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England players celebrate a wicket as they battle Australia during the Women’s Ashes in Taunton (Getty)

Why women shouldn’t play Test cricket

27 July 2019 9:00 am

The name Cameron Delport might not be immediately familiar, but his exploits last week could mean more for the future…

Gareth Bale’s megabucks are not a pretty sight

2 June 2018 9:00 am

I must have missed the memo when it became compulsory for major football matches to operate as a marketing opportunity…

Diary

21 June 2014 8:00 am

Could there be a more timely advert for the Better Together campaign than on the field of sport? What the…

All change at the top

16 November 2013 9:00 am

In sport, as in life, you just don’t know where you stand any more. Look at the Premier League: no…

The best of times, the worst of times

2 November 2013 9:00 am

The comic book Asterix in Switzerland is full of joys, not least the many jokes about Swiss obsessions with tidiness…

Speculation season

10 August 2013 9:00 am

It’s been a long, hot, soccerless holiday. There has been football about — the women’s European Championship, for example, and…