Pizzas galore!

My perfect weekend: Perils lurk on approach to final fence

It has been a war of attrition at the O2 and the last man standing will be the one to finish the tennis season with a victory

Federer sees value of male order

Whether we like it or not sport — and particularly among men — is governed by hierarchical lists. Being No1 really does matter

Rivals in perfect harmony — for a while

From the first point, which lasted 23 strokes, a series of prolonged exchanges marked the latest meeting of Federer and Murray

Referees must start playing to the camera

Officials will invite opprobrium if they refuse to use the technology that has helped their counterparts in other sports

Snobbery drove England's chariot into ditch

The English game has paid a high price for failing to safeguard its winning culture while allowing self-interest to prevail

My perfect weekend: time for England to come good

With South Africa turning nasty, it would be nice to see an end to England’s failure to improve at one-day internationals

What’s in a name? Lord’s may yet find out

Selling out to a sponsor’s dollar is demeaning and self-defeating (unless it involves me and a whisky producer)

Purple England shirts put a spell on me

Not everybody gets the opportunity to dress up like a prat and then get booed off the field at Twickenham, says Simon Barnes

Will Rooney’s devilment ever return?

The anonymous display from the first-time England captain was a far cry from the the player who made the world afraid

My perfect weekend: Simon Barnes

It would be good for Fabio Capello’s XI to look a mature, fully baked team that feels it has the right to joust with Brazil in Doha

Final days of a Living National Treasure?

Martin Johnson must be wondering how much longer his reputation can sustain him, writes Simon Barnes

Fault lines appear in the sainted Johnson

The World Cup-winning captain's management of the England team has been sans success. But who dares to tell him so?

My perfect weekend: England must spare Johnson the agony

The Times Chief Sports Writer dreads to witness the England manager's terrible mask of pain again if his side go down to Australia

Proud to have Wilkinson back in England shirt

Few sportsmen have suffered such a catalogue of injuries, and even fewer have managed to keep the faith in the way that he has

Obsession with image stains sport’s soul

In sport, the moral code is set increasingly by the values of marketing. Moral judgements are making way for financial ones

My perfect weekend: Radcliffe gets another bite of Big Apple

The Times Chief Sports Writer says marathon runner is queen in New York and hopes young Sam Tomkins can shock the Aussies

Glorious uncertainty is sport’s trump card

Not knowing what is going to happen next is a quality that sport has abover all other forms of active involvement