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John Skilbeck’s Biography

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Now at BBC Sport Online, senior journalist on production.

Previously:

Press Association sport reporter, sub-editor, duty editor and Scottish sports editor.

Stats Perform, working on international football, tennis and all major sport.

As well as helping to manage staff, I have broken agenda-setting stories and reported and worked at many major events, including two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games, the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship, 14 Wimbledon championships and 10 World Snooker Champions…

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The year Roger Federer was 'an easy draw' at Wimbledon

The year Roger Federer was 'an easy draw' at Wimbledon

Hugely enjoyable piece to write, from June 2019. An interview with Jiri Novak, the first man to play Roger Fe…

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England's Five Years of Gareth Southgate | The Analyst

England's Five Years of Gareth Southgate | The Analyst

Gareth Southgate had reservations about becoming England manager, but he has become one of the most successfu…

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Haaland the fantasy frontman as City show no sympathy for Red Devils

Haaland the fantasy frontman as City show no sympathy for Red Devils

Just for a while, this was threatening to be a story of how the Manchester City narrative doesn't need to be …

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Ronnie O'Sullivan told to 'grow up' ahead of Crucible return by Barry Hearn

Ronnie O'Sullivan told to 'grow up' ahead of Crucible return by Barry Hearn

Exclusive interview with Barry Hearn that led to the story that dominated first week of snooker's 2017 World …

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'I have been bullied by World Snooker and I won't take it anymore' - Ronnie O'Sullivan - Independ...

'I have been bullied by World Snooker and I won't take it anymore' - Ronnie O'Sullivan - Independ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan accused the snooker authorities of bullying and intimidating him in a breathtaking outburst…

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Iron Maiden takes breather from world tour so Nicko McBrain can enjoy SNOOKER

Iron Maiden takes breather from world tour so Nicko McBrain can enjoy SNOOKER

My exclusive: BRITISH heavy metal giants Iron Maiden will take a breather from a hectic world tour this weeke…

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Empty cupboards to full hearts - Tonga's remarkable road to Glasgow

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Tonga players emerge on to court at the 2023 Netball World Cup BySophia Hartley, BBC Sport journalist in Glasgow and John Skilbeck, BBC Sport senior journalist Published 6 minutes ago No team. No coach. No training facilities. No problem. When Salote Sisifa became CEO of Tonga Netball in 2014, she had a blank canvas. Some would call it an empty cupboard. Twelve years and much upheaval later, the Pacific Islanders are ranked eighth in the world.
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Commonwealth Games: Netball's basketball roots and 2032 Olympic dreams Original

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ByJohn Skilbeck BBC Sport Senior Journalist "Big up the netballers. That sport is so difficult." - Stormzy, May 2026 Derived from basketball and developed by teenagers in late-Victorian England, netball is sport's great misunderstood "girly game". A hotbed of feminist rebellion, its corset-shattering, myth-busting history encompasses a journey of emancipation, imagination, and healthy disdain for patriarchal expectations.
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How 'dropout's hangout' became snooker's ultimate stage Original

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first World Championship title in 2001, after finding the Crucible a tough nut to crack in the early years of his career ByJohn Skilbeck BBC Sport senior journalist Published 6 minutes ago Down go the lights inside Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, an overhead galaxy replaced by darkness. Heavyweight auditorium doors thud closed.
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