Sport

How football found God

24 May 2025 9:00 am

Without wanting to sound like a refugee from the 1950s, it was a shame that last week’s Cup Final was…

The glorious sporting spectacle of snooker

10 May 2025 9:00 am

I’m not sure quite what Sir G. Boycott would have made of it, but the People’s Republic of Yorkshire was…

A football regulator would be an own goal

26 April 2025 9:00 am

It’s that time of the year again in football when the Championship sweeps all before it: it’s full of joy…

The Premier League is rubbish

12 April 2025 9:00 am

Of the 73,738 benighted souls who pitched up at Old Trafford on Sunday for the Manchester derby – presumably even…

Boxing belongs in the Olympics

29 March 2025 9:00 am

If there is anything more pointless than signing a five-year contract to be Emma Raducanu’s coach, it is the effort…

Angela Rayner’s war on Britain’s playing fields

15 March 2025 9:00 am

With the world on fire – not to mention large swathes of the North Sea – it is understandable that…

The real reason for Scotland’s Six Nations defeat

1 March 2025 9:00 am

The confused world of Duhan van der Merwe must seem more confused than usual after last weekend. The Scotland winger…

Emperor Trump and the spectacle of the Super Bowl

15 February 2025 9:00 am

It’s easy to not quite get the Super Bowl. What exactly is it: a sporting event, a music show, a…

Can anyone stop France in the Six Nations?

1 February 2025 9:00 am

Winter’s almost done and spring’s on the way. We can tell because the Six Nations is about to muscle into…

The unnecessary complexity of the World Test Championship

18 January 2025 9:00 am

Have you booked your tickets for the World Test Championship yet? Did you even know it’s on? What seemed like…

Could Thomas Tuchel be the one?

4 January 2025 9:00 am

You would have to be living a very sheltered life not to have noticed that the Premier League this season…