Sport
Struggles of an ageing matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once