The shocking news from the weekend concerning yet more allegations involving Pakistani cricketers is a desperate shame for all involved, from the England team whose win at Lords wrapped... Read more >>
One of the more unedifying moments of the sporting weekend was the reaction of some of the beaten athletes in Berlin after Caster Semenya won the 800 metres... Read more >>
They came to simply enjoy themselves but put six, high-achieving sportsmen and women togetherĀ on a race track and the competitive juices quickly begin to show.
It was good to see my old mucker Anthony McGrath scoring a quality, unbeaten ton yesterday for Yorkshire with an innings described in today's media as one of... Read more >>
Friday nights down at the Palace didn't mean an invitation from the Queen but an evening spent at the home of British athletics. Twenty years ago, even fifteen... Read more >>
Tyson Gay's 100 metres win over Usain Bolt last week in Stockholm was just the result world athletics needed after two breathless years of Bolt domination.
Ask Mo Farah about winning the 10K/5K double at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona and the Somalian-born British long-distance star is understandably excited. Ask "Fly Mo" about his... Read more >>
One of the most haunting songs by "The Verve" is, of course, "The Drugs Don't Work" and never does this statement ring more true than today with the... Read more >>
Bradley Wiggins has a reassuring view about his Tour de France efforts that finished last week with a 24th place in General Classification. It's not that 24th is... Read more >>
Just back from a glorious Saturday night in Barcelona where Mo Farah, Dai Greene and especially Jessica EnnisĀ confirmed that British athletics is back on track after a lean... Read more >>