British Sport

Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages

The first day of the season at Lord’s isn’t really about cricket

The staccato clatter of wooden seats: a thundering drumbeat that vibrates direct to the heart

The club needs consistency, not the constant psychodrama of play-off hopes followed by relegation fears

Georgia is growing in crediblitiy as a rugby power

FA rules this season protect poor over-stretched bigger clubs with huge squads and budgets

Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules

A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit

Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties

In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead