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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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.
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Meet the drivers in the new women’s-only racing series
18 women drivers have been taking part in the inaugural W Series in Hockenheim today – a groundbreaking event in a sport that remains stubbornly male.
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Footballers stage ‘social media strike’ in protest at the handling of racism in the sport
Professional footballers have been taking part in a 24 hour social media strike. The #Enough campaign is in protest at the way they say Twitter are dealing with racism on its platform.
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BFI presents 100 years of disabled people in film
How people with disabilities are best represented on screen has been a challenge for the film industry for years, and it’s once more in the spotlight with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston’s latest movie, in which he plays a quadriplegic. In an attempt to examine whether things are changing, the British Film Institute has just…
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Sports writer Hugh McIlvanney dies at 84
Tributes have been paid to the doyen of British sports writing, Hugh McIlvanney, who’s died at the age of 84. From the 1966 World Cup final to Muhammad Ali’s famous clash with George Foreman, he witnessed some of the world’s biggest sporting events during his 60-year career.
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Andy Murray announces retirement plans
Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has announced his impending retirement as he struggles with a hip injury.
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Refugee who fled war now aiming for the Olympics
He left everything behind when he fled the Syrian war. 24 year old Eid Aljazairili couldn’t even swim when he made the risky journey by boat across the Mediterranean – finally reaching the UK where he was granted asylum. He soon realised he had a passion – and rare gift – for swimming – and…
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Josh Warrington on going from dental technician to champion boxer
He used to make false teeth by day and create the need for them at night. World featherweight boxing Champion Josh Warrington says the precision and concentration he learned as a dental technician has given him the chops to win all twenty seven of his fights so far.
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Chelsea FC condemns anti-semitic chanting
For the second time in a week, Chelsea football fans have been accused of deeply offensive behaviour, after reports of pockets of anti-semitic chanting at last night’s match in Budapest. In a strongly-worded statement, Chelsea FC said those responsible had “shamed the club”.
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Rock climbing: a different way of learning
Climbing is the latest sport to be included in the Olympics. Terrifying, if you hate heights, lose your balance and shy away from zen like discipline. But for one growing group of climbing fans, young people with learning difficulties, this need for focus presents an added challenge.
