Sean Ingle
Sports Despite the Superlatives, Hype and Awards, Lionel Messi Is Underrated

Despite the Superlatives, Hype and Awards, Lionel Messi Is Underrated

In his new book, Nothing is Real, a collection of essays that stretch and soar across a career spanning five decades, the acclaimed music journalist David…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports There Are 87 Live Games on British TV This Week. Too Much of a Good Thing?

There Are 87 Live Games on British TV This Week. Too Much of a Good Thing?

During the early 1980s, when English football began its slow-shuffle towards showing one live game a week, the Guardian’s venerable correspondent David Lacey…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports John McEnroe: I’ve Mellowed. I Don’t Have That Killer Instinct’

John McEnroe: I’ve Mellowed. I Don’t Have That Killer Instinct’

The legend admits his old attitude was too much for him, and maybe for others, and also reveals how much he missed Bjorn Borg when the Swede retired at 26 …

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports Sport's War on Drugs is Being Lost on Many Fronts

Sport's War on Drugs is Being Lost on Many Fronts

If you remain confident that the fight against doping in sport can be won, then please accept my congratulations. You are a member of an increasingly exclusive…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports Net Spend: Buffon, De Gea and why Keepers are Massively Undervalued

Net Spend: Buffon, De Gea and why Keepers are Massively Undervalued

So arrivederci then, Gianluigi Buffon. Assuming there is no careering handbrake turn away from retirement, the match against Verona on May 19 was his last. It…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports A Radical Idea: Hold an Auction to Decide the World Cup Hosts to Stop Corruption

A Radical Idea: Hold an Auction to Decide the World Cup Hosts to Stop Corruption

You can bet on anything these days. Crossfit. Portuguese futsal. Even ByuL versus Rogue in Starcraft II. Yet, curiously, finding odds about who will host the…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports Romelu Lukaku is not Alone: Myth of the ‘Big-Game Bottler’ is Rife

Romelu Lukaku is not Alone: Myth of the ‘Big-Game Bottler’ is Rife

It was a shot heard around the world. First Cristiano Ronaldo leapt, twisted and arched his back, as if performing the Fosbury flop. Then came the crack of…

Sean Ingle (London)
Sports Wilder is Dangerous But Tyson Fury Could Yet Be a Bigger Threat to Joshua

Wilder is Dangerous But Tyson Fury Could Yet Be a Bigger Threat to Joshua

At some point, surely, the money will talk. And the negotiations between Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, which increasingly carry the pheromonal whiff of…

Sean Ingle (London)