Jordan Jarrett-Bryan , Sports reporter
Jordan Jarrett Bryan is a sports reporter for Channel 4 News.
The thing I love about sport is what it does to people. Not only the athletes themselves, but the supporters and followers of it. Sport can make athletes grow as people, but can also destroy them and turn them into someone they never wanted to be. But it also can make fans say and do things they never thought they'd think or do.
Sport reflects life and is a microcosm of it. Sport can make you laugh or cry, sport can make you laugh till your belly hurts, it can make you rage with anger. Sport can make you see things you never thought you would see. But importantly sport makes you think. Why do we support the team we support, follow the athlete we follow and devote our lives to the sport we do? Surely it’s more than just a geographical, national, gender or technical reason. We invest time in that sport/athlete because we identify with them or that team/person we aspire to be.
Reporting on a fabulous goal, a world class forehand or a great burst of sprinting is what turns me on. But what I live for, just as much as those moments is the sporting moments that make the everyday man go gaga.
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Churches say they’re making plans to protect elderly worshippers
Churches say they’re making plans to protect elderly worshippers
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Japan’s Prime Minister insists Olympics will still go ahead as planned – as sporting events around the world continue to be cancelled due to coronavirus
Japan’s Prime Minister has insisted the Olympics will still go ahead as planned in July – although sporting events around the world are being cancelled.
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Coronavirus decimates UK sporting calendar
Britain’s sporting calendar has been destroyed by the coronavirus – with the majority of national and international events now cancelled or postponed.
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Football helping refugees find a home in Britain
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New cricket scholarship programme to encourage Black Caribbean community back into the game
A new scholarship programme has been launched to encourage young people from Britain’s Caribbean community back into the game.
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Outrage over banned Australian rugby star’s arrival in Europe
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Man City banned from Champions League for two seasons
Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons and fined more than 25 millions pounds.
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Scottish FA expected to ban children from headers in football practice
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Chinese state TV pulls Arsenal game after Özil comments on treatment of Uighur Muslims
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British athlete Alice Dearing on being Team GB’s only black swimmer
Alice Dearing is one of Great Britain’s top female swimmers – and is hoping to become the first ethnic minority woman to compete for Team GB at the Olympics.
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England fast bowler Jofra Archer on winning the World Cup and the future of cricket
We’ve been meeting a rising star of the country’s cricketing scene. At just 24, pace bowler Jofra Archer was instrumental in the run out that led to England’s stunning World Cup win this summer. He’s now playing in The Hundred – a new format of Cricket which he hopes will excite the next generation of…
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Bury FC in race against time to avoid expulsion from the Football League
An English league football club faces an end to its history of 134 years.
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British boy wins nearly £1 million in Fortnite World Cup
A 15-year-old from Essex is almost a million pounds richer today after coming second in an event at the first World Cup for the online game Fortnite.
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Disabled football fans complain about Europa League final arrangements
the challenge of trying to get there is even more unfeasible for fans with disabilities.
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Being a black Dad
For generations, some black fathers say they’ve been stereotyped as absent, promiscuous and poor role models for their children.
