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I enjoyed talking to Fin Smith about his remarkable year, the Champions Cup final tomorrow, the Lions, finding calm, his tennis past, Draper & Djokovic, Henry Pollock watching Conor McGregor videos while Fin writes his university thesis on gender pay gaps theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

Thanks Iain....this means a lot.

Thanks for the really kind review, Mark

Read this by Isabella McRae bigissue.com/news/politics/…

Thanks Temba Bavuma, South Africa's cricket captain, for talking openly about his story which stretches from the township of Langa to Lord's & next week's World Test Championship against Australia. So much here: life, cricket & being inspired by captaincy theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…

Thanks Pat Cummins for our interview as we reflected on his career so far - from a glorious debut to hard times, achievement and controversy - and ahead to this week's World Test Championship against South Africa as well the future for him and Test cricket theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…

Just finished Donald McRae unsurprisingly brilliant (and surprisingly tender) elegy for boxing.. A companion to his magisterial Dark Trade, it’s a moving hymn to life, death & boxing. Loved it. One for Kieran Cunningham & Terry O Neill 🥊Simon & Schuster UK

Lots in this, even if one topic remains off limits

“My appearance is the least hard part about my condition. It’s the physical stuff that’s traumatic. It’s all that stuff that makes living with an illness so debilitating” Nikki Lilly is on her way to being a superstar. It was a pleasure to chat to her bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Issue 6 of our #boxing #fanzine The Spit Bucket is now in the world. Pick up copies from us in person (Islington Boxing Club or Haringey Box Cup this weekend), or download for free here: writersonboxing.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl… Contributors include: Donald McRae 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 PicketLinePoetry

So many pundits and experts said South Africa didn't "warrant" a place in the World Test Championship final - and had beaten "nobody" to get to Lord's. At lunch Australia are 67-4. SA captain Temba Bavuma shared his moving story with me last week... theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…

This is a fascinating story and helps explains what happens when two professional boxers, Amy Andrew, & Numan Hussain, get married.....and juggle their lives, careers & marriage in and out of the ring. This is my son Jack's first piece for BoxingScene.com. I'm biased but it's good

Test cricket showing again how riveting it is at its best. What a Test...the class of Markram and the sheer guts and talent of a limping Bavuma has made this such a compelling afternoon. South Africa need 93 more, with 8 wickets in hand, but the demons still have to be banished

BEST #CRICKET NEWS OF THE DAY: The Guardian's Donald McRae talked to Bavuma about his childhood, then talked to Cummins about his up-and-down journey as player and captain. All stories at bestofcricket.substack.com/p/temba-time

Congratulations to Numan Hussain who, last night, became the first British boxer of Bengali descent to win a title in this country. He won at York Hall, watched by his wife Amy Andrew, a fellow professional boxer. This piece by Jack McRae, in BoxingScene.com, tells their story

Been at a lot of cricket in my life. Travelled the world. But this feels as special as any of them. The team of inherited heartbreak has finally won their first world title. Against Australia, at Lord's. They lived in the shade for the longest time, no one deserves the sun

Thanks to Mark Baldwin, FightPost, for this really generous review of The Last Bell in Boxing News boxingnewsonline.net/master-of-his-…

Thanks Hollie Doyle for our interview about her obsession with winning, hoping to be champion jockey one day, why her 1000th winner meant more to her than becoming the most successful female jockey in history, tough love and why she rarely has a day off theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…