Thomas Gorton

Sackings, Saudis, haircuts – here’s what we think is going to go down this year.

This weekend’s coronation feels like getting added to a 67-person birthday WhatsApp group by someone you don’t really know.

Just over a year ago, the England team were heroes. Now they’re heading to a World Cup mired in death and corruption, with a palpable lack of “it’s coming home” energy.

GeoGuessr’s poster boy can tell you wherever you are in a matter of seconds.

In the twilight of his career, CR7 has become an unknowable entity: once a specimen of the future but now a man who is starting to become defined by the past.

Football journalists, owners and directors have become stars in their own right to modern fans obsessed with structure and status. Now, transfers have become a new sport that feels separate to football itself.

Is it football as content? A strain to inject some reason into the international down period between competitions people actually like? However it got here, the vibe is no longer good.

The New Yorker loved Honor Levy's writing so much that they published one of her short stories when she was only 21. Now she’s one of the most intriguing talents in the literary world.

As the gifted footballer – the game’s first real influencer – leaves Manchester United as a free agent, we look back at his troubled spell in the club.

After becoming bored by the scene around him, the renowned producer found inspiration for his grizzly new material by taking a step away from the DJ booth.