James Restall
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After years of working on #RainbowLaces at Sky Sports, one footballer's story really stuck with me - an academy player who was a Muslim and wished he could be cured of being gay. He quit football and never turned pro.
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Week that showed why talking about sexuality still awkward for men’s game
Campaign has its critics but the personal stories behind Rainbow Laces are so important to break the taboo of sexuality in our conformist male football culture
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December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
After years of working on #RainbowLaces at Sky Sports, one footballer's story really stuck with me - an academy player who was a Muslim and wished he could be cured of being gay. He quit football and never turned pro.
Thanks @restalltimes.bsky.social for letting me share on @timessport.bsky.social
Thanks @restalltimes.bsky.social for letting me share on @timessport.bsky.social
A good idea!
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Eight seconds for goalkeepers to release ball – or concede a corner
Referees will give time-wasting keepers a countdown under new idea being trialled by football’s lawmakers, while ‘daylight’ offside is being looked at again
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December 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
A good idea!
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www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Thanks to @jonhholmes.bsky.social for writing in @timessport.bsky.social today
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Week that showed why talking about sexuality still awkward for men’s game
Campaign has its critics but the personal stories behind Rainbow Laces are so important to break the taboo of sexuality in our conformist male football culture
www.thetimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to @jonhholmes.bsky.social for writing in @timessport.bsky.social today
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Lovely to speak to Orient and Tottenham goalkeeper Josh Keeley about his goalscoring heroics in the FA Cup at the weekend. Piece w/ Bill Edgar
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Josh Keeley makes FA Cup history – then takes parents to airport
Leyton Orient goalkeeper, on loan from Tottenham and playing his first season of league football, scores last-minute goal to secure third-round tie
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December 2, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Lovely to speak to Orient and Tottenham goalkeeper Josh Keeley about his goalscoring heroics in the FA Cup at the weekend. Piece w/ Bill Edgar
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Liverpool seriously impressive tonight. Particularly enjoyed the robust challenge from Bradley on Mbappe!
November 27, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Liverpool seriously impressive tonight. Particularly enjoyed the robust challenge from Bradley on Mbappe!
Paul Joyce wrote this excellent piece of analysis on the Salah contract situation last week:
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Mo Salah: Can Liverpool make the numbers work to keep him?
The 32-year-old Egyptian already has ten goals and ten assists this season but his contract at Anfield expires next summer, presenting a conundrum
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November 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Paul Joyce wrote this excellent piece of analysis on the Salah contract situation last week:
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Brilliant from @jnorthcroft.bsky.social imagining the dossier that Carsley will hand over to Tuchel
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What Thomas Tuchel needs to know when he takes charge of England
With Lee Carsley’s stint at helm of the national team over, here are some of the key lessons the incoming head coach needs to take note of after the six Nations League games
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November 19, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Brilliant from @jnorthcroft.bsky.social imagining the dossier that Carsley will hand over to Tuchel
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San Marino are going up! What an incredible story. Tom Allnutt wrote about their super fans in September:
‘We’re not losers, we’re believers’ – meet San Marino’s foreign super fans
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‘We’re not losers, we’re believers’ – meet San Marino’s foreign super fans
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‘We’re not losers, we’re believers’ – meet San Marino’s foreign super fans
The fan group, which boasts supporters from all over Europe, had a night to remember when Fifa’s lowest-ranked nation earned their first win in 20 years last week
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November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
San Marino are going up! What an incredible story. Tom Allnutt wrote about their super fans in September:
‘We’re not losers, we’re believers’ – meet San Marino’s foreign super fans
www.thetimes.com/article/3ae2...
‘We’re not losers, we’re believers’ – meet San Marino’s foreign super fans
www.thetimes.com/article/3ae2...
This would be very on brand for 2024… remakes that are not quite as good as the original
November 17, 2024 at 6:01 PM
This would be very on brand for 2024… remakes that are not quite as good as the original
Kit Shepard on the weekend where the four biggest attendances in English domestic football are likely to come in the WSL:
Women’s football’s big weekend: Crunch games and Tube shoutouts
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Women’s football’s big weekend: Crunch games and Tube shoutouts
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Women’s football’s big weekend: Crunch games and Tube shoutouts
The highest attendances in club football this weekend – irrespective of gender – will be for women’s matches and there is potential for drama across the WSL and Championship
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November 15, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Kit Shepard on the weekend where the four biggest attendances in English domestic football are likely to come in the WSL:
Women’s football’s big weekend: Crunch games and Tube shoutouts
www.thetimes.com/article/3c12...
Women’s football’s big weekend: Crunch games and Tube shoutouts
www.thetimes.com/article/3c12...
Bonkers, brilliant, sadly depressing story from @martynziegler.bsky.social
Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy…twice
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Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy…twice
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Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy…twice
The Fifa president has had his name engraved on the new trophy for the 32-team tournament, which takes place in the United States next summer
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November 15, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Bonkers, brilliant, sadly depressing story from @martynziegler.bsky.social
Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy…twice
www.thetimes.com/article/b173...
Gianni Infantino’s name engraved on new Club World Cup trophy…twice
www.thetimes.com/article/b173...
Thoughts from the England win in Greece…
1) Lots of players seizing an opportunity, namely Watkins, Madueke and Jones
2) This is an incredible era where nine players can drop out and there is still bags of talent
3) Thomas Tuchel will have his own observations so long-term learnings limited!
1) Lots of players seizing an opportunity, namely Watkins, Madueke and Jones
2) This is an incredible era where nine players can drop out and there is still bags of talent
3) Thomas Tuchel will have his own observations so long-term learnings limited!
November 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Thoughts from the England win in Greece…
1) Lots of players seizing an opportunity, namely Watkins, Madueke and Jones
2) This is an incredible era where nine players can drop out and there is still bags of talent
3) Thomas Tuchel will have his own observations so long-term learnings limited!
1) Lots of players seizing an opportunity, namely Watkins, Madueke and Jones
2) This is an incredible era where nine players can drop out and there is still bags of talent
3) Thomas Tuchel will have his own observations so long-term learnings limited!
Exclusive story from Alex Lowe, our rugby correspondent, on the latest plans to shake up the sport with a breakaway competition:
Rugby stars sign up for Formula 1-style breakaway league
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Rugby stars sign up for Formula 1-style breakaway league
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Rugby stars sign up for Formula 1-style breakaway league
Up to 20 top stars have already joined a heavily backed new global competition in the US where the men’s and women’s franchise teams would travel to a different city for each round
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November 15, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Exclusive story from Alex Lowe, our rugby correspondent, on the latest plans to shake up the sport with a breakaway competition:
Rugby stars sign up for Formula 1-style breakaway league
www.thetimes.com/article/20ea...
Rugby stars sign up for Formula 1-style breakaway league
www.thetimes.com/article/20ea...
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🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky.
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Lee Carsley: football genius. Most of us (me included): fools.
From last night...
www.thetimes.com/article/c8e1...
From last night...
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Lee Carsley drops Harry Kane, hammers Greece and restores his reputation
Greece 0 England 3: Ollie Watkins, Curtis Jones and an Odysseas Vlachodimo own goal give much-changed side all three points in Nations League match
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November 15, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Lee Carsley: football genius. Most of us (me included): fools.
From last night...
www.thetimes.com/article/c8e1...
From last night...
www.thetimes.com/article/c8e1...
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Courtney Lawes' brilliant column on England v South Africa ahead of Saturday's huge clash at Twickenham
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World Cup row adds extra fire for England against Springboks
Steve Borthwick’s emotionally charged side can settle a score and shock South Africa on Saturday, but only if they create conflict and play the ugliest game imaginable
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November 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Courtney Lawes' brilliant column on England v South Africa ahead of Saturday's huge clash at Twickenham
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