Spectator sport
English cricket doesn’t travel well
It’s a tricky old time for cricket. The collapse of England’s World Cup white-ballers – and how they have managed…
It’s a blessing that England didn’t make the rugby World Cup final
In the days when Spitting Image was funny it featured a song called ‘I’ve Never Met A Nice South African’.…
Bend it like Biles
Has there ever been an athlete, male or female, quite like Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time? She…
Will the US catch the birdie?
At last the Ryder Cup is here – well, in Rome – and with it Europe’s biennial chance to stick…
The man who won’t go away
‘What are you still doing here?’ joked Daniil Medvedev to Novak Djokovic after their US Open tennis final – a…
England just need to have fun
So the end is near… or it certainly will be soon if England’s rugby players carry on trying to do…
Are the Red Roses due a routing?
England’s preparation for the upcoming rugby World Cup is beginning to look like a slow-motion car crash, after two pathetic…
Test of time
And they said Test cricket was in its death throes! This epic, attention-grabbing, emotion-wringing Ashes series ended in the last…
A summer of thrillers
Great sport needs great rivalries, and that is why anyone with a pulse must celebrate being in the throes of…
If you thought Lord’s was rowdy…
Shouldn’t we all just calm down a bit after Lord’s? Once prime ministers decide to intervene, you know things have…
Why we all need an Ollie Robinson
It’s a long way from Edgbaston to Karachi, but that’s where my thoughts were turning after Australia’s last-gasp victory in…
Football bosses must carry the can
If you couldn’t watch the Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma, then you should count yourself fortunate. It was…
Is Uefa just useless – or is it worse than that?
It’s not clear how many readers of this journal will be affected, but anyone planning a stag weekend in Prague…
Can Raducanu rally?
Who can turn lying on a hospital gurney into a photo op? Emma Raducanu can, of course – beaming as…
Man of the moment – or not
What’s not to love about David de Gea? Manchester United’s goalkeeper might appear to have it all: a humongous salary,…
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…
