or
Sport newspaper is available to read online with PressReader. Download the current issue to read later or browse back issues of Sport in the archive.
Sir Garfield Sobers, the great West Indies cricketer widely regarded as the finest all-rounder in the sport’s history, has died aged 89. His death at his home in Barbados only 11 days shy of his 90th birthday was announced by Cricket West Indies...
Cricket nuts like an argument. Who is the best fast bowler ever? The best spinner? The best wicketkeeper? The best slip catcher? They – oh all right, we – can spend hours discussing the candidates. But the best all-rounder? That does not take...
March 1954 Test debut Fourteen months after his firstclass debut, the 17-year-old Sobers made his international bow against England in Jamaica, batting at No 9 and bowling spin. He failed to make an impact with the bat but took four for 75 in...
It is time to consign Diego Maradona’s Hand of God to a museum piece. For 40 years that moment and Maradona’s unforgettable “goal of the century” coloured the soul and passion of Argentinian football. Today things are very different, and the...
