There is nothing like the anticipation of an Ashes Series, with its intense build-up, the customary war of words, close scrutiny of form and fevered discussion over selection. The 2017-18 Series is clearly no different.
In the end, the final Grand Prix was a slight anticlimax: Lewis Hamilton, whose brilliance has soared to new heights this year, could only finish a meek second as his team-mate Valtteri Bottas cruised to victory in Abu Dhabi.
Guests arrived in Dubai for the season finale on Thursday all in very good spirits after Hamilton clinched the championship in Mexico a few weeks earlier.
At the mid-way point of the F1 calendar, we headed to Silverstone for the British GP which promised to be an interesting race following Mercedes disappointing performance in Austria, and Ferrari on top of the constructor’s championship for the fir
This summer's rugby tours may have slipped under the radar for many sports fans, not least English folk more concerned with the football, but for rugby lovers in England, Scotland and Wales alike, the tours always have a special significance.
The British Grand Prix at Silverstone can scarcely have had a sunnier setting than was provided by a baking weekend in Northamptonshire. But the sun shone most on Sebastian Vettel as he secured a priceless victory.
After all the excitement of the football World Cup, it's time to see if the ladies who make up England's hockey team can do just that bit better than the boys out in Russia and go all the way to glory.
The Open Golf Championship at Carnoustie had been expected to provide a battle for ongoing American dominance against the very best players the rest of the world had to offer, such as Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood.