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Ponting can dare to dream

When it comes to an Ashes series, the Australians seem to grow to fit their national mythology

Federer’s date with destiny

Now that British tennis history won’t be made, we should appreciate watching a man who specialises in the global kind

Time for a grass roots revival

The argument for openning up tennis to a much broader swathe of the country’s population is more persuasive than the LTA

McIlvanney enters Hall of Fame

Boxing: The veteran Sunday Times columnist to be inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame alongside Lennox Lewis

A genius that racing will never forget

Vincent O’Brien was probably better at the job he did than anyone else who ever lived, says Hugh McIllvanney

Blame nerves, not bad tactics

Tactics didn’t make Manchester United passive victims of Barcelona’s brilliance. That nervous breakdown did

The Champions League: a final with no underdog

It is hardly surprising the bookmakers cannot bring themselves to favour either team as victors of the midweek showdown

Haunting echoes of Mourinho

Roman Abramovich must now decide if Didier Drogba is a remnant of the past regime he would prefer to do without

Guus Hiddink must turn on the style

Chelsea must now demonstrate that their ability to smother talent is matched by their capacity to flourish it

Freud’s barbs had me hooked

Age never threatened to reduce Sir Clement Freud's articulacy, extreme mental alertness and capacity to amuse

Tiger finds trouble on comeback

For golf's greatest player yet again to mock the odds, he will have to reach the heights of his supernatural repertoire

Trusting a temporary messiah

Hugh McIlvanney:only Newcastle would ask a man to take a brief sabbatical from his regular job to temp as a messiah

A case of write and wrong

The Damned United leaves one with a profound feeling of unease - almost a suspicion of callous exploitation

Wenger merits Euro success

It seems an injustice that a football man as brilliant as Arsene Wenger has been denied a European championship triumph

Dazzling duo hold whip hand

Tony McCoy was put in the shade by Ruby Walsh at Cheltenham despite an unforgettable ride on Wichita Lineman

Banking on a bumper payout

Following the ways of the men from across the water is seldom foolish at Cheltenham, unless drink is concerned

English clubs are a class apart

European competition has exposed the inflated reputations of Spanish and Italian domestic leagues, says Hugh McIlvanney

No doubting value of Vidic

Jose Mourinho has shown that irritation - over the defender's one-match ban - can be the sincerest form of flattery

Guus Hiddink heads for Roman ruin

Hiddink’s most fervent hope should be that Abramovich will leave him alone to apply painstakingly amassed football wisdom

Cameras focus on right rulings

Officials and everybody else in football should be happy to see television become their ally rather than their assassin