That 1980s Sports Blog

The 1980s were littered with double acts, some great, others less so; the Two Ronnies, Little and Large, Cannon and Ball, Chas and Dave, Kyl...

The 1985 Ashes series was all square with two to play when an unlikely hero arrived on the scene to write his very own brief chapter in the ...

It is one of the standard components of the numerous talent shows thrust upon us today to hear about a contestant's "journey"....

Friday May 30, 1980: Ian Botham can do no wrong. Before leading England to a three-wicket victory against the West Indies in the Prudential ...

Try as they might, in the run-up to the deciding Test the Lions could not escape the accusation that the tactics they had employed during th...

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...