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Cricket, whether at Lord's or on the village green, is the essence of the English summer — but it needs our help
The World Cup has passed in glory and now the Ashes between England and Australia takes centre stage, but all is not well in the world of cricket.
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Curious Questions: Why do Australians call the British 'Poms'?
With England about to take on Australia in The Ashes, Martin Fone ponders the derivation of the Aussies nickname for us: Poms.
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The joy of earning to play polo, the intoxicating sport where you'll ride 'on one of the Ferraris of the horse world'
Watching a polo match will give anyone who loves riding an urge to try it for themselves — Octavia Pollock went to the Cowdray Estate to give it a go.
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Royal Portrush: How one of golf's greatest masterpieces has been made even greater
Royal Portrush, in County Antrim, is one of the finest golf courses not just in Northern Ireland but the world. Toby Keel paid a visit ahead of the world's best players alighting on this beautiful spot for The 2019 Open Championship.
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Ireland's Wild Atlantic coast: Spectacular clifftops, dramatic castles and world-class golf
The coast of Ireland near Shannon and Limerick is unbearably beautiful and dramatic, whether you pack your golf clubs or not. Toby Keel paid a visit.
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Henley Royal Regatta: An insider’s guide
Received an invitation to Henley? Charlotte Peters tells you everything you need to know, from dress code to star-spotting.
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Five gorgeous country houses with their own tennis courts
The tennis season is well and truly with us and Wimbledon is only a week away — with that in mind, we've taken a look at the prettiest houses with tennis courts for sale in Britain today.
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John Gosden: 'I've trained 3,500 winners. I don’t care. It’s the quality of the horses you remember, the ones that capture the imagination'
Jack Watkins talks to the champion racehorse trainer on quality over quantity and preserving Newmarket.
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Adare Manor: The golf course that dreams of being the Irish Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club is one of the sporting world's greatest treasures. It's also the model on which Adare Manor, near the charming Irish city of Limerick, is being recreated – and a very fine job they're doing, says Toby Keel.
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Sporting Life: Why now is the time to get involved with your village cricket team – before it goes the way of the pub and the post office
Village cricket is going through something of a crisis – so now is the time to get out there and get stuck in. Annunciata Elwes reports.
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Sporting Life: Catching the skittish bonefish with peanut butter, jam and a single fly
Our correspondent goes through the necessary rituals to pursue ‘the little white foxfish’ in the West Indies.
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Sporting Life: Who will win the 2019 Six Nations?
Ahead of the Guinness Six Nations, Owain Jones predicts that Ireland will retain their crown – but they'll be pushed hard by England, Wales and possibly even Italy, based on recent results.
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Sporting Life: Botham, Gower and 17 pints on rest days – a look at cricket in the 80s, through the eyes of Derek Pringle
Pushing the Boundaries: Cricket in the Eighties contains the reminiscences of Derek Pringle reflecting on his years in the world of cricket and the delightful characters he met, both on and off the pitch. Richard Hopton reviews.
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Sporting Life: 10 majestic images that give a unique perspective on the immutable bond between Man and Horse
A new book sheds a wonderful light on the unique relationship that people have with their horses.
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Sporting Life: The joys of Fen skating, the great 19th century sport that you've probably never heard of
The near-forgotten sport of Fen skating was once a huge draw, with thousands of spectators and making celebrities of the fastest men on the ice.
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Sporting Life: How to fall back in love with fishing, thanks to a new rod, a borrowed fly and a weekend on the Tweed
After one barren trip too many, our editor Mark Hedges had fallen out of love with fishing. Could a trip to tackle the River Tweed in the company of his regular companion – 'The Judge' – rekindle his joy?
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Sporting Life: The story of the football matches on the Western Front during the truce of Christmas 1914
The folk tale of the First World War's 'Christmas truce' football match is so familiar that it has become accepted among the factual events of the war, but what actually happened when British and German soldiers went over the top on 25th December, 1914?
