The Guardian Articles

As a 2016 presidential candidate and White House occupant, Donald Trump lambasted NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem in protest at civil rights abuses. Now, set to become the first incumbent president to attend a Super Bowl, it appears that the US’s most popular sport is genuflecting before …

Warren Gatland said he “understands people’s frustration” after his Wales team slumped to a 14th consecutive defeat and a worst‑ever world ranking of 12th, one place below Georgia,

losing 22-15 to Italy in Rome

Speaking to the Welsh language broadcaster S4C, Gatland empathised with his team’s supporters. …

A millionaire businessman charged with the 2017

murder of the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Yorgen Fenech, the heir to a casino and hotels group, was arrested and

charged with complicity …

Another week, another Welsh defeat, another 80 minutes where men in red gave their best as individuals but proved that their best is nowhere near good enough for this level. A 14th straight defeat, a second consecutive wooden spoon now almost guaranteed. In Roman rain, Warren Gatland’s Divine Comedy descended …

For years, the Chiefs most recognizable fan operated in the shadows. A regular at games since 1983, Matt Black cheered on KC through very little thick and and a whole lot of thin, an era marked mostly by a series of sports tragedies overseen by then head coach Marty Schottenheimer. …

A spectre of inevitability hangs over New Orleans in the final run-up to America’s high holy day. The Kansas City Chiefs, having spent the past half-decade as the National Football League’s most dominant force, are on the verge of something never before seen: a third successive Super Bowl title.

Theirs …

The new Super League season begins next week with a growing level of excitement around rugby league’s premier competition. Wigan Warriors face Leigh Leopards in a mouthwatering derby as they look to emulate

last year’s quadruple

We were introduced to the term

Gambler’s Fallacy

Two summers ago, with interest in the England Test team’s seductive new energy reaching an early peak, I wrote an article

suggesting that Bazball was a cult

There were some parts of the clinical definition of a cult that seemed analogous. A sense of mission. Charismatic, dominant …

Once upon a time France headed to London with a certain amount of trepidation. For 18 years they could not buy a Six Nations win at Twickenham, to the point where people muttered about mental blocks and psychological hang-ups. Until a couple of years ago, that is, when Steve Borthwick’s …