Rafa Nadal

Carlos Matallanas, a sports journalist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014, pens a heartfelt tribute to the Spanish tennis player.

We're into an Olympic year, with Tokyo preparing to host the Games for a second time, and I can't help but feel sorry they won't be held rather closer to home...

A few days ago a French colleague of mine called me and asked, that after after many years living in the Spanish capital city, would Zidane see himself as another "Madrileño"...