Person: Hugh McIlvanney

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Liam Mackey on Norman Hunter: The show-stopper

We all of us have our first FA Cup final, the one against which all the others which followed have to be measured. It might not have been the greatest ever, it might even have been one for others to forget but, precisely because it was your first one, it captured the imagination and cemented your love affair with the game.

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‘It took me to a different world’: Sports stars reveal their favourite reads on World Book Day

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It’s time to recognise MMA is here to stay

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Storm over rule changes makes for GAA’s winter of discontent

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‘It’s only the league’ doesn’t cut it anymore

The age-old question: Why do fellas like battering the heads off each other?

The Best of times, the worst of times

Inevitably, the word ‘addiction’ features early in George Best: All By Himself, the documentary aired on the BBC this week.

Sat, 24 Jun, 2017

Sadly, the time to abolish replays has arrived

I don’t recall, as an 11-year-old, being aware I was watching an exhibition of sport as a thinly disguised substitute for war, writes Liam Mackey.

Sat, 11 Feb, 2017

OBITUARY: Peter Corrigan, former Observer sports editor and acclaimed columnist

‘Everyone loved him for his generosity of spirit, compassion, and fun’. Peter Jackson looks at the career of acclaimed columnist Peter Corrigan.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

No time like the present for Fergie

Was it even legitimate for Alex Ferguson to write yet another new book?

Sat, 26 Oct, 2013

Genius in any language

The most notable match report of a quiet footballing week should have been the account of Alex Ferguson’s visit to the Harvard Business School.

Sat, 22 Dec, 2012

At 70, the man who made us all richer

THIS afternoon, in Louisville, Kentucky, the bell will ring for a week-long birthday party in Muhammad Ali’s honour.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2012

Katie’s sights firmly fixed on London 2012

THE long, sticky days hang on two tent-pole training sessions at the moment. One in the morning. One in the evening.

Fri, 20 Aug, 2010