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Barney Ronay

Barney Ronay is chief sports writer for the Guardian

May 2025

  • Cole Palmer races away from Curtis Jones

    Cole Palmer moves off-grid to break free from ghost in Chelsea’s machine

    Attacker was a captive spirit on the right and he delivered unprescribed moments of quality despite Maresca’s rigid system
  • Illustration of Lamine Yamal holding the world in one hand.

    Lamine Yamal: the perfect dopamine-hit footballer for our terminally online world

    Barney Ronay
    Barcelona’s 17-year-old forward is a once-every-20-years talent who is causing the internet to spasm with man-worship
  • Seats are marked out with tape saying keep a safe distance during the League One match between AFC Wimbledon and Doncaster Rovers in November 2020

    Five years on: the lessons learned on how Covid-19 changed sport

    With the pandemic in the rearview mirror it was clearly a boost for Fifa and Saudi Arabia but harmed grassroots sport and player welfare

April 2025

  • Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard

    Mikel Arteta’s Big Energy show splutters against PSG to reveal Arsenal’s frailties

  • Mohamed Salah celebrates after winning the Premier League

    Unruffled Liverpool and Salah serve up theatre and euphoria on title day

  • An illustration showing a boxer wearing a pair of clown shoes.

    Eubank Jr v Benn feels like a mistake – bad TV pretending to be good sport

    Barney Ronay
  • Premier League - Aston Villa v Newcastle United<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Newcastle United - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - April 19, 2025 Aston Villa's Ian Maatsen celebrates scoring their second goal with Ollie Watkins REUTERS/Chris Radburn EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS..

    Football Weekly
    Liverpool one victory from title and Villa win big in race for top five – Football Weekly

  • Onana piledriver wraps up Aston Villa’s thrilling demolition of Newcastle

  • It’s complicated: Awkward marriage of Maresca and Chelsea provides great drama

    Barney Ronay

  • Spirit animal Lewis-Skelly leads Arsenal’s youthful puncturing of Madrid mythology

  • Rice finds antidote to Madrid’s magic and provides glimpse of his ultimate potential

  • Salah staying doesn’t change one key point: Liverpool still need to rebuild

    Barney Ronay

  • Kvaratskhelia, PSG’s joyous throwback, delivers moment of old-school delight

  • Declan Rice topples Real Madrid with black swans and silver bullets

  • Liverpool’s title stumble shows strength of Premier League, not its weakness

  • For the age of Amorim, this Manchester derby feels like a decisive moment

    Barney Ronay

  • Glazed Carlos Alcaraz perfect for the online world but still jarringly human

    Barney Ronay

  • It’s unfair to blame Liverpool for being the best team: that’s how you win titles

March 2025

  • Eberechi Eze celebrates his spectacular opener at Craven Cottage.

    With elite Eberechi Eze, Crystal Palace will be a match for any team at Wembley

  • Illustration of Gianni Infantino

    Infantino’s $1bn prize: act of commercial disruption disguised as benevolence

    Barney Ronay
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