Paul Hayward
Sports Writer at The Observer
Sportswriter at The Observer. Co-host of 'How It All Played Out' (Global). Author of 'England Football - the Biography, 1872-2022.' https://t.co/9e0BYkAnHS
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Paul Hayward
Bath clinch a pulsating Premiership final that shows club rugby at its best while an upstart rival lurks in the wings Anyone watching 81,708 fans cavort while two of the great names fought for the title would have wondered why a rebel league is necessary. The only breakaway most rugby followers want to see is a 50-metre one by a winger dancing down the touchline.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Paul Hayward
“It’s so painful what we see in Gaza. It hurts my whole body,” said Guardiola from his script in Manchester’s Whitworth Hall. “Let me be clear, it’s not about ideology. It’s not about whether I’m right, or you’re wrong. It’s just about the love of life, about the care of your neighbour.”That inarguable appeal to basic human values cut through the world’s most intractable conflict to a way of seeing death that was simply personal and empathetic.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Paul Hayward
Men’s tennis expected a fallow period after its golden age. Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner changed that. From Paris the frisson spread to Wimbledon, where the gilded age of Federer, Djokovic, Nadal and Murray has morphed already into a new one. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club were the other, faraway winners when Carlos Alcaraz, 22, beat Jannik Sinner, 23, in Sunday’s exhilarating French Open final. The eulogies for that showdown have matched the game’s sweep of stunning shots.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Paul Hayward
Football can’t save us from calamities that stalk the world, but sometimes there can be a pay-back for fans’ patience and faith The rejoicing that will sweep Southend or Oldham this weekend won’t match the scale of the joy at Newcastle, Crystal Palace or Tottenham, cup winners all, in a season of catharsis.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Paul Hayward |Matt Russell
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Watching Rabada torture Webster in this World Test Championship final is a fabulous taste of summer.
RT @_PaulHayward: Why Wimbledon was a winner too when Alcaraz beat Sinner to end the post 'big four' hiatus. My piece for @ObserverUK ht…
Senegal were excellent and deserved to win. An aside: 153 years after England played in the first ever international, football still can't decide what handball is.
Jude Bellingham scores for England but it's ruled out for handball by Levi Colwill in the build-up ❌ Should this one have stood? 🤔 #ITVFootball | #ThreeLions https://t.co/cYoaJZaGe4
