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Vinnie Jones
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A hard act to follow
On film or on the pitch, Vinnie Jones plays the tough guy. But he thinks his real quality is leadership, the ability to grab people by the throat or anything else that comes to hand. Andrew Anthony meets the man with 12 red cards, two autobiographies and one leading role to his name
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Features
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Who is that masked man?
In his heyday Kendo Nagasaki - brutal, silent and with a hint of Samurai savagery - was the most celebrated British wrestler of them all. Twenty years on, he is still protected by a loyal entourage and the mystique remains. As his final bout looms, the man with the sword gives up some of his secrets - in his own, unconventional way
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Unspun hero
Shane Warne has been accused of match-fixing, sledging a team-mate and wearing flares - the only charge he can't dismiss. In a rare interview, Australia's irrepressible maverick hits back at his critics and reveals why, having spent another summer humiliating English batsmen, he might return here for good
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Storming ahead
With big weather on the horizon at Cowes, Euan Ferguson finds there's no place he'd rather be than crammed into a dinghy with six women - especially when one of them is an Olympic gold medallist
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Move over, grandad
A pioneering group of youngsters - some not even into their teens - are taking on and beating the older generation in the traditionally fusty world of bowls
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The OSM 10
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The 10 greatest comebacks of all time
Observer sport writer Jon Henderson selects the ten biggest turn-arounds in sporting history
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Last month's 10
Last month OSM writer Oliver Irish nominated the 10 biggest wastes of money in football history. Here's what you thought of his selection
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Regulars
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When the chips are down
Victoria Coren's everyday tale of poker folk
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Contender
Stephy Smith, boxer
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OSM Letters
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Nostalgia
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Do you remember when Formula One was exciting?
These days there' s precious little overtaking and too many predictable finishes, but motor racing wasn't always like that. Oliver Owen recalls the Italian Grand Prix of 1971
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An Observer classic
7 October 1984: Taking his cue from Katharine Whitehorn, Peter Dobereiner took aim at golf's comical sexism - which was two centuries out of date, even in 1984
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Backflick
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How to...
Pronounce foreign footballers' names, by John Motson
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My team
Frank Skinner on West Bromwich Albion
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Common ground
Dodgy racehorse names
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Overrated
Rugby place-kickers
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Underrated
Down Royal
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December 2007