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Paul Martin

Paul Martin is editor-in-chief of MediaZones.net and Correspondent World

<p>Next summer’s Women’s Rugby World Cup will be shown on free-to-air BBC television. </p>
Rugby Union

Women’s Rugby World Cup being on BBC can create ‘generational moment’

Olympics

Kothari flying flag for GB - but also for representation in diving

Olympics

Skateboarding veteran shows why Olympics isn’t always about the medals

<p>Tommy Fleetwood finishes second in the men’s golf at the 2024 Olympics</p>
Olympics

Fleetwood reveals key message taken from winning Olympic silver medal

<p>Bryony Page claimed gold in the women’s trampolining competition at the 2024 Olympic Games</p>
Olympics

Page bounced back like no other to claim trampolining Olympic gold

<p>Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin have teamed up for Olympic glory in the past </p>
Olympics

Hester urges second chance for Dujardin after horse whipping scandal

<p>Adam Burgess with his silver medal following the Men’s Canoe Single Final.</p>
Olympics

Adam Burgess banishes memories of Tokyo to win first Olympic medal

<p>Delicious Orie becomes the latest British boxer to be knocked out of the Paris Olympics following defeats for Charley Davison and Rosie Eccles. </p>
Olympics

Delicious Orie suffers shock defeat as Britain’s boxing woes continue

<p>Anna Henderson on the podium with her silver medal </p>
Olympics

Henderson gives ‘blood and tears’ to triumph in brutal time trial

<p>Rosie Eccles will be gunning for more success at Paris 2024 </p>
Boxing

Eccles taking inspiration from Andy Murray in pursuit of boxing gold

<p>Taskmaster star Alex Horne is a huge Chesham United fan </p>
Football

Taskmaster star Alex Horne reveals his non-league football obsession

<p>Sarah Hunter celebrates with her teammates after announcing her England retirement </p>
Rugby Union

Hunter bows out in style as England hammer Scotland

Rowing

Edwards playing the long game in fight for diversity in British rowing

Rowing

Edwards playing the long game in fight for diversity in British rowing

<p>Archbishop Desmond Tutu stands next to a bust of former South African president Nelson Mandela in London</p>
Voices

My memories of Desmond Tutu, the man we called ‘The Arch’

<p>Former South African president, FW de Klerk, poses outside his office in Cape Town, South Africa in 1992</p>
Voices

FW de Klerk was a pragmatist – not a man driven by ideology

<p>England beat New Zealand in Exeter last weekend </p>
Sport

Chasing the ‘Holy Grail’ in women’s rugby

Sport

Lauren Price ready to chase more ‘dreams’ after winning Olympic gold

Sport

Lauren Price ready to chase more ‘dreams’ after winning Olympic gold

<p>Pearce offered his support at a recent Hornchurch training session</p>
Football

Pearce pitching in to help non-league Hornchurch achieve Wembley dream

Team GB basketball player Robyn Love
Sport

The Paralympians bringing their ‘A’ game for Tokyo

<p>Ireland’s Stacey Flood has experience of the World Sevens Series circuit</p>
Six Nations

Sevens stars can supply ‘x-factor’ for Ireland in Six Nations campaign

Great Britain’s Bianca Walkden
Olympics

The taekwondo champion on an Olympic mission

Britain's Mohamed Sbihi, Alex Gregory, Constantine Louloudis and George Nash
Olympics

Team GB’s next generation backed to continue golden rowing legacy

Helen Glover won gold in Rio and London
Sport

The gold medal-winning mum aiming for Olympic history

Hannah Mills with her gold medal at the Rio Olympics
Sport

Mills chasing Olympic gold one more time at Tokyo 2020

<p>Shahidul Alam Ratan at the Kia Oval which has been renamed The Kia Shahidul Alam Ratan Oval for the day</p>
Cricket

Cook backs ‘ambassador’ Broad for Sports Personality of the Year award

Helen Glover won gold in Rio and London
Sport

The gold medal-winning mum aiming for Olympic history

Hannah Mills with her gold medal at the Rio Olympics
Sport

Mills chasing Olympic gold one more time at Tokyo 2020

<p>Shahidul Alam Ratan at the Kia Oval which has been renamed The Kia Shahidul Alam Ratan Oval for the day</p>
Cricket

Cook backs ‘ambassador’ Broad for Sports Personality of the Year award

England World Cup winner Geoff Hurst
News

Hurst demands action over ‘inarguable’ link between game and dementia

News

Hurst demands action over ‘inarguable’ link between game and dementia

England World Cup winner Geoff Hurst
Nielson has risen through the ranks
Sport

England’s Nielson no longer feels like the odd one out

Messages are left on a tribute wall after its unveiling outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg
Africa

30 years on, murdered schoolboy remains at heart of Winnie's legacy

Africa

Beautiful but destroyed by arrogance - the Winnie Mandela I knew

The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ in 1994: ‘He could hardly hide his contempt for the international figures whose jobs were to keep this war from getting even worse’
Voices

'I helped bring Mladic down. This is how it feels to see him jailed'

The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ in 1994: ‘He could hardly hide his contempt for the international figures whose jobs were to keep this war from getting even worse’
Voices

'I helped bring Mladic down. This is how it feels to see him jailed'

Ex-Fifa chief Sepp Blatter with his daughter Corinne, and her daughter Selina
News

Fifa corruption: 'My honest father was forced out,' claims Sepp

Klaus Iohannis’s election was ‘a surprise’
Europe

Romania's new president declares radical plans for his country, saying

Israeli security forces have been deployed to hunt down the two men suspected of kidnapping the three youths
New Articles

Father of kidnapping suspect: ‘I believe the Israelis will kill my

Africa

Julius Malema: The firebrand shaking up South Africa’s old guard

The Australian players celebrate their series win
Cricket

Heroic Ryan Harris seals series for Australia in late thriller

David Warner hit 145 yesterday, his second century of the match, as Australia set a huge target of 511
Cricket

David Warner smashes Aussies to brink of win over South Africa

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith salutes the crowd after playing his last innings
Cricket

Graeme Smith: Brilliant but peculiar 'Biff' bows out at right time

Graeme Smith celebrates a century for South Africa in 2010
Cricket

Graeme Smith shocks South Africa by announcing retirement

Australia’s Michael Clarke celebrates his century in Cape Town yesterday
Cricket

Clarke battles back into form to put Australia in driving seat

Mandela in a boxing pose in the 1950s
Others

Nelson Mandela: How the former South African leader was inspired by

Francois Pienaar and Nelson Mandela after South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup
News & Comment

How Nelson Mandela looked to bring unity through sport

News & Comment

How Nelson Mandela looked to bring unity through sport

Francois Pienaar and Nelson Mandela after South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Former Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat
Middle East

British expert says it's 'highly unlikely' Arafat was poisoned

Bangladesh is the world's second-largest exporter of garments
Asia

UN official urges 'immediately and urgent' appointment of inspectors

Dr Mowaffak al-Rubaie with a bust of the deposed dictator from one of his palaces and the ropeused to hang him
Middle East

'As I led him to the gallows, I hoped Saddam Hussein would show

US administrator Paul Bremer in Hillah, Iraq, in 2004
Middle East

Paul Bremer on Iraq, ten years on: 'We made major strategic mistakes.

US administrator Paul Bremer in Hillah, Iraq, in 2004
Middle East

Paul Bremer on Iraq, ten years on: 'We made major strategic mistakes.

Captain Graeme Smith holds the the ICC mace after surrounded by jubilant South African team-mates
Cricket

South Africa: From global outcasts to top of the world

Friends reunited: Ernie Els with the Claret Jug he last won 10 years ago
Golf

The ties that have bound South Africa's two great champions

Science

Nature, nurture and a pinch of salt

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