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A fan’s loyalty is unwavering – unlike the players they support
Life is about endless upheavals, but some – like Harry Kane in lederhosen – are hard to take.
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The cruelty of cricket
Nick Compton had talent and a famous name, but the unforgiving sport both hid and exacerbated his insecurities.
By The Lionesses won’t sleep tonight
Even with the Prem to distract me, I am still anxious about how the England women’s team are coping.
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What the Lionesses taught us
How fitting, how healing, if it had been women who ended English football’s 57 years of hurt.
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Why doesn’t football love Keir Starmer?
Talking about the game only makes the Labour leader and politicians look dumb.
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Watching Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon, I witnessed something startlingly new
From ball one the 20-year-old was in ebullient battle mode – tearing up the grass and flipping defiant defence into…
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Lindi Ngwenya: “Women football agents are as cut-throat as the men”
The trailblazing agent is dedicated to nurturing talent from across the world – and supporting her rising stars in the…
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How Dele Alli exposed the trauma that accompanies success in elite sport
We are increasingly discovering the mental cost of the pressure the sports industry places on its stars.
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Why cricket is the most moving art
It is complex and it is gladiatorial – yet farce and comedy are never far away during even the most…
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When war comes to Wimbledon
As Russian competitors return to SW19, the Ukrainian player Sergiy Stakhovsky continues to fight on the front line.
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How sport explains Thatcher’s Britain
The commerce, scandal and violence of sport in the 1980s was a reflection of a ruthlessly individualist society.
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A battle for the soul of English cricket
When the former Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racism, resignations and inquiries followed. Has anything changed?
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On the Trumpist front lines of the Saudi golf takeover
At Donald Trump’s golf club in Virginia, I watched new money hijack a venerable sport.
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Guardiola’s idealism is evaporating amid Man City’s dogged pursuit of victory
The manager’s legacy in the world of football is unrivalled but, one by one, the aspects that made him easy…
By It’s been a dramatic season, but its high point is still to come: Carlisle vs Stockport at Wembley
Man City’s Ederson kicks off the long-awaited, much coveted 27th annual The Fan Awards…
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First we canonised Emma Raducanu – then we hounded her off the tennis court
Since her US Open victory, the 20-year-old has been pursued by a hurricane of hype not remotely of her own…
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How English cricket disappeared
This year’s Wisden chronicles and fights back against the destruction of the summer game.
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Sporting protest terrifies those in power because history tends to prove it right
Campaigners recognise that sport can smash through the fourth wall in a way politics and debate never can.
By In football even the lowliest clubs have their time in the sun, however brief
In August 1974, Carlisle United were top of the First Division. Fans still reminisce over when their lads stuffed one…
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