Wigan’s Leon Barnett, left, celebrates after scoring

The life expectancy of a manager in the Championship is now between eight and 10 months, which is only marginally better than an officer in the trenches on the Western Front.

i Newspaper
 
TheIPaper
The Independent around the web
E-break Time
Independent Crossword
Grant Holt celebrates scoring his first goal for new club Wigan

Barnsley 0 Wigan 4 match report: Wigan early leaders as both Grant Holt and Leon Barnett score on their debut for Latics against 10-man Tykes

FA Cup hero Ben Watson opened the scoring for recently relegated Wigan, with Shaun Maloney completed the comfortable victory at Oakwell as Dale Jennings is sent off

Grant Holt celebrates scoring his first goal for new club Wigan
Harry Redknapp faces a challenge in getting QPR back to the Premier League

Championship 2013/14 preview: Can Harry Redknapp drag QPR back up or will FA Cup holders return to the big time?

A brief look at this season's SkyBet Championship which gets underway on Saturday

Jesse Lingard in action of Manchester United's pre-season tour

Manchester United: Who needs Wayne Rooney when you've got Jesse Lingard...

The Manchester United youngster has taken their pre-season tour of Asia by storm scoring four goals in four games

Wayne Rooney was frustrated for a large part of last season

Transfer news: David Moyes reiterates that Wayne Rooney will not leave Manchester United and sets August 6 as his return date

Striker has been out of action with a hamstring injury while Jose Mourinho has expressed significant interest in signing the England international

The Sport Matrix: Tuesday 23 July 2013

Australia dealt another blow with Pattinson injury

Here’s Jonny: Jonny Brownlee (right) won in Hamburg

Sport In Brief: England suffer whitewash at hands of Black Ferns

England’s women rugby union side crashed to a 3-0 series whitewash in New Zealand after losing their final tour game in Pukekohe yesterday.

Callum McManaman

Football Association amend ruling to allow retrospective action

Under new ruling, FA will be able to punish clashes that match officials are not in a position to witness

Joel Robles of Wigan Athletic celebrates victory

Joel Robles relishing competition with Tim Howard after completing move to Everton

The 23-year-old joins on a five-year contract from Atletico Madrid

Joel Robles of Wigan Athletic celebrates victory

Antolin Alcaraz and Joel Robles arrive at Everton as Roberto Martinez raids former club Wigan

Arouna Koné has also moved to Goodison Park

Antolin Alcaraz

Antolin Alcaraz joins Everton: Roberto Martinez signs his second player from Wigan

Striker Arouna Kone joined the Toffees yesterday

Arouna Kone has agreed a £5m three year deal with Everton

Roberto Martinez delighted after bringing Arouna Kone to Everton

The striker joined from Wigan in a £5m deal

Falling flat: Norwich striker Grant Holt has scored six League goals this season against 15 last time around

From the bottom to the top, Norwich City striker Grant Holt steps down again to move to Wigan Athletic

The story of the English striker is one of the more remarkable in modern times

Aroune Kone
Career Services

Day In a Page

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end