The Guardian Articles

Chris Jones has always had an eye for talent and for cultivating relationships. As a cadet reporter with Leader Newspapers in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, he struck up a friendship with a young local player, Sam Mitchell. He introduced Mitchell to his future wife. Their respective careers blossomed, and Jones was …

Cynics be damned. Against all the odds Formula One, it seems, simply cannot put a foot wrong. With the hope of spectacle, theatre and drama without so much as a wheel turning, F1 was taking an unprecedented leap into the unknown by launching the new season with its F175 show. …

Max Verstappen has accused Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, of failing to focus on the issues that matter after what he believes is an irrelevant crackdown on swearing.

The FIA recently announced rule amendments that will impose heavy fines for swearing and may even lead to race bans. Verstappen …

As the ICC Champions Trophy resurfaces in Pakistan this week, nearly eight years since the last one, folks will be forgiven for a few double takes, for feeling

a bit like Ian Wright reuniting with his old teacher

Fighting the culture wars doesn’t come cheap these days. Tickets for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference at the Excel Centre in London cost a discounted £450. A bargain said the organisers, as the original price was £1500. Maybe they had a point. All 4,000 tickets were sold long …

Ollie Chessum will make his first England start for 11 months on Saturday with Steve Borthwick making a solitary change to his side to face Scotland. Chessum comes in at second-row with George Martin, who has been nursing an injury problem, dropping to the bench.

Otherwise, Borthwick has stuck with …

Welcome to the White House, where every day seems to be bring-your-kid-to-work-day if you’re Elon Musk. The tech billionaire,

fascist-salute-enthusiast

Jannik Sinner’s recent case resulting in a three-month ban was “a million miles away from doping” according to a senior official at the World Anti-Doping Agency .

Sinner tested positive for the anabolic agent clostebol last year which he said had entered his system from a member of his support …

The Hundred could introduce an IPL-style open auction next year with the new investors who have bought stakes in the eight franchises pushing for unlimited budgets to attract the best players in the world.

Under the existing regulations the Hundred Player Draft operates on the basis of franchises taking turns …

Have you ever opened up a social media page with a clear intention of what you’re doing and then instantly become distracted? You end up fiddling around and then closing the page and realizing you didn’t even do what you’d originally logged on for? Yes, the internet is a place …