Discovering the art of aikido
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Elephant Sport visits UAL’s Aikido Society to gain an insight into this unique Japanese martial art
The Boy on the Shed: Paul Ferris’ memoir is more than a sports book
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Simon Cromie is captivated by a footballer’s story which is about so much more than football
Win over Wigan highlights Broncos potential despite league’s malaise
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Simon Cromie samples rugby league at the sport’s rejuvenated professional outpost in London
Reanne Evans and snooker’s gender divide
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Simon Cromie ponders why female players have failed to make their mark in snooker
Snooker’s Shoot Out: Why there’s magic behind the madness
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Simon Cromie braves the beered up crowd at snooker’s quick-fire Shoot Out tournament in Watford
Ken Doherty: I’d love to get back to the Crucible
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Simon Cromie talks to former world snooker champion Ken Doherty, whose ambition and love of the game still burns brightly
Snooker’s Masters growing into its home at Alexandra Palace
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Simon Cromie explains why north London’s hilltop ‘palace’ is a fitting venue for the sport’s leading invitational event
Rocket man: Record-breaking O’Sullivan makes snooker history
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Simon Cromie celebrates the enduring snooker talent of Ronnie O’Sullivan, and detects a calmer, more mature man at work
Inside the brilliant mind of football cartoonist David Squires
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Simon Cromie talks to David Squires about his acclaimed cartoon strips for The Guardian’s sports pages
Checkatrade Trophy: The graveyard of English football
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Simon Cromie joins a meagre crowd at The Valley for an EFL Trophy tie between Charlton and Swansea U21s
Review: Fightworld an absorbing if flawed exposition of fight culture
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Simon Cromie identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the Netflix documentary series on combat sports
Chelsea prove the Europa League has the power to thrill
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Simon Cromie enjoys Chelsea’s 3-1 win over BATE Borisov at Stamford Bridge as Ruben Loftus-Cheek hits a hat-trick
Brentford’s Stuart Cashman on the role of the football chaplain
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‘Fundamentally, we all deal with the same problems in life, the same struggles, the same joys,’ the Bees chaplain tells Simon Cromie
Snoozefests and stalemates: the perverse appeal of the 0-0
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Simon Cromie explores the unique sporting phenomenon of football’s goalless draw