James Dart
@jamesdart.bsky.social
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‘Manchester United supporters may be stuck with Ratcliffe. But football, sport and everything in its arc can reject the things he is asking us to do, refuse to be spooked, refuse to fall into the arms of the opportunist he is promoting.’
By @barneyronay.bsky.social
By @barneyronay.bsky.social
Football must reject Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cynical, self-serving electioneering | Barney Ronay
Tax exile has already proven himself a terrible club owner; now his ill-informed diatribe about immigration has poured fuel on wider flames
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February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
‘Manchester United supporters may be stuck with Ratcliffe. But football, sport and everything in its arc can reject the things he is asking us to do, refuse to be spooked, refuse to fall into the arms of the opportunist he is promoting.’
By @barneyronay.bsky.social
By @barneyronay.bsky.social
Reposted by James Dart
An Only-at-the-Olympics Headline: "French biathlete guilty of fraud wins gold while scammed teammate comes 80th"
French biathlete guilty of fraud wins Olympic gold while scammed teammate comes 80th
Julia Simon, who was convicted of committing credit card fraud against one of her national teammates, has won an Olympic gold medal for France in the women’s 15km biathlon, beating her victim to do it
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February 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
An Only-at-the-Olympics Headline: "French biathlete guilty of fraud wins gold while scammed teammate comes 80th"
There's silencing your critics … and then there's being found guilty of stealing your France teammate's credit card (and that of a team staff member) and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence, before bringing the shush after claiming a second Olympic biathlon gold at these Winter Olympics
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
There's silencing your critics … and then there's being found guilty of stealing your France teammate's credit card (and that of a team staff member) and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence, before bringing the shush after claiming a second Olympic biathlon gold at these Winter Olympics
Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon, apologising for having an affair and saying: 'Three months ago I made the mistake of my life'
Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze and then tells TV interview of affair
Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon and apologised for having an affair
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February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon, apologising for having an affair and saying: 'Three months ago I made the mistake of my life'
Heat seekers: amazing thermal images from the Winter Olympics
Heat seekers: amazing thermal images from the Winter Olympics
Photographers using compact thermal-imaging cameras have crafted eerie and ‘poetic’ results at the Milano Cortina Games
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February 10, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Heat seekers: amazing thermal images from the Winter Olympics
Had Green Streets lost by four goals or more, they would have been relegated on goal difference. Under the rules of the Maldives FA, however, any team that fail turn up for a match forfeit the game 2-0, a score that was enough to stay up
Uproar in the Maldives as football relegation battle decided by last-day no-show
There is uproar in the Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League in the Maldives after it was alleged one of the leading clubs sought to escape relegation by failing to turn up for a match
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February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Had Green Streets lost by four goals or more, they would have been relegated on goal difference. Under the rules of the Maldives FA, however, any team that fail turn up for a match forfeit the game 2-0, a score that was enough to stay up
Ilia Malinin’s golden flight
📸 Wang Zhao
📸 Wang Zhao
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Ilia Malinin’s golden flight
📸 Wang Zhao
📸 Wang Zhao
Thirty years on from Castel di Sangro’s miracle, @nickames82.bsky.social finds the extraordinary spirit of their community being passed to the next generation
‘We lived a miraculous thing’: Castel di Sangro, 30 years on from their epic rise
The smalltown club’s Serie B adventure captivated football and inspired a famous book. That team’s spirit remains and is being passed to their successors
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February 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Thirty years on from Castel di Sangro’s miracle, @nickames82.bsky.social finds the extraordinary spirit of their community being passed to the next generation
'During its 26-year history, Wada has faced thousands of questions about athletes using illicit substances. Today surely marked the first time it was asked if ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further.'
Story: @seaningle.bsky.social
Story: @seaningle.bsky.social
‘Penis injection’ doping claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada
Wada is to investigate claims ski jumpers are injecting acid into their penises to game the suit-measuring system
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February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
'During its 26-year history, Wada has faced thousands of questions about athletes using illicit substances. Today surely marked the first time it was asked if ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further.'
Story: @seaningle.bsky.social
Story: @seaningle.bsky.social
Ian Holloway's rage against the machines. By @davidsquires.bsky.social
David Squires on … Ian Holloway’s epic rant and his rage against the machines
Our cartoonist on the Swindon Town manager’s fiery response after his captain was suspended at short notice
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February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Ian Holloway's rage against the machines. By @davidsquires.bsky.social
Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life.
📸 Luis Tato
📸 Luis Tato
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Love these pics from Uganda (Jinja district), where groups of women have embraced cricket as a way to stay physically active and socially connected later in life.
📸 Luis Tato
📸 Luis Tato
Reposted by James Dart
Exclusive for @sport.theguardian.com - the Football Association has proposed radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding four teams and dispensing with a draw after last 32. More details here. #WomensFACup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Women’s FA Cup to have seeded teams and no draw after last 32 under radical proposals
The Football Association has proposed radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding four teams and dispensing with a draw after last 32
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February 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Exclusive for @sport.theguardian.com - the Football Association has proposed radical changes to the Women’s FA Cup, including seeding four teams and dispensing with a draw after last 32. More details here. #WomensFACup
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Reposted by James Dart
Exclusive: Katie McCabe now increasingly likely to leave Arsenal after talks with the club over her future www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Katie McCabe heading for Arsenal exit in summer as club target younger players
Katie McCabe is likely to leave Arsenal when her contract expires this summer after what sources have described as ‘very respectful discussions’
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February 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Exclusive: Katie McCabe now increasingly likely to leave Arsenal after talks with the club over her future www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Carlito’s way (to a career slam)
Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in Australian Open final to complete career grand slam
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 to win the Australian Open men’s singles, becoming the youngest male to claim a career grand slam
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February 1, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Carlito’s way (to a career slam)
And the winner of best short film goes to …
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
And the winner of best short film goes to …
Murmurs around Melbourne Park had been building. That the men’s Australian Open draw had not met expectations in 2026.
Murmur no more
Murmur no more
Carlos Alcaraz breaks Zverev’s heart after surviving cramp to win five-set epic
Alex Zverev served for the match 5-4 up in the fifth set against Carlos Alcaraz but crumbled with the finishing line in sight as Spaniard wins 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7 (4) 7-5
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January 30, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Murmurs around Melbourne Park had been building. That the men’s Australian Open draw had not met expectations in 2026.
Murmur no more
Murmur no more
LIV and let die
LIV and let die: Reed’s return to PGA fold shows why Saudi golf experiment is doomed | Ewan Murray
Despite an estimated outlay of $6bn since 2022, LIV appears to be far away from establishing itself in the the manner of PIF projects in other sports
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January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
LIV and let die
📸 Patrícia de Melo Moreira
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
📸 Patrícia de Melo Moreira
Goalkeeper chaos goal brilliance: Anatoliy Trubin and Benfica edition
INCREDIBLE! Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin SCORES at the death to send Benfica into UCL play-offs 🤯
YouTube video by TNT Sports Football
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January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Goalkeeper chaos goal brilliance: Anatoliy Trubin and Benfica edition
Some shot: Aryna Sabalenka in full flow at the Australian Open.
📸 Xinhua/Shutterstock
📸 Xinhua/Shutterstock
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Some shot: Aryna Sabalenka in full flow at the Australian Open.
📸 Xinhua/Shutterstock
📸 Xinhua/Shutterstock
Reposted by James Dart
'Removing the United States as co-host of the 2026 World Cup would hurt for pretty much everyone. It would be eminently sad. And it would be entirely justified.' By @anabnos.com
Removing US as World Cup host would be eminently sad – and entirely justified | Alexander Abnos
A country where safety is under threat from federal violence on the streets is not fit to stage soccer’s showpiece event
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January 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
'Removing the United States as co-host of the 2026 World Cup would hurt for pretty much everyone. It would be eminently sad. And it would be entirely justified.' By @anabnos.com
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NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A Saturday and a state killing: soccer as Minnesota is torn apart | Jeff Rueter
On the whims of Fifa’s Peace Prize winner, a life usually so focused on sports has found anything but peace
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January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
NEW: Reflections on a soccer Saturday, from a state under siege by the FIFA Peace Prize winner. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A room with a view (apart from during Blackpool matches)
Soap, wifi, but no football: a room without a view at Blackpool’s stadium hotel
EFL regulations mean guests at the Blackpool Football Club Stadium Hotel can’t watch the game – our writer checks in for a trip into the dark
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January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A room with a view (apart from during Blackpool matches)