Barney Ronay

It is still a little startling what an excellent player Vardy has become, not to mention an unusual one.

The team’s achievements under Mauricio Pochettino this season deserve at least some of the adulation being lavished on the fairytale champions-elect.

It’s that time of year when Arsène Wenger’s men succumb to their seasonal injury crisis. But why is it always Arsenal?

How Chelsea’ season would benefit from more glimpses of rhythm and bite from their chief attacking quarterback.

Dismiss Jose Mourinho’s tactics as negative if you like – but the tumultuous tussle at the Etihad was, in fact, a great spectacle.

Beyond all the corporate flummery, this year’s sporting centrepiece remains a beautifully pure football occasion.

Sir Alex Ferguson changed football – and he’s leaving his successor with the hardest of acts to follow, writes Barney Ronay.

Headers: they’re so hot right now and Cristiano Ronaldo’s headed goal, in particular, seems to have inspired a folkish reverence in the English media.

Test cricket will fill the sporting year, but these might be its last days in the sun. India has reinvented the sport as ‘crickertainment’.

On Monday Harlequins wing Tom Williams was banned from rugby for a year for the footling offence of feigning injury.

Men holding hands, while no longer entirely taboo, is clearly still very funny. Images of Liverpool players hand-in-hand during a team bonding exercise this week drew a…