Taha Hashim

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Taha Hashim

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleWembley makes sense for this one. It’s an hour-long trip across town for Leyton Orient and Charlton, both sides hoping for the Championship to be their final destination. For the Addicks, promotion would end a five-year absence from the second tier, too long for a club that was once part of the Premier League establishment.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Taha Hashim |Emillia Hawkins

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleI need you to trust me, one last time. No, I’m not Ethan Hunt/Tom Cruise trying to save the world/cinema, but some support would be appreciated as I guide you through the final day of the Premier League season. Alas, the real drama is done. All that’s left for Liverpool is a knockabout before the trophy lift, while Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton are already prepping for life in the Championship.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Taha Hashim

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleWe’re approaching 10 years since Kevin De Bruyne left Wolfsburg for Manchester City, signed for a club-record fee of £55m. The eyebrows were raised to Ancelotti levels. This was the guy Chelsea had let go just a year and a half earlier for £18m, his time at Stamford Bridge yielding three league appearances and not much joy under José Mourinho.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Taha Hashim

ROADS TO WEMBLEYIt’s been a while since we felt something. The Premier League has barely been about the Premier League of late, all the focus on who qualifies for Bigger Cup, Liverpool’s title secured in the Jurassic Period, relegation sorted when those three teams were promoted from the Championship a year ago. The Women’s Super League was also lacking in jeopardy when it wrapped up last week, the key question being whether Chelsea would remain invincible.

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Taha Hashim

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleLet’s be honest: this is really, really funny. Manchester United and Tottenham have had a shocking time in the league this season (15th and 16th respectively, 35 defeats between them, record-breaking stuff in a bad way). And yet here they are, ready to compete in a European final. Spurs could win their first major trophy in 17 years.