Owen Gibson
Owen Gibson is the Guardian's chief sports correspondent. From 2010 to 2012 he was Olympics editor, covering the build up to the London Games and writing on a range of other sporting issues. Prior to that, he was the Guardian's sports news correspondent and, before that, media correspondent for four years. He joined the Guardian in 2001 as new media editor and previously worked for trade title Media Week
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The Brazil sports minister said he was confident Zika cases ‘will be close to zero’ but Guanabara Bay, for the sailing events, was still not completely clean
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Evidence seized from Dr Eufemiano Fuentes had been ordered to be destroyed and now tests could reveal identities of sports people involved in the Operation Puerto doping scandal
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Andy Murray has said he ignores the media hype during Wimbledon and that nobody expects more from him than himself
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Roy Hodgson, his players, the FA and the clubs must share the blame after another grim tournament for England but a quick fix is not on the cards
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The reigning Wimbledon champion, Serena Williams, has begun her quest to equal Steffi Graf’s grand slam record in low-key style, eventually beating the Swiss qualifier Amra Sadikovic 6-2, 6-4
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After three unconvincing displays in the group stage, Roy Hodgson appears no closer to finding his best XI. Our writers select their choices to take on Iceland
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By fluke rather than a questionable format Uefa has ended up with a mouth-watering knockout stage that could yet paper over the tournament’s cracks
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Northern Ireland have qualified for the last 16 at Euro 2016 as one of the best four third-placed sides after Turkey beat the Czech Republic 2-0
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The giddy excitement of the massed ranks of brilliantly boisterous Northern Ireland supporters quickly gave way to a sense of foreboding against Germany but they lost only 1-0
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Germany have dismissed criticism from Michael Ballack, who said the side lacked leaders, as ‘comedy’ in the run-up to their Euro 2016 group match against Northern Ireland
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For Paul Pogba and his France manager, Didier Deschamps, Euro 2016 starts now after an unconvincing group stage played out in a crotchety atmosphere
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Two of the three Russian fans imprisoned for their part in clashes with England fans at Euro 2016 were on the board of the official supporters’ organisation
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With Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann – before his intervention against Albania – coming in for criticism after lacklustre performances, the hosts have still to convince their fans despite two wins from two
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The world athletics governing body has upheld a ban on Russian athletes imposed in the wake of a state-sponsored doping scandal
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The IAAF president is leading from the front as he likes to but he needs to share the load at a time when athletics is facing arguably its biggest challenge
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The podders analyse vital victories for England and Northern Ireland. Plus, Germany’s bore draw with Poland, and Sweden prepare for Italy
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Faced with perhaps the biggest 45 minutes of his managerial career Roy Hodgson threw caution to the winds and his half-time substitutes Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge did the rest
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The head of the official Russian supporters group Alexander Shprygin, who has far-right affiliations, is among 20 fans being deported from Euro 2016
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Supporters should ‘show consideration’ and let French police concentrate on terror threat, says Martin Glenn
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Fresh trouble at Euro 2016 after England and Russia fans brawl and chased one another through Lille
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Further incidents will see Russia disqualified from the tournament but their coach, Leonid Slutsky, slammed ‘unethical’ England fan behaviour while the striker Artem Dzyuba said ‘In every conflict there are two parts’
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Bastian Schweinsteiger, who scored for Germany against Ukraine in their Group C victory, was described as ‘amazing’ by his team-mates after his successful return from injury
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Alexander Shprygin, travelling to Euro 2016 with the official Russian FA delegation, is considered by the Fare network to be a leading light among extreme-right ultra fan groups
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Marcus Evans, the owner of Ipswich Town, who made his fortune in the sports hospitality industry, is being sued by Uefa over the sale of unauthorised packages of Euro 2016 tickets
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is impossible to take one’s eyes off and, while Republic of Ireland looked set to leave him frustrated, he never hid and eventually created Sweden’s equaliser
Milos Raonic beats Roger Federer in five sets to reach Wimbledon final