Tom Hamilton

The Shakhtar Stalevi story, a team of soldiers and civilians injured in war. "I have two reasons to live now: my family and football" espn.com/soccer/story/_…

On Kinsky. Subbed after 17 minutes under Tudor. RDZ comes in and wants him to be captain for the Sunderland match as a sign of trust. Kinsky says he’s okay, he can do a job. Makes a key save vs Wolves in 97th min to keep it 1-0, another yesterday. Immense mental strength.

From Tottenham yesterday. Spurs woke up just in time, dignity saved but this was not a day for celebration. espn.com/soccer/story/_…

Tottenham finally woke up. On the whistle from Spurs-Everton. espn.com/soccer/story/_…

"I want my life back" - Inside the relegation battle, through the eyes of supporters from West Ham, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest. espn.co.uk/football/story…

Over the past month a group of supporters from West Ham, Spurs and Nottingham Forest have documented every twist and turn, sleepless night, moment of denial or euphoria in watching the club they love in a relegation battle. espn.co.uk/football/story…

Another shout for this piece from Wednesday.

De Zerbi in the Spurs Matchday programme ahead of this afternoon’s match with Everton: “We are playing for pride, dignity and the history of our club. It’s not acceptable for a club of this size, stature and prestige to be in this position.”

With thanks to @adamdnathan @Flav_Bateman @grantmulli @SimonJDent Bas, Phil, Joe and Josh.

England squad for the 2026 World Cup: Pickford, Henderson, Trafford James, Livramento, O’Reilly, Spence Konsa, Guehi, Burn, Stones, Quansah Mainoo, Anderson, Rice, Henderson, Rogers, Eze, Bellingham Rashford, Gordon, Saka, Madueke Kane, Toney, Watkins

Awful news. Howard Fendrich was one of the giants in tennis and sports journalism. The grand slams won't be the same. Praying for his family and loved ones. apnews.com/article/howard…

@Steve_Crossman Spot on

Forget spying for a sec, it’s the treatment of interns that stands out here, by far the most serious offence. A top down system of pressurising young people, deemed ‘deplorable’ by the commission. Also the intern who was at MFC spoke to the commission, must have been through hell

Revealed: The five-phase plan which turned Arsenal into Premier League champions. With exclusive insight from Edu Gaspar. ‘Trust the process’ was a phrase often ridiculed. Not now. Piece: espn.com/soccer/story/_…

Read this from @CharlieFelix - the death of Seb Adeniran-Olule, 10 years on.

It is 10 years since Seb Adeniran-Olule died by suicide. This might be difficult to read, but I think it can be important as well. Thanks to those who were interviewed, especially Seb’s mum, Liz. thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Some atmosphere.

Morgan Gibbs-White and the mask he’ll be wearing if called upon tonight.

At Villa Park - and the team news sees Morgan Gibbs-White named on Nottingham Forest's bench. He suffered a nasty cut on Monday in their win at Chelsea.

Punchy programme notes from Unai Emery. No messing around.