Sport
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…
Leagues apart
How to watch real football
Stress Test
The Ashes has become too much for some cricket fans
A summer of thrillers
Great sport needs great rivalries, and that is why anyone with a pulse must celebrate being in the throes of…
In a Barbie world
Cosmetic surgery is booming thanks to social media
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…
Anyone for padel?
The fast-growing racquet sport serving up a challenge to tennis
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…
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…
Unreality shows
The blurred lines between sport and entertainment
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…
Why football needs a regulator
Plans by the government to introduce a regulator to the football industry – endorsed by all Westminster parties just a…
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’…
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…
The (occasional) joy of being a QPR fan
I made my way to Loftus Road on Saturday for QPR’s first home fixture of the season. We’ve got a…
Slippery slope
Runaway inflation is proving costly for Turkey’s oil wrestlers
Mountains to climb
That great Frenchman the Marquis de Sade would have been justly proud of the Tour de France had he lived…
What took you so long, Seb Coe?
There’s a left-wing internet advocacy group called 38 Degrees which suggests to its followers that all they have to do…
Basketball talk
On the cover of The Sidekick, just below a broken basketball hoop, a quote from Jonathan Lethem suggests Benjamin Markovits…
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…
