defender Luka Vuskovic on a season-long loan.

The deal is a straight loan and does not include an option nor an obligation to make the transfer permanent.

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Read this and you will know exactly why Thomas Frank said he only wanted to sign players who want to play for Spurs

A 13-minute hat-trick from Harry Kane has put Bayern Munich 6-0 up against RB Leipzig.

The England captain is starting the new Bundesliga season as he means to go on.

Dukes, cows, and the ‘grimy’ craftsmanship behind the cricket ball Dukes, now based in a factory in east London, have been manufacturing cricket balls used in Test cricket in England since the 1760s

The Dukes cricket ball dates back to 1760.

Dilip Jajodia bought the business in the 1980s and, now in his early 80s, is still running the company alongside his son.

So how did they react to the furore around their ball during the England vs India series?

And how many balls does one cow produce?

That’s enough now. Levy must go. His position is untenable. We can’t put up with his Mickey Mouse wheeling and dealing any longer. First Gibbs-White. Now this. The ultimate embarrassment

The Transfer DealSheet: Latest on Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid and more This week, David Ornstein gives us his One To Watch, we have news on Newcastle's interest in a striker and Man Utd's midfield options

⚪️ Tottenham in one-horse race for Eze
🦅 Palace contact over El Khannouss and bid in for Christos Tzolis
🎯 Hwang targeted
🔴 #LFC’s Guehi market opportunity

Crystal Palace’s moves and their impact on Eze and Guehi’s futures are @david-ornstein.bsky.social's One To Watch

Cristian Romero: Tottenham’s captain, leader… unlikely poster boy? After months of speculation about his future, Romero is now Tottenham's new captain and club figurehead - so what about a new deal?

Wrote this before Cristian Romero signed his new contract on how he is now the face of the football club. Big achievement from Spurs getting him to sign a new deal. www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...

Cristian Romero.

🚨 Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero has signed a new four-year deal, in a major boost to the club and head coach Thomas Frank.

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#THFC

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And so Cristian Romero joins the legion of legends who have captained the mighty Spurs. Go get em, Cuti.

Ollie Palmer’s incredible and unexpected comeback could give Wrexham a selection dilemma Has striker Ollie Palmer just earned himself the most unlikely of Wrexham reprieves with two goals against Hull City?

To Dover, Barnet, Swindon, Salford and all the other Hollywood endings for Wrexham these past four years can now be added Hull City.

Personal redemption for Ollie Palmer, who came in from the cold to fire #WxmAFC into the next round with two stoppage-time goals.

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Steve Smith.

“I do think it will be challenging for the English batters in this Ashes because the wickets we’ve played on in Australia over the last three or four years have been as challenging as anything I’ve seen in my career.”

Steve Smith talks Ashes, Olympic ambitions, and Manhattan life.

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LAFC has finalized the transfer of Korean star Son Heung-min for a league-record fee.

The club will pay Tottenham in the neighborhood of $26.5 million (£20 million) for the winger, sources said.

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Tottenham fans will have woken up this morning and been rocked by the news that their captain, Son Heung-min, has asked to leave this summer after 10 years at the club.

In a series full of rumblings and spice, this was the most provocative moment of all.

When Akash Deep put his arm around Ben Duckett after dismissing him at the Oval, he was breaking an unwritten code frowning on any physical contact on the cricket field.

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Jamie Overton of England reacts during Day One of the 5th Rothesay Test Match between England and India at The Kia Oval on July 31, 2025 in London, England.

The fifth Test should have been a grand finale to a superb series.

Instead, it’s being played without many of its superstars.

It’s the inevitable result of cramming too much cricket into too tight a schedule - to the cost of players and fans.

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When I was a lad, pro footballers could still play county cricket.
Now, the closest we get to dual sportsmen are the likes of #LUFC signing Sean Longstaff, whose club cricket exploits went viral this summer.
We spoke to Nigel Martyn about this sporting crossover..
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England captain Ben Stokes speaks with India batsman Ravindra Jadeja after day five of the 4th Test Match between England and India at Emirates Old Trafford on July 27, 2025 in Manchester, England.

Cricket likes to claim it is morally superior to other sports.

In reality it is anything but.

England’s churlish reaction to India wanting to play on at Old Trafford on Sunday - while understandable - proved it beyond doubt.

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Ben Stokes – England’s colossus who is four players in one He's taken a five-wicket haul and hit a century in this fourth Test against India - the first captain of any nation to do that in 42 years

England cricket captain Ben Stokes has proven his brilliance yet again this summer.

In the fourth Test against India he has a five-wicket haul and his first century in two years.

He is the first captain of any nation to do that in 42 years.

Paul Newman on England's invaluable all-rounder ⤵️

Joe Root.

Joe Root is now the second highest runscorer in Tests thanks to another flawless century.

He is the Peter Pan of cricket who just gets better and better.

He is now closing on Sachin Tendulkar - surpass him and the record will surely be his forever.

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