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Gary NewbonBirmingham Mail Sport |
Sir Kenny Dalglish is one of the most talented footballers of my career. I interviewed him many times for ITV, both as a wonderful player for...
My long-time love of boxing increased when I moved to the Midlands in 1971. The latest chapter came last Friday when I interviewed one of the...
Will anyone ever beat dart legend Phil Taylor’s record 16 World Championship titles? I don’t think so, for reasons I will explain. Phil, from...
Memories of Steve Bruce, as captain and later manager of Birmingham City, will flood back when his new club Blackpool take on Blues in their home FA...
Fifty years of television presenting involved many iconic sports venues around the world. I am often asked which were the best for me. The answer is a...
Former Coventry City stalwart, on and off the pitch, Richard Shaw is opening a football school at the end of the month in Lutterworth. More on that...
Last week, I was at a networking party for the Deal Club hosted by Paul Fidoe, of Evelyn Partners, at the excellent Primitivo restaurant in Birmingham...
David Pleat, one of the best judges of young footballers that I know, rates the Tottenham Hotspur team that achieved the Football League and FA Cup...
Everything that has been written about the former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson this week has been accurate. The Swede, the first foreign...
Neil Adams still recalls the shock of what happened a few seconds after winning the silver medal at the 1980 Olympics in the judo event at Moscow –...
When is a woman not a woman? There is huge controversy over the gender status of two boxers in today’s and tomorrow’s semi-finals at the Olympic...
Terry Venables and Glenn Hoddle provided me with friendship and fun as England managers. Both lost their posts in different circumstances. Terry was...
The nation was obviously feeling an anti-climax with the Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain 2-1 in Berlin – but the victors were the better side....
Clive Tyldesley’s departure as an ITV football commentator after his last stint at the current Euro 2024 made me reflect on the great operators in...
England’s 2-1 win in Sunday’s Euro 2024 last 16 knock-out over Slovakia was another case of: “Football, bloody hell!” To me, another reminder...
TV Sport is about big teams and big names. It is a glamorous theatre of live drama. So understandably, it attracts top celebrities from the world of...
Scottish football legend Ally McCoist has always possessed a bubbly, friendly personality both as a footballer and broadcaster. He is currently...
England's goalless draw against Slovenia on Tuesday night saw them progress to the Euro 24 knock-out stage this weekend. Let me get this right:...
Last week, the former top footballer and manager Martin O’Neill gave an erudite, cutting and witty speech to a packed luncheon at Karl Ward’s...
This columnist is fed up with all this rain, which nearly knocked the holders England out of the current Twenty20 World Cricket Cup. Heavy on-and-off...
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing, is a famous jazz song written by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills. I feel the same about...
Last weekend’s Epsom Derby classic horse race brought back my memories of Willie Carson, who won it four times as a jockey. I was his ghost writer...
"A picture is worth a thousand words" is an English adage often used to describe the power of visual communication. That was certainly the case for...
Hopefully, the Premier League will NOT abandon VAR when they vote on it on June 6. The system is a must, as in other sports, in this day and age. But...
Funny how life turns out. I grew up sports mad with my heroes like Muhammad Ali, Pele, Billy Wright, Jimmy Greaves, the Charlton brothers and Dr...
Ashley Giles is one of the great heroes of Warwickshire cricket. He spent the whole of his first-class career – 14 years – with the county and in...
The American owners of Birmingham City, led by chairman Tom Wagner, are to be commended for their plans off the pitch. But, folks, what really matters...
When famous footballers from Midland clubs are recalled, you rightly get plenty of mentions of Trevor Francis, Andy Gray, Cyrille Regis, John...
Shambles. That is the only way to describe the National League’s handling of the vital play-offs to a club chasing a place in the EFL as far as...
Will Coventry City defy the odds and beat Manchester United in today’s FA Cup semi-final, which kicks off at 3.30 pm and is live on ITV? Probably...
As Sir Alex Ferguson said to me at the end of the 1999 Champions League final: “Football, bloody hell”. It sums up what is happening at the top...
The BBC screened one of the great Oscar-winning films in midweek – ‘On The Waterfront’, starring Marlon Brando. It was made in 1954, but it took...
Two of our West Midlands clubs are going to play at Wembley this season while also aiming at the very important mission of reaching their divisional...
My long TV presenting career has seen many changes in life, technology, media, migration, weather and sport. Each topic has seen dramatic...
Barry Fry is still larger than life. He is enjoying (with his usual enthusiasm and bubbliness) being the long-serving director of football at...
Birmingham City will NOT be relegated this season after appointing Gary Rowett as manager until the end of the season. That is my confident...
Characters don’t come any more bubbly or loved in English football than former player and manager Barry Fry. I bumped into him at Burton last week...
The Coventry City chairman, Doug King, and the Sky Blues supporters will probably not thank me for posing this question! But why have no big clubs...
Characters don’t come any more bubbly or loved in English football than former player and manager Barry Fry. I bumped into him at Burton last week...
John Giles (known to football fan and Johnny) was an outstanding football and a useful manager who post-football became an highly respected pundit on...
What a tight and exciting English football season! Only one point separates the top of the Premier League with ten matches to go. Arsenal lead...
If you are a club in the danger zone, you are never too good to go down. That prospect certainly faces Birmingham City, who are ONLY out of the...
Gareth Southgate is a classy operator. He will go down as one of the outstanding England managers, having already taken the team to one World Cup...
There is a lot resting on the proposed Premier League money deal with the EFL. There is a crunch meeting of all 20 Premier League clubs on Thursday to...
Football hates change. Managers, past and present, are up in arms about the possibility of blue cards and sin- bins. This is basically for dissent and...
Aston Villa lost 2-1 to Manchester United at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon and for older spectator and viewers like me both clubs bring back memories...
If Aston Villa and Coventry City win their respective home replays over the next 48 hours, they will have a great chance of both reaching the FA Cup...
Fight Night was a popular boxing series which I presented and was shown to half of the UK on ITV. It was transmitted almost live every fortnight on...
The 30-minute delay at The Hawthorns because of crowd trouble in Sunday’s FA Cup tie begs two questions. How were Wolves fans allowed in the home...
Fight Night was a popular boxing series that I presented and was shown to half of the UK on ITV. It was transmitted almost live every fortnight on...