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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Gary Lineker stands by his criticism of the government’s Rwanda asylum policy
Just two months after he was made to step back from presenting Match of the Day for using his social media platforms to express support for migrants and refugees, former England football captain Gary Lineker has been given a human rights award in Italy.
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Extinction Rebellion to help guard London Marathon from protests
This coming weekend was always going to be a tough one for policing in London. First, there’s the small matter of around 40,000 runners taking part in the London Marathon.
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Premier league Ramadan breaks make football feel ‘more inclusive’ for Muslim players
For the first time this season, Premier League football clubs have agreed to allow muslim players to break their Ramadan fast at sundown, which can happen during matches.
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Anthony Joshua V Jermaine Franklin: heavyweight boxer on why he won’t quit
Former two-time World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua takes on American Jermaine Franklin.
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BBC Chairman under pressure to quit as Gary Lineker crisis continues
Mr Lineker was suspended by the BBC on Friday after refusing to apologise for a tweet criticising the government’s asylum seeker policy.
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Crisis for BBC as stars pull out of sports coverage in solidarity with Gary Lineker
The coorporation has apologised for the disrupted programming saying it’s trying to resolve the issue.
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Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day after tweets criticising government asylum policy
“We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone”, the BBC insisted this evening as they announced that Gary Lineker would not be presenting Match of the Day after his series of tweets criticising the government’s asylum policy and comparing their language to Germany in the 1930s.
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Who is in the race to buy Manchester United?
The race to buy Manchester United is heating up after at least two bidders registered their interest ahead of a soft deadline.
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Pelé: Tributes paid across the world to Brazil football legend
Landmarks across Brazil have been lit up in memory of the footballing legend Pelé – as the country began three days of national mourning.
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Wallasey shooting: 26-year-old woman dead and four injured
A 26-year-old woman has died after she was shot in the head as she was out celebrating Christmas with family and friends.
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World Cup quarter-final: Fans predict outcome of England France clash
Millions of fans are expected to watch England’s World Cup quarter-final knockout clash with France.
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‘I don’t want disabled people not knowing that sports are out there for them’, says England Powerchair Football captain
As Harry Kane leads his team out against Senegal tomorrow, a fellow England football captain will be cheering him on from back home.
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World Cup 2022 kicks off with hosts Qatar playing Ecuador
Attention has swung to Qatar where the football world cup has just got underway.
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Qatar World Cup: ‘Five-time champions Brazil are favourites to win’
On Sunday, the World Cup will finally kick off with hosts Qatar facing Ecuador followed by a frenetic three weeks of games.
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Gareth Southgate names England’s World Cup squad
With 22 days to go until England play their first world cup game against Iran, the England football manager Gareth Southgate has named his Three lions squad. Our sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan was at the press conference.
