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…
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…
