A freelance sports writer specialising in football, horse racing, cycling, athletics and betting. Also, the author of book [sc:bookbiolink], a novel covering the exploitation of young African footballers and their experiences in Europe. jonjowelsh@aol.com
At the halfway stage of the current Premier League season, it could be argued that both Leicester and Chelsea are occupying positions in the league ta…
England won the First Test against South Africa by 241 runs in a match staged in Durban, but two poor batting displays by the hosts were primarily res…
Just two years previously Sprinter Sacre and Cue Card were considered as prime contenders to win their respective races at the Kempton Park Christmas…
With a short winter break now being enjoyed by players in the Italian Serie A, a glance at the league table offers the prospect of very exciting few m…
In beating River Plate 3-0 in the final of the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday, Barcelona completed their third victory in this annual tournament w…
It has been a strange Premier League season to date with Leicester leading the table prior to the weekend fixtures, and the Foxes maintained their pos…
When Tyson Fury captured the majority of the headlines in World boxing just two weeks previously when outpointing Wladimir Klitschko to claim the IBO,…
When PSV Eindhoven won the Dutch Eredivisie last season by a 17 point margin from Ajax, it was perhaps only to be expected that their players would at…
On two occasions when head coach of Wolfsburg, Steve McClaren faced a progressive Borussia Dortmund team managed by Jurgen Klopp, with 2-0 and 3-0 los…
Among the highlights of the weekend fixtures in the Bundesliga, there were two games involving the top four teams in the league table. At Wolfsburg, B…
Former Manchester United and England footballing brothers Gary and Phil Neville have always been eager to exploit new adventures in the sport once the…
As the group stage of the 2015-16 Champions League competition draws to a conclusion in the next two weeks with just the final games to be completed,…