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Shubi Arun
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Writer • Assistant Editor ESPN

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Pant’s disdain for Bashir is just so obvious
July 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Exclusive: Women's football's first £1m transfer fee has been agreed. @theguardian.com understands Liverpool have accepted a world-record £1m fee from Arsenal for Olivia Smith, representing around five times what the club paid for the Canada forward last summer. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal to break world record fee by signing Liverpool’s Olivia Smith for £1m
Arsenal have agreed the first £1m transfer fee in women’s football after Liverpool accepted a world-record offer for the Canada forward Olivia Smith
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July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
An ode to my largely online relationship with my Paati, who passed away last week.

Scrolling through 10-years-worth of WhatsApp messages made me realise how lucky I was to share such rich correspondence with my grandmother.

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📢 Paati
A grandmother-grandson relationship documented on WhatsApp
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July 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another plug for this ahead of Switzerland’s #Euro2025 opener tonight
Sat down with Switzerland captain Lia Walti a few weeks ago for a fascinating chat on her hopes for Euro 2025, how she has embraced her role as the face of Swiss women’s football and her IG travel account.

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July 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There will be growing pains for this India side. But their demeanour on Day 5 showed that they don’t plan to suffer through them.

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📢 On Headingley
Reflections from the 1st India-England Test
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June 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
KL batting beautifully here. So naturally, expect him to chase a wide one in the final over of the day
June 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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On Bumrah’s decision to play just three Tests and how it’s reflective of the era of the sustainable athlete.

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📢 The era of sustainabilty
On Bumrah's decision to play just three Tests in England
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June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
On Bumrah’s decision to play just three Tests and how it’s reflective of the era of the sustainable athlete.

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📢 The era of sustainabilty
On Bumrah's decision to play just three Tests in England
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June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Sat down with Switzerland captain Lia Walti a few weeks ago for a fascinating chat on her hopes for Euro 2025, how she has embraced her role as the face of Swiss women’s football and her IG travel account.

www.espn.co.uk/football/sto...
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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When can you call yourself a fan of a team?

Wrote about my relationship with *clears throat* European champions Arsenal Women and the role Stina Blackstenius has played in it.

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📢 On Arsenal Women
When can you call yourself a fan of a team?
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May 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
When can you call yourself a fan of a team?

Wrote about my relationship with *clears throat* European champions Arsenal Women and the role Stina Blackstenius has played in it.

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📢 On Arsenal Women
When can you call yourself a fan of a team?
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May 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Katie McCabe. Thats it. Thats the post.
May 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
These streets are our own
May 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Nice little moment for Tierney on his final appearance for Arsenal.

An important player in getting the Arteta project off the ground, and re-building the connection with the fanbase.

I’d written this when he left on loan a couple of years ago.

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Kieran Tierney's trajectory tells story of Arsenal's tactical evolution under Mikel Arteta
Kieran Tierneys trajectory tells the story of Arsenals tactical evolution under Mikel Arteta; Scotland defender Tierney left Arsenal for Real Sociedad this summer on loan; watch Arsenal vs Man Utd liv...
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May 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sturridge telling Van Dijk to ‘show us some moves big boy’ on the broadcast.

Here for it.
May 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There are few players I’ve written more about or indeed, enjoyed writing more about than Virat.

Some words here on his Test retirement in this week’s newsletter

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📢 On No.18
Some reflections on the Kohli retirement
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May 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM