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.
On day one of the Paralympic games in Paris – Paralympics GB is already on the medals table. We spoke to Sir Keir Starmer while he is in the French capital for the games, on disabled access to transport and sport.
The Paralympics kicks off tomorrow, with another outdoor opening ceremony showcasing central Paris.
British athletes have lit the Paralympic flame at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire – the birthplace of the event – before its four day journey to Paris for the start of this year’s Games.
Britain’s team has a strong track record at the Games, scoring high on the medal charts in the Tokyo, Rio and London Paralympics.
Whilst the Games might be the greatest show on earth, there may be an unwanted conversation about whether nations should be spending this amount of money on an Olympics.
England failed to lift trophies under Gareth Southgate, but he did help transform the team into one that is respected worldwide, and a source of national pride.
It’s England’s second Euro final in a row. Last time they lost to Italy on penalties, so the pressure is well and truly on for them to win their first major competition in almost 60 years and bring joy to the nation.
Tens of thousands of England fans are expected to descend on Berlin for Sunday’s Euro final against Spain, while manager Gareth Southgate warned that the team would have to be “tactically perfect” to win.
Spain are the best team at the European Championships by a mile, but England will win the final because being the best doesn’t mean being victorious.
It’s possible this will be Gareth Southgate’s final tournament in charge of England, but if he fails to at least increase the level of entertainment for the nation, he’ll be ushered out with the same tone of frustration he was ushered in with.
England are already through to the last 16 at Euro 2024, but a win against Slovenia in their final group match tonight would mean they’d avoid a knockout tie against hosts Germany in the next round.
A major security operation is underway in Hamburg after German police shot and injured a man who threatened them with a pickaxe and an explosive device.
Not content with launching his own publishing arm and scholarship programme, the British rapper Stormzy has now turned his attention to professional football. While there may seem to be plenty of diversity on the pitch, there certainly isn’t off it.
Emma Raducanu and Deena Asher Smith have already inspired a generation of young girls in football, tennis and athletics – and now it’s the turn of motorsports.
The world’s best B-Boys and B-Girls will be heading to Paris this summer as ‘Breaking’ makes its debut at the Olympic Games.