FSOM: Pep Guardiola is just one of five current Premier League ‘managers’ – how that job title has changed and what it means for the future

You wouldn’t necessarily associate Pep Guardiola with Bulmer’s fruit bat. But like the Manchester City supremo, they are both endangered species....

FSOM: The Hahnenkamm is the most prestigious ski race in the world – even if you are not an aficionado here is why it is must see

Quiz time. Where will the biggest crowd at any sporting event on the planet be this weekend? It won’t be at...

FSOM: The Enhanced Games trumpets ‘the future of human endurance’ but what about the long-term health effects on its athletes?

The men’s 100metres final in the 1988 Seoul Olympics has been described as ‘the dirtiest race in history’. Original winner Ben...

FSOM: US president Donald Trump is turning the 2026 World Cup into a political circus

FSOM is back from his Chrimbo break. The object of the exercise was a flit across the Herring Pond to visit...

FSOM: England’s failure to prepare for Ashes tour is a microcosm of cricket’s relentless search of cramming the calendar to maximise cash

Bloody tourists. You can’t abide living with them, but you can’t survive without them. That’s the dilemma facing numerous Caribbean islands,...

FSOM: Wales’ 73-0 loss to South Africa wasn’t just a defeat or a humiliation – it was the sad and chastening end to an era

If The Lion King has taught us anything, it is that the animal kingdom is cruel. And wildlife documentaries prove there...

FSOM: Travis Head’s heroic Australia Ashes innings was beautiful to see unlike his haircut – from crazy perms, mohicans and failed combovers have all been tried by sport stars

Travis Head’s 123 for Australia to put England to the sword in the first Ashes Test was a thing of beauty....

FSOM: Premier League’s erosion of Boxing Day football has me worried – why I think it’s a prelude to removing relegation in the future

What are you doing on Boxing Day? Anything special? I only ask because if you are a fan of a Premier...

FSOM: Grassroots football is dying on its a*** and we should be very concerned – here’s why I give the recreational game 10-15 years max

Sometimes when you poke a dead horse with a pointy stick a miracle occurs and it springs back to life. Thus...

FSOM: World Cup beards? Fifty Shades of May is back!

Fifty Shades of May is back! Like bubonic plague, The King’s Evil, Water Elf Disease or some other foul medieval ailment...