How popular are the populists? For Nigel Farage and his right-wing friends, it’s finding-out time

The Reform UK leader’s farcical coming byelection contest with a man wearing a bin comes as questions grow over whether ...

Watch: Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani clubs 300th career home run

Shohei Ohtani hit a 409-foot blast to center field for his 300th career home run in a Los Angeles Dodgers loss to the ...

If you think football is ‘just football’, you’re missing out

That’s not to say there isn’t great depth of thought in soccer or association football; anything that the human population ...

Who is Count Binface – the alien space warrior standing against Brexit champion Nigel Farage?

In a week when the race to become Britain’s next prime minister is effectively a one-horse race, there seems to be more ...

One rule for Messi's Argentina, another for the rest? The refereeing pattern behind Egypt's conspiracy claim

From Qatar to 2026, controversial refereeing involving Argentina is back in the spotlight after Egypt's dramatic World Cup ...
Opinion

Should Roberto Martinez have turned to Goncalo Ramos vs Spain? The Ronaldo call Portugal may never stop debating

Roberto Martínez's World Cup campaign will be remembered for the gamble he took on Cristiano Ronaldo, one that ultimately did not pay off.