Paul Linford

In a year which has seen the departures of so many iconic figures, it's hard to single people out for special mention, but as 2016 draws...

A good weekend's rugby-watching is practically the only thing that makes this time of the year bearable, so it's great that the Six ...

Credit where credit's due. While I got all excited about the return of King Kev to Tyneside last January, the UK Daily Pundit declared...

I will doubtless be following the Olympics over the next couple of weeks or so, but I doubt I will see anything that will enthrall me so muc...

The Monday after the end of Wimbledon always leaves me with a similar feeling to Twelfth Night. Something you look forward to all year has ...

Well, according to a Top 100 list of all-time Wimbledon champions in today's Times, she was. But are the men's and women's gam...

If it's true that Justine Henin is to retire from tennis as reported in two Belgian newspapers earlier today ( 4pm update: it is ) it...

Just time to say a belated farewell to Tim Henman following his final Davis Cup match on Saturday. Henman will of course be remembered p...

Iain Dale won't be watching the Rugby World Cup - his light-hearted explanation of why brightened up my Saturday morning and is well wo...

This is the first summer since 1971 in which I have not watched a single ball being bowled live in an England Test series. It's left me...

Today has been something of an ultimate Sunday. The sun has shone for what seems like the first time in weeks, enabling our little family t...

In the wake of another English cricketing humiliation, it's inevitable now that Duncan Fletcher will have to go. Even a relatively est...

For the benefit of those who missed it yesterday , here's blogger Richard Bailey's compelling verdict on why Andrew Flintoff should ...

You know you must be getting on a bit when the people who were your boyhood sporting icons start dying off, and Bob Woolmer was one such. ...

I can't say I am hugely surprised by England's 5-0 Ashes whitewash, given the clear gulf in ability between the two teams and the mi...

"It will all be over by Christmas," they said when World War One broke out in August 1914. It wasn't, of course, but the 2006 ...

That was my wife's instant reaction last night on the announcement of Zara Phillips as Sports Personality of the Year , and I don't...

It seems I am not the only "political" blogger to be diversifying into cricket coverage in the wake of England's Ashes flop. T...

It seems that Andy Robinson is now seeing out his last hours as England Rugby Coach following the team's dreadful performances in the a...

As even a visitor from the Planet Xandon would know by now, The Ashes get under way tomorrow, with Australia seeking to wrest back the urn ...