Bad behaviour
It would take a brave man to pick a fight with Roy Keane, and nobody could quarrel with his view…
Sharron Davies’s great victory
It’s been quite a while since we celebrated any of Sharron Davies’s considerable achievements in the pool – well, a…
Hammered by the French
Rejoice, as you don’t normally say after a hammering like the peerless French dished out to England at Twickenham. But…
A Test match for the ages
Readers of a certain vintage might be familiar with the work of J.A. (Charles) Cuddon, a teacher at Emanuel School…
Nice try, but England rugby could do better
The first two rounds of the Six Nations have exploded across the sporting landscape insuperlative – draining displays of skill…
Border wars
If you think the Calcutta Cup is just any old rugby match between England and Scotland, then the latest in…
See you at the rugby world cup, Eddie
Something is happening here, and you do know what it is, don’t you Mr Jones? Stargazers – and even some…
The spirit of Pele and Bobby Moore
Norwich City are a likeable club, and currently run by a pleasant-seeming bloke called Allan Russell. He used to be…
A true giant of the game
Few sights in the history of cricket have been more thrilling – or more terrifying for batsmen – than the…
Eddie Jones must go
So should he stay or should he go? That’s Eddie ‘I don’t really care what other people think’ Jones, currently…
Try, try and try again
This column may have been somewhat negative about the future of rugby recently – so how cheering to report a…
The future of sport is in the Middle East
When the burly honchos of the Rugby League World Cup gushed about taking the game to new heights, no one…
State of the union
Dear oh dear, as exasperated kings are known to murmur – just look at the state of rugby union. But…
English rugby needs rescuing
Make no mistake: the game of rugby, which many of us love so much, is in serious trouble: it will…
The big beast from the far north
Don’t bother watching those gazillion-dollar TV prequels to The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones. Who needs gratuitous…
All the world’s a cricket pitch
So farewell to cricket’s The Hundred tournament, or what seemed by the end to be beefy South Africans in ‘Butterkist’…
The return to Flushing Meadow
British tennis fans famously only acknowledge the sport exists for a couple of weeks in the middle of summer in…
Another supremo comes in to bat
Well alleluia, English cricket doesn’t seem able to put a foot wrong these days. After hitting three cherries with Rob…
I’ve seen the future of motor racing, and it’s quiet
Are petrolheads’ days numbered? I only ask because having just been introduced to the quiet, petrol-less world of Formula E,…
How Kyrgios saved Wimbledon
What separates this year’s ‘empty seats on centre court’ scandal from every other year’s ‘empty seats on centre court’ scandal?…
Mountains to climb
That great Frenchman the Marquis de Sade would have been justly proud of the Tour de France had he lived…
Who knew Test cricket could be like this?
Test cricket, bloody hell! For years, it’s been getting the last rites – now it’s the most exciting way anyone…
Rob Burrow is in a league of his own
What a privilege the other night to see Rob Burrow, the Rugby League legend, win Autobiography of the Year at…
The only way is up for England’s cricketers
The timing of Brendon McCullum’s appointment as England’s Test match coach couldn’t be better for him, or for the matey…
The rise and rise of women’s sport
You might have missed this but something very big is happening in women’s sport. The sheer numbers watching are sensational:…
