That 1980s Sports Blog

A change of tack this week, as I reveal a bit about my childhood in the 1980s, and the massive part sport played in making me the sporting o...

A look back this week on the final Grand Slam of the 1988 tennis season: the US Open. A tournament which saw the completion of Steffi Graf...

The Challenge Cup certainly owed Hull a thing or two come 1982. The club had last won the famous trophy in 1914 (in Halifax), but since then...

The passing years since 1986 have probably not been too kind to Bob Tway. Think of him now and it is hard not to view him as a one-off winne...

The 1986 Commonwealth Games may have been hit by a widespread boycott - for more information on this see my blog last week - but at least t...

If I am being honest, I had not heard anything about the Commonwealth Games before the 1986 event approached. But what an introduction I was...

This week I am attempting to pay a tribute to the excellent Guardian Open Championship live blogs that run every year. I've turned back ...