That's me and Murali. Between us we have 800 Test wickets. Assistant Sport Editor at @thetimes + occasional NFL scribe. Formerly an award-losing racing writer.
⚽️ Our brilliant @TimesSport 64-page World Cup booklet is out today - it’s loads of fun and an essential coffee table companion for the next few weeks. Well worth buying a paper today!
"Spygate" is my lowest moment in 20+ years supporting Southampton.
The lack of clarity is troubling. Accusations of blatant cheating have been belittled. A lovely season feels tainted.
This all creates apathy, and that's worse than losing.
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🗣️ "Every year the UK’s love of American football grows, but Traore’s selection in the fifth round of the draft represents a line in the sand. The beginning of something bigger"
Why drafting of London-born tight end is NFL landmark for UK
✍️ @paddyvb
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No, @zikotraore isn't the first Brit to go to the NFL... but his selection by the @MiamiDolphins is a watershed moment for the UK production line that led him there
✍️ for @thetimes with thanks to @KrisDurham16
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The Times and Sunday Times swept to five titles at last night's @SportSJA awards, with the Sunday Times retaining the crown as Newspaper of the Year. The honours list also included five silver and two bronze awards
Congratulations to all our winners:
🥇Sunday Times (Newspaper of the Year);🥈The Times
🥇Jonathan Northcroft (Football Journalist)
🥇Mike Atherton (Cricket Journalist); 🥈Simon Wilde
🥇Martyn Ziegler (News Reporter); 🥈Matt Lawton
🥇Hamzah Khalique-Loonat (Data Journalist)
🥈David Walsh (Feature Writer long form)
🥈Tom Kershaw (Specialist Correspondent)
🥉Alex Lowe (Rugby Journalist)
🥉Owen Slot (Columnist)
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🏈 NFL Draft: No1 pick who played ‘Atomic Bowl’ in ruins of Nagasaki
Fernando Mendoza will be latest Heisman winner taken first overall in Thursday’s Draft, but the story of Angelo Bertelli, the first to do so, stands in league of its own
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WISDEN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR 2025
This brilliant photograph of Harmanpreet Kaur – and the fans watching her in the World Cup final – is our overall winner, and was taken by @mattlewispix. This is his third award: he also won in 2014 and 2022.
@hi3ut@M0lly_Writes@Amanda_kisses Not sure about made up - but it seems likely that his ego was bruised and he inferred some malicious intent that wasn't there. Maybe the reporter just smiled because he thought MV's initial response was amusing?