Authors

Sports Brief is written by correspondents across football, Formula 1, basketball, athletics and combat sports.

• Fatou Ndiaye

  Football correspondent

  Dakar-born football writer covering African football, the Super Eagles and the European leagues those players move through.

• Chinedu Okonkwo

  Senior football writer

  Lagos-based reporter on transfers, national-team selection and the Premier League clubs African players call home.

• James Whitfield

  Formula 1 correspondent

  Trackside reporter following the championship, the garages and the rule changes that decide Sunday.

• Lena Okoye

  Basketball and tennis writer

  Covers the NBA and the tennis tours, with a focus on how athletes talk about the moments that define a season.

• Marcus Adebayo

  Combat sports editor

  Writes on boxing and MMA across Africa, Britain and the United States.

• Amara Diallo

  Athletics correspondent

  Follows sprints and hurdles from the African circuit to the global championships.