Illustration: Nathan Daniels London transport can be a sensitive topic for discussion. This is because despite the fact it remains laughably overpriced and scandalously overcrowded, it’s still nowhere near as bad as... Read more »

Phil Foden is revelling in Manchester City’s Fifa Club World Cup win, having dismantled Fluminense 4-0 in the final on Friday, 22 December. Pep Guardiola’s side secured their fifth trophy of the... Read more »

Photograph: Alex Morton/Tottenham Hotspur FC/Shutterstock Ange Postecoglou has described football’s breakaway conspirators as “detached from what this game is all about” as he talked up the power of fans to stand in... Read more »

Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP This was the chance of a lifetime and Manchester City grasped it, completing their week in Saudi Arabia with a second straightforward win to sit atop the globe and... Read more »

Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian “In life and football there’s always some kind of risk, isn’t there?” Martí Cifuentes says. The Queens Park Rangers manager is thinking about his unusual journey and remembers... Read more »

Australia head coach Graham Arnold named a fresh-faced squad for the Asian Cup (DAVID GRAY) Australia coach Graham Arnold said he was “excited by the potential” of his players at the Asian... Read more »

Petra Vlhova got the better of Mikaela Shiffrin in Courchevel (JEFF PACHOUD) Olympic champion Petra Vlhova clinched her 30th World Cup win on Thursday with a scorching second run to beat Mikaela... Read more »

Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters They called him Big Boots, too big for anyone else to fill. “Atlético Madrid are my life,” Luis Aragonés once said, and he was theirs too: the man that... Read more »

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images The referee Halil Umut Meler has said he will not forgive Ankaragucu’s president Faruk Koca for punching him in the face at the end of a Turkish Super Lig... Read more »