England and Australia resume their Ashes cricket rivalry this morning. Here, we separate some facts from common fictions surrounding the series 1, It&…
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Category: Sports digest
Edinburgh awarded world title event
Record entries for historic Henley
From Henley Royal Regatta The 160th Henley Royal Regatta has attracted a top-flight entry amongst its 468 crews from 15 nations racing in 19 events, i…
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Sharapova and the curse of the cover star
From Mark Hodgkinson, Daily Telegraph For celebrities, there is the curse of Hello! magazine, as a number of couples have invited photographers into t…
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Erich Honecker: My part in his downfall
Twenty years ago, international sport – and the map of Europe – was very different. PHILIP BARKER remembers being the only British journal…
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Rafa Nadal and the “true” grand slam
The brow furrows, and the eyebrows, as if tugged by separate strings, rise and fall as though startled by each other. Rafa Nadal, the French Open cham…
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Why did the BBC give Christie an easy ride?
STEVEN DOWNES found the latest edition of Inside Sport less than frank There is a chance that the increasingly vacuous Inside Sport could become a bit…
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Media coverage prompts complaint from Millwall
Millwall football club has criticised the press coverage of the 1-0 play-off victory against Leeds on Saturday, describing it as “highly sensati…
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Hatton’s career ended by Manny Pacquiao
SJA member KEVIN MITCHELL was ringside in Las Vegas for The Guardian yesterday. Here he assesses Manny Pacquiao’s impact on Ricky Hatton…
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Racing Post – punters’, or the bookies’, friend?
SJA committee member DAVID WELCH has launched a blog on his company’s website. In his latest entry, he examines the coverage of this month’…
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