
HELLO, how’s your week been? Mine has been painful. Before my dear old mum starts worrying about whether something serious has happened to me in the “real world,” I must clarify — my week has been painful in sporting terms.
Of course, there have been plenty of things far more important than mere sport that deserved my attention this week — serious things that deservedly place mere sport into context.
Routing venal Tories at the ballot box next week at the local elections would be a start, for example.

In the shadow of Heathrow and glow of Thorpe Park, a band of Arsenal loyalists have built something lasting — a grassroots club with old-school values, writes LAYTH YOUSIF

A point apiece at the Emirates with both Arsenal and Palace looking distracted by forthcoming semi-finals