Dominic Fifield

Senior writer turned commissioning editor @TheAthleticFC. Previously spent 20 years at the Guardian and Observer newspapers

[Dominic Fifield @domfifield]

“Why Vince? I’ve waited all my life to talk about this…”

🎶Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire
Freddie Flintstone and Fred Astaire🎵

An interview with Jon Marsh (@deepoking) of The Beloved on Hello, #CPFC and how a Palace icon ended up in a cult hit song

https://t.co/0Yy8RXOQQo

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Matt Renshaw spent three and a half years out of the Australian Test side, reinventing himself as a white-ball player.

But, in his second match back in the fold and operating in the tourists' middle order, the Queenslander made Australian Test history in Durban this week.

@benjonescricket explains how — free to read ⬇️

https://t.co/KMiJb3LZ4O

[Ben Jones @benjonescricket]

Only five other players in Test history can match what Matt Renshaw achieved in Durban. This was an historic performance that should kick start his second act - but if it doesn't, he'll always have "the Renshaw game".

Free to read on @TheAthletic 🚨

https://t.co/vgY4f0kGk2

[Paul Newman @Paul_Newman66]

‘My mantra now is never give up. Find a way. That was another Shane Warne saying. Keep fighting.’ A very open and emotional interview with Shaun Udal on his battle with Parkinson’s and loss
https://t.co/EXVrl5JQRQ

[Paul Newman @Paul_Newman66]

It was supposed to be a clash of the titans in front of a hostile crowd reminding Australia about Sandpaper-gate. Instead South Africa rolled out the red carpet in front of empty stands https://t.co/cQGHHx6xvh

[Paul Newman @Paul_Newman66]

A tale of two Australian left-handers and a ‘Sliding Doors’ moment for Matt Renshaw and Nic Maddinson
https://t.co/BLePGPaGAZ

[Ben Jones @benjonescricket]

Australia have been a brilliant Test side, but the absence of overseas achievements taints their legacy. The next 12 months gives this group of ageing legends one last shot at greatness.

But are they still capable of taking that chance?

https://t.co/lKphQuFfLi

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It was a seemingly innocuous email, sent on a Wednesday morning in January 2017, that started everything.

Arriving in the inbox of a senior official at Manchester City, it appeared to have been sent by an employee from European football’s governing body, UEFA, and contained a link to a financial compliance report.

The City official clicked the download button. That was all it took.

It was not a genuine email from UEFA but a successful phishing attempt by Portuguese hacker and activist Rui Pinto. City’s servers were breached, allowing Pinto to retrieve thousands of emails and documents from the club’s systems.

This week, almost 10 years on from Pinto’s first email, the Premier League announced that an independent panel had found City guilty of all but one of the charges against them, as The Athletic first revealed last Friday.

📝 @jwhitey98: https://t.co/iZ74j9gKJE

[Dominic Fifield @domfifield]

@NickTalksFilm Streaming tears. Every time.

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Cricket has repeatedly reflected the tensions between India and Pakistan since independence from British rule in 1947.

If both win their respective Asian Games semi-finals on Thursday, it could crop up again in Saturday’s final.

This is the box-office rivalry that has become increasingly difficult to separate from the political tensions that so regularly erupt between the two countries.

📝 @64MohsinKamal

🔗 https://t.co/iXpQ0jo8gP

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In part two of an exclusive interview, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish (@CEO4TAG) talks to @MattWoosie about:

▪️ Why Selhurst redevelopment has been slow progress "but it will get done"
▪️ Sympathy for Holmesdale Fanatics' frustrations in a "heavily-regulated society"
▪️ "We are putting on a global show and not everybody wants the same things all the time"
▪️ Urging fans to give Oliver Glasner a "fantastic reception" when he returns with Forest

Free to read: https://t.co/mJm793inOW

[Matt Woosnam @MattWoosie]

Steve Parish interview pt2

🏟️ Seeking funding & design tweaks for Selhurst work
🎭 "Putting on a show" with the atmosphere
📣 "Disappointment" at HF stepping back but "room for both"
🔴 Academy as a business
🔊 Welcoming Glasner back as a friend

#CPFC

https://t.co/lxsuRtLXxD

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9

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In part one of an exclusive interview, Steve Parish (@CEO4TAG) talks to @MattWoosie about:

🚨 Remaining on 'high alert' after a summer of change
🇫🇷 "When you consider everything Pierre Sage’s had to cope with, he’s done really well"
🅱️ Transfer strategy, and the praise heaped on Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth
🦅 Raising the roof for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr

🔗 https://t.co/0MxvzYTaLg

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Mark Wood is an Ashes winner. He has claimed an ODI World Cup and a T20 World Cup, and retires from international cricket with over 250 wickets to his name and a career to be envied by all but a very privileged few.

If you look at the highest speeds recorded across Tests for England, Wood isn’t just top of the list — he is the list. The nine fastest performances in an England Test shirt over the past two decades are by Wood.

But, more than that, he departs as England’s fastestever bowler — and one of the most popular players to ever pull on an England shirt.

📝 @benjonescricket

🔗 https://t.co/Hd9D2haD9u

[Dominic Fifield @domfifield]

Middlesbrough and the meaning of football in troubled times

A difficult but powerful read by @mwalker2771

https://t.co/Baf2LK9aMc

[Ben Jones @benjonescricket]

🐌 Scoring too slowly
🏏 Rogue Dukes balls
💥 Bazball chaos
🇦🇺 Tonning up in Oz

Joe Root is one of the great problem solvers - he'll have to solve the LBW issues to pass Sachin, but this isn't his first rodeo.

Free to read on @TheAthletic

https://t.co/N7G5xEjXlY

[The Athletic @TheAthletic]

Joe Root has a problem.

In the last few months, England’s leading Test run scorer has developed a nasty habit of getting out leg before wicket.

Indeed, out of his last 12 dismissals by a bowler, he has been out 10 times in this way.

Throughout his 14 years in Test cricket, he has overcome numerous technical, tactical, and mental obstacles.

From nicking off Down Under to scoring painfully slowly, @benjonescricket analyses just a few.

🔗 https://t.co/Nx66ScpQGw

[Paul Newman @Paul_Newman66]

It was a Test summer full of controversy and then, up until near the very end, one-sided, low-key matches. So what did England learn from defeat by New Zealand and a clean-sweep over Pakistan?
https://t.co/GmQ9DkX3nL

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“I felt fine in the morning,” Keith Vigar explains. “But something was bubbling. I went into Billy’s room and just laid on his bed and then I was in bits.”

He glances across at his wife Camilla. “We’re very different in the way that we deal with things. But we accept that. So that’s how, I guess, we get through, just day by day.

“Billy’s in your memory constantly. Everything is looking for signs that he’s around, and you’re talking to him in your mind every day, which is comforting, to an extent. But it’s not easy by any means.”

Camilla looks up with tears in her eyes. “I’m the opposite,” she says. “I do probably cry every day, but I find if I let it out, then it’s easier to put the face back on, if you like, and try to be normal.

“We both said from the beginning that we’ve got two other living kids. So it can’t just be… I’m sorry,” she says, her voice cracking with emotion.
Camilla pauses for a moment.

“It can’t just be sadness because of Billy,” she continues, “because the other kids are still alive and you’ve got to keep going for them."

Last year their son lost his life playing the game he loved. Billy hit his head on a concrete-block perimeter wall that was just under three metres from the touchline. He was 21.

Keith and Camilla spoke to @stujames75 about their son, their hurt and their anger towards the Football Association.

🔗 https://t.co/kijF5jThnR

[Paul Newman @Paul_Newman66]

The Nepal disaster and a cricket team looking to make ‘just one per cent’ difference. ‘If you cut one person they all bleed.’ With thanks to Stuart Law
https://t.co/dtR9QjXZLV