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Chief Sport Writer on The Times

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Joined February 2010
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For this week’s Unseen Gallery, Times photographers @MarcAspland and @BradleyOrmesher travelled to Highbury (not that one), the Emirates and plenty in between. 🔗 Link in the thread below to see more
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My column on sport in the VHS era, “101 Best Tries” and did greedy Gareth steal the greatest try ever from John Bevan thetimes.com/article/1ee8471…
Why I tracked down stars from 40-year-old try compilation VHS

Why I tracked down stars from 40-year-old try compilation VHS

From Tadayuki Ito to Alastair McHarg, 101 Best Tries preserved rugby heroes in video-box aspic — long before highlights were lost to the content deluge

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My column on sport in the VHS era, “101 Best Tries” and did greedy Gareth steal the greatest try ever from John Bevan thetimes.com/article/1ee8471…
Why I tracked down stars from 40-year-old try compilation VHS

Why I tracked down stars from 40-year-old try compilation VHS

From Tadayuki Ito to Alastair McHarg, 101 Best Tries preserved rugby heroes in video-box aspic — long before highlights were lost to the content deluge

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Sir Elton John & Women's FA Cup first round feature in @TimesSport unseen @harpenden_twfc @ChesterfieldFCW thetimes.com/article/liverpo…
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Tom Kershaw@trlkershawOct 23
Been fortunate to have some amazing experiences in this job, but caddying for Laurie Canter in India was up there with the very best. Visa issues, storms, 4am starts, vomiting, broken bibs, shame, glory, and peacocks. We had it all. What a wild ride. thetimes.com/sport/golf/arti…
My week as a caddie on the pro tour

My week as a caddie on the pro tour

Carrying bag for Laurie ‘The Kettle’ Canter at the $4m DP World Tour event in India shows our correspondent Tom Kershaw the reality of life as a ‘rat’

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For all their efforts, Man City still don’t make it to the top of my list of sport’s all time biggest cheats thetimes.com/article/ac00d73…
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Sleeping giants are supposed to wake up. At least at some point. In Wakefield, they thought the metaphor had broken
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Backed by Sir Kevin Sinfield, Chris Kamara and 1960s legends, biggest city in England without a pro football team chases fairytale first Super League title on Saturday | ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/rugby-lea…
Glory days return to Wakefield — with a little help from Sinfield Jr

Glory days return to Wakefield — with a little help from Sinfield Jr

Backed by Sir Kevin Sinfield, Chris Kamara and 1960s legends, biggest city in England without a pro football team chases fairytale first Super League title on Saturday

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From East Germany’s doping of 10,000 children to a brazen ‘intellectual disability’ fraud, the list of dastardly acts of deception goes far beyond rule-breaking ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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Man City are English football’s biggest cheats — so strip the owners of the club ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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At Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo for @UEFA Nations League match between Norway & neighbours Denmark with the Viking @owenslot for @TimesSport unseen thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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Yesterday, with the elite GB swim team who set out to beat the cross Channel relay record held for 36 years by 6 Americans
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‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/swimming/…
‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record

‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record

Crack British team, hand-picked by triple gold-medallist Tom Dean, battle tides, waves (and jellyfish) as they try to better a time that has stood for 36 years

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Yesterday, with the elite GB swim team who set out to beat the cross Channel relay record held for 36 years by 6 Americans
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‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/swimming/…
‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record

‘It’s swimming’s Everest’ — how Olympians took on cross-Channel record

Crack British team, hand-picked by triple gold-medallist Tom Dean, battle tides, waves (and jellyfish) as they try to better a time that has stood for 36 years

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Why it should be possible to enjoy university sport without having to stand in a bin filled with other people's vomit. My column
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How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport Mandatory training and behaviour charters have been introduced to tackle the scourge of drinking games and obscene forfeits ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…
How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport

How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport

Mandatory training and behaviour charters have been introduced to tackle the scourge of drinking games and forfeits that are forcing youngsters away from teams

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Why it should be possible to enjoy university sport without having to stand in a bin filled with other people's vomit. My column
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How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport Mandatory training and behaviour charters have been introduced to tackle the scourge of drinking games and obscene forfeits ✍️ @owenslot thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…
How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport

How universities are trying to stop initiations that turn students off sport

Mandatory training and behaviour charters have been introduced to tackle the scourge of drinking games and forfeits that are forcing youngsters away from teams

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Inside South Africa’s enduring schoolboy doping crisis - @alexmlowe reports. thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…
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Something on Frank Lampard, Coventry and the two Messiahs
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Coventry falls hard for Frank Lampard on the pitch and in the pubs More from @owenslot ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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Marc Aspland@MarcAsplandAug 15
He can play but he can’t always hear: meet the oldest England team - Over 80's & Over 75's hockey team, feature by @owenslot @TimesSport thetimes.com/article/england…
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James Gheerbrant@JamesGheerbrantAug 9
This is such a good column by @DavidWalshST on Arsène Wenger's almost tragic arc: wise, self-critical and empathetic, but ultimately unsparing in its conclusion: thetimes.com/sport/cycling/a…
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Following a spot of trouble, this is my comeback column thetimes.com/article/a799157…
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Marc Aspland@MarcAsplandAug 4
Unseen gallery dedicated to former Sunday Times sports photographer Chris Smith. The legendary photographer, who died in June, delivered masterpieces full of drama and emotion. From Muhammad Ali to Seve Ballesteros, his iconic shots set the standard @TimesSport
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