Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are nearing 40 and still scoring for fun, but the GOAT debate still rumbles on… Messi is now a World Cup winner after leading Argentina to glory in Qatar in 2022 but former Manchester United star Ronaldo continues to stake his claim as the best ever. 7 Ronaldo and Messi … Read more
Welcome to The Radar, a Sky Sports column in which Nick Wright uses a blend of data and opinion to shed light on need-to-know stories from up and down the Premier League. This week: 🔴 Right-back, left-back, goalscorer?🔥 Van Nistelrooy to unlock Vardy?📊 Man Utd’s touches in the box🔍 A player to watch this weekend … Read more
An air of defiance still lingers along the corridors leading to the boardroom at Nottingham Forest’s Wilford Lane training ground complex. When They Try To Keep Us Down, We Show Them Who We Are. A photograph with the banner glistens on the walls. It was the message displayed by the Trent End as the club … Read more
We hold Rory McIlroy to the highest standards because we know what he is capable of. He is arguably our favourite player in the game and the best since Tiger Woods came onto the scene. He is enormously talented but he is also one of the most frustrating players out there because we see him … Read more
Tyson Fury may not have won his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk but he now knows the keys to victory in the rematch, says promoter Frank Warren. After losing a split decision to Usyk in their undisputed world heavyweight title fight earlier this year, Fury will rematch the Ukrainian on December 21, live on Sky … Read more
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma (Julian Finney/Getty Images) “He (KL Rahul) will open the innings. I will play somewhere in the middle… “Rohit Sharma ended the suspense when he confirmed India’s openers for the Adelaide Test vs Australia from December 6. Rahul did a phenomenal job with the bat in both innings of the Perth … Read more
An octopus-like goalkeeper, a star who deserved a Ballon d’Or and a midfielder who would rock up hungover to training. These are just some of the stars that made Rafael van der Vaart’s dream five-a-side team using his former teammates when he sat down with talkSPORT as a guest on the The Lineup. 7 Van … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes played down any injury concerns and insisted he was “raring to go” for the second Test against New Zealand after pulling up while bowling during the tourists’ win in the series opener. Stokes withdrew himself from the attack on the fourth and final morning in Christchurch but stayed on the field … Read more
We rate England’s players out of 10 after their eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the series opener at Christchurch. Zak Crawley – 3/10 0 off 12 balls 1 off 8 balls The spotlight is always on someone and perhaps that glare has now moved to Crawley after the under-the-pump Ollie Pope silenced some of … Read more
Shubman Gill (Photo credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: A fit-again Shubman Gill struck a stylish half-century easing concerns over his thumb injury while skipper Rohit Sharma batted at No.4 and fell cheaply, leaving questions over his position and form for the second Test as India eased past Australia Prime Minister’s XI in the pink-ball warm-up in … Read more