
Oliver Brown
Oliver Brown is the Chief Sports Writer for The Daily Telegraph. You can find him on X @oliverbrown_tel.

Elise Christie interview: Friends won’t speak to me because I’m on OnlyFans
World champion speed skater whose six tilts at Olympic gold ended in injury and frustration faced a brutal reckoning when her career ended

Who will win the big Six Nations matches this weekend
Ahead of the second round of fixtures, our experts predict the scores from some tantalising match-ups

Gregor Townsend should not do two jobs until he can get the first one right
Scotland head coach is presiding over a cycle of underachievement and his extramural activities with Newcastle could prove a tipping point

Ireland and Scotland gorged on project players – now it is coming home to roost
Residency requirement extension from a cosy three years to five has shorn Celtic nations of key southern hemisphere stars

Our experts pick their England teams to face Scotland
Telegraph Sport’s rugby writers are split on Ollie Lawrence but expect captain Maro Itoje to return for the trip to Murrayfield

Eddie the Eagle: I went from sleeping in barns to staying in five-star hotels
Interview: 38 years after he became a household name at the Winter Olympics, Edwards’ 15 minutes of fame has turned into a lifetime

Six Nations has lost a piece of its soul with Wales’ demise
This fixture was once a guarantee of blood and thunder but Welsh surrender was so meek you worry whether their tailspin will only deepen

Imane Khelif’s latest propaganda campaign should fool nobody
Algerian boxer could have undergone sex screening and made the results public to douse the firestorm, but instead engages in cynical PR

Novak Djokovic finally receives Australia’s adulation at one party he fails to crash
Once persona non grata in Melbourne, 24-time major winner gets the appreciation his talent deserves after defeat by Carlos Alcaraz

Our experts pick their England teams to face Wales
Telegraph Sport’s rugby writers disagree over who Steve Borthwick should select at full-back and centre for Six Nations opener

Novak Djokovic is clear of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in every conceivable metric
The 24-time grand slam champion’s Australian Open semi-final win over Jannik Sinner illustrated why he is the greatest of all time

It is utterly chilling that Donald Trump’s private militia is infiltrating global sport
News that US’s feared ICE agents will be at Winter Olympics in Italy has been met with alarm and anger in host nation

Our rugby experts pick their England squads for Six Nations
Four uncapped players deserve place in Steve Borthwick’s 36-man squad, while England regulars Elliot Daly and Theo Dan should miss out

The brutal truth: Emma Raducanu is being left behind
Having reached the second week of a major just once since 2022, the 23-year-old’s career is stuck in neutral

I joined Spurs fans but all I found was apathy and 10,000 empty seats
Swathes of empty seats in win over Dortmund show how obscene it is that this grand stadium hosts such witless football


Brendon McCullum’s latest absurd claim damns him after Harry Brook fiasco
If England head coach refuses to change after Ashes shambles, then the man himself must be changed

It is time for immature Harry Brook to grow up
England vice-captain is at a crossroads in his career but following the template set by Ben Stokes can repair the damage


His body broken, Ben Stokes finally looks a beaten man
England captain’s selection decisions surely contributed to the groin injury that has ended his Ashes tour


