Tommy Martin: There can be no sympathy for sporting organisations scrambling to cut ties with Russia now

Go into business with Tony Soprano and your nice Italian restaurant is going to get burned

Fans show their support for Ukraine ahead of the Emirates FA Cup fifth round match at Kenilworth Road, Luton. Picture date: Wednesday March 2, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Luton. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire. 

PEOPLE have really stopped talking about Kurt Zouma’s cats.

Everything seems frivolous when contrasted with terrible gravity of war, but the cycle of flim flam that normally preoccupies sports fans can feel particularly inconsequential. No-one is really in the mood for an argument about VAR right now and updates from the Wagatha Christie trial have been in short supply.