Newly appointed Steaua Bucharest coach, Dorinel Munteanu, left, will have to get used to the close attentions of club owner Gigi Becali Photograph: Mihai Stetcu/AP
One of football’s greatest fallacies is that continuity is in itself a good thing. When Sam Allardyce left Newcastle after 24 matches, a host of pundits repeated the observation that Sir [...]

Andy Murray in action during his win over Monfils. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images
He might have forgotten the score towards the end of his win over Marin Cilic in the previous round, but Andy Murray’s focus on consolidating his status among the world’s top four remains unwavering.
Faced by Gaël Monfils, an opponent who has looked increasingly [...]

Venus Williams. Photograph: A Couldridge/Action
Venus Williams eased into the last 16 with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Court No1 today.
The seventh seed raced through the first set in just 25 minutes, helped by some powerful serving, which included aces clocked at 116, 119 and 120mph.
Sanchez, the world No101, made [...]

Bayern Munich celebrate winning the Bundesliga. Photograph: Joerg Koch AFP/Getty Images
TV screens were getting positively drenched by salty bodily fluids on Saturday, you couldn’t move for all the money shots: everybody was crying, everywhere.
In Hamburg, Huub Stevens, the Bundesliga’s best-loved Dutch Gruffalo, shed a few tears after his last match in charge at Hamburg. His [...]