Sports
Going deep on the river
Make no mistake, the boat race is a blood sport
Payton’s place as an icon
Sweet dreams are made of this
All right on the night
The enchanted world of nocturnal football
Hymns and arias
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
Winning and losing
Emma Raducanu is a worthy winner of SPOTY — but will she continue her impressive rise?
Chairman of the board
Magnus Carlsen’s recent triumph proves chess is a dynamic sport
Crisis at the crease
We need a new mission to save English cricket from the men in suits
Top ten sporting moments of 2021
Three months after taking her A-levels, Raducanu won a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set
Hopes turn to Ashes
At this year’s series, bubbles will mean not Veuve Clicquot but protocols designed to ensure that the ball is all anyone catches Down Under
The ECB fails to deliver
A horrible split is emerging in the English game where one side fears the other is deliberately plotting the destruction of county cricket