That 1980s Sports Blog

With the start of Wimbledon this week, I turned my attentions to the tournament I grew up watching in the 1980s. There were so many great pl...

It is hard to imagine a more depressing scene than the Lions' dressing room at the conclusion of their 30-12 thrashing against Australia...

From a results point of view there could be no doubting that so far the 1989 Lions tour to Australia had been a roaring success (excuse the ...

Sunday April 14, 1985: As Curtis Strange walks to the 10th tee at Augusta, he is on the brink of one of the most remarkable sporting comebac...

The eighties had not been all that kind to the British and Irish Lions before 1989. In fact, the decade had been such a disappointment thus ...

Any British tennis enthusiasts reading this piece can probably tell you a thing or two about Grand Slam droughts. Andy Murray's success ...

I am always thankful that I discovered cricket in 1985. As an English boy, the Ashes triumph of that year was the ideal introduction to the ...