The allure of bullfighting
For the six days in April, the Maestranza ring in Seville is the centre of the bullfighting world. During one…
Do the best cricketers have to play Test cricket?
England opener Ben Duckett had a miserable winter. His most memorable contribution to the Ashes tour was not his 202…
The Hundred still has a problem with Pakistani cricketers
Throwing open the Hundred to foreign investment was intended to attract more elite players, boost attendances and position it as…
The Premier League is not boring
In the Premier League this season, the number of open-play goals, shots and passes are all the lowest in years.…
India are becoming unbeatable in T20 cricket
India are very likely to win the T20 World Cup that they are currently co-hosting with Sri Lanka. They won…
Is it over for the Old Firm?
For 40 years Glasgow has held the power in Scottish football. Since Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen won the league in 1985,…
Can Arteta hold his nerve?
The second half of the Premier League season is brimming with stories and subplots. Hundreds of players are hoping to…
Australia’s cricket was just too good
The longest postscript in sport is finally over. On the eve of the first Ashes test, which began on 21…
The circus of the Joshua-Paul boxing fight
‘The numbers are putrid, to say the least,’ harrumphed commentator Maura Ranallo at the start of the fourth round of…
The sickness at the heart of boxing
After 30 years as a boxing correspondent, Donald McRae has seen enough, angered by the lies, dope, inadequate safety protocols and lure of Saudi sponsorship
The sheer drudgery of professional tennis
The most surprising thing about Conor Niland’s bruising account of his tennis career is that he emerges with his sanity intact
The secret of success in Formula 1
For decades, competitive advantage depended on finding loopholes in the sport’s rule book – and no one knew that better than the British entrepreneur Bernie Ecclestone
Slippery stuff
As humans, we are supposed to have an aversion to slime. It should repel us. Objects and organisms that might…
