Sportswriter for The Times and Sunday Times. Football, features, Europe, Friday column. French and German speaker.
James Gheerbrant
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Marking Pelé, team bonding in war-torn Vietnam, stubbing your toe when your nation’s first ever World Cup goal beckons. An alternative, international history of the World Cup, told through the 48 different stories of 48 men whose lives converge there: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
The players I spoke to include Şükrü Ersoy, one of only two living men who played at the 1954 World Cup, and between them cover every single World Cup since then bar 1958. This has been probably my favourite project that I've ever worked on, and I'm a little sad it's over
With 35 scored in 2 & ¾ years, penalties have become Harry Kane's daily bread, but each one leaves a trail of crumbs. Can he stay ahead of the keepers in an era when penalties are an information war? And could his single-kick mastery be a bridge to another sport? www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
