Inevitably, the word ‘addiction’ features early in George Best: All By Himself, the documentary aired on the BBC this week.

The business end of the Champions League has been less sweet 16 and more a knockout for England’s elite this week, another chastening trial for the self-styled ‘greatest league in the world’. 

HAD a cracking idea for today’s offering.

HERE’S one to while away an idle year or two in the pub: select a first eleven from the ranks of Republic of Ireland internationals who have gone on to earn a crust as pundits and analysts on radio and television.

England's 1966 World Cup heroes have led the tributes to Kenneth Wolstenholme, who has died at the age of 81.