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Ian Herbert

Ian Herbert, Deputy Chief Sports Writer

Ian is a columnist, reporter and 2022 UK sports journalist of the year, who works on long-form, in-depth and investigative pieces for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. His series of investigative articles on human rights abuses at the Qatar World Cup won widespread praise, as has his work on doping in sport, football policing, financial sustainability in football and the Hillsborough Disaster. Ian's weekly Daily Mail column, published online on Tuesday and in the paper on Wednesday, often focuses on controversies and stories from off the beaten path of sport. He has reported on numerous football World Cups and Olympics and written two critically-acclaimed books - Quiet Genius, a biography of the legendary Liverpool manager Bob Paisley, and Tinseltown, the inside story of two Hollywood stars' takeover of Wrexham Football Club.

MOST RECENT ARTICLES FROM IAN HERBERT

Restored to glory, the amateur boxing club that's transformed the lives of generations of 'waifs, strays, street lunatics and world-class fighters' - with a plaque to Daily Mail Sport's very own Jeff Powell

29/10/25 10:30
   

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