Riath Al-Samarrai
@riathalsam
Chief sports feature writer at the Daily Mail. Weekly column in the Mail on Sunday
“I just want to know why this happened to my brother.” Gerald McClellan fought Nigel Benn in London 30 years ago this Tuesday. He was paid $67,000 and left brain damaged and blind. I went to Freeport, Illinois to meet him. Interview: mol.im/a/14425401 via @MailSport
Jannik Sinner has reappointed Umberto Ferrara, the fitness coach who was central to the chain of blunders (as presented by Sinner’s legal defence) that led to his doping ban. I wrote about this a few weeks ago and find today’s decision rather interesting. Read ⬇️
This week’s column on Jannik Sinner and a doping case that stank in a variety of ways and still does as we approach Wimbledon. As an aside, a dog once did eat my homework. Read ⬇️ mol.im/a/14856085 via @MailSport
In search of the Flash Harry who took down a rugby club and is now killing Morecambe FC. Wednesday @MailSport column: dailymail.co.uk/sport/football…
Farewell to one of the giants, the man central to one of the greatest banners of all time. Joey Jones: Wrexham, Liverpool, Wales. He played football with the joy and enthusiasm you always thought you would if you had the opportunity. Bless him and his family.
There is something about running that sets you free. On Saturday, I did a @parkrun inside a prison dailymail.co.uk/sport/otherspo…
Cracking story by @trlkershaw - the entire set up around Dubois is utterly bonkers
Understand a party at the family mansion in Essex and delays to accommodate his father’s entourage were behind Daniel Dubois’ late arrival to Wembley Stadium last night thetimes.com/article/136159…
Scottie Scheffler says the comparisons to Tiger Woods are “silly”. The world’s best players are not so sure that it is. ⛳️ A piece on how the best of now stacks up against the best of all ⬇️ dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/art…
Great piece by @TheSharpeEnd dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/art…
Wait... did they photoshop Scottie's hairline? 👀
Lord Coe worried by unpaid fees of Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track thetimes.com/article/4d5be1…
Champion Golfer of the Year? Try era. Report from Portrush and the Scottie Scheffler show ⬇️ mol.im/a/14923259 via @MailSport
❌ Banned from UK over 30-year-old cocaine conviction ⛳️ Unable to caddy for Harris English at #TheOpenChampionship 🔥 “It seems like a double standard.” Exclusive interview with barred caddie Eric Larson for @MailSport. dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/art…
This week’s column on Snoop Dogg, Swansea, cheap gimmicks and expensive carrots. Read ⬇️ mol.im/a/14920879 via @MailSport
Exclusive: West Ham locked in row with London Stadium over cost of staging of WSL matches. mol.im/a/14921199 via @MailSport
For a man who finds so little fulfilment from winning, Scottie Scheffler is showing no willingness to entertain the alternative. He’s got four shots on the chasers and I’m not sure anyone expects him to cough that up. Report from Portrush: mol.im/a/14921689 via @MailSport
West Ham in tense dispute with landlords over cost of staging women's matches at the London Stadium. Exclusive by @riathalsam #WHUFC ⚒️ dailymail.co.uk/sport/football…
It rained and Matt Fitzpatrick looked like a man who can walk on water. All well and good, but to win he has to catch one who levitates. Report from Portrush, where Scheffler leads by one and has made muppets of those questioning if he can play links golf: mol.im/a/14920083