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Debate over Arsenal’s style masks an undeniable march toward greatness | Barney Ronay Arsenal’s path to a quadruple appears manageable – give Mikel Arteta and co serious credit for getting here

The Ajax of Cruyff. The Barcelona of Messi. The Arsenal of Zubimendi. 19 games from mount rushmore. Can the internet cope? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism | Barney Ronay In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantio sides with the American war machine

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While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism | Barney Ronay In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantio sides with the American war machine

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Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay The problem here is not the interim manager, it’s the ad hoc interim ownership and the short-term sense of identity at this ghost town club

Tudor is to do
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Igor Tudor enacts ghostly role in the most stupid of hires with Tottenham too bad to stay up | Barney Ronay The problem here is not the interim manager, it’s the ad hoc interim ownership and the short-term sense of identity at this ghost town club

Tudor is to do
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Infantino’s idolisation of Trump has left football with blood on its hands | Barney Ronay The Fifa president’s sycophancy towards the US president has left the organisation facing a new nadir, but any reckoning seems a distant prospect

Don’t know what the answer is. But it seems important to say it
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Infantino’s idolisation of Trump has left football with blood on its hands | Barney Ronay The Fifa president’s sycophancy towards the US president has left the organisation facing a new nadir, but any reckoning seems a distant prospect

Don’t know what the answer is. But it seems important to say it
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The answer is: isosceles

The answer is: isosceles

Is this really the beautiful game? Well yes, and no … but the panic is fun to watch | Barney Ronay If every win is going to be painful from here, you may as well just take the painful wins – welcome to Arsenal’s late title stagger

Three corners, two equal sides
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Would be amazing. I guess history and resources makes it feel more three-horse. But points and current reality say four horse, and I’m all for it

Scotland’s three-way title race generates precious glimmer of interest in a moribund era | Barney Ronay Hearts are threatening to upset the dominance of Celtic and Rangers in a break from the deadening European norm and can lift audiences from apathy

Scotland: a new hope
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Fitting tribute to a legendary bass player

English cricket’s hunger for Indian money has led it into a moral and legal minefield | Barney Ronay The potential exclusion of Pakistan players in the Hundred could breach UK laws on discrimination and leave the ECB exposed

A Hundred balls
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English cricket’s hunger for Indian money has led it into a moral and legal minefield | Barney Ronay The potential exclusion of Pakistan players in the Hundred could breach UK laws on discrimination and leave the ECB exposed

A Hundred balls
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Tottenham job has become a public meat grinder and the fans’ pain is more content | Barney Ronay Ritualistic Spurs manager sacking is a marker in the year, but the failing lies with executives responsible for some really vague recruitment

Tottenham: the content of discontent
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Tottenham job has become a public meat grinder and the fans’ pain is more content | Barney Ronay Ritualistic Spurs manager sacking is a marker in the year, but the failing lies with executives responsible for some really vague recruitment

Tottenham: the content of discontent
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Football must reject Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cynical, self-serving electioneering | Barney Ronay Tax exile has already proven himself a terrible club owner; now his ill-informed diatribe about immigration has poured fuel on wider flames

‘Manchester United supporters may be stuck with Ratcliffe. But football, sport and everything in its arc can reject the things he is asking us to do, refuse to be spooked, refuse to fall into the arms of the opportunist he is promoting.’

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Sesko’s nonchalance late strike show of resilience that enhances Carrick’s cause | Barney Ronay The winning run may be over but his Manchester United team showed fight until the end against West Ham

The 400 mile round trip soaking wet midweek away fan. This is why they do it
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Gyökeres’ gifts of bundling and poaching suggest Arsenal have found the real thing | Barney Ronay After a slow start, the Sweden striker is now appearing regularly on the scoresheet with six goals in eight games

Vg from VG
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You don’t understand. it’s fine, this can be difficult. try to think very hard about “whataboutery” and why it should not exist as a concept. Then actually read the words. Then think really hard. you can understand

Guardiola can be both right to speak out and a performative hypocrite | Barney Ronay Coach should not ‘stick to football’ when football strays into politics and death but his role as fluffer for his club’s autocratic owners cannot be ignored

Pep, the boy who completed Tetris
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What a 14-year-old Instagram sensation and six-hitting superstar tells us about life and cricket | Barney Ronay The inexorable rise of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will continue in the Indian Premier League this year, but it is unlikely to stop there

Sooryavanshi currently on 50 off 24 balls in India’s semi. Still 14
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‘You’ve entered the Cucurella Zone’

The Football Weekly panel try their best to unpack a hilarious moment at Stamford Bridge from the weekend.

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😬 Manchester City's draw with Spurs means they have only won one game in their last six.

🫡 Arsenal demolish Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road.

⏳ Manchester United beat Fulham 3-2 in added time.

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Arsenal’s terminally online Premier League title pursuit is a symbol of our times | Barney Ronay A robotic team running on data and scrutinised relentlessly in a climate of angst and rage feels like a metaphor for the digital age

Arsenal. Why does it feel like this?
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Arsenal’s terminally online Premier League title pursuit is a symbol of our times | Barney Ronay A robotic team running on data and scrutinised relentlessly in a climate of angst and rage feels like a metaphor for the digital age

Arsenal. Why does it feel like this?
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Sack the vibe: goodbye Bazball and hello England’s search for a cricketing soul | Barney Ronay There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket’s problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fix

One problem with rebuilding the England cricket team. It represents nothing. Has no meaning. Is basically some employees of a wealthy minority pursuit. And doesn’t read its own reports.
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Sack the vibe: goodbye Bazball and hello England’s search for a cricketing soul | Barney Ronay There have to be consequences for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum but English cricket’s problems lie much deeper and will be much harder to fix

One problem with rebuilding the England cricket team. It represents nothing. Has no meaning. Is basically some employees of a wealthy minority pursuit. And doesn’t read its own reports.
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Jacob Bethell plays starring role in Ashes Wars Episode 5: A New Hope | Barney Ronay A brilliant hundred against an elite attack on a wearing pitch shows this England Test team can still survive and evolve

The sun also rises
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