From an eternally-packed Twickenham to the queues snaking around Lord’s, Wimbledon and Wembley. From American advances on the Premier League to hordes of children around the world proudly wearing shirts of Premier League teams. There may be the sense that this country is going to hell in a handcart, but sport in the UK is … Read more
After promising to smile more and relinquishing the wicketkeeper’s gloves, the decision to drop himself back down the order appears to be a last throw of the dice in Jos Buttler’s bid to revitalise his England captaincy. Sporting a fresh hair cut on Friday in explaining the logic behind the latest tinkering, he did his … Read more
England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth has told Sky Sports that France playmaker Antoine Dupont is the ‘Patrick Mahomes of rugby’ ahead of Les Bleus visiting Allianz Stadium in the Six Nations. Dupont, who did not play in last year’s Six Nations in order to prioritise sevens and Olympic gold at the Paris Games, was back … Read more
Muhammad Ali’s last ever knockout victory came against Bradford scaffolder Richard Dunn. When the fight happened in 1976, the American icon was 34 years of age and well into his second reign as heavyweight king. 5 Dunn was Ali’s final knockout victimCredit: Getty Two years prior, in 1974, Ali had beaten George Foreman to reclaim … Read more
It’s fair to say the Chicago Bears’ Thursday Night Football game against the Seattle Seahawks was a bit of a dud. Seattle came through the ugly contest 6-3 to keep their playoff hopes alive while condemning Chicago to their ninth straight defeat. 6 No.1 overall pick Caleb Williams has endured a rough rookie season in … Read more
As someone who routinely donned disguises to avoid off-the-scale adulation, it’s no wonder the solitude of a week’s reset at the Vivamayr clinic appeals to Sachin Tendulkar. When you are the most famous sportsman India has produced, and still arguably the most well-known living Indian, me time is on ration, but it was here in … Read more