Chief sports writer at The Sunday Times. From 23 July 2020, author of The Russian Affair.
Joined September 2011
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Racing needs underdog to beat top dog more — at Royal Ascot, it could happen
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May 17
Today in Dublin, Ireland and Scotland will play for the Siobhan Cattigan Trophy. This occasion, this recognition of what Siobhan contributed to Scottish rugby means a great deal to her family, writes @DavidWalshST
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May 10
One thing LIV Golf got right? It didn’t treat caddies like ‘rats’
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May 2
Carl Hayman on life with dementia: Success now is doing one job in a day
Once rugby’s greatest tight-head prop, the former All Black shares his experience living with the symptoms of brain injury for more than a decade
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May 2
Ipswich’s Premier League promotion is a triumph of old-fashioned values
Sir Bobby Robson has long gone but in Kieran McKenna the Suffolk club have a visionary manager whose loyalty and self-restraint are a throwback to bygone era
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Apr 27
Two best friends, two suicides. How did rugby let this happen?
Shane Christie’s former partner Holly Parkes relives harrowing decline that led to his death, which eerily echoed that of team-mate Billy Guyton two years earlier
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Apr 26
"Imagine if you’d been at the game and someone had told you three of the players would be dead within nine years. All from the same team. Impossible, you would have said"
Two best friends, two suicides. How did rugby let this happen?
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Apr 12
🚴 Paris-Roubaix is a risk for Tadej Pogacar and we love him for taking it on
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Mar 28
"A friend remarked on the sadness of a sporting icon dragged so low. It isn’t just sad. It's bad"
@DavidWalshST says fans are always eager to forgive Tiger Woods, but another car crash reveals an alarming spiral for a man who remains a hero to many ⬇️
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QUESTION OF SPORT
Why do coaches think fly halves should always be the kicker?
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Mar 8
🚓 'Nan got nicked on a regular basis'
⚽ The phone call that led to Spurs departure
🏇 Chance of winning the Gold Cup
🗣️ Harry Redknapp speaks to @DavidWalshST about life and Cheltenham ⬇️
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Feb 21
.@DavidWalshST experiences the passion of the greatest night in Hull KR’s history as young and old weep tears of joy after their team are crowned world champions ⬇️
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Feb 21
Eoin McCarthy’s car went off a bridge during an Irish rally in 2022. The parents of the 22-year-old still have questions about what happened on the day and in the years since.
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Feb 8
'George Ford is the general in Borthwick’s army. Eleven years have passed since he first played for England and though there were times when it seemed he’d nailed it, he never truly had. Not like he has now.'
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Feb 1
Wales is a proud rugby nation lost in hurt and confusion. What now?
As Ospreys fans protest amid fears that club will close, former Wales players Alun Wyn Jones and Anthony Buchanan worry for game’s future in principality
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Jan 31
Our heroes’ welfare should matter as much as the pleasure we get from them
Families of Gordon McQueen and Chris Nicholl deserve empathy, not to be told they are ‘whinging’ for raising awareness of the risks of heading the ball
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David Walsh retweeted
Jan 18
The All Blacks should admit they’re as weak as rest of us. That’s real humility
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Jan 10
.@DavidWalshST talks to Alex Mitchell on how a move to the ‘right’ side of Mersey set his career in motion and never looking back after a surprise late call-up for 2023 World Cup ⬇️
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Jan 3
Jon Rahm a cautionary tale of chasing money over dreams
Instead of being greatest player of his generation, the Spanish two-times major winner has drifted off into the wilderness, albeit an extremely well-paid one, ✍️ @DavidWalshST
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