Tom Reynolds

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Tom Reynolds

Anyone looking for a source of encouragement from Earps' career has plenty to go at. But changing the game seemed a million miles away when the Nottingham-born keeper started out. In a series of in-depth interviews for documentary Mary Earps: Queen of Stops, Earps and her family open up about that journey to the top of her sport – and some of the big decisions en route. Becoming a goalkeeper was a no-brainer.

4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tom Reynolds

"She changed goalkeeping. She changed the game. But she hasn't changed."It takes just 11 words for former England team-mate Ellen White to neatly sum up the impact of Mary Earps in a new BBC Sport documentary. AdvertisementEssentially, she is saying, there's something about Mary Earps. And it's something that'll be felt long after the shock international retirement and the subsequent negative headlines, announced this week.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Tom Reynolds

Image source, Reuters"To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet. The most beautiful defeat of my career."Acclaimed English novelist Thomas Hardy and former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. At first glance, not obvious kindred spirits. But Hardy's thoughts - and Mourinho's hard-line pragmatism - actually make the origin of the above lines ambiguous: a post-match quote or a poet's postscript?

2 months ago | bbc.com | Tom Reynolds

Published5 minutes agoIt is early 2010 in northern Italy. The Champions League knockout stages are under way and Inter Milan are preparing to travel to Stamford Bridge with a one-goal first-leg lead to their name, following a 2-1 triumph in the San Siro a few weeks earlier. Inter manager Jose Mourinho should be worrying about how to protect that slender lead against his former employers.

Jan 30, 2024 | bbc.com | Tom Reynolds

What is it really like to play under 'genius' Guardiola? The second half of a new four-part Sporting Giants podcast series about Pep Guardiola has dropped on BBC Sounds - and it offers a fascinating insight into the second half of the career of the all-conquering Manchester City boss. The first two parts focus on the 53-year-old's glittering career firstly as a player - and then, most notably, as a manager with Barcelona.