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VARDY DOUBLE SAVED FOXES AS THE TIGERS ARE DENIED

Reaction delights manager Maresca

Fatigue factor's so crucial in EFL mix

A DOCTOR who regularly works nights once described the strange delirium that descends during a sleep-deprived graveyard shift.

Maturing talent is producing his best

THE idea of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing acting as a mentor for young players would until recently have seemed ludicrous.

JOSH THE JOB AS LILYWHITES FALTER

Laurent underpins shock win

ARTELL: WE'RE UP FOR THE BATTLE

TRYING to keep a club in the Football League can be a stressful business, but David Artell insists he’s loving the challenge at Grimsby Town.

MARTI MISSION ON RIGHT TRACK

WHEN Marti Cifuentes took over at QPR in late October he had to turn the tide – and quick.

DONS BOSS HAILS VINTAGE DISPLAY AS KOFI IS CLASS

AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson hailed his team’s ‘vintage’ display as they continued their push for a place in the League Two play-offs.

"We won 3-0 at Spurs.Two games later. I was sacked"

Two-and-a-half years since his Manchester United reign came to an end, Ole Gunnar Solskjder sits down with FFT for a rare interview, opening up on the club’s post-Fergie struggles, Cristiano Ronaldo and the challenges of managing modern superstars

Sean Longstaff – Local Hero

Like Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sean Longstaff has shone for his boyhood club this season. The midfielder tells FFT all about his Newcastle revival under Eddie Howe, a £50m move to Manchester United that never was, and why he hasn't been herding sheep...

Trent Alexander-Arnold – Calm down! Calm down! Calm down!

There's been plenty of noise around Trent Alexander-Arnold's performances for club and country over the past 12 months, but the man himself has maintained a cool head. Donning a retro shellsuit for FFT, the Merseyside maestro insists he's still got lofty ambitions - none more so than becoming the best footballer on the planet...

NOISY NEIGHBOURS

Part-owned by the City Football Group, minnows Girona emulated Manchester City by surging past Barcelona to gain Catalan supremacy and even topped La Liga this season. FFT speaks to those in the know to find out how

JOE LAVERICK - Women's World Tour growth is exciting

I wasn't sure that I was the right person to write this column. I'm a young, male pro cyclist.

Tadej Pogačar's 'crazy' day out at Strade Bianche

The Slovenian put in a performance for the ages to crush all on the white roads of Tuscany, reports Adam Becket

Lotte Kopecky proves the strongest in Siena

World champion continues season assault with form-building Strade Bianche win

Taking a stand for safety and freedom

Women's Freedom Ride accompanied by petition demanding safer cycling for women

Riding in full pro kit: yes or no?

I fully support wearing team kit. And the rainbow, yellow, polka dot, and any other jersey you want. Life is too short to be told you can’t dress up like your heroes and go practise a sport you love. Tony Tuzzolino

Inside the UK women's racing boom

As more British teams than ever race at UCI Continental level, Adam Becket speaks to three squads at different levels to find out what's going right

WHAT WOULD WOODWARD DO?

Sir Dave Brailsford isn't football's first interloping innovator from another sport, as Southampton fans will recall

Women's World Championship road race 1958

Luxembourg's Elsy Jacobs celebrates after what was the first ever women's World Championship road race, in 1958.

WHEN WOLF PLAYED FOR GILLINGHAM

Thirty years ago, the Kent side gave a surprise debut to a 42-year-old Gladiator

ENGLISHMEN ABROAD

Qualification for the 2026 World Cup resumes in various parts of the globe this month meet five English managers hoping to steer their adopted nations to unlikely success

GOING LOCO

She may be fearsomely serious, even ruthless on her bike, but does Lotte Kopecky have a playful side too, despite her burgeoning fame? Tom Davidson finds out

Ruby Roseman-Gannon's EnviLiv Advanced Pro

The Australian puncheur chooses an aero bike for the Spring Classics

Wilier Granturismo SLR £8,680 81kg

Hannah Bussey gets to grips with a true Italian thoroughbred

GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST

\"I almost had a dream farewell, with the World Cup trophy in my hands - then suddenly it dawns on you that your career is over\"

JULES BREACH

The TNT Sports presenter pays tribute to the young stars shining this season

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

How can understanding the differences between male and female cycling performance help women riders to realise their full potential? Josephine Perry investigates

How to train consistently when life is so hectic?

Following a formal training plan, even amid an uncluttered existence, can be both physically and mentally demanding. Factor in a busy and perpetually evolving work and family life and it can become positively overwhelming – almost to the point of ‘let’s forget all this nonsense and take up television and crisps instead!’

MEANWHILE IN...

... lurkey, Bursaspor’s cursed crocodile stadium may lead them down to the fourth tier

Patelli Titanium

A top-tier Italian build whose title pays homage to its groupset