Roy Collins, former chief sports writer at Today and The People, has died. His friend, and one-time flat mate, PAUL WEAVER pays a very personal tribut…
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Sport Acuity’s digital triathlon company Tri247 appoints Jonathan Turner editorial director
Digital sports journalist Jonathan Turner, one of the founding editors of sportinglife.com, is the new editorial director of digital triathlon company…
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Behind the mask of racial identity: White Thinking by World Cup winner Thuram
By JON BATHAM, SJA committee member Lilian Thuram’s ‘White Thinking’ is a challenging, complex, academic and at times distinctly uncomfortable r…
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Fleet Street veteran Miller pens book for children’s charity Starlight Foundation
DAVID MILLER, former chief sports correspondent of The Express and subsequently The Times, has chosen his 50 biggest sporting names for a book which w…
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Son of BBC’s voice of rugby Nigel Starmer-Smith pens top ten hit with proceeds to dementia charities
By JON RYAN, former sports editor Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday and a close friend of Nigel Starmer-Smith The figure lying in the cot bed…
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In a single, elegant phrase, Lacey had ended the argument. It was an enviable trick…
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA President, pays tribute to friend David Lacey, former Guardian football correspondent, who has died age 83 At a critical stage of…
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Simply phenomenal: The story of multi-winning record-breaking trainer Mark Johnston
By PATRICK COLLINS (SJA President) On August 23, 2018, a 20-1 outsider named Poet’s Society won a modest handicap at York. And British horse racing …
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Celebration of Martin Johnson’s life on October 14
A celebration of Martin Johnson’s life is to be held in The Clubhouse at Leicester Tigers Welford Road, on Thursday 14th October from noon. Mart…
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Pocket-sized but Football Annual packs a big punch
By ERIC BROWN In the year it first appeared the Marquess of Salisbury was Prime Minister, Queen Victoria ruled and Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albi…
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RIP Martin Leach: a son’s special tribute
A personal tribute to Martin Leach (12 Feb 1938 – 03 Sept 2021) by Matthew Leach Martin Leach (pictured left), my father, friend, and national n…
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