Rise of the ‘schooligans’ and Antonelli’s crowning glory

Support the Guardian Support us   Fund independent journalism Support the Guardian Support us   Fund independent journalism Rise of the ‘schooligans’ and Antonelli’s crowning glory – the week in sport recapped Guardian sport   Welcome to our weekly roundup, featuring highlights from our coverage over the past seven days, delivered to your inboxes first thing every Sunday morning. If you like it, do pass it on. New readers can subscribe by following the simple steps right here. Headlines Premier League buildup, FA Cup first round, WSL and more – matchday live Female sports journalists have always faced sexism. Social media has made it vicious and relentless | Anjali Doshi Australia v Fiji: Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final – live Julián Alvarez’s Atlético redemption arc in full focus for visit of Barcelona There are very few reasons for Unai Emery to leave Aston Villa for Manchester United | Jonathan Wilson The best of the week Rise of the ‘schooligans’: how a wave of antisocial behaviour threatens non-league football How Kimi Antonelli saw off the grid to become F1’s youngest world champion Revisiting the Superclásico: a story of death, violence, colour and family Jonathan Liew: Sherrock’s synthetic success over Littler and why Netflix’s darts special felt so dissatisfying Money-making Nations Championship project carries a cost for fans and players ‘An absolute afterthought’: the story of the Nigeria women’s team’s fall from grace The Knowledge: has a footballer ever run a marathon faster than James Milner? ‘Whitewater is ephemeral’: Nouria Newman on the risk and thrill of extreme kayaking Aaron Bower: England’s exit from Rugby League World Cup was a disaster years in the making Lee Escobedo: sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports? Champagne, cocaine and some very long walks: when pedestrianism ruled the sporting world Watch and listen World record 53 red cards shown after mass brawl in Brazilian under-20s match Fenerbahce thwart Liverpool and Arsenal pushed in Prague – Football Weekly Extra ‘We did it’: Antonelli celebrates new crown in Mexico David Squires on … Our cartoonist on whether the Arsenal manager is right about the game not being an entertainment industry. From the archive 2014 | In memory of backpasses (1863-1993) The week ahead Tuesday | With no live sport on Monday, our coverage begins on Tuesday with the Women’s Champions League and updates on Inter against Manchester City (8pm). Thursday | The big Women’s Champions League tie on Thursday night comes in the shape of Barcelona v Arsenal in a 5.45pm kick-off. We shall provide minute-by-minute updates from that. In the men’s game, England take on Croatia in the Nations League at 7.45pm and, with Thomas Tuchel’s side eyeing a spot in the quarter-finals, we’ll bring the live updates from Wembley. Friday | We’ll be up early (3.30am) to bring you over-by-over coverage of the first ODI against Australia as England’s men gear up for the Cricket World Cup with a match in Perth. We’ll have our usual Friday football live news blog running from 9am throughout the morning and afternoon, before our minute-by-minute report from Scotland’s Nations League clash with North Macedonia, which kicks off at 7.45pm. Saturday | The international break means it’s a slightly quieter Saturday than normal, but we’ll still start the weekend coverage with our matchday live blog from around 8am. Then it’s on to the Women’s Super League clash of the titans between Chelsea and Manchester City – the hitherto perennial champions against the team that dethroned them – at 1.30pm, which we will cover on a minute-by-minute basis, of course. At 5pm we’ll bring you live coverage of Norway v Wales in the men’s Nations League and at 5.20pm we’ll have rugby union and England v Japan in the Nations Championship. Sunday | The second ODI between England and Australia starts in Perth at 3.30am and we’ll be up early to bring you over-by-over updates. Matchday live kicks our football coverage off again at 8am, before more WSL action, with Arsenal hosting the super-ambitious London City Lionesses, kicking off at 4.30pm. We will cover that and the big one in the men’s Nations League later on, as England travel to world champions Spain hoping to top their group. That is an 8pm start. 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