2000s

Three unlikely title challengers who didn't quite go all the way

Real Madrid's stunning victory at Old Trafford in 2000 changed the face of European football

Edgbaston 2008, and the innings Graeme Smith was born to play

For almost a decade, Arsenal v Manchester United was a title decider. By February 2005 there was no bigger picture, just hatred

The genesis of England’s glorious 2005 Ashes victory was a 47-minute cameo three years earlier

The 28th man goes too far

In December 2001, ten-man Arsenal ignored xenophobia, injustice and Europe’s deadliest snake to win at Anfield. It was the symbolic start of the Invincible era