More and more Brits are ditching the Cheltenham Festival to watch horse racing’s biggest week in Benidorm instead. I went to find out why. It was quite something. theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar…

“Five days after I learned I was pregnant, I found out on TV that I was to become Zimbabwe’s sports minister. It was a surprise.” From the archives: A 2019 interview with the newly elected IOC president Kirsty Coventry. It’s been a big six years since. telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2019…

“I want to finish my track career on my terms, not epilepsy’s.” Last summer, near the end of the European 10,000m final, Olympian Jess Warner-Judd collapsed on the track and suffered two seizures. It’s been a rollercoaster, but now she’s back. theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar…

“We don’t have an ice track and we’re still beating them. It’s a kick in the teeth for everyone else.” GB have skeleton gold and silver-medal favourites for next year’s Winter Olympics. Yet there’s not a single ice track in Britain. So what’s the secret? theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar…

Southampton nearly won a match. But then, at the end, they didn’t. Match report from St Mary’s, where the battle to avoid being the worst team in Premier League history remains. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

“They say if you shoot for the moon, you reach the stars. But occasionally you end up at the bottom of the ocean.” Held hostage by a disreputable owner who doesn't care, Reading fans cling onto the club they love. A cautionary tale for English football. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Usain Bolt appeared on Justin Gatlin's podcast recently. It was captivating, but also a bit strange. Is it naive to think that everyone in sport possesses the same disdain for dopers? Read the full piece in the latest AW here: pocketmags.com/athletics-week…

For so much of this match, Watford did a mighty job against Premier League-bound, clean-sheet titans Burnley. Then they had two men sent off. Game over. Match report from Watford 1-2 Burnley. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Mikel Arteta will have spent more arduous Easter Sundays attempting to hunt hidden chocolate eggs. Report from Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Did you know: The average London Marathon runner brings 5.4 people to watch and the average watching person goes to 2.2 locations. How the London Marathon grew from a pipe dream into the world's biggest marathon, for the new The Observer observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

A debut outing for Wisden Almanack, on whether county members owning clubs is (or could soon be) nearing an end.

Ahead of this weekend's World Relay Championships, a chat with Asha Philip for AW... on guiding Britain's next sprint generation, TV presenting at the Paris Olympics and potential retirement plans (not yet). athleticsweekly.com/news/the-guidi…

Why are netball umpires paid to officiate on local park courts, but only given expenses when overseeing the elite? A piece for The Observer on the success - and teething problems - of the relaunched 'Netball Super League 2.0'. observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

Relief for Chelsea but more of the same for Man Utd, who are now eight Premier League games without a win. Report from Stamford Bridge, where the hosts just about kept their Champions League qualification fate in their own hands. theguardian.com/football/2025/…

Sarah Roberts had never run in her life until she turned 67. Now she's the fastest 75-year-old woman in history. I went for a run with the extraordinary grandmother who holds every 75+ world record from 800m to 10km (she can also plank for 10 minutes). theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

Halfway through the County Championship season, a look at how everyone is faring… with ‘little’ Leicestershire flourishing and winless Lancashire in need of a coach and captain. observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

In any other era, Shoaib Bashir and Will Smeed might be seeking alternative occupation. Instead, they embody a very modern cricketing phenomenon: prospering around the world, but yearning for a chance at home. observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

“If it doesn’t deliver the results we want then we, the counties, have only got ourselves to blame.” The latest review of English domestic cricket enters its next phase this week. But will it leave anyone happy? observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

While England's Test bowlers battle India with the country's traditional Dukes ball, their county counterparts are spending the next few red-ball games using a Kookaburra. It's all in the hope of generating more spin and greater speed. observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

This week, Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman ever to run a mile in under 4 minutes. It's contrived and won't count as an official time... but it's compelling and great for the sport. Read the whole AW piece here: athleticsweekly.com/news/opinion/w…