Laureus Awards 2013: Ennis, Murray and Coe bring triple British glory
In a great wave of Olympic afterglow, a trio of Britons who headlined London 2012 have taken major prizes at the Laureus World Sport Awards…
Squash 2020: Indian cricket and England rugby latest to back bid
If the diversity and quality of a sport’s supporters are any measure of success, then squash looks well on the way to fulfilling the dream…
Murray and Federer quick to welcome tennis’s biological passport
Against of growing chorus of encouragement from within its ranks—most vociferously Andy Murray and Roger Federer—tennis is set to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme…
Tottenham 2 Arsenal 1: Lessons learned as Spurs out-gun their rivals
Criminal defending undoes Arsenal’s hard work After a promising start in which Tottenham were rarely afforded a sight on goal by a well-organised Arsenal back-four,…
Roger Federer celebrates 888, but it has little to do with luck
There is certainly a nice neatness to it. With his victory over Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Roger…
Djokovic, Federer, Del Potro and Berdych: In pictures and quotes
So the prestigious, award-winning, $2m Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are down to the last eight, and each of the quarter-finals has its allotted seed.…
Shanghai, Dubai and Bastad claim top ATP tournament awards – again!
Timing is everything, and with the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in full swing when the ATP announced the winners of its tournament awards for…
Dubai? Grand Slam? No1? For Roger Federer, ‘anything is possible’
By almost any measure, it would be hard to describe the 24-carat life of Roger Federer tough—and with good reason. Gifted the kind of talent…
Bradford 0 Swansea 5: Lessons learned as Laudrup’s men win in style
Laudrup’s Dyer decision Nathan Dyer hasn’t been first-choice for Swansea City this season, starting just 17 of their 26 Premier League games. Michael Laudrup has…
Man United’s Sir Alex light-years ahead of Mancini in psychological stakes
With the Premier League taking a backseat this weekend, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson still managed to get one over his Manchester City adversary,…
Nicol David courts Roger Federer in squash’s 2020 Olympic bid
The collision of stars that took place behind the scenes at the ABN AMRO tennis event in Rotterdam could do no harm at all to…
The ‘strong and vulnerable’ Esther Vergeer calls time on unbeaten career
The end, when it came, had a certain matter-of-fact brevity. The most successful champion and one of the most admired individuals in sport tweeted: “Very…
Man United’s De Gea unfairly targeted as seasoned pros like Reina struggle
David De Gea bounced back from a turbulent period with an impressive display in Manchester United’s 1-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday as another Spanish…
Australian Open 2013: Big-hearted David Ferrer heads to top four
So commonplace has the shorthand phrase ‘the Big Four’ become in talk of the best known quartet in tennis—Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and…
Squash reinvents itself to target 2020 Olympics
When the fast-growing sport of squash missed out on selection to join the Olympics first for London 2012 and then, in 2009, for Rio 2016…
Goodbye London, Hello Rio: The sporting world moves to Brazil
Say London 2012, and sporting images flood the memory banks. First, a torch relay passed the Olympic flame between 8,000 runners and drew millions to…