My Guardian column today -- On the Enhanced Games saying no to my accreditation request ... and the questions I wanted to ask those involved face to face www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

A @seaningle.bsky.social profile on Cooper Lutkenhaus ... that's got to be worth a read ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Exclusive: the London Marathon is in advanced talks about staging a two-day event in 2027, allowing 100,000 runners to take part in the iconic race and to raise tens of millions more for charity. Story: @seaningle.bsky.social

Interesting stuff by @seaningle.bsky.social and yet more proof that Americans needs to finally bite the bullet and embrace relegation. Seriously lads, you’ll love the drama.

‘We crave being in nature and having breaks from the noise in our heads … It’s like a drug that’s a very safe and healthy one.’ What ultrarunners can teach us about life. By @seaningle.bsky.social

Why five-million dollar gamble on NRL starlet Joseph Suaalii was no roll of the dice by Australian rugby. Piece with Wallaby legend George Gregan ahead of England-Australia. @planetrugby.bsky.social www.planetrugby.com/news/why-fiv...

Had a fascinating couple of days at Nike's global HQ in Oregon, talking to their CEO Elliot Hill and other senior figures about their struggles, strategy, and the new innovations - including a motorised running shoe - they hope will help it rise again www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Cross-country running, cyclocross and even judo for the Winter Olympics? Story: @seaningle.bsky.social

Andy Young, the coach who guided Laura Muir to Olympic and world championship medals, has been banned for three years for serious misconduct, which included driving at speed with an athlete in his car following a disagreement before abandoning them at the roadside. Story: @seaningle.bsky.social

‘After 70 years, 14 prime ministers, and nearly 4,000 articles, Leonard Barden is still going strong. In all that time he has never missed a week – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. And now, officially, he is a record-breaker.’ By @seaningle.bsky.social

My Guardian column today. Rage against the machines: ignore the fury at Wimbledon, AI in sport works. One howler this year. But the human eye makes far more errors. In 2024, when a player thought the ball was out and challenged they were wrong 75% of the time www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

My Guardian column today: The worst sports movie in history? I asked Sepp Blatter about Fifa’s United Passions It's the 10-year anniversary of its disastrous launch in the US this week. Sepp was interesting on that and other things ... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

My Guardian column today: The worst sports movie in history? I asked Sepp Blatter about Fifa’s United Passions It's the 10-year anniversary of its disastrous launch in the US this week. Sepp was interesting on that and other things ... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

My Guardian column today is on the third great running boom, which has sprung up since 2023. Over 1.1m people entered London marathon ballot, double 2 years ago, and big rise in 18-29s. Spoke to smart people about what's driving it. Only wish I had more words! www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

Last chance today to try out 12 editions of the Guardian Weekly magazine for just 12 of your £/$/€ (I would say this as I’m the editor, but hard to go too far wrong with that offer …)

Belated plug for my Guardian column today: Au revoir, Eurosport: home of the magnificent, pioneering and strange. (With a nod to @martinkelner.bsky.social and another legendary Guardian sport old timer, Bob Pryce, in there too) www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

Wrote this in-depth read for today’s Guardian. Inside the race for the biggest job in sport – can Sebastian Coe win the IOC presidency? Spoke to a lot of insiders about how they see it going www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Spoke to several very smart people (including @LewisWiltshire, @Scienceofsport, Alan Pascoe and a few others off the record) for today's Guardian column: A vision of sport in 2050: robot leagues, chips in brains and players in their 50s www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Enjoyed writing this in the Guardian, looking at how sports predictions for the future made in 2000 ... and how right/wrong they were. Some great forecasts, and some shockers! A quarter of a century on: what we got right and wrong about sport’s future www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

“Enormous & irreparable damage" RFU financial loss & bonus backlash intensifies as 3 ex chairmen call for mass resignations www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Really enjoyed chatting to Mondo Duplantis a few months ago about what it feels like to break a world record ("You're freaking out inside...it feels fake!"), playing a bunch of sports as a kid and more. Drew on our interview in writing why he's my athlete of 2024 www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/d...

Extraordinary. Alisher Usmanov, the sanctioned Russian billionaire, elected to the presidency of the International Fencing Federation. He won't be able to visit his federation's HQ, as he's banned from setting foot in Switzerland. The background to this scandal 👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

The London 2012 race regarded as one of the dirtiest in history has expunged a fifth name from the record books after Tatyana Tomashova was stripped of her Olympic 1500m silver medal. Story: @seaningle.bsky.social

Sorting out a few things over the weekend and found I still had this. Not as loved as the original, but had a quirky training element were you earned cans of Lucozade for working out. (Incidentally, what a list of games Ocean put out in 1988)