George Simms
@georgesimms.bsky.social
Sports Reporter @ The Observer| SJA Best Young Sportswriter 2023, Press Awards 30 under 30 | He/Him - George.simms@observer.co.uk
Here’s the truth about covering my first World Cup, as exhausting as exhilarating, and a touch of what it must be like to be an elite athlete 🇺🇸🇲🇽 @observeruk.bsky.social Includes margaritas, ants in my underwear and an ode to @mrdomsmith.bsky.social Read here: observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Once the moment's gone, you can never get it back England, Argentina and how Thomas Tuchel got it right, then wrong @observeruk.bsky.social 🏴 observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Don’t cry for me: Argentina deal deadly late blows to kno...
Argentina come from a goal behind to defeat Three Lions 2-1 in World Cup semi-final
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Y si, sì? What if, yes? England, Mexico, and the loudest, most mental and delirious evening of sport I’ve ever experienced @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
England build their Wonderwall in a game for the ages
Harry Kane and co overcame Mexico 3-2 at the Azteca to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals
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Y si, sì? What if, yes? England, Mexico, and the loudest, most mental and delirious evening of sport I’ve ever experienced @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
England build their Wonderwall in a game for the ages
Harry Kane and co overcame Mexico 3-2 at the Azteca to qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals
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When Deniz Undav becomes the answer, you have to wonder if you’re asking the right questions 🇩🇪 On the night German football became a joke @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Went to watch Brazil play for my first ever World Cup match, then obviously wrote about how disappointing it was 🇧🇷 Hoovers are not Joga bonito @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Brazilian football simply isn’t fun anymore | The Observer
An immobile midfield, an addiction to Neymar and an ageing squad means “joga bonito” has become a thing of the past
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Went to watch Brazil play for my first ever World Cup match, then obviously wrote about how disappointing it was 🇧🇷 Hoovers are not Joga bonito @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Brazilian football simply isn’t fun anymore | The Observer
An immobile midfield, an addiction to Neymar and an ageing squad means “joga bonito” has become a thing of the past
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Dispatch from the centre of the universe: New York @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
A message from the centre of the universe: Knicks in five
Newly crowned NBA champions and the World Cup gave New York a night like no other
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Landed in New York yesterday, a city that feels absolutely drunk on sport between the Knicks and the World Cup Out here for the next six weeks covering England, among other things, for @observeruk.bsky.social - Brazil vs Morocco is first up
Sat down with Geoff Hurst last week, and he told me not to do drugs. Piece about his life as a living monument to English football’s greatest day @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Sir Geoff Hurst, a living monument to English football’s ...
The 1966 World Cup final hat-trick hero, now 84, is the only surviving member of England’s history-making squad
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Spent an evening behind the scenes to understand how darts became the best sport on TV 🎯 Unbelievable work and skill goes into it - I tried to break the process down @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
‘That thud is absolute drama’: Inside the brilliance of d...
The production of darts coverage has been dubbed the “hardest job in TV”. George Simms went to see the technical trickery behind it all
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Joined @observeruk.bsky.social a year ago today, since when I’ve covered 14 sports across eight countries, including a Ryder Cup, away Ashes series, two grand slams and the Tour de France. It's ridiculously fun working with such incredibly talented people - next up is the World Cup! 🧵
Why Tottenham’s grand failure this season will change the Premier League forever @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Tottenham’s reset and rebuild starts after staring into t...
In a dismal, scarcely believable season, Spurs have avoided relegation – and disproven the notion some clubs are too big to fail
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Aston Villa’s Europa League title was their first major silverware in 30 years - on the madness of the night, the takeover of the city and what winning a trophy actually means #AVFC Piece from Istanbul @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Aston Villa’s Europa League title was their first major silverware in 30 years - on the madness of the night, the takeover of the city and what winning a trophy actually means #AVFC Piece from Istanbul @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Bryson DeChambeau's mission from God: how many languages can you dub golf YouTube videos into? @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Bryson DeChambeau: from golf’s big beast to confused cont...
Once a revolutionary player in the sport, the American continues to gamble that he can become bigger than the sport itself
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Spent a few days at Badminton Horse Trials, trying to understand why riders are so willing to risk their lives for a sport so intent on hurting them Over 100,000 were there on Saturday, the second-highest attendance of any British sporting event this year READ: observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
The trials and tribulations of Badminton | The Observer
Extreme sport meets quaint countryside at Badminton, where riders cannot seem to stop risking their lives
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Basically every sport has tried to break China in the past 30 years So why has snooker managed it, and why does it matter? On the Wu Yize story and mapping out the sport’s renewed future 🇨🇳 @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
China’s boom leaves British hopefuls needing snookers
Wu Yize is the second Chinese snooker world champion in as many years. The successful export of a sport means the end of domestic dominance
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Basically every sport has tried to break China in the past 30 years So why has snooker managed it, and why does it matter? On the Wu Yize story and mapping out the sport’s renewed future 🇨🇳 @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
China’s boom leaves British hopefuls needing snookers
Wu Yize is the second Chinese snooker world champion in as many years. The successful export of a sport means the end of domestic dominance
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We’ll always have the 95th minute… Trying to put the most mental 10 minutes of football I can remember into words gave me a headache, so can’t imagine how fans felt Piece from Spotland @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Rochdale vs York, and the scarcely believable drama only ...
Josh Stones’ 103rd-minute goal secured promotion to EFL after Rochdale thought they had won it themselves
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Speedrunning the road to relegation - Chelsea are repeating the defining failures of Tottenham’s decline into indignity My @observeruk.bsky.social newsletter, on Rosenior and what happens when a conscientious human meets the conscientious-human-eating machine observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Chelsea are speedrunning their way into a death spiral
The sacking of Liam Rosenior after three months is symptomatic of ownership that has grand ambition but is grossly incompetent
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Tottenham Hotspur in 2026: the closest you can get to watching a public hanging without access to the dark web or a flight to Tehran #COYS Read this week’s newsletter piece here, or subscribe to receive it every Thursday - shorturl.at/jPECL
Tottenham Hotspur in 2026: the closest you can get to watching a public hanging without access to the dark web or a flight to Tehran #COYS Read this week’s newsletter piece here, or subscribe to receive it every Thursday - shorturl.at/jPECL
It suits football’s powerbrokers to blame set pieces, ignoring that so much of the alienation/ numbness is caused by fans being emotionally and financially exploited This week’s newsletter piece on why, despite everything, football is still great @theobserveruk.bsky.social shorturl.at/b96Qw
This Premier League season is brilliant. Why are we so mi...
This season should be remembered for its excitements, not set pieces, VAR and Arsenal
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West Ham’s severe and plausible future draws closer… @theobserveruk.bsky.social Whether they survive the drop or not, what evidence is there that Sullivan and Brady can oversee anything like a sustainable recovery? The game has passed them by #COYI observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
West Ham’s future is even bleaker than its present after ...
On-field revival comes to shuddering halt – and off the pitch the stench of decay is growing worse for the Hammers
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You can read me every Thursday in the revamped @observeruk.bsky.social Daily newsletter This week’s is on Drive to Survive - a propaganda vehicle about propaganda vehicles - the pestilence of access journalism and Netflix’s concerning approach to sport… observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Drive to Survive is fast and furious but it’s 1% racing, ...
The Netflix series that has transformed Formula One audiences returns. But is it too good to be true?
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Sean Dyche is just the latest victim of a Premier League owner’s guesswork and hope George Simms asks: is the solution to the mystery of avoiding relegation simply hire David Moyes? https://bit.ly/466Zqsb
Sean Dyche is just the latest victim of a Premier League ...
Is the solution to the mystery of avoiding relegation simply hire David Moyes?
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Nottingham Forest hiring and firing Dyche begs a key question: what if most Premier League execs actually have no idea what they’re doing? #NFFC On Marinakis, whether Vitor Pereira is actually good and why every club just needs more Moyes @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Sean Dyche is just the latest victim of a Premier League ...
Is the solution to the mystery of avoiding relegation simply hire David Moyes?
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