The TelegraphPersonality Sports Personality of the Year had enough heroes to overcome the schmaltz The Telegraph - By Alan TyersEddie Butler has a lot to answer for. The voiceover narration style that the sonorously voiced Welsh broadcaster popularised has taken root inside BBC Sport: it seems they can barely make a cup of tea
The TelegraphBen Stokes Live The Telegraph - By Alan TyersBen Stokes, obviously. And they also win the team of the year and the moment of the year for the Roy-Buttler run out in the World Cup final. "Congratulations to all the nominees, what you have achieved
The TelegraphSports Sports Personality of the Year 2019: What time does it start on Sunday, what TV channel is it on and who are the contenders? The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportIt's the BBC's long-standing end of year sports review show which crowns this year's Sports Personality of the Year. It remains one of sport’s most prestigious awards. For the first time, SPOTY will be
The TelegraphSports Sports personality of the year: The stories of the six 2019 contenders, by their mentors The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportThe 66th Sports Personality of the Year will take place in Aberdeen on Sunday, with a shortlist of six contenders up for the biggest prize. Here are the stories of each, through the eyes of their mentors.
The TelegraphSports Sports Personality of the Year 2019: What time does it start on Sunday, what TV channel is it on and who are the contenders? The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportIt's the BBC's long-standing end of year sports review show which crowns this year's Sports Personality of the Year. It remains one of sport’s most prestigious awards. For the first time, SPOTY will be
The TelegraphRussia Exclusive: Wada could extend Russia drugs ban to include all sports The Telegraph - By Ben Rumsby and Nataliya VasilyevaPlans to exile Russia completely from world sport were being drawn up by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s own athlete committee on Tuesday night as the backlash against the “Groundhog Day” ban on the country
The TelegraphWorld Anti-Doping Agency Russian high-jump champion criticises government role in doping scandal as athletes reel from latest ruling The Telegraph - By Nataliya VasilyevaRussian athletes and sports fans were reeling on Tuesday from the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ruling to bar Russia from using its national flag, anthem and team name at international events such as the
The TelegraphRussia Vladimir Putin claims Russia have 'reason to appeal' Wada ban as he suggests punishment is 'political' The Telegraph - By Press AssociationRussian president Vladimir Putin has said his country have 'reason to appeal' against the four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Wada's executive committee unanimously accepted a recommendation
The TelegraphRussia World sport is a battleground between states: Russia have gone - sort of - but Wada's patience was flawed The Telegraph - By Paul HaywardAny Kremlinologist worth their salt will tell you Russia pounces on opposition weakness. The flawed decision last September to readmit Vladimir Putin’s country on certain “conditions” made fools of its
The TelegraphWorld Anti-Doping Agency Russia escapes complete sporting exile despite Wada's four-year ban The Telegraph - By Tom Morgan and Ben RumsbyRussia has been hit with a four-year ban from using its flag, anthem and team name at the Olympics and World Cup, but the nation has escaped total sporting exile over fresh doping data breaches. The recommendations
The TelegraphDoping UK anti-doping chiefs call for 'strongest possible sanctions' to kick Russia out of Euro 2020 The Telegraph - By Tom MorganUK anti-doping chiefs have called for Russia to face the “strongest possible sanctions” next Monday to trigger a blanket sporting ban that would expel the nation from Euro 2020. A World Anti-Doping Agency
The Telegraph Neville Cardus's spirit oversees Duncan Hamilton's third William Hill Sport Book of the Year The Telegraph - By Simon BriggsNeville Cardus, the Shakespeare of sportswriters, would have chuckled at the idea. Nearly half a century after his death from pneumonia, his memory was honoured yesterday when Duncan Hamilton’s The Great
The TelegraphPediatrics Major new study finds 'unacceptable' inactivity in schools despite change in guidelines The Telegraph - By Jeremy WilsonThe Youth Sports Trust has called on the next Government to urgently prioritise sport and physical activity in schools following major new research which reports “unacceptably” low levels. Sport England’s
The TelegraphNicky Morgan Major parties outline school sport plans in bid to tackle 'public health emergency' The Telegraph - By Jeremy WilsonSchool sport and a national crisis of inactivity among young people were thrust to the forefront of the general election campaign on Tuesday when the major parties outlined competing plans to tackle what
The TelegraphWomen's News Nathalie McGloin and the driving progress for disabled women in motorsport The Telegraph - By Yolanthe FawehinmiWith about 20 minutes to go till she was due to get into her multi-coloured Porsche Cayman S, Natalie McGloin put on a playlist with all sorts of genres to settle her mind. She felt the real heat of competition
The TelegraphFA Cup General election 2019 special: What sport wants from the next Government The Telegraph - By Jeremy WilsonTelegraph Sport asks seven chief executives for a wish list which highlights what the Government could do to create change, how to fund it, and why the progress could help future generations The FA’s is
The TelegraphWimbledon Major sporting venues including Lord's, Wembley and Twickenham make move towards greener practices The Telegraph - By Ben RumsbyIt is not just Premier League clubs who are becoming greener, according to an audit by The Daily Telegraph, the same is happening at England football, rugby and cricket matches (and major club finals),
The TelegraphNew Zealand How New Zealand became a sporting behemoth The Telegraph - By Daniel SchofieldBy thrashing England by an innings and 65 runs, New Zealand's cricket team are now unbeaten in eight home Test series, a run stretching back to 2015. In the ICC’s Test rankings, they are second. Of course,
The TelegraphWinter Olympics Russia should compete as neutrals at next Olympics and football World Cup, says anti-doping panel The Telegraph - By Telegraph SportRussian athletes should be forced to compete as neutrals at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo and other major events, a key World Anti-Doping Agency panel recommended on Monday. Wada’s compliance review committee
The TelegraphEnglandBen Stokes, Dina Asher-Smith and Raheem Sterling shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, but no space for England's The Telegraph - By Tom MorganBen Stokes, Dina Asher-Smith and Raheem Sterling will do battle for BBC Sports Personality of the Year after judges snubbed the England players who narrowly missed out on glory at the men's rugby and football
The TelegraphRunning Olympian Aimee Fuller on swapping snowboarding for running a marathon in North Korea The Telegraph - By Jim WhiteAimee Fuller has filled our screens before. You may have caught sight of her backflipping over improbable distances in the snowboarding at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. You might remember when, after
The TelegraphWomen's News Neurological experts insist more research into concussions is needed to better recovery of injured sportswomen The Telegraph - By Fiona TomasLeading neurologists have called for more research into women and concussion in an effort to aid the recovery of sportswomen who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. The differences in post-concussive
The TelegraphSports Sport equality charity launches new online research to tackle lack of female representation at executive level The Telegraph - By Jeremy WilsonA leading sport and equality charity has launched innovative new online research designed to transform the culture of sports workplaces and tackle the under-representation of women at an executive level.
The TelegraphSam Bird 30 minutes as a Formula E driver: Inside Virgin Racing's brand new simulator The Telegraph - By Luke SlaterI am standing in a darkened room, about to climb into Envision Virgin Racing’s brand-new VI Grade Formula E simulator at their Silverstone Park headquarters. A professional racing team of engineers are
The TelegraphDrama Students bring Hogwarts to Oxford for Varsity Quidditch fixture The Telegraph - By Jim WhiteIt was an interesting prediction from the woman with the Labrador in my nearby park. “You see that guy in the yellow shorts? He’s the Snitch. He’ll be coming on in a minute. Then you’ll see the real action.”
The TelegraphFIFA Exclusive: Major sports bodies guilty of 'shocking' lack of women's representation at board level The Telegraph - By Tim WigmoreInternational sports federations are facing calls to have their funding slashed if they fail to address "absolutely shocking" levels of female representation on their boards. A major investigation by Sport
The TelegraphTeam GB The system in British sport is failing athletes and the fault lies at the top The Telegraph - By Callum SkinnerOver the past week, we have seen athletes writing to Team GB to criticise their antiquated rules regarding athlete income, while the Dr Freeman case has continued its dramatic twists and turns in what
The Telegraph Wada vice-president claims she was spied on after Russia banned for state-sponsored cheating The Telegraph - By Ben RumsbyCompanies 'acting on behalf of Russian interests' spied on the vice-president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and her family after the country was banned for state-sponsored cheating, according to a new
The Telegraph BBC to show every Formula E race in 2019/20 season, including two on free-to-air television The Telegraph - By Luke SlaterThe BBC is to broadcast every race of the 2019/20 Formula E season, with two races shown live on BBC television. Each of the 14 rounds of the all-electric series’ sixth season will be shown live on the
