Emiliano Sala: season's saddest saga shines light on game's dark places | Barney Ronay

Cardiff striker's death continues to cast its shadow, a tragedy revealing much about football's unseemly financial wrangles and middlemen. It has some distance left to run yet With an hour to go before kick-off on a lovely soft spring day, the Cardiff City Stadium is still a low-fi kind of place. Cardiff need to win their final home game against Crystal Palace to have any hope of extending their stay in the world's richest league beyond a single, spirited season. But there is, if anything, an ab...