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
Football
Before his injuries, the original Ronaldo was the most exciting young player we've ever seen
1998-99
Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich, 26 May 1999
Diego Maradona
At Italia 90, Diego Maradona picked a fight with the entire world – and came this close to winning it
Ten of Joe Root's best innings
Gunter Netzer x Frank Beckenbauer x Gerd Muller = Germany's greatest team
Real Madrid's stunning victory at Old Trafford in 2000 changed the face of European football
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
For almost a decade, Arsenal v Manchester United was a title decider. By February 2005 there was no bigger picture, just hatred
History is a wheel
A goal so good it turned Barry Davies into Bernard Matthews
A year before he laid waste to South Africa at the Oval, Devon Malcolm bowled an even faster spell to beat Australia
The night English football’s heart was broken into a thousand tiny pieces
Since 1975, England have picked 13 Test debutants for the last match of an Ashes series. Name them or GTFO.
Dead-rubber wins can taste just as sweet as the real thing - sometimes even sweeter
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
In the summer of 1996, Alex Ferguson was in desperate need of a worthy adversary. Nobody realised the answer would come from Japan.
In five seasons as Kent’s overseas player, Carl Hooper produced high art in industrial quantities. Shame he couldn't do it more often
And you wonder why Australia won 4-1
In 1993-94, Manchester United stole Arsenal’s title as the most hated team in England
Name the nominees, bathe in pride
The Arsenal-Man Utd rivalry intensified during a ferocious FA Cup tie in 1988