MARTIN SAMUEL: Boris Johnson's quarantine rules are made to be broken
Daily MailWell, quarantine didn't last long. It had obviously been pointed out that his new rules would spell the end of this year's British Grand Prix, which would probably take place at Hockenheim, in Germany, instead. From the decision to hold the Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool's match against Atletico Madrid, to Johnson's close contact at England's Six Nations fixture with Wales on March 8, to the way football has been consistently used as a distraction by mendacious politicians, sport and our attitude to it has been a major player throughout this crisis. The International Transfer Certificate makes him Cardiff's man, and a FIFA ruling last September stated it was clearly the club's intention to register him with the Premier League, and only their administrative failings prevented formal completion. Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki is not the man to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga Punters taken for a ride It is the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches on Monday, French horseracing's equivalent of the 1,000 Guineas.