These days, the relevant people at Manchester United prefer not to talk about the wild, eccentric story that identifies a champion racehorse, Rock of Gibraltar, as the catalyst for everything …
They gathered, as one day they knew they would, on the forecourt at Old Trafford, the flowers of Manchester in their hands. They came to stand at the Holy Trinity …
Late on Wednesday, Mohamed Salah released a short video on his social media platforms. Most of the Egyptian’s updates are determinedly uncontroversial — pictures of his goals, his holidays, his …
This article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. You can find the full series here. Bob Thomas had no idea he was about to take an …
Welcome to The Athletic’s Premier League stadium rankings, an exercise in entertainment, creating arguments nobody can win and questionable mathematics. Before we start, we should beg for forgiveness. This is …
Yassine Cheuko is everywhere these days. Cheuko, who serves as Lionel Messi’s personal bodyguard, is the Argentine’s shadow at Inter Miami, present alongside him wherever he goes. Even when Messi …
Antonio Vacca can remember the moment well. In truth, the Italian is unlikely to forget it anytime soon, given he not only gets to see his “little theory put into …
Jeffrey has been going to Luton Town games for more than six years and has slept through most of them. There was no change to the labrador’s routine on Saturday …
Newcastle is changing. It is happening on the pitch — from rock bottom to the Champions League, matches at the San Siro and Parc des Princes, meting out 4-1 thrashings …
In April 1945, in the last months of World War II in Europe, Benito Mussolini, the leader of Italy, was captured by Italian partisans near Lake Como. Mussolini was executed …