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Eckert’s Spygate ban may be lenient, but no sane manager will try the same trick again

Eckert’s Spygate ban may be lenient, but no sane manager will try the same trick again

Verdict has been a long time coming and the Southampton head coach has recaptured hearts and minds at St Mary’s “Hi Tonda, are you a cheat?” That simple, succinct, question cut to the heart of a matter that has vexed the Football Association all summer. It was posed by the Northern Echo’s Dominic Shaw after Southampton overcame Middlesbrough in the second leg of May’s Championship playoff semi‑final and proved the cue for Tonda Eckert to walk out of his press conference at St Mary’s. Although Southampton’s manager subsequently admitted to authorising spying on opponents, England’s football authorities struggled to decide what punishment best fitted an act some regard as heinous but which others fail to take seriously. Now, in autumn, we finally have an FA verdict, with Eckert given a six-week ban suspended until the end of the 2027-28 season, a £28,000 fine and a reprimand. Continue reading...

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Southampton manager Tonda Eckert given six-week suspended ban for Spygate scandal

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert given six-week suspended ban for Spygate scandal

Eckert was charged by FA with misconduct Southampton found to have spied on three opponents Southampton’s manager, Tonda Eckert, has been given a six-week suspended ban by the Football Association for his part in the Spygate scandal that landed the club with a four-point penalty and expulsion from last season’s Championship playoffs. The outcome means Eckert can continue in the dugout, starting with Sunday’s derby at home to Portsmouth. The German has been fined £28,000 by the FA after admitting its charges, with his ban suspended until the end of next season. Continue reading...

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Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
What links Buzzard, Jackdaw and Rosebank? The Saturday quiz

What links Buzzard, Jackdaw and Rosebank? The Saturday quiz

From the Geordie Springsteen to Bridalveil Fall and El Capitan, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Whose funeral in 1989 attracted about 10 million mourners? 2 What is the only major river to cross the equator twice? 3 Which singer has been called the Geordie Springsteen? 4 What is the largest surviving carnivorous marsupial? 5 What was added to 30 June 2015? 6 Which sci-fi epic was inspired by the shifting sands of the Oregon coast? 7 Football and which other sport were banned in Scotland in 1457? 8 Which war memorial was designed by Yale student Maya Lin? What links: 9 Buzzard; Clair; Cygnus; Jackdaw; Rosebank? 10 Dis; Duat; Helheim; Irkalla; Mictlan? 11 England: 188,900; Scotland: 37,200; Wales: 21,100? 12 Susan Janet Ballion; Marianne Elliott-Said; Arianna Forster and Paloma Romero? 13 Bridalveil Fall; El Capitan; Half Dome; Mount Lyell; Sentinel Dome? 14 Saving Private Ryan; Pressure; The Longest Day? 15 Everton (currently); Arsenal; Southampton; Norwich City? Continue reading...

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Oct 3, 2026 · byThe Guardian
‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke

‘Everyone can relate to pain and struggle. So I’m sharing mine’: Michael Kiwanuka on life after his devastating stroke

The Mercury prize winner hasn’t been able to go home since falling ill last summer. In his only interview, he opens up about the ‘poignancy’ of finally releasing the new album his stroke shelved At the end of July 2025, Michael Kiwanuka was back home in Southampton after a series of European gigs. His 2024 album Small Changes had been critically acclaimed and was kept off the UK No 1 slot only by Kendrick Lamar’s GNX. His fifth record, Fudge, was due that autumn. All was going perfectly for the virtuoso singer-songwriter, whose eccentric, genre-busting mix of psychedelic rock, prog soul, blues and gospel had marked him as a real one-off. Kiwanuka had been expected to appear at the All Together Now festival in County Waterford, Ireland, in the coming days, when an announcement was posted to his Instagram story: “We are so sorry to announce that due to continued illness, and on the advice of doctors, Michael will sadly be unable to perform at the rest of his scheduled festival performances throughout the rest of the summer and the shows in North America in October.” Continue reading...

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Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Tom Banton’s six-hitting wins T20 for England after Dawson derails Sri Lanka

Tom Banton’s six-hitting wins T20 for England after Dawson derails Sri Lanka

Banton and Brook lead England home in style Big hitting leaves Sri Lanka looking out of their depth England extended their extraordinary hex over Sri Lanka to a 14th game, with the tourists looking as out of their depth as the balls that were repeatedly deposited into the River Taff as their opponents cantered to their target of 146 to win by six wickets, with 47 balls remaining. More than a dozen years have passed since Sri Lanka, crowned world champions in the format a month earlier, beat England by nine runs at the Oval. They have lost every meeting since and with this one also the series, and while much about this game contrasted with Tuesday’s first encounter in Southampton – starting with England winning the toss and choosing to chase – the outcome did not: another emphatic home win, sealed in the end in slapdash style: no-ball, wide, single, wide, single, muted celebration. Continue reading...

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Guardian