West Indies
The whiff of danger
England went to the Caribbean in 1986 fancying their chances of an historic victory. A terrifying festival of chin music in Jamaica disabused them of the notion
Longreads
It doesn't matter. But you should probably read more.
1998-99
Football, bloody hell
Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich, 26 May 1999
Diego Maradona
To the death
At Italia 90, Diego Maradona picked a fight with the entire world – and came this close to winning it
Cricket
Hot hot heat
A year before he laid waste to South Africa at the Oval, Devon Malcolm bowled an even faster spell to beat Australia
Euro 72
Ramba-Zamba will never die, but you will
Gunter Netzer x Frank Beckenbauer x Gerd Muller = Germany's greatest team
Italia 90
How did Gascoigne play?
The night English football’s heart was broken into a thousand tiny pieces
2001-02
Let's push things forward
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
I'll See You Out There
3. Hit the North Bank
The Arsenal-Man Utd rivalry intensified during a ferocious FA Cup tie in 1988
West Indies
Form is permanent
During their 1992-93 tour of Australia, West Indies were on the brink of losing their long unbeaten run. Curtly Ambrose wasn't having that
The Ashes
There goes the fear
The genesis of England’s glorious 2005 Ashes victory was a 47-minute cameo three years earlier
I'll See You Out There
2. Wild nutter
Arsenal’s young team were top of the league and full of the joys when they arrived at Old Trafford in 1987. One man soon changed that
Shane Warne
93 'til infinity
Shane Warne started his first Ashes tour as a relative unknown. By the end, England’s batsmen knew quite enough about him