Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Du Plessis: ‘You lose the powerplay, you more often than not lose the game’
Faf du Plessis feels that South Africa should have worked harder to keep wickets in hand and gone for broke later in the innings when the surface became easier
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What do Brighton do about their problematic No 6 position?
Carlos Baleba could leave in the summer and James Milner has yet to decide on his plans, so Fabian Hurzeler may need reinforcements
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West Ham are starting to believe a Mads end to the season will keep them in the Premier League
Nuno Espirito Santo was grateful to Mads Hermansen after the goalkeeper helped his side pick up three crucial points at Fulham
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Aston Villa’s structure, cohesion and confidence has deserted them. They look ragged
Unai Emery has previously had a clear strategy but his team look muddled at the moment. Their dip has come at a bad time
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Newcastle United were hanging on – then along came Will Osula’s wonder goal
Eddie Howe’s side are kings of endurance, champions of getting through. Against Manchester United they got their reward
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Liam Rosenior went public on three Chelsea issues this week. He was vindicated at Aston Villa
The head coach took a bold stance on discipline, set pieces and selection – the approach paid off with his most important win yet
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Halliday’s maiden ODI century, Kerr sisters’ seven wickets hand Zimbabwe a walloping
Brooke Halliday struck 157*, the joint-third-highest score by a NZ batter in ODIs, as Zimbabwe went down by a record 180 runs
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2026 World Baseball Classic schedule, latest game results and pool play standings
Stay up to date as 20 teams hope to escape pool play and advance into the tournament’s quarterfinal round.
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Michael Carrick’s honeymoon period at Manchester United is over – it had been coming
One defeat should not extinguish the side’s rediscovered spark, but there is work to do in the fight to secure Champions League football
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India will have to be aggressive to spoil Healy’s farewell
Australia only need a draw at the WACA to secure the multi-format series outright but will be motivated to send off their captain with a victory
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