Oliver Holt's recent articles

OLIVER HOLT: No one has scored more goals against Arsenal for Tottenham than Harry Kane and now he is coming back for another go with Bayern Munich in the Champions League. The final flourish of the Champions League as we know it sent Kane back to north London with a Bayern Munich side who have made a habit of humiliating Arsenal in the competition and whetted English appetites for a battle between the nation's two most exciting young talents in the last eight tie between Manchester City and Real Madrid . ...read

OLIVER HOLT, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER, IN MARSEILLE: There is a bronze sculpture near the Vieux Port called Bleu de Chine. It depicts a man newly-arrived in Marseille, a case in his left hand. Much of his upper body is missing. He has no right arm and no stomach. England fans strolled past it in the afternoon sunshine before the match on their way to lunch. Some took pictures. Until last night, they might have regarded it as a symbol of their team, a team that has played like hollow men for too long. That all changed in the cauldron of the Stade Velodrome, though. That all changed when blindside flanker Tom Curry was sent off after just three minutes of England's opening World Cup tie against Argentina and the Pumas scented blood. ...read