Bill Howell

Bill Howell has been a sports reporter for 20 years after starting out at Aberdeen’s Evening Express. He joined the Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury in 1998 before becoming the Birmingham Evening Mail’s Aston Villa correspondent in May 2000. In 2009 he switched to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Howell became West Bromwich Albion correspondent in 2015. In October 2017 his first book, Thou Shalt Not Pass, an autobiography of former WBA centre-back Alistair Robertson, was published. He joined insidethegames as Desk Editor in the same month.

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Rajiv Ouseph records a fine win to advance through to the eight of the BWF Denmark Open

Londoner Rajiv Ouseph sealed a safe passage through to the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation Denmark Open in Odense with victory over Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie on day three.

Leading basketball countries claim EuroLeague trying to wreck international game

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have condemned EuroLeague's refusal to change two game-days as a "commercially-driven attack to the national teams" as European basketball continues to be torn apart by rival organisations.

Married couple sitting pretty in PSA World Series standings

Married couple Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb have taken a commanding lead at the top of the first Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Series standings.

Denmark women's football team face World Cup expulsion after Sweden match cancelled after pay row

Denmark’s Football Association has cancelled a World Cup qualifier against Sweden due to a "grotesque" dispute over players’ contracts.

Gold Coast 2018 tickets to go off-sale tomorrow for one month

Tickets for next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast are due to go off-sale tomorrow to allow organisers time to deliver an anticipated final major release of tickets next month.

Brazil and Ghana reach the last eight of FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Brazil and Ghana have completed the quarter-final line-up at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in India after comfortable victories over Honduras and Niger.

FIFA 2018 World Cup stadia to be ready on time, Russian Minister says

Russia's first Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Leonid Stavitsky has claimed that preparations for next summer's 2018 FIFA World Cup remain on track with all stadia to be completed by the end of the year.

Los Angeles 2028 gets official State backing after Californian Governor signs financial guarantees

Los Angeles 2028 has received official support from the State with California Governor Edmund G Brown officially signing a measure providing financial guarantees in Sacramento.

Montano elected President of International Fencing Federation Athletes' Commission

Italian Olympic gold medallist Aldo Montano has been elected President of the Athletes' Commission of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

Tickets for next month's 2017 Hong Kong Squash Open go on sale

US Open squash winners Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb will hope to continue their fine form at next month's 2017 Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open, with tickets now on sale.

International Table Tennis Federation adviser vows to continue to revolutionise sport

Newly appointed special adviser to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Frank Ji, has vowed to continue to make the sport "more energetic and exciting" in a bid to help draw in younger players.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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