I T was a meeting and a statement which football fans have been waiting anxiously for but, despite its welcome conclusion, nobody should be pencilling April 30 into their diary.

At at a time of worry, confusion, and uncertainty, Uefa’s decision to postpone Euro 2020 until the summer of 2021 is a welcome ray of clarity that gives football fans hope that it won’t always be this way, writes Chris Hatherall.

There was still tension in the air at Anfield — but now they believe, writes Chris Hatherall.

Just when Manchester United had kidded themselves they were closing the gap on their noisy neighbours, even if it was only by a fraction, they were brought back to cruel reality at Old Trafford in this Carabao Cup semi-final

How the football world will look in another decade...

Arsenal fans returned to the Emirates yesterday like an adult approaching a 1,000-piece puzzle they’d hastily unwrapped at Christmas but not got round to tackling yet.

World Rugby chiefs have been slammed for failing to reschedule matches impacted this weekend by Typhoon Hagibis. Could they learn lessons from other organisations in dealing with such worst-case scenarios?

Chris Hatherall (pic) Shane Duffy has insisted there will be no ill-feeling or uncomfortableness when he faces former Republic teammate Declan Rice in the Premier League today, focusing instead on taking his own career to the next level.

Jose Mourinho has suddenly found the secret formula to beating team full of high quality, big-impact stars who play at a higher level than his own side, just in time for a similar test against Manchester City in the Premier League.

Manchester City equalled a club record of six successive clean sheets in the Premier League to underline their progress towards becoming a complete modern team as Riyad Mahrez gave them victory over back-pedalling Tottenham and sent them top.

Jose Mourinho has enjoyed some remarkable days at Stamford Bridge — in fact it took him 78 matches to even lose a game there as manager — but as he returns to west London with struggling Manchester United today, he will be aware of some pretty painful memories, not least two sackings after poor performances at a ground he once called home.

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Manchester City face Newcastle United today on the 10th anniversary of the most significant moment in the club’s history — not the lifting of a trophy or a title win but the day that Sheikh Mansour first announced his Abu Dhabi United Group had bought the club from Thai owner Thaksin Sinawatra to begin one of football’s great projects.

Brighton owner Tony Bloom’s achievement of taking the club from League One strugglers to Premier League survivors is symbolised by tomorrow’s game against Manchester United at the Amex — but the fixture also underlines just how difficult it is to set long-term goals once you start to feel at home in the top flight.

England have reached World Cup semi-final for the first time since the Gazza-led team of Italia 90, which famously lost to Germany on penalties. But how do the teams compare and who makes a combined XI? We take on the challenge...

The vagaries of the group stage format at a Fifa World Cup were laid bare in the final round of fixtures as England’s reserves laboured to a 1-0 defeat against Belgium, safe in the knowledge that finishing second in Group G probably opens up a better route to the final.

Chris Hatherall looks ahead to today’s World Cup action as eight teams go into Day 13 looking to finish the group stage on a high.

Chris Hatherall previews Wednesday’s World Cup action as the tournamnet heats up.

Mo Salah has rightly taken all the plaudits this season after winning the PFA Player of the Year and the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year awards, but as the campaign comes to a close he is not the only one enjoying a lap of honour and the adulation of his fans.

Not quite yet, says Chris Hatherall.

There will be three new grounds in the Premier League this season and the away fans sitting in their stands will now be closer to the action, says Chris Hatherall.

Arsenal defeated Chelsea on penalties in the Premier League curtain raiser but what did the result tell us? 

When the pressure was on, Wenger showed the leadership qualities to deal with it, writes Chris Hatherall.

Chris Hatherall ranks the clubs ahead of the final day of the Premier League season.

Arsene Wenger insists it will take more than one great season for Spurs to justifiably say the balance of power in North London has shifted, writes Chris Hatherall, but it certainly felt like the needle moved significantly at White Hart Lane on an afternoon which could have implications way beyond the end of this campaign.

The 2017-18 season launches into the finishing straight this weekend — or ‘squeaky bum time’ as Alex Ferguson used to call it — but for anyone hoping to change their season in the space of six games the omens do not look favourable, writes Chris Hatherall.

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet believes the fact they are not reliant on one player means the club are better prepared for a title challenge than the last time they were in this situation.

Daryl Horgan’s first start for Preston proved a memorable one, the former Dundalk star creating the second goal and nearly scoring a third as North End beat Chris Hughton’s Brighton 2-0 in Saturday’s Championship clash at Deepdale.

I wonder just how many snarky emojis the interweb will have constructed for poor Pogba by the time you read this.

Everyone will say that was a point gained. Everyone can go f… Now now, remember the children. At least they played better than in the last match.

Jose Mourinho’s ‘anti-football’ tactics prove their worth on Merseyside, writes Chris Hatherall.

Chris Hatherall celebrates the Euro 2016 wow factor.

Mesut Ozil has become so synonymous with providing assists that Twitter followers suggested last night — after he provided two more in a potentially pivotal victory over Manchester City — that his surname should be included in the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb, as in: can I Ozil you in any way?