Roger Alton

Roger Alton is an executive editor at The Times. He writes the Spectator Sport column.

Lighting up with King Jack

19 October 2013 9:00 am

The more you see of Jack Wilshere, the more admirable he becomes. He seems to have taken wholeheartedly to fatherhood,…

Who’s really down under?

5 October 2013 9:00 am

This weekend is the final round of the southern hemisphere’s Rugby Championship, the best tournament outside the World Cup and…

$10 million nobodies

21 September 2013 9:00 am

Golf has reached the eye-watering end of the season in the United States. By Sunday night, one man in a…

Teenage dreams

24 August 2013 9:00 am

Were you still up, as they used to say about Portillo in the 1997 election, for Hedwall? It was well…

Speculation season

10 August 2013 9:00 am

It’s been a long, hot, soccerless holiday. There has been football about — the women’s European Championship, for example, and…

Can anyone save Aussie cricket?

27 July 2013 9:00 am

Insomniacs, invalids and cricket obsessives (step forward yours truly) were probably the only people who stumbled on it, but BBC4…

Murray’s mountain

13 July 2013 9:00 am

There’s nothing we old folk like more than a chat about how poorly all our friends and acquaintances are. This…