Hillsborough 35 years on: the 97 people who died, as remembered by their families in deeply loving personal statements.

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‘Ninety-seven people unlawfully killed, not one person held accountable, how do you think we feel?’

Hillsborough, 35 years on: the pain of injustice remains raw as ever. By David Conn theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Max Holloway with an all-timer UFC KO

Once again, the Championship will do it to you

Favourite photo (and there are so many) from the Athletic Club Copa del Rey celebrations in Bilbao, from Miguel Tona

Think they may have bigger fish to fry

4.54 billion years of evolution has led to this.

By David Squires theguardian.com/football/pictu…

The end of the level playing field, or the saviour of long-distance racing?

The unstoppable rise of the carbon-fibre super shoe. By Tim Lewis theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

I am OBSESSED with this Tik Tok from a kebab shop in Llangollen 😭

‘Thank you, that’s all I need’

Spectacular Nascar behaviour/sponsor crossover

Call it off, football has peaked for the weekend

This is a stunning photo essay by Tom Jenkins, and expertly written by him, on the Boat Race. You might think it's just a snooty and privileged circus, but these photos and words prove the opposite....and show that it's built on egalitarian principles.
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‘Football’s ability to conjure ridiculous stories is legion, but even so the one about the YMCA club in Norway’s Eliteserien is ridiculous. Yet that is exactly where KFUM-Kameratene Oslo find themselves.’

By Daniel Harris theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Exclusive: Leicester have sacked manager Willie Kirk after an investigation into an alleged relationship with a player.

Story: Suzy Wrack theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Sub-optimal start to the game for Latvia against Liechtenstein

On the 'desecration' of The Flag. And everything else that is destroying the sanctity of football.

By David Squires theguardian.com/football/pictu…

‘I still find it really exciting to push myself, especially when I don’t know if I can do something. You find out more about yourself when you strip away all the stuff that makes life easier.’

Sean Ingle catches up with the history-making Jasmin Paris theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar…

‘Sven still has something to teach us all. Let us not supplicate ourselves to petty rage. Let us not squander away time that matters on things that do not.’

By Jonathan Liew theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Vinícius Júnior: ‘I just want to play football but it’s hard to move forward. I feel less and less like playing … I will stay because that way the racists can continue to see my face more and more’ theguardian.com/football/2024/…