Spectator sport
Big trouble upstream
At a wedding a few years back a very gloomy looking guest, a well-known Geordie actor as it happens, arrived…
Unimpressed by the Root cause
Those who occupy them sometimes say that the only two jobs that matter in England are Chief of the Defence…
Unimpressed by the Root cause
Those who occupy them sometimes say that the only two jobs that matter in England are Chief of the Defence…
Ten questions of sport
1. Can anyone explain why England wore dark blue, not white, for the autumn international against Argentina, just as they…
Ten questions of sport
1. Can anyone explain why England wore dark blue, not white, for the autumn international against Argentina, just as they…
Abandon dope, all ye who enter here
The World Anti-Doping Agency has just called on Russia to confront its wrongdoing and generally shape up. Well, good luck…
Abandon dope, all ye who enter here
The World Anti-Doping Agency has just called on Russia to confront its wrongdoing and generally shape up. Well, good luck…
Football’s new Special One
Jurgen or José: compare and contrast (and please write on as many sides of the paper as possible). Is there…
Football’s new Special One
Jurgen or José: compare and contrast (and please write on as many sides of the paper as possible). Is there…
Allardyce’s sacking was not just
The other day Sam Allardyce was photographed with Sir Alex Ferguson at a Manchester United Champions League match at Old…
Allardyce’s sacking was not just
The other day Sam Allardyce was photographed with Sir Alex Ferguson at a Manchester United Champions League match at Old…
The waning of Wayne
As the final chords of the Wagnerian epic that is ‘The Dropping of Wayne Rooney’ fade away, we can leave…
The waning of Wayne
As the final chords of the Wagnerian epic that is ‘The Dropping of Wayne Rooney’ fade away, we can leave…
Eddie Howe for England
The name of Jozef Venglos won’t mean much to most of us apart from a few Aston Villa completists with…
Eddie Howe for England
The name of Jozef Venglos won’t mean much to most of us apart from a few Aston Villa completists with…
This looks like the greatest rugby side ever
British Lions fans of anervous disposition should avoid the telly of a Saturday morning. Live before your very eyes, as…
This looks like the greatest rugby side ever
British Lions fans of anervous disposition should avoid the telly of a Saturday morning. Live before your very eyes, as…
Club cricketers: Zimbabwe needs you
Make sure you tell everybody about Zimbabwe,’ said the lady at our block of flats in suburban Harare as we…
Club cricketers: Zimbabwe needs you
Make sure you tell everybody about Zimbabwe,’ said the lady at our block of flats in suburban Harare as we…
Our (nearly) golden summer
It seems like a long time ago, but back in the day, when Sir John Major launched the National Lottery,…
Our (nearly) golden summer
It seems like a long time ago, but back in the day, when Sir John Major launched the National Lottery,…
A gold standard of cheating
With the Olympics almost upon us our thoughts turn inexorably to the art of cheating. And while we should deplore…
A gold standard of cheating
With the Olympics almost upon us our thoughts turn inexorably to the art of cheating. And while we should deplore…
Way off track
What’s going on with athletics? Do you know anything that’s happened in the sport this year? Has a sport ever…
Way off track
What’s going on with athletics? Do you know anything that’s happened in the sport this year? Has a sport ever…
