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Sportswriting

# sportswriting - Sunday 19 May, 2013

Real road trips, Oscar and apology accepted: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Here’s the best the internet had to offer last week, sports fans.

# sportswriting - Sunday 5 May, 2013

Disney drama, silent treatment and being Jason Collins… the week’s best sportswriting

Six long reads for the long weekend. Put your feet up and enjoy.

# sportswriting - Sunday 21 April, 2013

Boxing dreams and Boston nightmares: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Kettle on, feet up and enjoy this selection of our favourite sporting articles from the week that was.

# sportswriting - Sunday 7 April, 2013

Battling cruciates, concussions and ‘the big C’: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Get the coffee on and put the feet up — here are the best bits of writing that we stumbled across this week.

# sportswriting - Sunday 24 March, 2013

Roy Race, Yukon sledding and one-legged wrestlers: the week’s best sportswriting

Seven brilliant pieces of writing — think of it as our Sunday gift to you.

# sportswriting - Sunday 17 February, 2013

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

This week, we have the new Floyd, the drinking culture in Irish sport, the man who brought Mario back to Milan, and Oscar Pistorius.

# sportswriting - Sunday 10 February, 2013

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Gazza, Ray Lewis and match-fixing all feature (although not in the same article). Here’s our round-up of the week’s best scribblings.

# sportswriting - Wednesday 26 December, 2012

Back pages: some of our favourite sportswriting from 2012, part II

If you already devoured part one of our sportswriting round-up, don’t worry — here’s a second helping for your enjoyment.

# sportswriting - Tuesday 25 December, 2012

Back pages: some of our favourite sportswriting from 2012, part I

Forget about Christmas re-runs on TV — crack open the tin of Roses and enjoy the first part of our bumper sportswriting round-up.

# sportswriting - Sunday 11 November, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Every week we collect the newspaper articles, blog posts and book extracts that we’ve enjoyed. You’re welcome.

# sportswriting - Sunday 7 October, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Kettle on, feet up — here are some of our favourite pieces from the last seven days.

# sportswriting - Sunday 30 September, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

This week features Xabi Alonso, Shaun Edwards and Richie McCaw.

# sportswriting - Sunday 12 August, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Featuring extensive pieces on women’s boxing, wrestling and the relationship between sport and religion.

# sportswriting - Sunday 5 August, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Put the kettle on and wake up to some of our favourite articles from the past seven days.

# sportswriting - Sunday 29 July, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Take a little time out from watching sport by reading about some more sport. Go on, we know you love it.

# sportswriting - Sunday 17 June, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

While you’re waiting for the day’s sporting action to get started, get stuck into these six tasty treats over brekkie.

# sportswriting - Sunday 10 June, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

This week’s round-up is particularly tasty, if we may say so ourselves.

# sportswriting - Sunday 3 June, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

It’s what bank holiday Sundays are made for. Before you launch yourself into a day of sport, enjoy six of our favourite pieces of writing.

# sportswriting - Sunday 1 April, 2012

The Sunday Papers: our 7 favourite pieces of sportswriting from this week

Treat yourself to some of the finest writing from across the world of sport. Sure isn’t it what Sundays are made for?

# sportswriting - Sunday 11 March, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

This week, Barnay Ronay gives an acerbic take on Mario Balotelli, Tom Fordyce looks at the importance of size in modern-day rugby and Camilla Long interviews Bernie Ecclestone.

# sportswriting - Sunday 22 January, 2012

The Sunday Papers: some of the week’s best sportswriting

Get the feed up and the kettle on. Here’s some of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.

# sportswriting - Sunday 8 January, 2012

The Sunday Papers: here’s some of our favourite sports writing from the past 7 days

Roll up, roll up and get your first weekly sports writing round-up of the new year. Let’s start this thing the way we mean to go on.

# sportswriting - Monday 28 November, 2011

Enke biography wins William Hill Sports Book prize

Ronald Reng’s ‘A Life Too Short’ has won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011.