Editor, Sport

Observer Sport aims to provide the reader with unrivalled reports and analysis of events both domestically and worldwide - and to pepper the pages with a sense of fun. The level of expertise among specialist correspondents - Paul Wilson (football), Eddie Butler (rugby union), Vic Marks (cricket), Maurice Hamilton (motor racing), Eddie 'the Shoe' Fremantle (racing), Duncan Mackay (athletics and Olympics) and Kevin Mitchell (boxing) is unrivalled. The latter two have both been voted sports journalist of the year in the past six years, and chief sports writer Kevin Mitchell has won numerous other awards. Our photographers, too, have bagged many awards. The Observer is a campaigning paper, having led the way in the debate about the state of football, and having elicited a column from the Prime Minister himself highlighting the government's woeful record of funding and running sport. But we can and do keep a sense of perspective, and we encourage our readers to get involved.

The Observer has a network of knowledgeable and passionate sports fans across the country who, since the relaunch, have even more of a say - not to mention a new section of brain-teasers and offbeat items which enables us to interact more with our readers.

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