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Jonathan Liew

@jonathanliew

Jonathan Liew is the Chief Sports Writer of The Independent. In February 2019 he was named sports columnist of the year by the Sports Journalists' Association.

England's Owen Farrell walks past the Webb Ellis Cup
International

England’s World Cup final agony and the questions left unanswered

Colin Kaepernick is one of sport's leaders in driving conversation about social and political issues
Sport

Deadspin and the limits of ‘sticking to sport’

Eddie Jones, the England head coach laughs
International

How the England rugby team finally became likeable

International

Why talismanic captain Farrell is the ice in England’s veins

Jones was given a rain jacket ... but no blazer
International

How Jones helped mastermind South Africa victory over England in 2007

Sean Fitzpatrick believes England have redefined their game
International

Fitzpatrick on winning World Cup and returning to work next day

International

Steely Ford ready to scale England’s final peak

Wales' head coach Warren Gatland
International

Gatland leaves Wales with the respect he’s always deserved

International

Podcast: England deliver all-time great performance to beat All Blacks

Maro Itoje of England walks off at fulltime
International

With the unflinching Itoje, England can rule the world

Gianni Infantino is building Fifa's relations with China
World

Fifa’s wooing of China is just Infantino’s latest guilty crush

England are preparing for the game of their lives
International

England stand at gates of history in semi-final to define careers

Should you acknowledge the All Blacks mythology, or ignore it entirely?
International

Deconstructing the invincible aura of the All Blacks

International

Deconstructing the invincible aura of the All Blacks

Should you acknowledge the All Blacks mythology, or ignore it entirely?
International

Podcast: Spygate, All Blacks aura and could Eddie Jones solve Brexit?

Jaco Peyper
International

Peyper has learned that you play the game of celebrity at your peril

International

New Zealand ready to turn screw on England’s ‘Kamikaze Kids’

The Japanese team following their defeat by South Africa
International

Japan shaken awake but this might just be the start, not the end

The Japanese team following their defeat by South Africa
International

Japan shaken awake but this might just be the start, not the end

International

Farrell brings the noise as England silence the Wallabies

No sport is exempt from the sweeping change of the market
Sport

How the rise of manufactured sport is altering its very fundamentals

Owen Farrell the captain of England emerges from the tunnel
International

Against Australia it’s time for England to go naked or go home

European

Everything you thought you knew about Ronaldo is wrong

Premier League

Guardiola’s Bernardo defence showed worrying ignorance of racism

Reiss Nelson impressed during the Carabao Cup third round
Premier League

Why Arsenal are actually a lot better than you think

Kieran Tierney bursts away from Forest's Joe Lolley
FA & League Cups

Tierney slips in under the radar with tentative Arsenal debut

The batsman-wicketkeeper has lost his place in England's Test side
Cricket

Bairstow the latest casualty as England cricket’s churn continues

Reiss Nelson impressed during the Carabao Cup third round
Premier League

Why Arsenal are actually a lot better than you think

Kieran Tierney bursts away from Forest's Joe Lolley
FA & League Cups

Tierney slips in under the radar with tentative Arsenal debut

The batsman-wicketkeeper has lost his place in England's Test side
Cricket

Bairstow the latest casualty as England cricket’s churn continues

Cricket

Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand tour

Cricket

Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand tour

Joel Matip of Liverpool showing his appreciation to the fans
Premier League

An appreciation of Matip, Liverpool’s weak link that isn’t

Roberto Firmino of Liverpool celebrating after scoring
Premier League

How Liverpool’s men taught Chelsea’s boys a lesson in the small things

England finished the Ashes series by clinching a draw
Ashes

What next with English cricket at a crossroads?

The out-of-work manager has impressed in the Sky Sports studio
Premier League

How Mourinho made himself wanted again

The out-of-work manager has impressed in the Sky Sports studio
Premier League

How Mourinho made himself wanted again

Jofra Archer is likely to play a key role in the next Ashes series
Cricket

Our England team to win back the Ashes from Australia in 2021/22

Ben Stokes of England celebrates
Ashes

From Stokes to Smith, 27 things we learned from the Ashes

England celebrate winning the fifth Test at The Oval
Ashes

England secure fitting Ashes conclusion in series that had it all

Cricket

England seize control as Root's men promise final flourish to Ashes

Cricket

Archer and Curran cut down Australia as England fight on

Roy Hodgson of Crystal Palace applauds fans
Premier League

Celebrating Roy Hodgson, the Premier League’s quiet revolutionary

Ashes

Eat, sleep, collapse, repeat as England succumb to same old problems

England head coach Trevor Bayliss
Ashes

Farewell Bayliss, the guru who leaves English cricket as he found it

Cricket

Australia retain the Ashes after defeating England in fourth Test

Stuart Broad has been England's standout Ashes bowler
Ashes

Why Broad’s pointless brilliance should not be forgotten

Cricket

Burns lifts England spirits before Australia reassert their dominance

Cricket

Burns lifts England spirits before Australia reassert their dominance

News

If we’re going to fight racism, it helps to understand what we face

Cricket

Smith's irrepressible brilliance sees Australia dominate fourth Test

Cricket

Business as usual as Smith guides Australia to strong start

Premier League

Explaining the Harry Kane conundrum

Premier League

Explaining the Harry Kane conundrum

Tottenham players leave the field at full-time
Premier League

Tottenham forced to escape from a derby they held in their hands

Football League

Football didn’t care about Bury – but their demise needn’t be in vain

Was Ben Stokes's 135 not-out at Headingley the greatest test innings of all time?
Cricket

30 greatest innings of all time: from Smith to Bradman, Lara to Stokes

England batsman Jack Leach celebrates with Jos Buttler
Ashes

In praise of Leach, England’s everyday superhero hiding in plain sight

Ashes

Stokes resurrects England from the Ashes in pure, undiluted theatre

Ben Stokes is greeted by his teammates
LiveLive

Reaction as Stokes completes miracle comeback against Australia

Josh Hazlewood reacts after going close once more
Ashes

Australia’s magnificent bowling attack grinds away at England’s hopes

England are on the verge of losing The Ashes
Ashes

England’s Ashes hopes all but over – & there are even greater problems

Tennis

The sadness of Naomi Osaka and the questions we should ask about it

Cricket

Archer ‘over the moon’ with crucial Ashes six-wicket haul

Cricket

Archer derails Australia to keep Ashes quest judderingly on course

Cricket

Archer derails Australia to keep Ashes quest judderingly on course

Joe Root at the crease for England
LiveLive

Root’s fighting fifty keeps England’s faint Ashes hopes alive

England players take part in a practice session at Headingley
Ashes

This knife-edge Ashes reaches Headingley where indecision is final

Cricket

Ashes series stirs to life as Australia cling on to draw

Cricket

Archer’s talent is unquestionable but can England get best out of him?

Cricket

Archer’s talent is unquestionable but can England get best out of him?

The 2019-20 Fantasy Premier League deadline is approaching fast
Premier League

Fantasy football and the desperate search for the game we lost

Strauss applauds at Lord's in aid of the Ruth Strauss Foundation
Ashes

As Lord’s shimmered red, Strauss showed sport’s most powerful side

England's Joe Root speaks during a press conference
Ashes

England head to Lord’s looking to find form and themselves

England's captain Joe Root walks back to the pavilion
Ashes

Australia tear down the fortress to leave witless England in a spin

ASHES LIVE
LiveLive

Australia thrash England to go one up in Ashes series

Ashes

England fight for survival as Australia take first Test stranglehold

Steve Smith helped Australia secure a lead on day three
Ashes

England discover the maddening puzzle of getting Smith out

The Surrey batsman makes history in first home Ashes Test
Cricket

Centurion Burns soaks up acclaim as England take upper-hand

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale reacts
Transfers

Bale, Madrid and the Big Nonsense of Big Football

Steve Smith produced a sublime century on day one
Ashes

Smith’s dreams come to life as genius display halts England

Ben Stokes can be England’s salvation in the Ashes
Cricket

The rise, fall and rise again of Ben Stokes

Premier League

Can stadiums still serve the public good in this new footballing age?

Chris Woakes of England salutes the crowd
Cricket

England avoid catastrophe against Ireland but questions remain

Mark Adair celebrates taking the wicket of Jonny Bairstow
Cricket

Latest batting collapse leaves England on the ropes against Ireland

Cricket

England capitulate as familiar batting woes come back to haunt them

Labuschagne is in contention for an Ashes place
Cricket

Labuschagne on how Christianity has provided perspective on cricket

Mark Adair celebrates taking the wicket of Jonny Bairstow
Cricket

Latest batting collapse leaves England on the ropes against Ireland

Cricket

England capitulate as familiar batting woes come back to haunt them

Labuschagne is in contention for an Ashes place
Cricket

Labuschagne on how Christianity has provided perspective on cricket

Rory Burns of England looks on
Cricket

Burns on England vs Ireland, the World Cup and the Ashes

The luck involved in Ben Stokes deflecting the ball to the boundary, and England to World Cup glory, cannot be explained
Cricket

Ben Stokes, that deflection and the question of what is luck in sport?

Jason Roy kisses his World Cup medal
Cricket

Roy earns first Test call-up as Archer, Stokes and Buttler rested

Cricket

England are world champions after World Cup final finish for the ages

New Zealand were brilliant in the field against India in their semi-final 
Cricket

The miracle of New Zealand’s Cricket World Cup

Waugh knows what it's like to win and lose a World Cup final
Cricket

Waugh on England, Morgan and captaincy in cricket's biggest game

England's Eoin Morgan and Joe Root celebrate victory against Australia
Cricket

Fearless England close on their cricketing bliss

Dhoni walks off after being run out
Cricket

New Zealand shred logic as India handed one of oldest lessons in sport

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