Wolverhampton Wanderers’ proposal to axe VAR is set to be voted down this week as clubs anticipate “evolution rather than revolution” on various topics at the Premier League’s AGM. If, as expected, the ballot falls in favour of keeping the technology, various improvements and tweaks to the existing system will be pursued.
It was shortly before Doddie Weir’s death in 2022 that the University of Glasgow released a piece of research that was the first to specifically analyse the brain health outcomes of former international rugby players.
It is a measure of Pep Guardiola’s success and reputation that the sheer fact of working with him, of basking in his genius, has become enough to make you qualified for a significant coaching job elsewhere. Keen to get into management? The quickest way to an attractive head coach’s job is to get a role on Guardiola’s staff first.