Barry Glendenning – Enjoy Crucible snooker while it lasts…

Sean Ingle – Wilkins’ history lesson no match for the appliance of science

Barney Ronay – Forget the fury and feast on the forbidden Suárez-love

Barney Ronay – Annus miraculous: year that can be summmed up in a sentence

Martin Kelner – No sign of Cliff Richard as O₂ pitches tennis as new rock’n'roll

Rob Smyth – We love it, absolutely love it when football people lose the plot