In World Snooker Championship week I went on a night out with six-time world champion turned techno DJ Steve Davis, and had a lot of fun.
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This just arrived in the post Ben Bloom . Congrats. Looking forward to reading it.

Guv's Call | Ben talked to Matt Majendie from the The Standard about the campaign so far and named his biggest critic 😆
#AmericasCup #AC37
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“Everyone was saying, ‘Oh, your chin...’ and then I got f****ing knocked out in the third round.'

Enjoyed speaking to Joe Joyce ahead of his return to the ring tomorrow night against Kash Ali.

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I've spent much of the last five months investigating why unprecedented numbers of mainly young protesters have been imprisoned for riot in Bristol 👇theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

At the most uncertain time in English cricket’s long history, I’ve written a book on the domestic game’s precarious state, civil wars and worrying future.

Batting For Time: The Fight To Keep English Cricket Alive (out on March 25): linktr.ee/BattingForTime

This week Sir Chris Hoy and Matt Majendie are joined on the podcast by England fast bowler Mark Wood on the eve of the first Test against India. No shortage of sporting misadventures including possibly the worst review in cricket history.

Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge taking place this afternoon - youtube.com/watch?v=uGRZTW…. Well worth a watch. Lucky enough to witness it in the flesh in the past. Cue shameless book plug... amazon.co.uk/Nazar%C3%A9-Li…

My tribute to a friend, an exemplar of a sports journalist, the brilliant Mike Dickson of the Daily Mail.

Mike Dickson obituary: Jonathan McEvoy pays an emotional tribute to Mail Sport's legendary tennis correspondent who tragically died aged 59 covering the Australian Open

✍️ Jonathan McEvoy

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Season 2 of Sporting Misadventures with Sir Chris Hoy is out today. We've got a cracking line-up of guests. First up is Rob Auton , whose UK Tour gets under way at the Soho Theatre in London on Monday. Have a listen... pod.link/1680181306.

New Year ✅new haircut ✅new contract 🔜 Maro Itoje tells Standard Sport how a fresh start and a fresh trim does not necessarily mean a change of scene. Interview here: shorturl.at/fzOT8

Bit of personal news. Moving on from Daily Mirror after 25 years as rugby union, athletics and Olympics correspondent. What an honour it’s been. Thanks for your support. Not close to being done. Looking forward to what’s next.

“I don’t think we want to be important for one month - we all deserve more than that.”

Interview with Sergio Garcia on an IPL role for LIV, the significance of Jon Rahm's move, and his hopes of making a Ryder Cup return

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News! The Times and Sunday Times has a new chief literary critic - and I’m delighted to say it’s me. Congratulations to @robbiemillen who will rule over the seven-day operation with the brilliantly talented Laura Hackett and Susie Goldsbrough. I’ll continue to run Young Writer Award.

A big thank you to the Sunday Times for picking Nazaré as one of its sports books of the year.

“I think a lot about Gary Speed. He had the best family and friends in the world. A close friend of mine. I don’t know why that happened, but you have to talk to people. I didn’t for far too long.’

An interview with the excellent Chris Kamara

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EXCLUSIVE Thomas Frank interview

He reveals he has rejected recent job offers, says #BrentfordFC are one of the best-run clubs in the world, and discusses Ivan Toney's future.
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