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Channel number one (Daily Telegraph magazine)

At Samphire Beach, a Japanese woman stands in front of Dover's white cliffs. It is 10 past seven on a Tuesday morning. Most people will be having breakfast or getting ready for a day at the office. Miyuki Fijita is swimming to France.

By admin| 2017-08-22T10:28:39+00:00 August 21st, 2017|Sport, Swimming and lidos, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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The last hope for a dying game (Observer Sport Monthly)

On the morning of the first game I heard a familiar voice in the breakfast room. "I'd like a cheese omelette and a rooibos tea." It is the BBC's Jonathan Agnew.

By admin| 2018-02-21T22:17:06+00:00 August 20th, 2017|Foreign reportage, Sport, Zimbabwe|0 Comments
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Shooting rapids in the suburbs (FT)

It may look like a sewage works on a choppy day but in the glorious jargon of London 2012 this is an "early legacy".

By admin| 2017-09-04T15:09:27+00:00 June 1st, 2017|Sport, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Shooting rapids in the suburbs (FT)
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Across ring and board (FT magazine)

Only when his jab connects with my left cheek do I start to understand boxing.

By admin| 2017-09-04T15:35:11+00:00 May 18th, 2017|Sport, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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The eyes of the world fall on Burton on Trent (Guardian)

Ever since its non-league football team was drawn against Manchester United in the third round of the FA Cup back in December, this sleepy town where nothing ever happens has been temporarily roused. And it all comes down to identity.

By Tom de Castella| 2017-09-05T16:41:00+00:00 December 6th, 2016|Culture, Shorts, Sport|0 Comments
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Mugabe family values (When Saturday Comes)

Sheffield United's Peter Ndlovu is uncomfortable talking about Zimbabwe's politics. But many back home blame Leo Mugabe, the president's nephew, for the crisis engulfing Zimbabwean football.

By Tom de Castella| 2018-03-07T14:35:00+00:00 August 26th, 2016|Sport, Zimbabwe|0 Comments
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Rebels resigned to fate despite moral victory (Times)

Eight months after Heath Streak's controversial departure as captain provoked a boycott by white players, only half a dozen rebels remain.

By admin| 2018-02-26T15:58:21+00:00 November 24th, 2014|Foreign reportage, Sport, Zimbabwe|0 Comments
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Rooney spat could come at a cost (BackPageLead)

It takes a rare man to make Alex Ferguson cry.

By admin| 2010-10-25T09:03:05+00:00 October 25th, 2010|Sport|Comments Off on Rooney spat could come at a cost (BackPageLead)
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The inevitable demise of KP (BackPageLead)

With only two months before the team arrives in Australia, Kevin Pietersen is all washed up.

By admin| 2010-09-07T09:00:07+00:00 September 7th, 2010|Sport|0 Comments
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Hysterical, deluded and thoroughly English (BBC news online)

Why do the English fool themselves, again and again, into believing they can win? Might they actually enjoy it?

By admin| 2010-06-28T09:00:24+00:00 June 28th, 2010|Culture, Sport, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hysterical, deluded and thoroughly English (BBC news online)
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About Tom

Tom de Castella is a freelance journalist based in London. Since 2002 he has written features for newspapers and magazines on subjects ranging from youth gangs and Mugabe’s Zimbabwe to Brian Clough and wild swimming. Between 2011 and 2015 he worked as a feature writer at the BBC news online’s Magazine section.
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