Daniel Harris

Feb 25, 2025 | theguardian.com | Daniel Harris

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleIt’s not even March and already, we know who’s going to win the league, who’s going to finish second, and who’s going to go down. On the face of things, this English Premeer League season is over, and a bust. However there’s always a however so, however: the fun in “oor league” has not, this season, been at either end but in between.

Feb 12, 2025 | theguardian.com | Daniel Harris |James Wallace

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureButtler says maybe the dew will make it skid on later, but also England have batted first twice so, with the Champions Trophy in mind, he wants them to experience the other side of things. The wicket looks decent, so he’ll see how it plays today, and makes one change: Tom Banton for Jamie Overton. England win the toss and will fieldWhen under the pump, stick with what you know.

Jan 29, 2025 | theguardian.com | Daniel Harris

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleWhen Europe’s Big Clubs, desperate to manufacture artificial excitement for the sake of even more folding green, put heads together together and somehow came up with “the Swiss model”, it seems fair to speculate they had in mind neither a Pop Swatch nor an ailing Manchester City needing a win on the final match-day to avoid early elimination.

Jan 27, 2025 | theguardian.com | Daniel Harris

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreamblePre-match, it’s the job of the MBMer to amp up the situation. Generally speaking, this an easy activity, given one of the reasons football keeps us coming back is the prospect that, with no warning, we might see something brilliant, hilarious or disgraceful. But sometimes there’s a game of such obvious import and interest that is does all the work by itself, and Burnley v Leeds is one such.

Jan 26, 2025 | theguardian.com | Daniel Harris

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAgreed. His serve and backhand are among the best shots in the game, but can Zverev continue to aggress if and when it gets tight? Sinner knows he can rely on himself to treat every point the same. PreambleA year ago, Jannik Sinner was just another promising talent, in the liminal zone as a player who may or may not win the big pots expected of him.