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Fantasy Premier League: How to build a Gameweek 32 Wildcard squad
It’s been three weeks since we last had Premier League action, with the international break and then a crucial FA Cup weekend that has set lay of the land for the rest of the season in Fantasy Premier League.We will have a Blank Gameweek 34 caused by the FA Cup semi-finals, with those postponed fixtures falling the previous midweek to create a Double Gameweek 33 for six teams.Advertisement
With Spurs’ confidence on the floor, how does Roberto De Zerbi pick his players up?
Tottenham Hotspur have not found themselves in this position overnight.While their marvellous home has become a destination for world-famous pop stars, NFL events, and boxing title fights, the football team hasn’t been built with the same care and attention. As with most poorly built constructions, it has been compromised by long-term defects that no one has invested time or money to fix.Advertisement
Everton mailbag: Discussing David Moyes' future, transfer targets and shirt-sponsor rumours
Earlier this week, we asked for your questions for our latest Everton mailbag.You responded in your numbers.Here, The Athletic’s Everton correspondent, Patrick Boyland, answers the best of your replies, with topics including manager David Moyes’ future, summer transfer plans and the club’s European qualification hopes all on the agenda.Thanks, as ever, for your support and apologies if we didn’t get to your query.Advertisement
Aston Villa might not be stylish. They might not even play well. But they are ruthlessly efficient
Two towers are prominent in the Bologna skyline: Le Due Torri, symbols of the city’s historic wealth and power.The Garisenda, the smaller tower with a pronounced lean, is striking. These days, though, the surrounding area is roped off in fear that debris is increasingly likely to fall, owing to the tower’s growing slant. A rough estimate is that it will take €20million (£17.4m) and at least a decade to restore the tower to complete safety.Advertisement
Paris-Roubaix: Can Pogacar end Van der Poel’s three-year reign to complete full Monument set?
To Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North is here. Cobbles, mud and suffering await.It stands as the only major one-day race to elude Tadej Pogacar; victory this weekend could see the Slovenian take a giant step towards Eddy Merckx at the summit of cycling’s firmament.Probably the sport’s most famous race outside the Tour de France, the 258km route includes more than 50km of cobbles (144km and 33.7km of cobbles for the women), taking the peloton from just outside the French capital to the Belgian...
Liverpool must create more chances against Fulham. Here’s how they can
The sight of Alexander Isak taking to the pitch for the first time in four months was one of the few positives for Liverpool against Paris Saint-Germain, but it is also clear that their attacking problems go much deeper than them missing their club-record signing.Their three shots, none of which were on target, had a total xG of 0.18 — the lowest of head coach Arne Slot’s reign — and the lack of any consistent threat throughout the 90 minutes laid bare their issues.Advertisement
Wolves are going down. But they will still have a significant say in who joins them in the Championship
For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the die is cast.Barring the greatest feat of escapology in the history of the Premier League, they will be relegated back to the Championship in the coming weeks. That much has been grimly apparent for most of their 2025-26 season.But what is becoming increasingly clear is that, in the six weeks left of their eight-year stay in the top division, they can also have as big a say as anyone over who joins them in taking the drop down to the second tier.Advertisement
Premier League predictions: Chelsea vs Man City, Man United vs Leeds and rest of Matchday 32
Welcome to week 32 of The Athletic’s Premier League predictions challenge, where we return after a three-week break to find things have changed significantly.The subscribers have surged ahead thanks to a spectacular performance from the last gameweek’s guest reader.There was an understandable sense of confusion in the comments section when other subscribers read that Elizabeth, a Newcastle United fan from San Francisco, had backed her team to lose 2-1 to Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby.Adverti...
Martine Grael won Olympic golds and then made SailGP history: 'It does bother me I’m the first'
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Athletic’s coverage of SailGP, an international sailing competition that has been likened to Formula 1 on water. Follow SailGP here.Talking about being a female in a male-dominated job is not Martine Grael’s favorite topic, but the Brazilian accepts it’s part of her story. She is a role model — the first and, as yet, only female driver in the six-year history of SailGP — but she doesn’t particularly enjoy being a pioneer.“It does bother me that...
Graham Scott: From being chased by Jose Mourinho to becoming referee columnist for The Athletic
Premier League referees often feel besieged from all sides, as players, coaches, fans and the media take turns to criticise them whenever they do not like a decision or think it is plain wrong.I have been chased across the pitch by Wayne Rooney and around the technical area by Jose Mourinho. I’ve fallen out with Harry Kane (repeatedly), had Jurgen Klopp scream in my face and united a stadium of 60,000 people in the opinion that I had no idea what I was doing.Advertisement
Mikel Arteta’s problem-solving: Issues for Arsenal as they return to Premier League title run-in
The Premier League returns this weekend with Arsenal sitting nine points clear of Manchester City at the top, albeit having played a game more.Mikel Arteta’s side also face a trip to the Etihad on April 19 in what will be a crucial game in the run-in as Arsenal chase a first title in 22 years.Since their previous league game, they have lost the Carabao Cup final to City and been knocked out of the FA Cup by Southampton to cause some concern and nervousness among the fanbase. They have since, how...
West Ham fans booed Maximilian Kilman – what is likely to happen next?
It was intended as a light-hearted joke, but it illustrated just how desperate Luis Boa Morte had become.It is almost 20 years since the winger was booed by sections of the West Ham United fanbase during a Premier League game against Liverpool at Upton Park in January 2008.Leading up to West Ham’s 1-0 victory, Boa Morte, who joined from Fulham for £5million ($6.7m) in 2007, had only scored once in 30 league games. When he was substituted for Matt Etherington in the 59th minute, the club’s fans v...
Arsenal vs Manchester City: Premier League title race – what numbers say after cup clash
Welcome back to The Athletic’s title-race tracker, where our data and tactics writers take a look at the key trends behind an enthralling battle for the Premier League crown.The race has been on hold for both clubs recently, with almost a month since their previous league games. Back then, Arsenal extended their lead to nine points, although City still have a game in hand.Advertisement
The Prospects: Matty Young, Sunderland
When any young prospect heads out on loan, the hope is that they will make an impact on the club they temporarily join. To make a huge impact on the league itself is a bonus.This week, The Athletic looks at Sunderland’s Matty Young, who has done precisely that. The teenage goalkeeper has spent the season on loan at Salford City and has just been nominated for the League Two Young Player of the Season award.Advertisement
Newcastle and Eddie Howe want to keep working together — but this could be a defining moment
In the spring of 2019, Eddie Howe found it difficult to drive to work.It wasn’t injury, it wasn’t mechanical trouble and it certainly wasn’t traffic because his home was only a couple of miles away from Bournemouth’s training ground. Yet, as he stood in front of his car each morning, keys in hand, there was a flicker of hesitation. He no longer felt a pull toward the club he had rebuilt from top to bottom and lifted through the divisions. In its place was a nudge in the opposite direction.Advert...
Chelsea's Premier League break was well-timed. Now the real test of the Enzo Fernandez aftermath begins
After the comfort of an easy FA Cup win over Port Vale, the true test of whether Chelsea’s problems are actually over is upon us.Head coach Liam Rosenior had an ideal fixture last weekend to ensure some of the scrutiny disappeared for a few days. A home quarter-final tie against a side at the bottom of League One could not have been timed any better, as the 7-0 victory over Port Vale proved.Advertisement
Flyers still clinging to playoff spot despite ugly, untimely loss to Red Wings
The Philadelphia Flyers’ game plan going into their pivotal meeting with the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday probably went something like this: Get out in front early of what should be a demoralized opponent, and don’t give the Red Wings’ outstanding power play — sixth in the league at home — needless opportunities to capitalize.Advertisement
Colorado Avalanche clinch Presidents' Trophy for NHL's best record
The Colorado Avalanche clinched the Presidents’ Trophy with a 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.This is the fourth time in franchise history the Avalanche have finished atop the NHL’s regular-season standings. They also won the Presidents’ Trophy in 1997, 2001 and 2021.Colorado will be looking to buck a recent trend of disappointing postseasons for Presidents’ Trophy winners. Nine of the last 10 teams to win the trophy have lost in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and no win...
Blue Jackets' playoff outlook dims considerably after blanking by Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s amazing the wild emotional swings a playoff-desperate club can experience this time of year.On Tuesday, the Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off a stunning comeback in Detroit, and you wondered if maybe — just maybe — they could ride that euphoria to charge back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.Advertisement
Penguins clinch postseason berth: Crosby, Malkin return to playoffs for first time since 2022
NEWARK, N.J. — Dan Muse walked around the locker room in the moments following the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 win against the New Jersey Devils, shaking hands with each of his players.Bryan Rust then looked at his coach and said, “Hey! The fun has just begun.”He would know.Rust, along with the Big Three of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang — the four members of the Penguins’ 2017 Stanley Cup team remaining on the roster — are headed back to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time si...