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Spot the difference: When brilliant skill makes it OK to backheel...

https://youtu.be/xcSY-MVE6ZU Theyab Awana became an overnight sensation when his backheeled penalty in a friendly between UAE and Lebanon earned universal condemnation for being disrespectful to...

Day 4: Phelps hailed superhero after record breaking 19th medal

On the day Michael Phelps officially became the greatest Olympic athelete of all time, the big question for the host nation is who will...

Halfpenny was awesome as Gatland’s British & Irish Lions mauled Wallabies...

Watching the British and Irish Lions crush the Australian Wallabies by 41 points to 16 in the decisive third and final Test it was...

Cristiano Ronaldo must be crowned world footballer of the year, but...

BY JOHN GUBBA The World Player of the Year for 2013 has to be Cristiano Ronaldo. Even FIFA president Sepp Blatter will surely concede that...

Hugh McIlvanney was simply the best – the greatest sports writer...

When the greatest sports journalist in my lifetime Hugh McIlvanney retired three years ago my boyhood hero Muhammad Ai said: "His words...

Let’s be honest: England just not good enough to win major...

WHEN will the reality sink in that England just aren't good enough to win a major tournament? The honest truth is that England are...

Marco Simoncelli was set for greatness before fatal crash at Malaysian...

Only 24 years old and set for greatness. Another tragic loss of a sporting hero; Marco Simoncelli. Motor cycling is seen as a dangerous...

How Torvill and Dean still continue to inspire the nation and...

BY JOHN GUBBA When showbusiness, entertainment and sport morph into one and produce a spectacular show as brilliant as last night's extraordinary Dancing on Ice...

Arsenal right to stick by Wenger: Frenchman still proving doubters wrong

This time last year the clamour to force Arsene Wenger out of the Arsenal hotseat was reaching fever pitch. But as I said at...

Empire strikes back – Fergie eyes title No.19 as Rooney...

WHAT IS truly delicious about the Wayne Rooney saga is the way Sir Alex Ferguson has turned hysterical media speculation about the end of...