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UNDER SCRUTINY: Advertisement of the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom displayed on a board behind players during the Champions League round of 16
IN THE week when Russia invaded Ukraine to bring war to Europe it seems frivolous to speak about sport.
When people are losing their homes – and in many tragic cases, their lives, as the tanks roll in, disrupting life, hopes and dreams – conversation about sport appears as insignificant as it is meaningless.
As much as I enjoyed Arsenal’s last-gasp victory over Wolves on Thursday evening in north London – and I did, believe me I really did – the train journey back home seemed far more subdued than it would normally have been after such a triumph.
Premier League champions Arsenal will finally lift the coveted trophy this weekend after 22 long years. LAYTH YOUSIF pays tribute to and remembers those who are not here to see it
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
ROGER McKENZIE looks at the gradual demise of US’s nefarious influence around the world and the complexity of impending freedom
PETER MASON is surprised by the bleak outlook foreseen for cricket’s future by the cricketers’ bible