Tom Kershaw

Why do so many sportsmen get motor neurone disease? The heartbreaking stories of David Lawrence, Marcus Stewart and Ed Slater are just the latest to rock sport. Now scientists hope they are getting nearer to finding some answers

Was incredibly moving and humbling to meet Syd Lawrence and his son, Buster, at their home. A fantastic bowler who defied a horrific injury to become a champion bodybuilder before he had MND diagnosed in June.

‘My body is dying but not my spirit’

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Why do so many sportsmen get motor neurone disease? The heartbreaking stories of David Lawrence, Marcus Stewart and Ed Slater are just the latest to rock sport. Now scientists hope they are getting nearer to finding some answers

Extremely grateful to Syd Lawrence, Marcus Stewart, Ed Slater, and some of the UK's leading neuroscientists, for speaking to me about living with MND and the search for answers as to the potential link between sport and such a terrible disease

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Inside the secret world of modern football agents Agents Leon Angel and Joel Pannick lift the lid on making deals, the pressure to secure improved contracts and big transfers, and the lengths they go to help players settle

Spent an afternoon at CAA Base during the January transfer window with Leon Angel and Joel Pannick to discuss the real day-to-day life of a football agent.

From organising dog visas to dealmaking in the Vatican:

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Meet England’s most popular golfer … a YouTuber from Bolton Rick Shiels has almost three million subscribers, gets invitations to Augusta and is LIV’s latest recruit, having played rounds with everyone from Bryson DeChambeau to Harry Kane

An interview with Rick Shiels on his extraordinary rise from a teaching pro at the Trafford Centre to the world’s most popular YouTube golfer.

‘If you look at the views, I think YouTube golf has eclipsed professional tournament golf for a long time’

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Moses Itauma: Meet British boxing’s next heavyweight superstar Born in Slovakia but raised in Kent, Moses Itauma, who has sparred with Anthony Joshua and boxed on Tyson Fury’s undercard, wants Daniel Dubois fight this year

Interview with Moses Itauma, British boxing’s next heavyweight superstar, on his rapid rise from Slovakia to Kent and world title contention at 20 years old.

‘I’ve never lost a fight in my life’

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Phil Taylor on Luke Littler: At 17 I was a sheet metal worker The darts great has some advice for how the sport’s new star can beat his haul of 16 world titles… including getting a mattress topper and some decent shoes

And Phil Taylor on Luke Littler’s phenomenal breakthrough, his advice for the teenager (three pairs of shoes and a mattress topper), and darts’ incredible transformation through the decades.

‘At 17 I was a sheet metal worker earning £9-a-week’

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Tyson Fury doctor under scrutiny after one of his boxers fails drug test British boxing controllers are ‘carefully considering’ activity of Dr Usman Sajjad, a GP who was working with super-bantamweight Dennis McCann at the time of failed test

Keep neglecting to post on here… A couple of recent pieces:

Exclusive: Tyson Fury doctor under scrutiny after one of his boxers fails drug test
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How mum of Arsenal rising star is protecting youngsters from dodgy agents Myles Lewis-Skelly, 18, has made the leap from academy graduate to first-team regular — now mum Marcia wants to help other parents navigate the “minefield” that is raising a young footballer

Myles Lewis-Skelly had made a seamless leap to Arsenal’s first team after a decade in the academy.

Now, his mother, Marcia, is trying to help other children navigate that ‘minefield’ - from dealing with agents to finding a new club after being released

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Daniel Dubois: I can’t find Anthony Joshua. I put him in a retirement home IBF heavyweight boxing champion Daniel Dubois predicts Oleksandr Usyk will defeat Tyson Fury and wants to buy a helicopter – if it will fit in his Essex garden

Once a shy character, Daniel Dubois is a different man as heavyweight champion here in Riyadh. After sending Anthony Joshua to his “retirement home”, he is eyeing a rematch - and backing - Oleksandr Usyk.

He also wants to buy a helicopter.

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Year of the Turki – the man who turned Riyadh into boxing’s capital Turki Al-Sheikh ended wait for undisputed heavyweight champion and brought together warring rivals as he delivered series of generation-defining fights in 2024

Year of the Turki – the man who turned Riyadh into boxing’s capital

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An extremely long stare down between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury

Oleksandr Usyk: God helps me overcome sins – like punching people in face As Riyadh rematch against Tyson Fury nears, Ukraine’s heavyweight champion opens up on how faith helped him in first bout and his reluctant status as an icon

Oleksandr Usyk's victory over Tyson Fury sparked celebrations on the frontline in Ukraine in May. In Riyadh yesterday, he was as disarmingly relaxed and raw about his life as ever. A true great.

Interview:

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‘My husband almost killed me – now Sydney Sweeney is playing me in a film’ Christy Martin was the first star of women’s boxing but the domestic violence she suffered in silence only emerged years later when her spouse left her for dead

The extraordinary double life of boxing trailblazer Christy Martin is being made into a major film starring Sydney Sweeney.

Interview with one of sport’s great, often unsung heroines, from starring on Mike Tyson’s undercards to surviving her attempted murder

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From dad’s ‘Big John’ takeaway fame to Tyson Fury’s undercard A history graduate with a father who has become a TikTok sensation by eating huge portions of Chinese food, Johnny Fisher is not your typical heavyweight boxer

Enjoyed speaking to Johnny Fisher, the history graduate turned heavyweight contender, with a little help from his unexpectedly famous father, 'Big John'.

'Every few months I stop and think how surreal it all is'

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Charlton Athletic taken to High Court over alleged £500k unpaid debt Claim states Paul Elliott lent club the sum after agreeing takeover, but that he was never reimbursed after his consortium failed EFL’s owners’ and directors’ test

Exclusive: Charlton Athletic are being taken to High Court over an alleged £500k unpaid debt to Paul Elliott

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The Misunderstood Life of Grayson Murray

Special Report: The Misunderstood Life of Grayson Murray.

In the painful aftermath of suicide, the people who loved him describe a man with immense talent, a kind heart and a burden he couldn’t shed www.golfdigest.com/story/the-mi... #golf

Eddie Hearn: Kids are on streets with machetes – don’t expect me to stay Boxing promoter on his despair at the state of the country, how he thinks we can learn a lot from the Saudis, and why this could be Anthony Joshua’s final year in the sport

Going to start posting on here with similar ineffectiveness to X.

Interview with Eddie Hearn in this week’s Sunday Times.

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