Marcus Oades

About a month ago, it looked a formality that world number one Novak Djokovic would clinch his first French Open title at Roland Garros this year, and in doing so join an elite group of all-time greats in achieving the Career Grand Slam. However, as a result of the...

It was news that nobody could have seen coming. Many journalists arrived at Maria Sharapova’s pre-arranged press conference in Los Angeles on Monday night expecting news that she would be taking a break from tennis to heal her persistent injuries, or perhaps announcing her retirement from the sport. What came...

While Great Britain were gearing up for their first Davis Cup final since 1978, culminating in their first victory since the 1930s, the build-up was somewhat focused on Andy Murray’s decision to play the ATP World Tour Finals the week before. The British number one, who qualified as the...

Roger Federer has won 17 Grand Slam titles, and is widely regarded at the greatest tennis player of all time. World number one Novak Djokovic currently sits on 10 major titles, still some way behind, yet is comfortably the best player on the planet at the moment, and has been...

    Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, or Andy Murray? The final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, gets underway at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday, and it seems likely that the title will go to one of the three aforementioned names – the three best players...

Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic? This is the big question in the world of tennis at the moment, and one that we might have a concrete answer to in the next few weeks. That’s because the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open, gets underway on Sunday 24...

The second tier of English football is widely regarded as the most exciting in Europe, and that has been further enhanced by this pulsating season. The battle to stay in the Championship is looking as though it will once again go down to the wire. Blackpool and Wigan Athletic...