Andy Murray. Legend. Enough said.

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Too many cheerleaders, not enough commentators, Ian.

The beauty of the Olympics lies in the advent of greatness and the defiance of athletic logic. Marchand is extraordinary.

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As always. Richard makes a pertinent point.

Like any caring community club, they’ve got to find the £5,000 an hour charged by their lead lawyer from somewhere….

I covered my first Olympics in Moscow in 1980 ( I was ten, honest) Did I see myself leaping about 44 years later because of the adrenaline shot of a BMX final? Perhaps not.

Free legal advice: You don’t have to attend a riot to be prosecuted for conspiracy to riot. You don’t have to be present at a terrorist incident to be guilty of encouraging it. A lot of Twitter warriors will be getting some unpleasant knocks on the door over the coming weeks.

A travesty of journalism.

Tainted hamburgers all round.

This generation’s Lord Haw Haw. #FarageRiots

Asking for trouble. And as for the convenient fiction that 80% of fans are in favour of VAR….

Why is anyone still interviewing this knuckle-dragger?

Rest well, Sven.

Thanks Bruce. Working with Josef was a privilege. He’s poorly at the moment, but I know he has been touched and inspired by the worldwide response to his story.

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So, according to the swivel-eyed self appointed guardians of our conscience, Lee Carsley not singing the dirge that passes as a national anthem is a sacking offence. I’d go full reverse ferret and give him a knighthood.

It’s sometimes good to look at life ( including football) through the eyes of a child. I’ve never forgotten the first time I saw Ron Yeats, as a 12-y-o ballboy. He seemed to stretch into the sky - a figure straight out of my Marvel comics. #RIPCollossus