Oliver Brown

Willie Mullins is a true virtuoso – his 1-2-3 in the greatest steeplechase is an unparalleled feat. But the trainer’s bludgeoning dominance also sits uneasily with the essence of the Grand National. Piece from Aintree https://t.co/oxVGWYXoC9

‘We respect all viewpoints,’ say USA Fencing, having just disqualified a woman for refusing to fight an opponent who has only just transferred from the men’s division. Abysmal misogyny https://t.co/LOltcM7UkP

Front row for Paul Gascoigne. A national icon desperately trying to navigate the tightrope between happiness and oblivion https://t.co/S6m0giAcwm

Ruthless Christian Horner risks driving Max Verstappen out of Red Bull and into Mercedes. Comment https://t.co/MqFB7Opmfd

Real leadership here as World Athletics introduces cheek swab testing as a once-in-a-career pre-clearance measure for elite female competition. Sex is not some negotiable frippery when it comes to sport. It is foundational https://t.co/j51hpoa3xj

Inside story of how Lord Coe was crushed by his old nemesis Thomas Bach. Last-minute manoeuvres and backroom plots galore. My piece https://t.co/d3egJuEMwY

Coe’s defeat by ‘Mugabe’s golden girl’ proves IOC has no desire to change. Comment https://t.co/lweBTD6KBx

Coe suffers crushing defeat as Kirsty Coventry seizes the most powerful job in global sport. In the end, his boldness counts against him. Report from Costa Navarino https://t.co/wmObSpmWS4

49 votes for Coventry, 28 for Samaranch, 8 for Coe. Eight.

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Results of the election for the 10th IOC President: HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein 2 David Lappartient 4 Johan Eliasch 2 Juan Antonio Samaranch 28 Kirsty Coventry 49 Lord Sebastian Coe 8 Morinari Watanabe 4 https://t.co/AE3z0vE6r3

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history. The former Zimbabwean swimmer, 41, was Thomas Bach’s preferred candidate. A demonstration of Bach’s absolute power over this organisation.

Extraordinary. An IOC election expected to last five rounds at least has been resolved after only one, with one candidate securing an absolute majority. Highly likely Coe, whose hope was to stay in the race through the rounds, will not be the next IOC president. Result imminent.

The stakes could not be higher. @sebcoe must become IOC chief – his rivals are fatally compromised. Piece from Costa Navarino, Greece https://t.co/WQ8LJtLFji

Thomas Bach is being proposed as ‘honorary president for life’ of the International Olympic Committee, after many crawling homilies by his lieutenants. Yes, the man who knowingly blurred the boundaries of biology in a lethal Olympic sport. North Korean levels of shamelessness.

RT @Daley_thompson: @oliverbrown_tel @sebcoe You don’t hear/see many leaders brave enough to be speaking out loud about protecting women’s…

RT @piersmorgan: For this reason alone, never mind all his other world-class credentials on and off the track, @sebcoe is obviously the sta…

‘The integrity of sport comes first – we must protect the female category.’ Writing exclusively for Telegraph Sport, @sebcoe, proven defender of fair sport for women, lays out his credentials to become International Olympic Committee president this week https://t.co/9FNkpHyzUj

RT @TeleFootball: "Amid the sugar rush of a long-awaited Wembley win it cannot be forgotten how feat is hardly one of unadulterated purity.…