Jason Jones

Will it be too little, too late for England hopefuls such as Ivan Toney and Eric Dier?

Life comes at you pretty fast. Just ask Phillip Schofield. One minute you’re gleefully spinning a glimmering, shimmering wheel of misfortune on daytime television to determine whether or not some shivering schmuck with the bill payer’s permission will be financically permitted to actually pay those bills this winter, the next you’re using that same platform to deliver a meticulously scripted apology in grave solemnity to try and quell the fervour of a simmering scandal. You see, here in Britai…

England captain Harry Kane and a number of other World Cup captains were set to wear an armband bearing a rainbow design at this winter’s Qatar World Cup, to help send an anti-discriminatory message against homophobia. However, England, Wales and a number of other countries made a u-turn on this decision after a threat from FIFA said they would impose sanctions on those wearing the armband. Germany have now revealed they are investigating whether it is legal for FIFA to threaten players with sa…

NationalWorld Sport pick their Premier League Player of the Month choices for September, including players from Spurs, Man City and Man Utd.

Are England back in business after Monday night’s draw with Germany? Honestly, who knows...

When it comes to the latest furore surrounding James Madison, why is there even a debate? Beauty and wonder are there to be celebrated, not to be hidden away and clutched at like the dusty pearls of a bitter widower countess. In years to come would we rather gaze back in fondness on the pinpricks we suffered weaving majestic tapestries of ebullience, or mourn in stultified conservatism for the vivacity from which we cowered? I say, let Lizzo play his 200-year-old crystal flute, let its music spr…

Brighton have confirmed that Enock Mwepu has been forced to call time on his playing career after it was discovered that he has a hereditary heart condition.

I speak one language. (Two, if you include Pig Latin, but they don’t give out GCSEs in that. Owardscay.) And yet, even in my pathetic state of monolingualism, I still manage to pronounce words incorrectly. Bastardised by a pitmatic drawl, there all sorts of utterances that stumble up my throat and past my lips in various misshapen guises, like the wonky, reduced vegetables in a supermarket’s fresh produce section. To me, the word “film”, for instance, is a two-syllable affair. Don’t know how or…

Brighton have confirmed that Enock Mwepu has fallen ill in Zambia months after he confirmed his retirement due to a hereditary heart disease.

Jobs - we all have them, and a lot of us don’t like them. (If any of my bosses are reading this, by the way, I actually do quite enjoy it here - please don’t fire me xoxo). Over the years, we’ve probably all worked in roles that we would rather forget. I, for instance, used to be an usher in a theatre. One Christmas I saw that pantomime season’s run of Dick Whittington 17 times in a month. I still can’t look at John Barrowman or The Krankies without getting mild post-traumatic flashbacks. But…