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James Sharpe - Football Reporter

James is a sports reporter for The Mail on Sunday, specialising in football. He writes interviews and features, as well as tactical analysis and ghost-writing columns. In 2021, he was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the SJA British Sports Journalism awards. James was previously Leicester City correspondent at the Leicester Mercury, covering the club during their incredible Premier League title triumph. He regularly appears on TV, radio and podcasts.

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'He's the type that can pull on any shirt and it wouldn't be too heavy for him': Joe Cole says Jack Grealish could move to any top club in Europe with Manchester United keen on signing the £80m-rated Aston Villa midfielder

20/06/20 10:56

The 24-year-old is expected to move from hometown club Villa at the end of the season, regardless of whether he can keep the West Midlands side in the Premier League. Manchester United are the front-runners to snap up Grealish with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer understood to be keen to make the midfielder the next addition to his burgeoning young squad....read

Ben Foster has spent lockdown cycling and taking part in weekly quizzes with his Watford team-mates, now he insists Nigel Pearson's men are desperate to prove they deserve to stay in the Premier League
14/06/20 06:50
Had this been any normal year, Ben Foster would be enjoying a well-earned rest right about now. Feet up, gin in hand. Alas, 2020 is anything but normal.
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Tottenham star Toby Alderweireld urges Belgians to 'look at our history and learn from it' in response to petition calling to replace statue of King Leopold II and with one of the Spurs centre-back
13/06/20 11:47
Toby Alderweireld has urged people to "look at our history and learn from it" after a petition was launched to replace a statue of King Leopold II in Belgium with one of the Tottenham defender.
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Kane's able! Tottenham Hotspur's star striker Harry is fully fit and raring to go ahead of the Premier League's return after tearing a hamstring
13/06/20 09:30
Lockdown has had quite the effect on many of us. Home-made hair cuts, unkempt facial hair you could nest an owl in, an over-reliance on lounge wear. Has Harry Kane come out stronger?
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'There is a glass ceiling for black players': Emile Heskey hits out at the racism rife in football and praises the protests going on around the world... as he urges BAME people in the game to keep breaking down barriers
13/06/20 09:30
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Emile Heskey praises the 'brilliant' Black Lives Matter protests going on around the world, as he calls for action to address the problem of racism in football.
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As the race for promotion to the Premier League starts up again... here are five players to watch when the Championship season resumes
13/06/20 09:30
With the Championship season set to restart next weekend on June 20, the race for promotion to the Premier League is about to hot up once again, so here are five players to watch out for.
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Kieran Trippier reveals all about his life at Atletico Madrid including his nickname 'Rooney', how he is stronger than last season at Tottenham and why there is no one better to learn from than manager Diego Simeone
30/05/20 10:32
Kieran Trippier had hardly finished his first answer when Diego Costa bounded along the Anfield corridor towards him like a disruptive schoolchild, fake coughing at the hoard of journalists flanking him.
Get ready for slower play and fewer goals... what we can expect once the Premier League returns by looking at the Bundesliga restart
30/05/20 09:31
What on earth will it look like? Those who have watched the Bundesliga's return will know that the spectacle is much different. No fans, no atmosphere and weird celebrations.
Bournemouth consider NHS thank you message on the front of their shirt for remainder of the Premier League season after ending sponsorship deal with betting firm M88 amid Gambling Commission investigation
30/05/20 09:30
Cherries' three-year deal with online betting company M88, also known as Mansion88, was due to expire on Sunday but club aren't extending with firm under investigation by the Gambling Commission.
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Greedy Glazers! Manchester United chiefs pay themselves £11m while putting off a £10m tax bill owed to the UK Government
23/05/20 09:34
Small print in Manchester United's latest quarterly results reveal the Premier League giants chose to defer their £10million VAT bill to the UK Government for a year.
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There will be NO home advantage! Premier League clubs have fought to play at their own grounds but new study shows there won't be any benefit if there are no fans present
23/05/20 09:33
Brighton chief executive Paul Barber, as well as Watford and Aston Villa's bosses, have stated their opposition to neutral venues because they are desperate to make the most of home advantage.
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The new Torres? Timo Werner is the jewel in the Red Bull sporting empire and a major target for Liverpool this summer... as he prepares to take on Mainz on Sunday, Owen Hargreaves backs him to have the same impact on Anfield as the famous Spanish No 9
23/05/20 09:31
As the eyes of the world peer at the Bundesliga in hope for the future, the gaze of Liverpool fans might fix a little harder on one player who could help shape theirs.
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'His potential is off the charts': Owen Hargreaves sings the praises of Jadon Sancho and believes the £100m Manchester United target can thrive at Old Trafford just like Wayne Rooney
16/05/20 11:03
Jadon Sancho could cost Manchester United around £100m this summer but the Borussia Dortmund winger's match-winning ability has been hailed as 'priceless' by Owen Hargreaves.
Why DID so many athletes fall sick in Wuhan in October? More competitors reveal they were ill at the World Military Games months before China admitted coronavirus could be passed between humans
16/05/20 10:10
Jacqueline Bock, part of the German volleyball team, told The Mail on Sunday how she and her colleagues contracted Covid-19 at the event in the city.
Strikers 'at most risk of infection' when the Premier League restarts due to their proximity to other players, while goalkeepers are the least exposed
16/05/20 09:30
EXCLUSIVE: Strikers will be most at risk of exposure to the coronavirus once Premier League football returns as they spend the most amount of time near other players.
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Save our play-offs! Leagues One and Two set to be CALLED OFF while the Championship season is on the brink - and second-tier could be decided by Wembley play-off tournament
09/05/20 10:00
The Football League will announce next week that there will be no further games in Leagues One and Two - but that the play-offs could still take place to determine who wins promotion.
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Video referees could make decisions from INSIDE Premier League stadiums if clubs decide to persist with VAR technology upon return to action
09/05/20 09:30
Video referees could make their decisions from Premier League grounds if clubs decide to stick with VAR when football returns after the coronavirus crisis.
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'Nothing will ever replace how I felt at that moment': Leicester's title-winning heroes four years on from the tears and cheers that followed the 5000/1 shock triumph and THAT party at Jamie Vardy's house
03/05/20 09:01
The captain dragged across the kitchen floor by his ankles. The star striker tweeting a picture from the Lion King. The right-back in the garden, sobbing his eyes out. The night Leicester City won the title.
REVEALED: Steps to restarting the Premier League are mapped out despite clubs wanting to SCRAP relegation over neutral grounds row... but the Football League season is on the brink of being called off
02/05/20 09:30
Relegation is likely to apply when the Premier League resumes and the FA Cup final has been pencilled in for August 8 at Wembley as more details of football's Project Restart emerged.
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NO sex or kissing a partner with symptoms, NO room service in the team hotel and players MUST keep track of family members... Bundesliga bosses outline their blueprint for football's return on May 9 as the Premier League gets ready to follow
25/04/20 09:30
A document from the German football federation has mapped out how the game can return safely, how players will train and play matches as well as what happens if someone contracts Covid-19.
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Decision time for Newcastle's £300m takeover is looming but 37 beheadings in one day show the grisly reality under the Saudi regime
25/04/20 09:30
A year has passed since the beheading of 37 Saudi men and still the families wait to receive the bodies. At the time, they did not even know their loved ones had been executed.
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'The biggest difference to reality is that if you crash you can just press the restart button': George Russell set to take part in Virtual Chinese Grand Prix... but F1 driver admits fears over lack of preparation for real-life season
19/04/20 07:27
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: In normal times, George Russell would ready to belt up and take on Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at the Chinese Grand Prix.
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The party animal in a gilded cage: From shock allegations of serious fraud and money laundering to bigamy... the tale of how World Cup icon Ronaldinho ended up in jail
18/04/20 09:32
SPECIAL REPORT - JAMES SHARPE: Ronaldinho's trademark grin had vanished. His long, curly hair tucked up under a black hat as police ed him through the mass of flashing bulbs.
South African cricket coach teaches Brazilian model girlfriend how to bat in 21-day isolation challenge taking social media by storm
11/04/20 11:30
Coco Cuhna made the mistake of suggesting to her cricket coach boyfriend that it might be fun to see if he could show her how to bat when she saw him whacking a few tennis balls into a net.
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'It's insane that we're the only ones still playing': Belarus top-flight star expresses concern at league's refusal to shut its doors during the coronavirus pandemic and accuses them of 'acting like this isn't a big deal' despite over 60,000 deaths
04/04/20 09:32
JAMES SHARPE: And still they play on. Football around the world has long since hung up its dusty boots in its attempts to starve the coronavirus yet one league remains standing.
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Keeping fit...this is how the Buttler did it! No cricket, so Jos stays in shape by taking fitness classes...from his wife
28/03/20 10:57
Jos Buttler, reaching out, almost at full stretch. Where have we seen that before? It is an image carved into the memory of every sports fan in the country.
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'Those of us fit and well have a responsibility to help out': Premier League referee Anthony Taylor following medic sister in helping NHS during coronavirus fight
28/03/20 10:35
INTERVIEW: Anthony Taylor is used to being the one who gives orders. The Premier League referee and former prison officer feels at home in command, officiating play and directing those around him.
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Premier League could face legal action from relegated clubs if they decide to end the season as it stands as 'they would be in breach of their own rules'
14/03/20 10:30
The Premier League could face legal action if it decides to end the season with the table as it stands. Norwich, Bournemouth, and Aston Villa would have a claim against them if relegated.
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Kieran Trippier went head-to-head with rival Trent Alexander-Arnold and their different qualities offer encouragement to England boss Gareth Southgate
11/03/20 11:52
JAMES SHARPE AT ANFIELD: There are few positions in which England are blooming more right now than at right-back. Two players did battle under the lights at Anfield as Liverpool.
Reinventing the wheel! Mercedes new steering system among a number of changes ahead of upcoming F1 season
07/03/20 10:21
Mercedes have reinvented the wheel - for now. Their new DAS system took onlookers by surprise when cockpit cameras showed Lewis Hamilton tugging on his steering wheel.
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Chelsea star Antonio Rudiger says he felt like 'an animal' and 'a liar' after investigation into alleged racist abuse aimed at him by Tottenham fans was closed
07/03/20 09:12
The Chelsea defender insists he will not 'shut my mouth' about racism despite both the police and Spurs finding no evidence to support his claim that he was targeted by Tottenham fans.
'I had an honest chat with the manager': Harry Winks reveals Jose Mourinho instructed him to train even harder to make his way back into Tottenham side
29/02/20 10:30
Harry Winks has revealed Jose Mourinho told him he had to train harder to force his way into his Tottenham team and believes English football does not appreciate passing midfielders as they should.
Lawmakers set to cave on VAR with new rule that will let supporters hear conversation with on-field referee
22/02/20 10:32
At a five-star hotel in Belfast this week, football's lawmakers will sit around a table and decide whether or not to turn on the lights. VAR was brought in with the promise of benefiting the game.
Football in the dock over concussion substitution delay... as the Premier League plan is branded a health risk
22/02/20 10:30
The introduction of concussion substitutes in football is to be delayed again after experts failed to agree on the best way to protect players.
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Ethan Ampadu is no longer standing out for his hair but Chelsea loanee's talent meant he shone as Leipzig overcame Tottenham... Frank Lampard will surely earmark him as another prospect
19/02/20 10:32
JAMES SHARPE AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: Ethan Ampadu has never struggled to catch the eye. Trademark dreadlocks, huge and bushy, have always made the teenager stand out.
'I will soak in every moment': Neil Danns in dreamland as 37-year-old prepares to face Manchester United in the FA Cup just five months after leaving bankrupt Bury and 12 YEARS since his last Premier League game
25/01/20 10:30
EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES SHARPE: It was August when Neil Danns stood outside Gigg Lane, umbrella in his hand, and braved not only the beating rain but whatever questions Bury fans had.
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'Ole against Klopp is like a flyweight fighting Deontay Wilder': Paul Ince believes Solskjaer has a fight on his hands to ever catch brilliant Reds as club lacks vision under Ed Woodward
19/01/20 12:16
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows he has a battle on his hands if Manchester United are to catch Liverpool but the challenge of beating Jurgen Klopp is like 'a flyweight fighting Deontay Wilder'.
IFAB set to look at tweaking wording of new handball rule after frustration with law introduced at start of the season from Premier League managers and players builds
18/01/20 10:38
EXCLUSIVE: Football's lawmakers will propose a tweak to the wording of the new handball law next month in an attempt to clarify how the controversial rule should be applied.
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Is this really what we want our football to be? 'Madness' of VAR dominates Southampton's win at Leicester after over-ruling two goals AND a penalty
11/01/20 10:37
JAMES SHARPE AND CRAIG HOPE: Let's give credit where it is due. Southampton's win at Leicester was, in the most literal sense, one of VAR's best days.
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The great escape artist: why Watford manager Nigel Pearson can add the Hornets' survival in the Premier League to his luminous list of miracles
11/01/20 10:33
It is only when you speak to those close to Watford manager Nigel Pearson that you get the sense of what the straight-talking coach is really like away from the flash bulbs and dictaphones.
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Tottenham star Toby Alderweireld reveals that feeling wanted by new boss Jose Mourinho inspired him to sign new £150,000-a-week contract
04/01/20 10:32
JAMES SHARPE: The Belgian defender had looked certain to leave Spurs this summer with his contract due to expire but the 30-year-old penned a £150,000-a-week deal.
Premier League referees angered after football's lawmakers suggest they are wrongly applying rules when judging marginal offside decisions
04/01/20 10:30
Premier League referees chiefs have been left frustrated by statements from football's lawmakers that suggested they are wrongly applying VAR rules when judging marginal offsides.
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That's my boy! West Ham legend Alvin Martin hoping his son David can keep the FA Cup dream alive
04/01/20 10:30
You need only spend a few moments with Alvin and David Martin to see how strongly football bonds this family together; to understand what West Ham means to both of them.
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VAR... the SOLUTION: Let's end the madness of 'armpit' offsides... here's our open letter to ref chief Mike Riley
14/12/19 10:30
In August, The Mail on Sunday revealed that broadcast cameras used by VAR were not good enough to know for certain when it was ruling players to be as little as 2cm offside.
'I like Jamie Vardy, but he can be like a child, he needs attention': Former Leicester City boss Claude Puel lifts lid on relationship with striker and language barrier during Foxes spell
07/12/19 10:33
EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES SHARPE: Claude Puel puffs out his cheeks and exhales. He takes a moment to think the question over, then repeats it before letting out a small laugh.
Expert hits out at FIFA's failure to introduce concussion subs after study shows footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die from conditions linked to brain damage
07/12/19 10:32
The man who showed footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from conditions linked to brain or nerve damage has slammed FIFA's rule-makers for failing to act sooner to protect players.
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Amazon Prime Q&A: Ahead of their first live Premier League broadcasts, we answer the key questions, including how to watch more than one game at once, what devices you can use... and what is Amazon's 'X-Ray'?
03/12/19 11:19
Here is all you need to know on what to expect from Amazon's offering, including how to watch, what devices you will need, how it will look, and the technological innovations.
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Welcome to the future... Premier League on TV will never be the same again as Amazon prepares to broadcast midweek matches online
30/11/19 10:30
Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch television. Now, the landscape of how we watch Premier League football may just be about to change.
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HELP US ARSENE! Mike Riley makes plea to Wenger to help reduce VAR misery for supporters
23/11/19 10:30
Mike Riley hopes to use Arsene Wenger's new role to help push through law changes that will improve VAR - although he says the Premier League is still at odds with the rest of the world about how to use it.
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REVEALED: VAR has incorrectly overturned four key decisions that the on-field referee got correct in Premier League as referees' chief Mike Riley urges fans to give system more time
22/11/19 10:29
Arsenal defender Sokratis saw his late goal awarded by referee Martin Atkinson at the Emirates only for VAR to rule it out with the resulting draw last month piling more presure on Gunners boss Unai Emery.
James Maddison jokes that 'you'd have had to fight me' to get his England debut shirt off him as Leicester playmaker gives it to his dad
16/11/19 10:30
Maddison revealed a Montenegro backroom staffer asked for it but he reserved it for his dad. 'He said when I was a little kid, "If you ever play for England I want your shirt" so I had to give it to him.'
VAR the joy killer: Fans in stadiums NEED to know what's going on or they will just stay at home
16/11/19 10:30
Football's lawmakers are under increasing pressure to allow Video Assistant Referee (VAR) communications to be broadcast in stadiums, to save the technology from ruining the sport.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain showed just what England missed at the World Cup in Montenegro win... if he keeps up his form it will be hard for Jurgen Klopp to leave him out of the Liverpool side too
14/11/19 10:00
JAMES SHARPE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM: It's been a long road back to the England team for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. He could hardly have wished for a better return than the Montenegro match.
From Gazza running the show to Wayne Rooney arriving on the scene as David Beckham struck a trademark free-kick - before seeing red nine years on... Part III of England's journey to 1,000 matches
13/11/19 10:15
England will play their 1,000th international when they host Montenegro in a Euro 2020 qualifier at Wembley on Thursday. Sportsmail continues its look back with games 700, 800 and 900...
From the 'Edwardian Harry Kane' to the day the Nazi flag flew high over White Hart Lane... England's journey to 1,000 matches
11/11/19 10:30
England will play their 1,000th international when they host Montenegro in a Euro 2020 qualifier at Wembley on Thursday. Here, Sportsmail highlights three landmark games since the first in 1872.
His mind may be in the grip of dementia, but Gordon's eyes light up at the mention of his debut: Ahead of 1,000th game, the tale of England's oldest surviving international
09/11/19 10:31
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: 'So, I'm the old man now then, eh?' Gordon Astall smiles when greeted with the news that, at the proud age of 92, he is England's oldest living international.
Act now or VAR will ruin the game! Key changes that would get video technology off its disrepute charge
09/11/19 10:30
JAMES SHARPE: In its current form, VAR will not just kill the joy of football but it risks destroying the game itself. Not a Premier League weekend goes by without anti-VAR chants from the stands.
From foster care to the FA Cup final, Mark Bright's amazing battle to beat racism and rejection
02/11/19 10:43
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: Mark Bright still has the letter. He's not sure why he kept it, handwritten and scrawled in capital letters, but he did.
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'Crystal Palace will let him leave... if the price is right': Ex-Eagles striker Mark Bright insists club chairman Steve Parish would let Wilfried Zaha go as long as they get a 'fair price'
02/11/19 10:30
Former Palace striker Mark Bright, now academy coach and a close friend of chairman Steve Parish, said Zaha would leave with the club's blessing as long as they received a 'fair price'.
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'The team has evolved a lot': Hector Bellerin insists Unai Emery has the trust of Arsenal squad after his success at Sevilla and PSG
26/10/19 09:38
Hector Bellerin insists under-pressure manager Unai Emery has the complete trust of all the Arsenal players despite the club's indifferent start to the season.
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Christian Pulisic ALREADY considering his Chelsea future and could push for January exit if he continues to have limited first-team football as the £58million signing grows frustrated at lack of opportunities
05/10/19 09:31
The 21-year-old has been an unused substitute for the last three Premier League games before being omitted from the squad entirely for the Champions League win at Lille.
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Family affair: Chelsea youngster Reece James and sister Lauren are now shining on the big stage
05/10/19 09:31
This must have been the week the James family had always imagined. The one envisaged over excited chatter at the dinner table, played out on that worn patch of grass at the back of their house.
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Frank Lampard vindicated as Chelsea boss remains faithful to Willian who scores winner on 300th appearance for the club... and is set up by the returning Callum Hudson-Odoi
02/10/19 09:42
JAMES SHARPE AT STADE PIERRE-MAUROY: Only a couple of hours before it had been Lampard's selection of his winger that had raised eyebrows, furrowed brows and cursing mouths.
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Yet more VAR confusion: Only use it for the 'clear offsides' insists UEFA referees boss as fans and players mock controversial system
28/09/19 09:32
EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES SHARPE: Roberto Rosetti wants video officials to refrain from overturning decisions if it is too difficult to tell whether a player was in an offside position when the ball is played.
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International Football Association Board to resist calls to broadcast VAR communications amid frustrations surrounding unclear reviews
14/09/19 10:49
Football's lawmakers will resist calls to broadcast VAR communications during matches for fears it would place officials under even more pressure.
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'I want to see the referees take the decision': UEFA referee chief urges officials to use pitch-side monitors instead of relying on VAR
14/09/19 10:49
EXCLUSIVE: Uefa's top referees chief has urged officials to use pitch-side monitors instead of relying on VAR for big decisions as the Premier League endured another huge day of controversy.
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As he prepares to play for Chelsea in the Champions League, Mason Mount remembers watching 'the best in the world' Lionel Messi as a young boy
14/09/19 10:35
Mason Mount's first memory of Champions League football is Lionel Messi, as the youngster prepares to face Valencia for Chelsea on Tuesday.
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'We all cry': Mauricio Pochettino admits frustration at Tottenham's £600 million stadium debt but rejects comparisons with Arsene Wenger
31/08/19 09:43
Mauricio Pochettino is at pains to avoid the comparisons. On the day of a North London Derby, the last thing he would surely want to do is admit he now knows how Arsene Wenger must have felt.
'It worries me and I think it could be something we see a bit more frequently': Gareth Southgate admits he fears for the future of English clubs after Bury and Bolton's struggles
31/08/19 09:31
Forty-four years later, Southgate has the most prestigious managerial job in the country while Bury are a club on the verge of extinction the first club since Maidstone United in 1992 to be expelled.
Wantaway star Christian Eriksen will definitely stay at Tottenham until January IF a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid is not completed by today, insists Mauricio Pochettino
31/08/19 10:00
Denmark international Eriksen has had his heart set on a move to Spain this summer but Spurs are yet to receive any firm offers for the playmaker who is now in the final year of his contract.
Virgil van Dijk rubs shoulders with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for Uefa Men's Player of the Year crown
28/08/19 09:30
The Liverpool defender was nominated for his superb season that helped lead Jurgen Klopp's side to their sixth Champions League title. Real Madrid playmaker Luka Modric won award last season.
'No, he didn't speak with me': Lucas Moura reveals Mauricio Pochettino did not speak to him before being dropped for Champions League final... but he insists he respects the decision
25/08/19 07:58
JAMES SHARPE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: Lucas Moura sat in Tottenham's Madrid hotel when Mauricio Pochettino revealed the starting line-up for the Champions League final.
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As angry fans chant 'F*** VAR!', we take you inside the bunker at heart the of football's big controversy
24/08/19 09:31
JAMES SHARPE: It is midday at Stockley Park and much is still. Cyclists hum past, some relaxed enough not even to bother with handle bars. A couple of children lob fistfuls of seeds to the ducks.
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FATAL FLAW IN VAR: Premier League referees admit they need better cameras to determine offside calls
24/08/19 09:30
Premier League bosses have admitted that VAR is constrained by technology when determining tight offside calls. The Mail on Sunday revealed last week that the 50 frames-per-second footage is used.
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'Concussion subs will make us safer': Northamptonshire bowler Nathan Buck backs new rule allowing players to be replaced after being HIT in head by 85 mph bouncer
19/08/19 09:21
EXCLUSIVE: Buck was removed from the County Championship clash against Worcestershire one day after Steve Smith was withdrawn from the second Ashes Test with concussion.
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THE GREAT VAR DEBATE: Technology is not yet advanced enough and said Raheem Sterling was 2.4cm offside... but allowed for a 13cm margin for error in making the decision
17/08/19 09:31
Doubts over VAR's accuracy in deciding offside calls are now heightened as The Mail on Sunday can reveal findings that show flaws in the technology currently rocking football.
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Card games, quizzes and... Tinder! After first day of the second Ashes Test was abandoned, how cricketers pass the time when rain stops play
14/08/19 06:37
Umbrellas up, covers on, rain falling. It's the most miserable sight in the English cricket summer and the one that dominated Lord's on Wednesday.
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Brendan Rodgers is a realist but Leicester and Wolves are hungry to challenge the elite top six
10/08/19 09:30
When Leicester won the Premier League, many hoped their triumph would ignite a beacon of uprising against the elite and pave the way for the rabble of also-rans to force their way on to the top table.
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'Everything was going to be very difficult': Brendan Rodgers admits Leicester were priced out of a replacement for Harry Maguire after £80million Man United move
09/08/19 04:30
Leicester had wanted to replace Maguire with either Nathan Ake or James Tarkowski, only for Bournemouth to reportedly quote £75m for Ake and Burnley to 'demand £40m' for Tarkowski.
VAR is set to be used in all 380 Premier League games... will the controversial technology wreck the new season?
03/08/19 09:30
The Premier League begins again on Friday with a new face in town. VAR will be used in all 380 games this season. JAMES SHARPE looks at whether the technology will be a mess or a marvel.
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