According to sources close to Praveen Hinganikar, the curator at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur,  prior to today’s Test, he felt that had come up with a “good sporting wicket”. Well, congratulations Mr Hinganikar. It’s certainly a wicket. The...

I was at Esher on the November 23 to watch my first live women’s rugby game, England v New Zealand. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I knew more than my dad who asked if they played tag rugby, and a national newspaper reporter who told me ‘I had to double-check the rules...

This is a live blog from the Paris Diamond League. Feel free to send me messages on twitter @sarahcrobinson or leave a comment. 21.00 Well, that was an exciting evening. Some great performances, notably Pearson and Rudisha. Some fantastic times. There’s another meeting coming up on the...

It’s not been long since the European Championships, where Christophe Lemaitre retained his 100m title. Today marks the halfway point of 2012′s Diamond League and is live from the Stade de France in Paris. One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the night will surely be the men’s...

I’m giving live blogging a try, by blogging through the Samsung Diamond League, live from New York, featuring Tyson Gay’s first competitive race in nearly a year. 21.10 That’s the last of the Diamond League races. Thank you to anyone who read even a single update of this...

A leaked letter from the CEO of Blackburn Rovers FC to club owner Anuradha Desai has revealed the full extent of financial turmoil, internal disputes and doubts over the manager at Ewood Park this season. The letter, leaked today by Sporting Intelligence was written on 21 December 2011, hours...

It has been a traumatic few years for Luton Town supporters, but 2012 is bringing renewed optimism that the team could once again enter the football league. In 2008, Luton Town Football Club were unable to survive in the Football League after a 30 point deduction at the start of the season....

This interview was originally carried out for the Herald and Post. Matthew Harriott grew up in Luton, playing football for Bushmead Wonderers and Ickneild before being discovered by Luton Town when he was 12. In 2010, he made the move to Sheffield United. He played a key role in United’s...

Mervyn Westfield has been jailed for his involvement in spot fixing in a Pro40 game in September 2009. Danish Kaneria has been named as the main ‘corrupter’ in the Essex dressing room. It is sad that in the past few months we have had to see some very young cricketers to go jail for their...

Over the last few weekends, I’ve been ridiculously excited for reasons my friends cannot comprehend – live athletics has been on the television. Okay, so it’s the Aviva Indoor Athletics which aren’t the most important events in the world, even if they are used to get qualifying times...

It was the final hurrah for Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall, which would be making way for the new stadium being built for the Commonwealth Games. It was also one of the first athletics meetings of the season, with Great Britain taking on Russia, Germany, the USA and a Commonwealth elect to win the...

A number of years ago, I remember hearing a debate on the radio. The question was whether they should have two separate Olympics: one for ‘clean’ athletes and one for those who openly took drugs. Even as young as I was (this may have been ten years ago), I thought it was appalling that...

London is already hosting the Olympics in 2012, and so for some, the bidding for the Athletics World Championships in 2017 is unnecessary. After all, one of the biggest events in world sport is already coming to the UK. The key word is ‘legacy’. It has been branded about ever since it was...

The day where two cricketers are found guilty of taking part in a betting scam should be a day of rejoice for the International Cricket Council (ICC). They have, after all, punished the perpetrators and banned them from playing cricket. Now they have been legally prosecuted, in what the ICC...

I feel so sorry for Sebastian Coe. On 6th July 2005, I remember going to school with a portable radio so I could listen to the International Olympic Committee’s announcement on who would host the 2012 Olympics. In the cafeteria, the school had filled the room with British flags and put the...

A few weeks ago, I was able to interview Greg Whyte, sports scientist, and ask him a few questions about his work with David Walliams on the Thames swim, his other Comic and Sport Relief challenges, as well as his feelings on both our home town of Luton. Photos are credited to Greg...

In December 2009, I was fortunate to visit the island of Antigua and visit the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the Allan Stanford ground, Sticky Wicket, and the Antigua Recreation Ground – the ARG. I wrote an article that was published on Cricinfo, but I was never able to post it alongside the...

It’s that time again when the grounds for the much-fought over Ashes Tests are announced for 2013 and 2015. When they were announced in 2009, there was uproar when it was discovered that Cardiff would host the first Test of the series. The Cardiff Test in 2009, I think, surprised a lot of...

As an England fan, I have naturally been thrilled by the results of the Test series against India this summer, and judging by the T20 game and the two subsequent One Day games, there is going to be more to celebrate by the end of this series as well. Nevertheless, my enjoyment of watching...