Oliver Brown

A victory for nerve, stamina – and highly effective lawyers telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…

Not sure John McEnroe’s gushing about how serenely Jannik Sinner has handled the ‘stress’ of his three-month doping suspension is quite focusing on the correct issue.

✍️ 'Owen Farrell banishes claims of nepotism by reviving art of hostile leadership' | Writes Oliver Brown telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Taking the knee has not ‘lost its power’ – it never had any to begin with telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Paul Gascoigne rushed to hospital after being found collapsed at home telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

'Andy Farrell should be cursing that this was not more of a statement victory after such a tepid showing from the Wallabies' ✍️ @oliverbrown_tel Read the column ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Not since the 1890s have Wales confronted a Lions reckoning this bleak. Jac Morgan is deeply unfortunate, but Andy Farrell clearly places a premium on big-game pedigree. Piece from Brisbane telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

'Assumption that women are unable to play same format as men at grand slams is rooted in fallacy and must be erased' ✍️ @oliverbrown_tel Read the column ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…

That ladies’ final was brutal to watch. No denying Swiatek’s metronomic brilliance, but 6-0, 6-0 in 57 minutes? First such scoreline in this Wimbledon showpiece for 114 years. For Anisimova, just a ghastly humiliation.

Bernie Ecclestone on his friend Christian Horner: ‘He was just an idiot. He was a 50-year-old who thought he was 20, thought he was one of the boys’ telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2025…

🏁'At a stroke, he became a laughing stock, the lead actor in a lurid pantomime' | Writes Oliver Brown Read more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2025…

52 Grand Slam semi-finals for Djokovic. Difficult to comprehend: equivalent of reaching every one for 13 years, a period longer than Roddick’s entire professional career. And his third straight this season. Some feat, given it looked in Roland Garros like his farewell campaign.

Wish an umpire would have the gumption to call hindrance against Sabalenka. Screaming like a banshee towards Siegemund even when they are just exchanging delicate backhand slices.

A galling British Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton. Usually the conjurer of miracles at Silverstone, this time he tried and failed for 17 laps to hunt down a Sauber telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2025…

Sunglasses concealing his tears, Virgil van Dijk carried a wreath of flowers artfully sculpted into a replica of Diogo Jota’s Liverpool ‘20’ shirt, a jersey so freighted with pain that it would never be worn again⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

🖊️ In seeking to tie midfielder down to new deal while case was ongoing, Arsenal have played bleak game for which they deserve harsh scrutiny | Writes @oliverbrown_tel Read in full 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

BREAKING: Thomas Partey, the former Arsenal midfielder, charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

✍️ 'The Owen Show risks becoming a pantomime of Andy’s own making while snub of Darcy Graham is mystifying' | Writes @oliverbrown_tel telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

🎾 Britain's former Wimbledon champion baulked at the prospect of a nostalgic stage show, but his self-deprecating reminiscences make for entertaining viewing | Writes @oliverbrown_tel telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…

A captivating night under the lights with Djokovic, a man transformed after his mid-match ‘magic pills’ telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…