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Twenty-nine different names, only THREE players are chosen unanimously… and which TWO England stars are included? Our experts name their best Euro 2024 XI
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17/07/24 11:00
Spain were crowned winners of Euro 2024 on Sunday night after their 2-1 victory in the final broke England hearts in Berlin. Luis de la Fuente's side won all seven of their matches at the tournament as Spain became European champions for a record fourth time. Midfield general Rodri and teenage sensation Lamine Yamal were among the Spanish stars to shine on their route to glory....read
Gareth Southgate made us proud again. Ignore the trolls... history will be kind to him, writes OLIVER HOLT
17/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Some celebrated when they heard the news on Tuesday morning. There is always one ship of fools and this one carried English football's flat-earthers.The cowardice of Gary Lineker, Jude Bellingham belligerence… and Cole Palmer's baked beans: OLIVER HOLT shares his memories of Euro 2024
16/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: England were left empty-handed on Sunday night as goals from Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal saw La Roja claim a record-fourth European Championship.Don't scorn Gareth Southgate and his brave players... England lost to Spain with honour and pride and they are still a generation that does not give up, writes OLIVER HOLT
14/07/24 09:35ENGLAND 1-2 SPAIN - OLIVER HOLT AT THE OLYMPIASTADION: When the final whistle went, his players fell to the turf in despair. Southgate put his hands on his hips to compose himself.Spain's monstrous midfield will build a Berlin Wall... Declan Rice and Co must tear it down to lead England to Euros glory, writes OLIVER HOLT
12/07/24 09:31OLIVER HOLT IN BERLIN: In the aftermath of England's victory over the Netherlands in Dortmund, Declan Rice looked wide-eyed with excitement and anticipation about the task that lay ahead.Defiant Gareth Southgate has made Gary Lineker and his fellow rabble-rousers look foolish, writes OLIVER HOLT
12/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: It felt like a kind of bedlam in the tunnel area at the Westfalenstadion on Wednesday night.after England's dramatic semi-final victory.It's time to stop ridiculing Gareth Southgate after his coaching masterclass in England's 2-1 win over Netherlands, writes OLIVER HOLT
10/07/24 09:24OLIVER HOLT IN DORTMUND: Maybe now that he has lead England to back-to-back European Championship finals, you are going to admit what Southgate has done for football in this country.If the REAL Harry Kane stands up, England tread the red carpet all the way to the Euro 2024 final in Berlin, writes OLIVER HOLT
09/07/24 10:02OLIVER HOLT IN DORTMUND: Kane's pedigree is such there is always hope he will burst back into form in the nick of time - and Southgate will hope that instinct returns on Wednesday.FIVE England stars up for the axe: Our experts name their teams to face the Netherlands in the Euros semi-final - with only two picking the same XI and changes in defence, midfield AND attack!
09/07/24 01:00Approaching the sixth game of the tournament, you would expect Gareth Southgate to know his best team by now, but he is still yet to find the magic formula in Germany.Trent Alexander-Arnold could have folded after being dropped... instead he typified the resilience of this England team, writes OLIVER HOLT
08/07/24 09:30OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER IN BLANKENHAIN: England have not won any prizes for style at these Euros. They have not wowed us with free-flowing football.Andy Murray helped reclaim Wimbledon for Great Britain... he made us feel like we got an invitation to our own party (and we're missing him already), writes OLIVER HOLT
08/07/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: As he bade an emotional farewell to Wimbledon after his defeat in the men's doubles with brother Jamie last Thursday, many anointed him the greatest British sportsman of all.The Harry Kane conundrum: Should Gareth Southgate do what Sir Alf Ramsey did to Jimmy Greaves and leave England's star striker out? Asks OLIVER HOLT
08/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: A week ago, after England's dramatic extra-time win over Slovakia, Gareth Southgate talked about giving a presentation to his players about the 1966 World Cup.If you criticise and abuse Gareth Southgate, take a look at yourself: OLIVER HOLT on England expunging their penalty shoot-out curse - and the manager behind the great survivors of the Euros
06/07/24 07:22OLIVER HOLT IN DUSSELDORF: Cole Palmer took the first. Ice cold, as always. He buried it past Yann Sommer. Jude Bellingham, the second. He paused in his run-up and committed Sommer.A shadow has been cast over Gareth Southgate's landmark 100th match in charge with England labouring so painfully… but he has a habit of laughing last, writes OLIVER HOLT
06/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT IN DUSSELDORF: Gareth Southgate was 46 when he was appointed England manager in 2016. He talked about how proud he was to get the job and how proud his family were, too.This is Gareth Southgate's last roll of the dice. It is a big gamble but it could liberate England, writes OLIVER HOLT
05/07/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Some newspapers fell back on the familiar demand of that time that we should 'Bring them home' because they were so dismayed by the result.Ivan Toney admits he was 'annoyed' at being brought on so late in England's win against Slovakia after Gareth Southgate revealed Brentford star was 'disgusted' by his decision
03/07/24 07:30After being an unused substitute in England's three group stage fixtures, Toney was brought on in the fourth minute of stoppage time against Slovakia, with the Three Lions trailing 1-0.England's 10 most important goals of all-time: Jude Bellingham's wondergoal comes in at third but who takes top spot in OLIVER HOLT'S list?
02/07/24 01:00Mail Sport's Chief Sports Writer Oliver Holt offers his rankings of England's 10 most important goals of all-time and where Jude Bellingham's overhead kick against Slovakia at Euro 2024 stands.FOUR England stars up for the axe: Our experts name their teams to face Switzerland in the Euros quarter-finals - with seven different XIs and one making FIVE changes
01/07/24 04:00On the back of the dramatic Slovakia result and ahead of the Switzerland game, Mail Sport's football experts have picked their sides for the quarter-final tie on Saturday evening.England's change in fortune was difficult to comprehend writes OLIVER HOLT. Gareth Southgate's side did not deserve a reprieve but in Jude Bellingham they have star quality which cannot be extinguished
30/06/24 06:57ENGLAND 2-1 SLOVAKIA - OLIVER HOLT IN GELSENKIRCHEN: Let's not rewrite history: for much of a dismal performance, England had looked artless, guileless and clueless.OLIVER HOLT: Harry Kane's double act with Jude Bellingham can still steal the show for England at Euro 2024 - let's hope so after they managed just ONE pass to each other against Slovenia!
29/06/24 09:31OLIVER HOLT: England's footballers have been warming up for training by playing cricket, in a neat inversion of the fact that England's cricketers used to warm up for training by playing football.Germany 2-0 Denmark: Hosts survive scare - and a storm - to reach quarter-finals at Euro 2024... as VAR comes to their aid TWICE in quick succession
29/06/24 09:18OLIVER HOLT AT WESTFALENSTADION: On a wild and turbulent night in the football heartlands of the Ruhr, Germany played with the fire and embraced the chaos.Fearless, confident and full of beans, 'cool' Cole Palmer is exactly what England needs to start the party at Euro 2024, writes OLIVER HOLT
29/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT IN BLANKENHAIN: Cole Palmer's attitude exemplifies everything England are going to need if they are to start to build momentum in this tournament.We're backing England! Gary Lineker calling the Three Lions 's***' and fans throwing cups isn't helping... with the Euros still wide open, join Mail Sport's campaign to get behind the boys
27/06/24 05:55OLIVER HOLT IN ERFURT: The group stage of a major football tournament is the equivalent of pre-season training. Any team with any pretensions of winning the trophy has to grit its teeth.Czechia 1-2 Turkey: 10-man Czechs are knocked out as Cenk Tosun's injury-time strike earns win for Vincenzo Montella's side... who face Austria next
26/06/24 08:58OLIVER HOLT IN HAMBURG: It was a pulsating game awash with rage and fury. Czechia staged a comeback that unsettled Turkey and gave them plenty of anxious momentsEngland look like a mixture of a team that is scared to death and tired out, writes OLIVER HOLT after a dire draw with Slovenia that was worthy of a stream of more four-letter words
25/06/24 09:15OLIVER HOLT IN COLOGNE: England finished top of the Group of Dearth courtesy of a dire, drab, dull draw with Slovenia that was worthy of a stream of more four-letter words.I went to find the great Jim Clark's final resting place but the neglected site feels like an insult, writes OLIVER HOLT
25/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: His dear friend and rival, Jackie Stewart, considered Clark the greatest driver of a gifted generation that also included Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham.This Euros has been a wonderful riot of colour and joyous football with England the odd ones out. It's time to join the party, writes OLIVER HOLT
25/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Southgate looked a little bemused, a little weary and a little impatient on Monday when he reacted to calls for sweeping changes to the team who had laboured to a win over Serbia.It is Scotland's long-established fate to be tortured slowly in the finals of major tournaments, writes OLIVER HOLT after Steve Clarke's side were dumped out by 100th-minute Hungary winner
23/06/24 09:22OLIVER HOLT IN STUTTGART: Steve Clarke's side went into the game yearning for the win that would have elevated them to the pantheon of Scottish football.Netherlands 0-0 France: Dutch denied victory after VAR controversy with Xavi Simons' strike ruled out for offside, leaving Group D in the balance after Euro 2024's first goalless draw
21/06/24 08:55OLIVER HOLT IN LEIPZIG: The man in the black mask came out on to the pitch at the Red Bull Arena for the warm-up before the match and went through all his routines.How to sort England's mess: Mail Sport's experts believe Cole Palmer has to start against Slovenia… and the one player they all agree MUST be dropped
21/06/24 04:00Mail Sport's experts have got their heads together, worked out what to change, and suggested their starting teams for the next game against Slovenia.Harry Kane is peripheral and a passenger. Gareth Southgate must fix this misfiring side fast or England's dream will be in ruins after flat and lethargic Denmark display, writes OLIVER HOLT
20/06/24 06:16OLIVER HOLT AT THE FRANKFURT ARENA - DENMARK 1-1 ENGLAND: The good news is that England did not lose. The bad news is everything else.England vs Denmark is Trent Alexander-Arnold's final audition, writes OLIVER HOLT. But Gareth Southgate knows playing safe at this Euros is not going to be enough
20/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Time is the most precious commodity at a major football tournament and Gareth Southgate bought himself a golden slice of it when England beat Serbia in their opening group game.Portugal 2-1 Czechia: Age has taken the edge off Cristiano Ronaldo's genius but he fought until the end, writes OLIVER HOLT
18/06/24 09:08OLIVER HOLT AT RED BULL ARENA: It didn't happen for him but it did happen for his team and this iteration of Cristiano Ronaldo behaves now as if that is enough, apparently.Jude Bellingham follows three generational England legends in having the country's hopes rest on him. He plays like he's unbeatable but others must step up, writes OLIVER HOLT
18/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT IN ERFURT: In an echoing concrete cavern next to the England dressing room, Declan Rice was talking to the cluster of journalists gathered in a semicircle in front of him.Rory McIlroy's US Open choke was like watching a car crash. But will it define him forever? Not a chance, writes OLIVER HOLT
18/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: In some of the vivid appraisals of McIlroy's horrible collapse in the US Open, it was said that the way he handed victory to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst would define him for ever.Superman Jude Bellingham was so good he overshadowed a team who didn't excel. OLIVER HOLT on England's heart, soul and engine in the 1-0 Euros opening win over Serbia
16/06/24 09:13OLIVER HOLT IN GELSENKIRCHEN: England began their European Championship campaign with a win but Bellingham was so good that he overshadowed it. He played like Superman.England's history of Euros heartbreak: Three group-stage exits, two Wembley eliminations, fan trouble... and Roy Hodgson's infamous Parisian river cruise
16/06/24 06:55Amid three group-stage exits, two heart-breaking Wembley eliminations, a Dutch demolition, no shortage of fan trouble and a Parisian river cruise, Three Lions fans have seen it all at the Euros.How Harry Kane captured the hearts of a rival nation: OLIVER HOLT on the 'Kania' that is sweeping through Germany - and why the England captain has achieved the unthinkable
16/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT IN GELSENKIRCHEN: As soon as the England captain emerged from the tunnel, kids in the stands, wearing shirts of local clubs, began yelling his name.Germany were like a Porsche going from nought to 60 in a few seconds... the hosts accelerated away from Scotland to leave them in their rear-view mirror, writes OLIVER HOLT
14/06/24 09:17OLIVER HOLT IN MUNICH: On the occasion of their first appearance at a major tournament outside the UK since 1998, everything was going beautifully for Scotland. Then the football started.England are back in the country where the WAG circus overwhelmed them. But it's a history of heart-break they must overcome to win this wide-open Euros, writes OLIVER HOLT
14/06/24 04:00The last time they played in a major tournament here, at the 2006 World Cup, their campaign became overwhelmed by the celebrity circus surrounding their wives and girlfriends.Adam Wharton reveals sacrifices behind meteoric rise to England's Euro 2024 squad just five months after the Crystal Palace midfielder played in the Championship
12/06/24 09:35OLIVER HOLT: Wharton was playing in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers just over four months ago. There are going to be a lot of firsts for him over the next few weeks.Inside the England camp: OLIVER HOLT reports on the mood after Gareth Southgate revealed his plans to quit
12/06/24 01:00For large parts of a sunlit afternoon, Southgate stood with a ball tucked in the crook of his left arm, acting as a referee as his squad fought out fiercely contested games of a version of head tennis.Ignore the doom-mongers… Here's the 10 reasons why England are ready to win the Euros, writes OLIVER HOLT (and THAT Wembley defeat is one of them!)
11/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: There is a view, shared by many, that if England win the European Championship and end their 58-year run without lifting a major trophy, it will be in spite of Southgate.Impotent and vulnerable, England do NOT look ready for the Euros... their morale-sapping defeat by Iceland was not a false result, writes OLIVER HOLT
07/06/24 09:00OLIVER HOLT AT WEMBLEY: Eight years ago, Iceland sent England home red-faced with embarrassment. This time, they inflicted another morale-sapping defeat.The inside story of when Glenn Hoddle told Gazza he was NOT in the England squad: OLIVER HOLT had a poolside seat at La Manga in 1998 for the most seismic selection decision in Three Lions history
06/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: No matter the identity of the seven players who Gareth Southgate leaves out of his final squad, none is likely to have the same seismic impact as the omission of Gascoigne.English football is close to collapse as Man City blow it up in a legal move as significant as the European Super League saga, writes OLIVER HOLT
05/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: City, of course, is a club that is already enjoying an unprecedented level of domination in the English game. And yet that is not enough for City's owners.Man City vs Premier League Q&A: Why are the champions suing? How are the other 19 clubs involved? And when will the hearing take place?
04/06/24 09:31Manchester City have launched 'unprecedented legal action' against the Premier League' on Tuesday. Mail Sport's Oliver Holt answers the burning questions.The Chelsea job is football's version of being selected for human sacrifice... I'll eat my hat if Enzo Maresca sees out his five-year contract, writes OLIVER HOLT
04/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Coaching Chelsea, under the current ownership of Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, is as close to The Impossible Job as it gets in English football at the moment.Trent Alexander-Arnold shows he has the vision to start alongside Declan Rice, writes OLIVER HOLT after Liverpool star's sublime volley in England's 3-0 win over Bosnia
03/06/24 09:05ENGLAND 3-0 BOSNIA - OLIVER HOLT AT ST JAMES' PARK: A game of hints and suggestions gave Southgate a few clues and plenty of encouragement.Once again, the rest of football bowed to the sheer inevitability of Real Madrid in the Champions League… they were outplayed by Borussia Dortmund, they rode their luck but still they won, writes OLIVER HOLT
01/06/24 09:36OLIVER HOLT AT WEMBLEY: The Madrid fans in the wall of white shirts behind the goal, raised their scarves in the air and sang in unison, saluting the man who has become their hero.Jude Bellingham is just 20 and yet a phenomenon. It's intoxicating to see how he has captured the imagination in Madrid, a city in thrall to its new superstar, writes OLIVER HOLT
01/06/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: He has already won La Liga but it is winning the Champions League that would establish him as one of Madrid's greats aged 20. The Champions League is the one that matters here.Jude Bellingham vows to rise to the occasion of the Champions League final as the England star gets set for the game he's been dreaming of all his life
27/05/24 09:30Bellingham began the build-up to the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, by saying he had dreamed of playing in club football's showpiece occasion all his life.Don't blame Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer for asking Erik ten Hag proper questions. They rose above TV football's wasteland of vacuous chummery and prehistoric banter, writes OLIVER HOLT
27/05/24 04:23OLIVER HOLT: Let me tell you what happened after the FA Cup Final finished and the BBC moved into the post-match phase of its coverage late on Saturday afternoon. It's not complicated.It would now seem MAD to sack Erik ten Hag: OLIVER HOLT explains why this FA Cup final is different to Louis van Gaal's Wembley last hurrah
25/05/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT AT WEMBLEY: The comparisons with 2016, when Van Gaal led United to an FA Cup victory and was still fired the next day, were impossible to ignore.Chelsea are a bonfire of vanity, justifying axing Mauricio Pochettino with their amorphous drivel. Todd Boehly's yes-men are back to square one, writes OLIVER HOLT
21/05/24 08:02OLIVER HOLT: That, after all, has been their schtick since Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali took over the club two years ago. They know better than the fuddy-duddy traditional owners of English football.Don't get distracted by Fury's repellent behaviour, it obscures the hard truth: He is NOT one of the boxing greats, writes OLIVER HOLT
20/05/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: Fury does not have the same skills, the same ability or the same intelligence that Lennox Lewis had and he could not get the job done on Saturday night.Man City's latest title triumph means more than ever - Pep Guardiola has achieved what Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho couldn't, writes OLIVER HOLT
19/05/24 05:57OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD: What they saw was something that had been foretold. What they saw was a confirmation of a promise that had been made to them.My night in the pub with the legend who rebuilt Liverpool: OLIVER HOLT shares a drink with Jurgen Klopp in his local ahead of his Anfield farewell
18/05/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: Jurgen Klopp saunters through the double-doors at the back of the pub and wanders out on to the patio to rejoin his friends. He is grinning from ear to ear.Yes, get rid of VAR! It has squeezed the joy out of the game, writes OLIVER HOLT. Part of football's beauty is that it can NEVER be perfect
15/05/24 09:31OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It feels like a lifetime ago now but I was once an enthusiastic proponent of VAR. I thought it would prevent injustice.Man City won because they were always going to win, not because of the politics of envy or fear, writes OLIVER HOLT… Spurs fans can rest easy
14/05/24 09:06OLIVER HOLT AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: For many Spurs fans, the idea of beating Man City was anathema. They wanted Spurs to lose at all costs.He wouldn't be the popular choice but Gareth Southgate would be the RIGHT choice for Manchester United, writes OLIVER HOLT
14/05/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: There are obstacles to the appointment of Gareth Southgate as the next manager of Manchester United. Southgate could not say 'yes' to United until after the Euros.Arsenal were drained of energy and innovation but were grateful for United's predictably woeful finishing as they take the title fight down to the wire, writes OLIVER HOLT after vital 1-0 win at Old Trafford
12/05/24 05:58MAN UNITED 0-1 ARSENAL - OLIVER HOLT AT OLD TRAFFORD: Arsenal played like a team waiting for a storm to break at Old Trafford.Man United are a monster of mediocrity whose player culture is rotten to its arrogant, hedonistic core. The dignified way to go is to sack Erik ten Hag now, writes OLIVER HOLT
07/05/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: I have never seen a United side look more like a rabble, a disorganised band of demotivated, disinterested divas than they appeared at Selhurst Park on Monday evening.West Ham's handling of David Moyes' exit has been grubby and unpleasant... the Hammers should be careful with hiring Julen Lopetegui given his track record, writes OLIVER HOLT
06/05/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: It feels very much as if Lopetegui's tenure is being born under a bad sign. That is hardly unusual for the way West Ham conduct their business.The Premier League will be WORTHLESS if you destroy the pyramid, EFL chiefs tell OLIVER HOLT - and explain why relations between the elite and the rest are at an all-time low
05/05/24 01:00OLIVER HOLT: In one of the corridors in the main stand at Crewe Alexandra's Mornflake Stadium, there are pictures on the wall devoted to some of the club's famous alumni.Man City's 5-1 win over Wolves felt like a staging post in a title procession - it seems only complacency can stop them from being crowned champions ahead of Arsenal, writes OLIVER HOLT
04/05/24 09:00OLIVER HOLT AT THE ETIHAD: As Gary O'Neil sat in relative anonymity in the stands, watching his side being demolished by Erling Haaland, he may have reflected it was the best place to be.Mohamed Salah's touchline spat with Jurgen Klopp is inexcusable. He crossed a line no player should ever cross by behaving like a spoilt child, writes OLIVER HOLT
29/04/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: The way Salah treated his manager (pictured) as he was waiting to come on towards the end of the 2-2 draw at West Ham was inexcusable.Arsenal of years gone by would have cracked, but Mikel Arteta's side served notice to Man City that they will fight them all the way and won't lose their nerve after 3-2 Spurs win, writes OLIVER HOLT
28/04/24 03:38OLIVER HOLT AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Arsenal fans turned and taunted their Spurs counterparts in the section beside them. Their joy was unconfined.THIRTY YEARS SINCE AYRTON SENNA'S DEATH: Inside his last hotel room... and to where the champion fell - OLIVER HOLT returns to Imola where he witnessed F1's most cursed race
26/04/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT IN IMOLA: There is nothing to suggest, from the outside, that there is anything different about Room 200 at Hotel Castello.So much for The Choke. Resurgent Arsenal humiliated Chelsea in 5-0 rout, writes OLIVER HOLT, while Blues look half a team without Cole Palmer
23/04/24 09:11ARSENAL 5-0 CHELSEA - OLIVER HOLT AT THE EMIRATES: Arsenal are not choking. They are resurgent. They have dealt with the blip and now they are playing like kings again.OLIVER HOLT: So much of life is about division. The London Marathon is a glorious antidote to all that
22/04/24 09:40It took me until Narrow Street, in Limehouse, more than 15 miles into the run, to catch up with a man carrying a fridge on his back and when I got to the finish.Why the leaderless, shambolic and arrogant Premier League is no longer the best in the world, writes OLIVER HOLT
22/04/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: There was a time when we could say, without much fear of being contradicted, that the Premier League was the best football league in the world.Man City's double Double dream lives on - but they were given a huge helping hand by the Wizard of Waste in beating Chelsea to reach the FA Cup final, writes OLIVER HOLT
20/04/24 06:51OLIVER HOLT AT WEMBLEY: The dream of the double Treble disappeared with defeat to Real Madrid at The Etihad on Wednesday night but the dream of the double Double lives on.The Premier League is poisoning our game and their hand in having FA Cup replays scrapped is another spoonful of arsenic down the throats of the smaller clubs, writes OLIVER HOLT
18/04/24 04:00OLIVER HOLT: The Premier League announced the scrapping of FA Cup replays on Thursday, although of course that is not how the elite club owners presented it/City's dream of a Double Treble is no more… which is bad news for Arsenal and Liverpool, writes OLIVER HOLT
17/04/24 10:28OLIVER HOLT AT ETIHAD STADIUM: After an attritional tie It took a dramatic roller-coaster of a penalty shoot-out to decide this quarter-final but Real Madrid prevailed.OLIVER HOLT: Read the definition of choking… That's not this Arsenal team. We should admire, not insult them
15/04/24 04:00There is a great stigma attached to the idea of 'choking' in sport. It is used as an insult, an accusation of weakness that implies lack of character and absence of moral fibre.OLIVER HOLT: From king of the world to LIV Golf obscurity... tepid, bitter and uninspired Jon Rahm played The Masters like a man who knows he has made a horrible mistake
14/04/24 09:36OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: You may not know this but Jon Rahm's team in the LIV Golf series is called Legion XIII. It makes it sound like he an outrider in a march of doom.The pressure eats up Rory McIlroy at the Masters and claws at his genius... and another chance to win the most coveted prize in golf is gone
13/04/24 09:30OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: Another edition of The Masters slipped away from Rory McIlroy at Augusta National on Saturday afternoon. Another chance to scratch the itch is gone.OLIVER HOLT: Tiger Woods' longest day was a struggle between light and darkness. The fates and Masters tee times had conspired against him - but what he is doing at Augusta is utterly remarkable
12/04/24 10:43OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: He bumped a chip up towards the putting surface and watched it roll 22ft past the hole. He judged the line of his par putt perfectly but left it a foot short.At Augusta, Phil Mickelson is no LIV Golf rebel... he is the king of the world! Crowds flocked to watch him on Thursday at the Masters and it feels like he is a contender once again
11/04/24 10:15OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL: He was met by warm applause and some cheers and even if they do not allow anything as uncouth as hollering at the Masters.
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Andress fans leap to her DEFENSE despite her disastrous national anthem performance at the MLB Home Run Derby Branded 'the worst ever'
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Kobe Bryant fans mourn father's death after ex-NBA star dies following a stroke ''I'm picturing Kobe playing his Dad one-on-one in heaven'
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Simone Biles addresses 'traumas and downfalls' after suffering the 'twisties' in Tokyo Ahead of return to Olympic Games for USA
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Patrick Mahomes insists he's 'DONE' having kids after wife Brittany announced they're expecting their third child last week In a heartwarming video
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Livvy Dunne and Paul Skenes arrive at MLB All-Star game after gymnast flaunted their private jet to Texas 'First lady of baseball' stunned in gown
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Jaylen Brown lists his Boston penthouse for $4.75m amid star's Olympics snub and dig at Bronny James In the upscale Seaport neighborhood
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Phillies star Alec Bohm couldn't keep a straight face during Ingrid Andress' disastrous national anthem At MLB Home Run Derby
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Singer Ingrid Andress delivers 'the worst national anthem EVER' It's hard to turn Texans off to The Star-Spangled Banner, but one woman nearly did so on Monday
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Skip Bayless 'is OUT at FS1 and will host his final show later this summer' His departure comes one year after co-host Shannon Sharpe left
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Hard Rock Stadium suffered 'significant damage' Miami Dolphins are continuing to assess the damage caused on Sunday
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Brittany Mahomes posts friendship pics with new BFF Taylor Swift The two met up in Europe with Patrick and Travis Kelce
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CONMEBOL blames Copa America chaos on Hard Rock Stadium officials But not everyone is so quick to give the organization a pass
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Erik ten Hag FUMES at Man United stars Warns players that defeat against Rosenborg was 'not the standard for top football'
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Wife of USA soccer star reveals her traumatic ordeal As she tried to get into the Copa America final with the couple's eight-year-old daughter
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Caitlin Clark responds to Serena Williams' 'white people' joke during the ESPYs Host poked fun at her being well liked by 'white people'
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Richard Simmons 'refused medical attention after falling in his bathroom' the day before fitness guru's death aged 76 REVEALED
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EXCLUSIVEJustin Jefferson IS the father of his ex-girlfriend's baby, judge rules after $140m NFL star was accused of pressuring her to abort the child
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Copa America final descends into chaos Fans COLLAPSE in crush, hundreds sneak in through vents... and up to 7000 ticketless supporters are allowed in
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Vikings star Jordan Addison arrested on suspicion of DUI Weeks earlier, Addison's rookie teammate Khyree Jackson died in a car accident
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Argentina retains the Copa America winning their 16th title But an ugly start to the day in Miami tarnishes CONMEBOL event
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Super Bowl champion Jones dead at 40: Baltimore Ravens legend found at his home in Houston Tributes poured in for the former wide receiver
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Sydney's Travis Bazzana goes No. 1 overall to Cleveland The 21-year-old is the first Australian to be picked in the opening round of the MLB Draft
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The adorable name Kelce calls Mahomes' MOM... as tight bond between Chiefs pair is revealed Their friendship goes back years
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UFC star Dober reassures fans and insists there is 'no shame in failure' after opponent left his face COVERED in blood Took a brutal beating
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Inside Belichick's wild summer: From a new job and a new girlfriend (49 years his junior!) to roasting Brady and watching Swift in Europe
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NBA legend Kerr speaks out on Trump shooting - 40 years after his own father was assassinated In Paris coaching Team USA at the Olympics
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Richard Simmons' body is removed from his Los Angeles home after his death at 76 The medical examiner was seen arriving at the West Hollywood house
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Caitlin Clark posts hilarious birthday message to boyfriend Connor McCaffery Playfully teased him over their rivalry on the basketball court
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Dave Portnoy insists 'bad a**' Donald Trump will easily win the election after surviving assassination attempt Slams Joe Biden's slow response
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Travis Kelce gets hilarious word of encouragement from golf fan as he shanks tee shot Hit more than one wild shot this week
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Cavinder Twins reveal why they returned to Miami College basketball duo prepare to reunite on the court: 'Unfinished business'
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Ryan Garcia apologizes to ex-wife Andrea Celina after threatening to 'f**k up' baby mom and 'destroying' their home Latest ugly incident
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Inside Magic Johnson's lavish summer getaway As NBA legend travels around Europe with wife Cookie and Samuel L. Jackson
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NFL legend Jerry Rice tells reporters 'I will f**k you up' while competing alongside Jason Kelce at Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament
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Travis Kelce stays coy on his chances of joining Taylor Swift on stage again during her Eras Tour 'I can't let anything out the bag'
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UFC fighter Tracy Cortez chops off her HAIR to make weight for Rose Namajunas bout After needing to cut a half pound for flyweight contest
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Swift subtly reacts to Kelce being named the NFL's No. 1 tight end ESPN polled coaches, executives and scouts for their Top 10 tight ends in the league
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Brunson agrees to shock $156.5million four-year extension with the Knicks The point guard was eligible for an extra $113million in 2025
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Whitlock claims Michael Jordan 'wasn't defended' like WNBA star Clark has been The Fever player is in contention for Rookie of the Year
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Yankees and Orioles get into wild bench-clearing brawl Captain Aaron Judge was seen rushing in to break up the fight that erupted in Baltimore
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See how Swift celebrated Patrick and Brittany Mahomes' pregnancy news The pop star started dating Patrick's teammate Travis Kelce last summer
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EXCLUSIVEJaron 'Boots' Ennis opens up on his return vs David Avanesyan and Philly homecoming And how rapping has become his 'therapy'
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Travis Kelce cringeworthily dedicates karaoke victory to Taylor Swift Fans go wild for his performance of iconic rock song
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Lionel Messi's wife mocked for 'posting squat videos to strangers on the internet' After recording clip of gym workout
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ESPN omits OJ Simpson from ESPYs 'in memoriam' segment After the BET Awards were criticized for honoring accused double-murderer
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Scottie Scheffler brutally trolled by Nikki Glaser at the ESPYs As stand-up comedian mocks golf star's infamous PGA Championship arrest
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Moment Williams makes BRUTAL dig at controversial Chiefs kicker Butker... while he is sitting in front of her at the ESPYs Made quite a stir
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Clark, Mahomes, Ohtani and more: All the winners from a huge night of sport at the 2024 ESPY Awards Plenty of awards handed out in Los Angeles
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Barkley opens up on shock retirement decision and explains why he couldn't work for another network after leaving TNT Stunned the world
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NBA star Brown appears to confirm his romance with WNBA's Gondrezick as pair arrive arm-in-arm on the ESPYs red carpet New love?
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Dunne goes for gold! LSU star shows off her stunning ESPYs look ahead of glitzy ceremony in LA Just days after revealing her latest life decision
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Stephen A. Smith breaks his silence on Jaylen Brown's Olympics snub As ESPN host says it proves he's RIGHT about Boston Celtics star
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Jason Kelce reveals 'last-minute' gift wife Kylie bought him before Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament As he takes part in star-studded event
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Lions' Amon-Ra St. Brown reveals behind-the-scenes details of what NFL wideouts had to do for Receiver show As docuseries airs on Netflix
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Jason Kelce's golf swing is brutally compared to Joe Biden's After footage of him practicing at star-studded Lake Tahoe tournament
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Bronny James struggles AGAIN for Lakers after posting three points in 29 minutes in Miami loss Failed to make an impression once more
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Kelce's hilarious reaction after NFL star Kittle texted him from Rhode Island wedding to ask if he could use Swift's bathroom Clear in his response
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Obama's Team USA Basketball visit goes viral as fans notice uncanny resemblance to iconic skit Hilarious coincidence between the clips
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Portnoy slams Clooney in expletive-laden rant for calling on Biden to step down Barstool Sports founder also called the President a 'vegetable'
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Shocking moment Liverpool star Nunez jumps into the crowd and starts swinging punches in desperate bid to save his family Crazy scenes in Charlotte
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LA Dodgers' $700m man Ohtani goes viral for VERY bizarre, X-rated celebration ESPN's broadcast opted against showing a replay of the moment
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NBA coaching legend tells Biden to learn from Team USA star Leonard's decision to withdraw from Paris Olympics 'Your turn to do the same'
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Frustrated Clark lashes out at Washington's Vanloo and shoves the rival guard as Fever's comeback falls short Against Mystics
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Kelce reveals eye-watering cost of Swift's suite at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas Clip shown in an episode of Netflix's new Receivers docuseries
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Fritz dumped OUT of Wimbledon in front of influencer girlfriend Riddle as American loses five-set thriller After WAG sparked backlash this week
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WNBA rookie Brink steps out in heels to support LA Sparks teammates just THREE weeks after season-ending injury Heartbreaking setback
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Patriots quarterback Zappe ties the knot with his stunning fiancée Hannah in very intimate ceremony in Montana Only 30 people there to witness the ceremony
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Althoff is seen on camera partying in Nashville club moments before being carried out by NFL star in 'scary' end to the night Helped out by her friends
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MLB star Correa bizarrely claims that missing out on $300MILLION contract was the 'best thing that could have happened' He went to the Twins
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Argentina 2-0 Canada: Messi and Alvarez lead World Cup winners into Copa America final Looking to win back-to-back-to-back tournaments
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Kelce is spotted on the set of Grotesquerie in Hollywood after returning from girlfriend Taylor Swift's European tour in Amsterdam Back to work in LA
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Jason Whitlock thinks Caitlin Clark is leaving door open for Angel Reese to take Rookie of the Year After walking back critique of Chicago Sky star
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Wimbledon WAG breaks silence on spat with Alexander Zverev Whose defeat she celebrated as 'a win for the girls' amid his assault accusations
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Emma Navarro crashes out of Wimbledon after rising American tennis star's stunning victory over Coco Gauff Lost to world No. 7
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Brittany Mahomes stuns in hot pink cutout bikini After Kansas City Chiefs WAG recently made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut
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Multi-Grammy Award winner revealed to be performing at Copa America 2024 final 'Her songs are sung and danced to in every corner of the planet'
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- Golf pro at Donald Trump's Florida club reveals how good he REALLY is on the course after bizarre Joe Biden row
- Tiger Woods misses the cut AGAIN as golf legend crashes out of The Open in another major nightmare at Royal Troon
- Caitlin Clark is slammed for refusing to participate in WNBA All-Star 3-point contest by ESPN analyst: 'There's really no excuse'
- Lionel Messi's Copa America demand was ignored by Argentina teammates amid Enzo Fernandez racism row as captain's plea is revealed
- Golf glamor girl Paige Spiranac recalls terrifying impersonator ordeal and warns fans against believing 'scary' lookalike photos
- Angel Reese throws shade at WNBA after SKIPPING opening All-Star event to watch NBA summer league - as Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson and Co hit the orange carpet
- Mary Lou Retton fears she'll 'never be the same' after near-death pneumonia battle: 'My lungs are so scarred'
- Rory McIlroy's wife Erica Stoll is nowhere to be seen at The Open as he misses the cut amid divorce U-turn - after golf star's Royal Troon struggles were blamed on 'messy' life
- Demba Ba describes Argentina as 'an asylum for former Nazis on the run' as the former Chelsea star wades into racism row after sports minister was fired for telling Lionel Messi to apologise
- Scottie Scheffler's caddie gets 'really sick' at The Open as he's forced to lie down on the ground while soldiering on through round two at Royal Troon
- Kevan Gosper: Aussie Olympic medal winner who played a huge role in the Sydney Games dies after an incredible career
- Olivia Dunne shares message for Simone Biles ahead of Olympic 'revenge tour' in Paris
- World Cup winner and Premier League legend 'is in the running' for USMNT head coach job as search for Gregg Berhalter's replacement continues
- Revealed: The two players Man United are looking to sell to raise funds for Manuel Ugarte signing after agreeing personal terms with the PSG star
- Ingrid Andress' music SOARS on SoundCloud after country singer drunkenly bombed the national anthem at MLB's Home Run Derby
- Marc Cucurella unveils bold new hairstyle to celebrate Spain beating England to win the Euros as Chelsea star lives up to pre-tournament promise
- Revealed: The 'brutal' way Luke Littler, 17, abruptly dumped 21-year-old girlfriend Eloise Milburn after 10 months together - as teen darts star tells fans to 'stop giving her grief' on social media
- Angel Reese FINALLY arrives in Phoenix for WNBA All-Star weekend after star rookie skipped opening event to watch NBA summer league - ahead of teaming up with Caitlin Clark
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