Nineteen years ago today the sporting world was shocked when Williams Forumla One driver Ayrton Senna died at the San Marino Grand Prix. The Brazil...

London 2012's showpiece event will arguably be the men's 100 metres when Usain Bolt will take to the Stratford track bidding to smash back-to-back Oly...

The Ashes will soon come around next year as England bid to win their third successive series against Australia. Defending the urn on home soil, En...

The British Open is one of the highlights of the sporting summer calendar, with Royal Lytham & St Annes playing host to the major in 2012. Between ...

Seve Ballesteros' Europe defeated the United States by a mere point to retain the Ryder Cup, having won in New York's Oak Hill two years previously. ...

If we've learnt anything since King Kenny's departure from Anfield, it's that the club's fans are, on the whole, slightly detached from reality. That's natural, they were the dominant force in English and arguably European football for a generation.

The England cricket team run out at Lords, Jonathan Agnew and Henry Blofeld finally give you something worthwhile to listen to on the radio and rain lashes most of the country. The great British summer has arrived.

John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg epitomised the young and old guard throughout Wimbledon in 1980. So when the duo faced one another on the worn grass fo...

The 2012 European Championship gets underway in less than three weeks in Ukraine and Poland. Regarded as international football's most difficult to...

Chelsea have become European champions for the first time in the club's history after they defeated Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the Champions Le...

Confidence for Euro 2012 is not high amongst England fans. A perfect storm of untimely resignations, unfortunate injuries and avoidable suspensions has plunged the national team's preparation into chaos.

On Sunday evening, as many a journalist scoured their thesaurus for hyperbolic statements to describe the spectacular events that had unfolded at The Etihad, The Hawthorns and The Britannia, fans up and down the country were left to reflect on their team's successes, or lack thereof.

Even for the non football fans amongst us, it would have been hard to not get caught up in the drama that unfolded on our screens over the weekend as Manchester City clinched the Premiership title from their neighbours by the narrowest of margins. So dramatic were those last few moments, the sense of elation and despair of the fans and players was almost palpable. In its finest hour, football really can make you feel like you are part of something big.

When Darren Sammy awoke from a slumber filled with English-conquering dreams earlier this month, he would have donned his maroon robe, picked up the St Lucia Express from the doormat and read that England's green and pleasant lands were officially in the midst of severe drought.

He won't be missed if he is absent from the party travelling to Eastern Europe, but will Hodgson be strong enough to make such a simple choice, when it is erroneously being spun as a difficult one by some?

World football's premier club competition, the European Cup is the most coveted trophy. And since it's Champions League format, the quality has ris...

Usain Bolt is the best ever, Anna Kournikova wasn't - just to clear that up before people get on their high horses and start to make references to athletic ability. I have no intention to compare their relative skill levels in the respective disciplines, but... Usain Bolt is starting to mirror certain aspects of Kournikova. Predominately their quite frankly nauseating use of fame.

As the West Indians arrive in the UK to prepare for their Test series against England, legendary Caribbean cricket commentator Tony Cozier talks about...

Papiss Cisse is good. His goal against Swansea and 11 goals in 12 games prior to Newcastle United's match against Chelsea in the Premier League last n...

Following the horror show of a performance in the 2010 world cup, the break down of the 'golden generation' and the imminent appointment of Roy Hodgson, it is apparent that we are huge underdogs for Euro 2012.

If you spend long enough, there are *some* positives amongst the rubble of Monday's mess. So here they are....

Eighteen years ago, Williams Forumla One driver Ayrton Senna died at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. The Brazilian, three times F1 World Champion, ...

Well, I didn't win a bean at the UKIPT Nottingham tournament but - as predicted - I had a great time. It just had a terrific atmosphere.

Rarely does Britain produce two genuine contenders for a world title in the same field, but when we do the rivalry is fierce.