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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Football fans welcomed back to stadiums in limited numbers
After shutting them out for months, some English professional football clubs are welcoming a limited number of fans back into their stadiums.
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Diego Maradona: Thousands take to streets to pay tribute
Tens of thousands have flooded onto the streets of Buenos Aires today to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, following his death yesterday. Up to a million people are expected to file past his casket in Argentina’s presidential palace, as the country observes three days of national mourning. But the significance of his death far transcends…
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Argentina football legend Diego Maradona dies aged 60
He died of a heart attack after having brain surgery earlier this month.
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Meet the brothers who have turned grandma’s Caribbean recipes into a cookbook
But why is it so hard for Caribbean chefs to make it to the top in British cuisine?
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Lower league football clubs fear collapse without fans at games
Football clubs are appealing for help to survive after being severely hit by the pandemic.
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Norwich City Football Club opens its gates to 1,000 spectators for the first time since March
Seven clubs in the English Football League are welcoming back fans for the first time since March
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Anti-racism campaigners say abuse is on the rise in football
The latest figures show that during the 2019-2020 season, the volume of discriminatory abuse increased
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How coronavirus has affected the Paralympics
While the UK is slowly reopening, some crucial sports venues are facing permanent closure, and many athletes’ lives have been put on hold.
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“We’re not considering games without fans” – Paralympic Committee President, Andrew Parsons
Tomorrow was supposed to be the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
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Former world cup winner Jack Charlton has died aged 85
The world of football has lost one of the greats: just one of the tributes to Jack Charlton – who’s died at the age of 85.
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West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes dies aged 95
The West Indies cricketing board said they were mourning the loss of an icon.
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Black Pound Day: supporting black businesses
We are being encouraged to spend money on businesses owned and run by black people today as part of an initiative called Black Pound Day.
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Liverpool win Premier League for first time in 30 years
It’s taken them thirty years to become champions of England, but Liverpool have now won their first Premier League, after Manchester City’s defeat to Chelsea.
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Premier League returns after 100-day absence – without fans
Premier League football is back – after 100 days off the pitch.
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Musical world exclusive: Bob Marley’s Burnin’ and Lootin’ live in London in 1977
If today’s protests had a soundtrack it might well have been written by Bob Marley.
