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Barney Ronay

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Barney Ronay is chief sports writer for the Guardian

October 2026

  • Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes looks dejected as the players applaud the fans after their defeat at Stamford Bridge

    Manchester United’s capitulation at Chelsea paints picture of a club that barely exists

  • Marc Guéhi illustration

    How can playing for Manchester City fit into Marc Guéhi’s moral universe?

    Barney Ronay
  • Harry Kane is the men’s Ballon d’Or winner for 2026, the first Englishman to win the trophy in 25 years. In a contest that has been critiqued for promoting individualism and celebrity in sport, Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s chief sports writer, Barney Ronay, about the symbolism of Kane’s win

    Today in Focus: The Latest
    Harry Kane triumphs with historic Ballon d’Or win - The Latest

    Video11:25
  • Harry Kane holds the trophy

    Today in Focus
    Why Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or - The Latest

    Podcast12:11

  • Starc strikes back as Australia dismiss South Africa for 329 on day one of third Test – as it happened

  • Kane’s Ballon d’Or triumph a glorious riposte to celebrity fawning of ceremony

    Barney Ronay

  • Harry Kane claims men’s Ballon d’Or to end England’s 25-year wait for winner

  • Football Weekly
    Carrick on the brink, Jackson ends City’s run, and Spurs singe the Blues – Football Weekly

    Podcast54:27

  • Glitch in Chelsea’s coding costs Alonso while resurgent Spurs are all systems go

  • Bavuma’s nine-hour masterpiece was art we risk losing in Test cricket’s great purge

    Barney Ronay

  • Paris Saint-Germain sparkle on the pitch while the city of light burns around them

    Barney Ronay

  • Doué and Vitinha burn bright as brittle Barcelona come unstuck against PSG

  • Elite-level incompetence is Manchester United’s problem – not Michael Carrick

  • Matchday live
    Martínez back ‘in a few weeks’ after jaw surgery; Liverpool lose Szoboszlai for ‘some time’ – matchday live

  • Savaged by Simon Jordan – and thanks to the algorithm I want to be savaged again

    Barney Ronay

  • Manchester City are suddenly box-office in age of charge-rage and mega defiance

  • Premier League live
    Liverpool 0-3 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened

  • Matchday live
    Manchester City face hostile Liverpool reception after guilty verdict: matchday live – as it happened

  • The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality

    Barney Ronay

  • Total Midweek Kane: England’s icon delivers a classic on his way to footballing ultimacy

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