James Nalton

Arise, Sir David: Beckham knighted by King Charles at Windsor Castle ceremony Sir David Beckham received a knighthood at Windsor Castle on Tuesday for his services to sport and charity

The no-look knighting, always risky

Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.

Liverpool Returns To Familiar Players And Tactics For Premier League Win Despite numerous big money signings and summer transfers, it was last season's lineup that helped Liverpool get back to winning ways.

Come back to what you know. Liverpool embrace last season's approach in return to winning ways. www.forbes.com/sites/jamesn...

In the win against Aston Villa, Liverpool went back to last season's title-winning tactics/shape, or as close as they can get with current personnel.

Yeah, I always forget how short the NFL regular season is. Only lasts 4 months!

Expected assists totals in the 2025/26 Premier League so far (Opta):
1. 🇧🇪 Jeremy Doku - 3.4
2. 🇳🇱 Cody Gakpo - 2.9
3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Grealish - 2.6
4. 🇬🇲 Yankuba Minteh - 2.6
5. 🇨🇲 Bryan Mbeumo - 2.5

In the win against Aston Villa, Liverpool went back to last season's title-winning tactics/shape, or as close as they can get with current personnel.

The Pacific’s Rugby League revolution A RECENT edition of this column commented on the festival of rugby league that is taking place in the sport this autumn, and looked ahead to the keenly anticipated return of the Ashes series between E...

Yeah, those Pacific Championship games have been really good, even if a bit one-sided in some cases. New Zealand v Samoa next weekend should be a good final. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/paci...

Australia claim rugby league Ashes for the 21st time England 4-14 Australiaby James Naltonat Bramley-Moore DockAUSTRALIA claimed the rugby league Ashes for the 21st time following a 14-4 victory in the second test at Merseyside on Saturday.It was the Ka...

Match report from the rugby league at Everton on Saturday for the Morning Star newspaper, as Australia claimed the Ashes. England don't look like they'll ever score a meaningful try against this Australia team, but have one last chance to give it a go at Headingley next week.

Expected assists totals in the 2025/26 Premier League so far (Opta):
1. 🇧🇪 Jeremy Doku - 3.4
2. 🇳🇱 Cody Gakpo - 2.9
3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Grealish - 2.6
4. 🇬🇲 Yankuba Minteh - 2.6
5. 🇨🇲 Bryan Mbeumo - 2.5

A salary cap will not improve football's financial health UEFA’s introduction of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations during the last decade were designed to “improve the overall financial health of European club football.”Uefa said that “the aim of financi...

I'm not claiming it's good, but I wrote this when UEFA threatened to bring salary caps to European soccer morningstaronline.co.uk/article/s/sa...

Mid-season awards already, feels like it only started last week.

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Black and white photograph of Husker Du, sat at an outdoors table marked with a chess board. Greg and Grant are wearing hats.

"To watch #Nirvana and The Offspring and Green Day and #Pixies blow up was crazy. I think it’s great they got paid and went on to have amazing careers, but… It’s like we were professional athletes before all the TV money came in and contracts exploded"

#HüskerDü Interviewed

buff.ly/k3f6SEV

As Marx once said

A single match cost me thousands of dollars at 2026’s World Cup of the 1% | Leander Schaerlaeckens With ticket sales phases under way and prices reaching eye-watering levels, my experience raised a crucial question: who is this World Cup for?

My misadventures in World Cup ticket-buying.

This week's column @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Hammers United fan group poster promoting a "lock-in" after the Newcastle game in protest against ownership, board, and David Sullivan and Karen Brady in particular.

West Ham fans will stage a sit-in protest against the club's ownership and board following their defeat to Newcastle this afternoon.

MCFC Fans Foodbank Support info poster. The collection takes place ahead of today's game against Bournemouth and is located at the end of Sir Howard Bernstein Way under the white bridge opposite the Asda.

Man City fans are celebrating the 115 this weekend, as MCFC Fans Foodbank Support marks its 115th foodbank collection ahead of the game against Bournemouth to raise awareness for the cause.

Early evening view from the east stand of Hill Dickinson stadium at Bramley-Moore dock for the second rugby league Ashes test between England and Australia.

There will be some good sunsets from the east stand of Everton's new stadium over the years.

great hot mic moment on Chicago Fire radio heading into halftime

Mohamed Salah had 61 touches in Liverpool's game vs Aston Villa, the most he's had in any game this season.

Gravenberch, Mac Allister, and Szoboszlai pass map vs Aston Villa, from Opta Analyst.

Each of Liverpool's three midfielders, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, and Szoboszlai, had a pass success of over 90% vs Aston Villa.

Wilfred Zaha converted a penalty to keep Charlotte FC alive in a penalty shootout, in the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs……

This sport allows sentences like that to exist, amazing.

The Protagonist Soccer Zine: Issue One, "Tales of New York." — Protagonist Soccer Who Says Print Is Dead!? Not us, after nearly a ten years of interviews, articles, and podcasts about your favorite leagues and clubs, we’re fulfilling a longtime dream of publishing a soccer zine. B...

📚 No more past tense, The Protagonist ‘Zine - Issue One is all packed up and pre-orders will ship out on Monday!
⚽️ The printer made 10 extra! Which means there are now 10 copies in the shop. These may be the last 10 as we gear up for Issue Two: www.protagonistsoccer.com/shop/rdli1h4...

Spurs' lowest xG in a Premier League game since xG records began in 2012, per @optaanalyst.optajoe.com

Spurs v Chelsea match stats via FotMob

Just 0.05 xG for Spurs v Chelsea

Caicedo tackling his way to an assist.

It's a shame England didn't have more about them in attack to get the atmosphere going. They're yet to score a meaningful try in two games against Australia.

Everton stadium went down well with the rugby league contingent, media and fans alike. Would be a good grand final venue.