Premier League clubs are in discussions over joining an advertising boycott of companies that fail to promote inclusion and diversity, part of a new front in the battle against online abuse.

The pressure group Stop Funding Hate is talking with top-flight and EFL clubs over the possibility of signing up to the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN), which seeks to stop advertisers funding companies that “fuel hatred”. It follows the arrest this week of a 12-year-old boy after racist messages were sent to Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha on Instagram.

The push for a more ethical approach to advertising comes after the success of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign in the United States. Over the past month more than 100…

Arsenal have held talks over a summer move for Gabriel Jesus and the Manchester City forward is giving serious consideration to the transfer, his agent has said.

Jesus has another year on his contract at City but refused last month to commit his future to the club and the impending arrival of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund has heightened the likelihood the Brazilian will depart. On Wednesday Marcelo Pettinati spoke about his client’s future.

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“We had talks with Arsenal about Gabriel Jesus,” the agent said. “We like the project – it’s a possibility we’re discussing. There are six more clubs interested …

Kevin De Bruyne is determined to become the “best player in the world” on returning from a hamstring injury sustained in Manchester City’s opening-day win at Burnley.

The 32-year-old was forced off after 23 minutes and required surgery. His recovery is ahead of schedule and the Belgium international is in Pep Guardiola’s squad for next week’s Fifa Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia, although whether he is fit enough to be given minutes is unclear.

“It’s going really well. I had surgery – it was a big injury. But we’re getting closer – closer to the new year [his original return date]. I am doing really well and hoping to be back on the pitch soon,” said De Bruyne. “I want to be the best. It just …

The 2024 NBA Draft has no clear No. 1 pick, and finding a consensus could be impossible.Spotting diamonds in the rough is going to be that much more important.Perhaps it’s just the fallout from having a talent like Victor Wembanyama on the board in 2023, but few seem to be optimistic about this year’s draft class, which still features a handful of big names that should immediately make an impact at the next level.Teams will, however, be stepping into a bit of a wasteland once they get outside of the lottery, making it hard to pinpoint who will end up shattering expectations in the long run.Players are out there, though, and here are four that could help a franchise change course on Wednesday or Thursday night:G Baylor Scheierman, CreightonIf you weren’t a fan of Creighton or the Big…

Dave Cameron at FanGraphs has discovered something fascinating. Breaking down the number of men to play in the major leagues and the number of Hall of Famers by their birth year, he found that HOF electors have been remarkably consistent in the percentage of players they elect—roughly one percent to two percent of those born each decade. Except for those born in the '60s, who are currently sitting at 0.1 percent. Only two ballplayers born from 1961-1970 are currently in Cooperstown: Roberto Alomar and Barry Larkin. That number will rise, of course, but even with the remarkably stacked ballots of the next few years, there's no possible way the decade will produce the 30 to 50 Hall of Famers required to put it near previous levels. The problem is obviously not with the player…

Some people are fans of the Denver Broncos. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Denver Broncos. This 2019 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Denver Broncos. Your 2018 record: 6-10. Man, remember when Chad Kelly stumbled drunk into a random house and got chased out with a vacuum tube? That was interesting. Shame he didn’t work out, given how much fans loved his Colt McCoy-esque potential… In all other aspects, the 2018 Broncos campaign was the kind of placeholder season everyone expected from a team that had a sitting duck for a head coach and Case Keenum (who can occasionally make coaches and fans happy, yet can’t seem to ever truly satisfy them) for a quarterback. So many NFL teams strategically …

When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we did some reading. Here are the best things we read this year. Lost In Trumplandia, by Patricia Lockwood Everyone tried their hand at the My Night At A Donald Trump Rally piece this year, but nobody pulled it off as well as Patricia Lockwood did in The New Republic. Not only is this story full of sentences I would murder someone to have written—“She wore an outfit best described as Sensual Band-Aid and took small, ruthlessly edited steps.”—it accomplished the one thing no other on-the-ground report from Trumpland really did: it showed us precisely how Trump was going to win: It’s us, was the undercurrent. It’s just us in here. A handshake moved through the air as the speech walloped on, and then something more than a hands…

Some people are fans of the Dallas Cowboys. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Dallas Cowboys. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews right here. Your team: Dallas Cowboys Your 2012 record: 8-8. Your coach: Jerry Jones. I know that the team lists "Jason Garrett" as the head coach, but come on, now. Jason Garrett had his balls cut off and placed in a saddlebag the day he was hired. The title of "head coach" is strictly a ceremonial one in Dallas. The Double J coaches the team, and pissboys like Jason Garrett are left to handle the tedious work of attending press conferences and icing the Cowboys kicker. Do you think Garrett had any say in whisking poor old Monte Kiffin away from his shuf…

Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here. 1. Greg Schiano is a WEASELLY WEASEL GLORY BOYYYY COACH. I'm not particularly concerned that Greg Schiano supposedly screwed over all the Rutgers players he left behind. That's what college coaches do. What I find far more alarming is that there was still an NFL franchise out there stupid enough to bring in a college coach. And not even a GREAT college football coach. The scary thing is that Greg Schiano doesn't have anything close to the kind of resume of past college-to-pro flaming shitwrecks like Steve Spurrier, Bobby Petrino, and Lou Holtz.…

After 44 years, Espana picks up their second Euro title and, for now, sheds their underachieving reputation. And it was a dominant run by the Spanish, not losing a game in the tournament and dispatching a tough Germany team in the final without the services of their best player. What was expected to be a pretty wide open game proved to conclusively owned by Spain. The Germans had few real chances on goal and this could've easily been far more lop-sided than it was. …