Thousands of British holidaymakers head for Spain each year: but how do we communicate with the locals? School-student Spanish (if you remember it) may not be enough. If you don’t want to find yourself at a loss, now’s the time ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Jimmy Adamson: The man who said “no” to England Sir Bobby Charlton described Jimmy Adamson as a “tall, slim, elegant player who to my astonishment never played for England.” Adamson is Burnley’s greatest ever player. He was ...

Day one: and three victims are off the hook. We cannot stress enough that all political parties which stood candidates in last May’s mayoral and councillor elections signed an election protocol before nominations closed. Under its terms, they agreed to ...

For a small footballing nation, Scotland boasts a proud record of having qualified for the World Cup Finals on eight occasions. However, this fantastic record is also tarred by the glorious failure of never having reached the latter stages of ...

Mike Marqusee, an author who combined a passion for sport with an equally strong devotion to equality, died on 13th January in St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney. Born in the USA, Mike came to the UK to go to university ...

So it’s out with 2014: a year which Madge the Queen chose to describe as a year of “reconciliation” in her Christmas speech to the nation. Perhaps there’s been a bit of reconciling in Sandringham this year – but there’s ...

Emdad Rahman interviews Rangers, Milan and England legend Mark Hateley. I grew up excitedly watching Mark Hateley terrorise defences. The Englishman was a swashbuckling hero of a figure. After the exploits of Frank McAvennie at Celtic, it was high time ...

Les Bleus legend is the Premier League’s greatest Emdad Rahman In his homeland he may not have a life-size bust, but here in England there is no denying the stature of this football great. For sheer ability, magnificence and panache ...

Ten years ago this week, Liverpool faced a similar predicament to the one they face at Anfield tonight. Thanks to Florent Sinama Pongolle, Neil Mellor and Stevie Gerrard a two goal deficit was overturned during a historic night at Anfield. ...

Emdad Rahman interviews England Blind Cricket star Mahomed Khatri. With the senior team toiling in Sri Lanka, it has been left to the England Blind Cricket Team to raise the banner aloft for England. A magnificent tournament saw Matt Dean’s ...