“have you ever played the game, ref?”

What was the first game you ever attended? Chelsea against Blackpool in 1971 when I was five. I went with my friend Phil and his older brother, who was about 15 or 16 and was looking after us for the

Wimbledon will look a little different this year. The prestigious tennis tournament held annually at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, or SW19, for those in the know, will, for the first t

It’s about the World Cup. That’s the target, ...

A few months after his 50th birthday, Gary Neville is in no danger of slowing down. Player, coach, manager, pundit, co-commentator, club owner, hotel and cafe owner, independent regulator backer, Labo

Looking back, it’s funny to think we might have picked berries from the same bush. In the summer of ’59, those blackberries proliferated to the rear of The Bend, the most unlovely corner of an unfashi

Pete Wright, chief umpire for the HPA, on chasing the perfect game and players who break the mould