Diego Maradona
To the death
At Italia 90, Diego Maradona picked a fight with the entire world – and came this close to winning it
Longreads
It doesn't matter. But you should probably read more.
1999 World Cup
A vile technicality
The 1999 World Cup semi-final between Australia and South Africa was a white-ball Test match with a twist that even Hitchcock would have deemed too cruel
Euro 72
Ramba-Zamba will never die, but you will
Gunter Netzer x Frank Beckenbauer x Gerd Muller = Germany's greatest team
1999-2000
The end of an aura
Real Madrid's stunning victory at Old Trafford in 2000 changed the face of European football
1999-2000
Primal screamer
The last great goal at the old Wembley was a Batigolazo that shattered Arsenal
England cricket team
Take me somewhere nice
England's cussed, underrated win in Sri Lanka in 2000-01 was a career highlight for a maligned generation
I'll See You Out There
5. The perch
So who did knock Liverpool off it?
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
1998-99
Football, bloody hell
Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich, 26 May 1999
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
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