Marina Hyde
Sports Sport in the Age of Coronavirus

Sport in the Age of Coronavirus

What will British sport look like in the peak of coronavirus? Not as we know it, is the general consensus, with closed doors, postponements and cancellations…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports The Premier League Hall of Fame, Let the Arguments Begin

The Premier League Hall of Fame, Let the Arguments Begin

Alot of the tech giants tell you they’re investing so heavily in driverless cars because they want to save lives. And you know, that’s so close to the truth –…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports Ramage's 'Young Black Lads' Mindset Reflects Football's Inaction on Racism

Ramage's 'Young Black Lads' Mindset Reflects Football's Inaction on Racism

It’s worth reading the comments made by local BBC pundit – now former BBC pundit – Craig Ramage in the wake of Derby’s 1-1 draw with Huddersfield on Saturday. …

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports Alisher Usmanov’s Remedy for Love? New Love. and a £6.8m Olympic Manifesto

Alisher Usmanov’s Remedy for Love? New Love. and a £6.8m Olympic Manifesto

At last, the mystery buyer of the world’s most expensive piece of sports memorabilia has been revealed as the Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov. The cuddly…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports Who Needs Football When Premier League Winter Break Provides Prime Content?

Who Needs Football When Premier League Winter Break Provides Prime Content?

I cannot think of a more ideal innovation in the Premier League’s consciously uncoupled relationship with football than the winter break. One of my pet…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports The Curious Case of the Ever-Vandalised Zlatan Ibrahimovic Statue

The Curious Case of the Ever-Vandalised Zlatan Ibrahimovic Statue

Without wishing to go in hard with an exhaustive history of Swedish iconoclasm, holy artefacts have had a comparatively good time of it in that Scandinavian…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports Bulgaria Bad, England Good? Actually This Is Not as Black and White as It Seems

Bulgaria Bad, England Good? Actually This Is Not as Black and White as It Seems

There has scarcely been a more breakneck reverse ferret than the support now shown by some sections of Her Majesty’s press for Raheem Sterling. You love to see…

Marina Hyde (London)
Sports Fifa’s Dirty Laundry Does Not Cause Such a Stench in Murky Times of Today

Fifa’s Dirty Laundry Does Not Cause Such a Stench in Murky Times of Today

I’m so glad that sporticidal Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, got to enjoy his second-term victory speech two weeks ago entirely free of spoilers. “Nobody…

Marina Hyde (London)