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Novak Djokovic, the world number one, said that he turned down US$220,000 to throw a match. (Photo: Getty)

This could be the year that sport starts to die

Simon Barnes 30 January 2016 9:00 am

If sport loses the public’s faith – and it’s starting to – then all its power and glory will fade

The joy of winter birdwatching (and how it’s changing)

Simon Barnes 12 December 2015 9:00 am

Our harsh December days are a temperate escape for some gorgeous birds

Through terror and scandal, the joy of sport endures

Simon Barnes 21 November 2015 9:00 am

Through terror and scandal, it endures

How your garden can help save the hedgehog

Simon Barnes 3 October 2015 8:00 am

Mrs Tiggywinkle’s in deep trouble. But your garden could help

Paula Radcliffe is a victim of our hypocrisy and confusion about drugs and sport

Simon Barnes 19 September 2015 8:00 am

Do you want to see Paula Radcliffe’s blood? If so, you’re not alone. Radcliffe, three-time winner of the London Marathon…

Rhinos are being wiped out for the sake of fairytales

Simon Barnes 29 August 2015 9:00 am

Can anything protect the rhino from rapacious human stupidity?

Why nothing in sport beats thrashing the Aussies at cricket

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Why nothing in sport beats thrashing the Aussies at cricket

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The fad for owning animals from films is daft and damaging

Why sport and sham morality go so well together

Simon Barnes 27 June 2015 9:00 am

Why sport and sham morality go so well together

A piece of primeval England reborn in Sussex

Simon Barnes 30 May 2015 9:00 am

A piece of ancient England is being reborn around a castle in Sussex

I know that Richard Dawkins is wrong about Down’s syndrome, because I know my son

Simon Barnes 6 September 2014 9:00 am

I know that people with Down’s syndrome are not better off dead, because I know my son

Simon Barnes’s diary: A sportswriter is never without a big subject (unless it’s golf)

Simon Barnes 26 July 2014 9:00 am

Sport is like love: it can only really hurt you if you care. Or for that matter, bring joy. You…

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It’s a rum go, working in sport professionally. Your business is everybody else’s fun; their frivolity is your seriousness. Still,…

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